With NFFTY coming in April, our newest film is now entering production, titled Through a Dark Wood. The film is inspired by the story Inferno by Dante from the Divine Comedy. We have finished casting for the film and are ready to start shooting over the coming months. Composing for the film will be Scott Morgan, one of the geniuses behind the music from Dragonball Z. We have drawn the vocal talents of Jon Rivers to read a part for the film as well. We are very excited to begin filming on this project and we will be posting more details as they develop.
Firstly, Dylan, Jesse, and Miles Stipek turned 20 years old on the 8th! So let’s wish them a warm happy birthday! I have a few things to talk about regarding what has happened these passed few months, and some words on the future agenda of Trico Films. Recently, our good friend and actor Jesse Hallenbeck assembled DVDs for our award-winning short film, Soldiers of Necker. They are available now, but we only ask for a $10 donation fee. Just send a request to our email and I will do my best to get back to you ASAP. Moving on, we just did some promotional work for Paramount Vantage and A&E IndieFilms with the kind and helpful support of the National Film Festival for Talented Youth. The segment was on their new movie ‘AMERICAN TEEN’ and can be viewed here. Furthermore, this is the last week of college and a few of us have taken on some summer projects that involve film. So we’ll be getting additional credit for that (Woo!). Once we get college all squared away, we’re going to start pre-production on our next NFFTY film. We have some pretty cool ideas on the horizon. Well I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Keep in touch, we’ll be starting up again within the next few weeks.
PS::.. GO SEE THE DARK KNIGHT! It’s the best film of the decade!
Got quite a few things happening over the next couple months. For one, Jesse will be shooting a production at the Japanese Gardens in Seattle which will carry over as a final project in one of his classes at the University of Washington-Bothell campus. Also, starting in the summer we may be contracted to shoot several business training videos as well as commercials that will pay great amounts for our services, rendering our company profitable to invest in future equipment.
The summer will also grant us the time and effort to start on our next narrative with newly appointed television and game composer, Scott Morgan (Dragonball Z, Empires: Dawn of the Modern World). However, college has been keeping us extremely busy and unproductive on the video front (with the exception of small weekend event photography). Once the quarter is over, it should alleviate the stress and apprehension of grades. We still haven’t heard anything from the team at NFFTY or Comcast about when Soldiers of Necker will play on their Video On Demand network, but we do know that they they will show it along with other youth-made films from the festival. Notice will be provided prior to the syndication of the film -so stay tuned!
To our fellow fans, I beg you have patience; Trico Films will deliver.
It’s probably about time I actually fill a lot of you in on what has been going on these last few months with Trico Films and its crew. As many of you may know, we finished Soldiers of Necker back in early March, and a many special thanks to our composer, Carl Johnson. That guy is the coolest dude since George Lucas. Anyway, Soldiers of Necker made the spot as an official selection for the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) and premiered last Sunday on March 30 at the McCaw Hall near the Seattle Center. There were many awesome films made by so many cool people from all over the nation and abroad; it was a fantastic experience, the staff, filmmakers, and the regular ticket-buyers were all great people. 73 films were shown, and awards were given Sunday evening. To our surprise, Soldiers of Necker won the audience choice award for “Best Short Film” out of all the entries. We are very happy with this achievement, and have taken it with honor. But to be honest, just about every film at the festival deserved some kind of award. There were so many fine pieces of art that anyone would enjoy. Everything about the festival was pure coolness (the concerts, the panels, the networking, and most of all, the young filmmakers). We don’t know what we’ll make next, but we now know that there is a festival willing to support our creations and help expand the recognition of youth filmmakers across the nation and worldwide. Thanks NFFTY!!
You can watch Soldiers of Necker in the Films section of our website. Comcast Video On Demand will also be showing Soldiers of Necker starting this month. I will let all of you know when that will be available. Pictures of the event can be seen here. Cheers!
Yesterday we began shooting more scenes for our WWII short, Soldiers of Necker. This is a project we are working on for the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, debuting March 28-30. We have edited a six minute rough cut of the footage, which includes a temporary soundtrack, but is only an excerpt. The prologue, middle, and end of the film will be shot during the three day weekend of February 16 - 18. We’re really going to push it, and at the same time, try and get some authentic WWII vehicles for the shoot. So far, it’s going great and the actors are doing fabulous. We couldn’t ask for a better crew.
It’s been awhile since my last update, and I deeply apologize for that. We’ve been very busy lately, but if any of you have been following our YouTube profile you will notice a jump in silly Halo videos. Yes, we get quite bored at times and make these; but they’re fun nonetheless! Currently, the quarter is almost over and Christmas break will commence. During that time, we will be working on a short film for next years National Film Festival for Talented Youth. In the mean time, please keep checking up on our YouTube account. I simply can’t manage to upload every single film that we make onto this site, so YouTube is your best bet for now. Although feature films and shorts WILL be posted on this website.
Ah! I almost forgot… Recently, we came in acquaintance with former Dragon Ball Z music editor and arranger, Scott Morgan. He runs his own little studio called Morganstudios and is currently selling a great CD, The Shrubbery of Darkness. Scott worked with us on our most recent short, MC THE MERCIFUL, providing a wonderful yet haunting, musical score - Check it out!
That’s all for now! Please keep coming back for more updates! Chow.
What if toys came to life? Now that would be something, wouldn’t it? Well Trico Films has introduced an all new series based off of DigitalPh33r’s, “Master Chief Sucks at Halo.” MC is lost and confused when he finds out that he isn’t on his ship anymore, and demands an explanation. But will MC get the information that he seeks? Or will he be in a bigger pickle than a realizes? He is yet to find out in, Master Chief: Episode One.
Crackle.com, a SONY Pictures Company, contacted us regarding our films and asked us to share them on their new website (formally Grouper.com). After thinking about it, I decided to upload our five minute short, Two Brothers. Just hours later, an editor of Crackle.com emailed me and said that they absolutely loved the film. As a result, it made the Spotlight selection on the main page and won Editor’s Choice Award on 8/30/07.
On the other note, I apologize for not updating the site as fast as usual, we here at Trico Films have been very busy; the last few weeks especially. We have been helping on an independent film called “Aim Away from Face,” a film by Brandon Swanson. It’s a comedy about two fireworks stand clerks against an adversary who sells more. So far, it’s pretty funny.
We leave for Scottsdale, AZ tomorrow for a week vacation. After that, we’ll get started on our new film, The Standard.
This is just some footage I took earlier this afternoon with the new camera. So far, it looks pretty dang good. I can sure tell the difference in frame rates between this and my old HD cam; the DVX100B looks a lot more like film.
Today at 11:00AM, UPS arrived and gave us a big package. It was the AG-DVX100B. The camera is very beautiful and in perfect condition. We are very excited to use it, and will be posting some test footage later this evening.
