Contributing artist spotlight: Osiris Rain

  Artist Osiris Rain contributes his gorgeous painting for us!

 

 

This beautiful little painting from classically trained painter Osiris Rain, a North Carolina based artist known for his contemporary figure paintings. This painting of a reclining nude is streaked with turquoise and pink, giving it a sunny, pleasant feel. 

Bid on this painting: HERE

Osiris Rain trained at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy where he studied the masterpieces of the Renaissance firsthand. Later he went on to study in the Odd Nerdrum apprenticeship program in Stavern, Norway. Learn more about Osiris' work here: http://www.osirisrainstudios.com/

During out post production drive, we have 3 new ways to contribute!

Ebay auction of art, music and more: appleseeds Ebay Auction

Contribute $250 or more and make it tax deductible: San Francisco Film Society Fiscal Sponsors page

Contribute directly to appleseeds for any amount or bid on one and only tarot read by Megan Breiseth: appleseeds website

In-kind contributor spotlight: Robin Kincade - Producer and Location Scout/Manager

We would not be able to pull this production off without the help of people like Robin Kincade. Her name was given to me by the awesome Jim MacIlvaine: Special Events Coordinator + Oakland Film Office. She gave us access to her files and time for free to find one of our key locations (creepy stairs at The City Team shelter), I would not have found it without her help!


Here's a little more about Robin Kincade and her location scouting services! Can't wait to buy this lady lunch!!


From Robin's bio:

"I started my business in 1990 in Sacramento, California and moved to the Bay Area in 1996. Since then, I’ve been producing and directing for a variety of clients.

Working on projects that include everything from “Confessions of Alien Abductions” to a week in Las Vegas with over 30,000 Bikers, I’ve helped to produced a wide variety of programming. Covering famous celebrities and CEO’s of successful companies to ordinary people in extraordinary situations, I consider myself lucky to have heard so many fascinating stories. 

With over thirty years experience in broadcast television, I can take a project from start to finish depending on your needs.  I have experience in production management in the Bay Area from hiring crews to making sure the production stays within budget all the way through to post production.

Over the past fifteen years producing in the political arena, I have directed the electronic media and purchased the buys with many campaigns including California District races for Congress, Supervisor, District Attorney, Sheriff, District Judge and Assessor.  

As a location scout/manager, I’m familiar with many regions along the Coast of California, from Humboldt County to San Diego. I understand the process of pulling permits, logistics and parking for large and small productions and I’ve worked in various counties all over the state.

Due to traveling over the years for many of my clients, I’ve worked with crews across the United States and have a healthy data base. Using Apple based equipment and the iPhone/iPad, I can have consistent communications with my clients.

My passions are open water swimming (yes, I am one of those crazy people who swim in San Francisco Bay without a wetsuit) sculling, yoga, lost wax sculpture and guitar. I’m a member of the South End Swimming & Rowing Club. "

Link to Robin and Company website: Link

Check out our website and stay tuned for more information about our "save our post production" auction. Okay, we are still trying to find the right name for that but it's COMING SOON!

www.appleseedsthefilm.com

In-Kind Contributor: 7th Heaven Yoga and Wellness Center

We are so lucky to have Kim offer her amazing studio space for us to hold our auditions in. The center is gorgeous with all sorts of great classes at all levels. Like an oasis in the middle of Berkeley of calm and beauty. Please go check it out and see for yourself why it's aptly named 7th Heaven!

Here's a little more about the awesome studio director of 

7th Heaven Yoga and Wellness Center:

 Kim Adams:

    Kim's body has been a dancer, yogi and athlete nearly her entire life after that pesky crawling stage was out of the way . She began her yoga practice at 15 in her home town in L.A. then discovered the dance in college. She holds a Dance and Psychology degree from Sonoma State University where she dove into the study of Biofeedback and movement therapies like Feldenkrais and the Alexander Technique. In recent years she discovered aerial dance and began dancing and performing on aerial tissu and other aerial apparatus. To balance this very physical practice she has studied Shadow Yoga with Scott Blossom for the past 3 years to understand and heal many old injuries and create a more resilient practice.    

     If Kim is not hanging off something, you can find her mind in her office at 7th Heaven where she has been the Studio Director for the past 5 years. She is also the CFO of doctorblossom.com after about 8 years of fascination with how business can change and shape the world. She studied real estate investing and apprenticed under a local real estate developer in Berkeley. With deep appreciation and gratitude she left that to study to dive into online business. As CFO of Dr. B she was able to co-create an online Ayurvedic cleanse with Yoga Journal, Yoga International and several other companies that touched over 30,000 people's lives in a little over a cumulative month's time. 

     As for Kim's spirit, it dwells in the relentless pursuit of leaving the world better than when she entered it. After 30 years of living she is starting to realize she has much much more work to do!

Check out out more about 7th Heaven Yoga Center here: 7th Heaven website

Facebook: link

Robert Rossello joins our team as Production Designer

Oh man, we are so lucky to have this talented man on board with us. Fellow filmmaker, Rob Rossello is lending his considerable visual talents to appleseeds! I've shared many a set with him since 2007, including joining him in the producing arena with his awesome short film Continuum. AND I feel very lucky to grab him before he is a full time director which I hope is very very soon!

Rob looking like a cool director from the 60s

Here is more about him!

Coming from a background in photography, fine art, and graphic design, Robert Rossello first entered the world of film in 1999, joining with a colleague to form visual effects boutique Big Red Pixel. For six years he served as BRP's lead creative, starting with the 2002 remake of Rollerball. He has since served as the visual effects supervisor for such films as 2003's Basic and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and the Oscar-nominated Collateral in 2004, then Transporter 2 and Just Like Heaven in 2005. His graphic design skills came in handy for the main titles of the Bollywood epic Devdas in 2002, as well as Transporter 2. 

A free agent since 2005, he continues to stretch creatively, contributing 2007 indie Where's My Stuff''s production design and script in addition to its VFX. In February 2008 he wrote and directed his first short film, Continuum, and most recently directed and shot a moody promo clip for Bay Area chanteuse Emma Ray, set to premiere in June 2012.

about Duendefilms West production of appleseeds: 

Please visit our indiegogo page to find out how we are trying to make a difference both in our short film and the screening/benefits to follow to raise money and awareness around issues of domestic violence and gender representation in film and media.

5 days to go and 20 min Skype perk for just 40$! Hazar!

Ashley Perryman Quach dreaming of Skyping

Been thinking about contributing but keep asking yourself, "who are these people anyway?"

Been wanting to contribute more but keep asking yourself "What is their favorite film? I wonder if they want to hear about my screenplay idea? And what REALLY happened the day Robyn met Angelina Jolie....hmmmm"

The answer to all those is, in the correct order. (let's see how many times I can put Skype in this)
1) 20 minutes, Skype and apple juice should tell you all you need to know about us
2) what's yours? Tell us on Skype.
3) yes!
4)....heh. Skype and you shall know all!

5 DAYS to go and so close... give now if you can and if you have, give a little more because you may want to know about us but we also want to meet you! Because without you, this film would not be getting made. That is the bottom line!

40$ Skype with us and help us reach our goal!!

With all our hearts we thank you!
Appleseeds team

about Duendefilms West production of appleseeds: 

Please visit our indiegogo page to find out how we are trying to make a difference both in our short film and the screening/benefits to follow to raise money and awareness around issues of domestic violence and gender representation in film and media.

Pictures worth a million internalized words: The Things That Make Us Uncomfortable

Go Daddy: would this mean the same thing if it was a man?

Read this blog and just had to re-post it. Sometimes we let ideas and images slip by because we are so used to being bombarded with them. They become part of our "socialized unconscious." It's clear a dialogue about how women are represented in all forms of media is needed now more than ever. Sex sells, we know that. But how about some equal time for women to count for more than just a pretty face and a perfect body. Every image counts. 

Excerpt from May 22nd Blog at Feministing.com by ehammers 

"We have innate reactions to minority groups. We have innate reactions to things that we feel are unjust or wrong. We feel personally affected, and people begin to argue. People begin to lose control and fight, people begin to start wars and create violence. I’m not just talking about women right now. “Women’s issues” are not one type of “issue”. “Issues” do not need to have a negative connotation at all. What about “IDEAS”? Ideas have a positive connotation. Spreading ideas is the answer. How do we begin to do that? How do we begin to start watching the television and working towards making advertising NOT controversial? Coming up with ideas together. Instead of FIGHTING the ad agencies and turning it into a war about “Women’s Issues”, what about starting a conversation?"


Continue reading: www.feministing.com



about Duendefilms West production of appleseeds: 

Please visit our indiegogo page to find out how we are trying to make a difference both in our short film and the screening/benefits to follow to raise money and awareness around issues of domestic violence and gender representation in film and media.
 

Contributing Artist Spotlight: Photographer Raphael Coffey

Raphael Coffey

Awesome photographer Raphael Coffey contributes both his time and his art to help us with our Indiegogo campaign for the short film "appleseeds."

We are so lucky to have Raphael as part of our team. Besides being one of the most genuine people you will every meet, his pictures are amazing. "He is just able to catch the spirit of each moment in his pictures. There are some people that just have that eye... they are in sync with the subject. I just love his work and I couldn't be happier to have him on set for this film." - Robyn Dettman, Director and Producer of appleseeds.

Raphael does it all with style and grace: portraits, company web shots, brochures, news (MSNBC and NBC.) Please check out his website at: http://www.raphaelcoffey.com




about Duendefilms West production of appleseeds: 

Please visit our indiegogo page to find out how we are trying to make a difference both in our short film and the screening/benefits to follow to raise money and awareness around issues of domestic violence and gender representation in film and media.

Geena Davis talks about gender imbalance in film and media

Had the great experience to see Geena Davis announce her Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
two years ago. I was just coming out of 2 months of radiation treatment and was lucky enough to have my future as a Breast Cancer Survivor in front of me. She inspired me so much at that talk and made me think what I could do with my passion for storytelling... how I can become part of the change I want to see.

Ms. Davis is  funny, articulate and fiercely intelligent. She has started the very important dialogue of gender balance in representation in film and media. Here she speaks with The Wall Street Journal's Rebecca Blumenstein in reference to the "Unlocking the Full Potential of Women in the U.S. Economy" report.



video courtesy of The Wall Street Journal


Please visit our indiegogo page to find out how we are trying to make a difference both in our short film and the screening/benefits that will follow to raise money and awareness around issues of domestic violence and gender representation in film and media.

Study finds that females are more likely to be put in sexual, violent scenes

Really interesting study on the representation of females in film and media. Every role sends a message to young girls and teens. Every image tells a strong story: what story are we trying to tell with these numbers? How can we change this trend in the film industry?

 Journal of Adolescent Health - April 2012

"Women continue to be under-represented in film overall and twice as likely as males to be seen in sexually explicit or violent scenes, according to a new study from the Annenburg Public Policy Center. The report analyzed 855 top box-office movies from 1950 to 2006, with co-author Dan Romer noting surprise at "the same representation of women today as was prevalent in the 1950s. With women increasingly playing major roles in all walks of life, Hollywood appears to remain in the mindset of a much earlier era."

Continue reading: jahonline.org

Join Duendefilms West and their campaign for 'appleseeds" the film. All proceeds from screenings donated to local and national organizations to stop domestic violence.
Check us out at www.indiegogo.com/appleseeds