April 2012
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February 2012
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San Diego Latino Film Festival
BEE is selected at the San Diego Latino Film Festival! The screening is set for Sunday March 18th, 2012 at 1:00pm.
www.sdlatinofilm.com/films/shorts-programs/
December 2011
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BEE Premier Showtimes
Wild & Scenic Film Festival Update: BEE will be shown on Saturday January 14, 2012 at the Vets Hall and on Sunday January 15 at Masons. Both screenings are in the afternoon. And here’s what the festival says: “We highly recommend that if you would like to see a particular film, please plan on arriving early at the theatre it’s showing at, and before the start of that session of...
November 2011
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Our first radio program!
Producer Emma Hitzke will be talking about Women in filmmaking and “BEE” tomorrow Monday November 28, 2011 on the radio. Listen to her live on KVMR (89.5 FM) or on the Web at 8:00 pm PST. Or you can catch the Podcast later on the same Website. http://kvmr.org/index.html
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October 2011
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Original Theme Song →
“Melodie For Sam”: this is the original theme song for BEE composed and performed by JB Dunckel.
Click on the title above to listen to it.
Enjoy…
September 2011
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BEE (Film Trailer) →
Click on the title to watch the trailer for the short film BEE. It will be in festivals in 2012.
July 2011
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Successful Kickstarter Campaign!
Thanks for the great support on reaching our goal on Kickstarter for the film BEE!
Here’s a great blog, full of advice to run a succesful Kickstarter campaign:
http://garrettgibbons.com/blog/successful-kickstarter-campaigns
June 2011
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Breeda Wool is in the New York Times!
Exciting news: Breeda, who plays the young entomologist in BEE, is in the New York Times today.
Our Kickstarter campaign ends in only 10 days and we’re at 66% of our funding goal. Please pass the link to the Kickstarter page to all your friends. (www.kickstarter.com/projects/391233736/bee-short-film-narrative)
Remember: The film will get funded only if we reach 100%!
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BEE Kickstarter Campaign Launched →
Be part of the adventure of making the film with us! Click on the title to get to the Kickstarter website.
May 2011
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Editor: Daniel Raj Koobir
I’m now in post-production and I’m so excited to have Daniel Raj Koobir edit BEE. The features and shorts he edited went to the Sundance Film Festival, to the Berlin International Film Festival, to IFC Films, etc… He has a great sense for film narrative.
Check out his beautiful reel:
http://www.danielrajkoobir.com/reel.html
April 2011
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It's a Wrap!
We just wrapped three days of a fantastic shoot for the short film BEE. It went really well, and I enjoyed every moment of this creative process. Actually, I was so absorbed, I didn’t even take one single picture of the set. But the others have. I will share some photos soon. The cast and crew (16 people) were fantastic. We ended up the 3 days feeling “WOW, we’ve done something...
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Cinematographer: Autumn Durald
I’m thrilled Autumn Durald will be the DP on the shortfilm BEE. She has a real artistic eye.
I saw her work in “Guerilla Gardens” by Rafael Palacio-Illingworth at the LA Shorts Fest last year. Make sure you check her reel:
http://www.autumndurald.com/showreel.html
And also check her photos on her site!
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Actor: Louie Alegria
Louie Alegria will play the role of the sheriff Sam. I’m thrilled: he’s an excellent actor who had a great chemistry going on during the call back session with the other actors who will be in “BEE”. It was amazing to see this happening in front of my eyes. I expect it will be the same on screen. Check his bio on iMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1174932/
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Actress: Breeda Wool
Breeda Wool will play the role of Christine, the young entomologist. I met her at Sundance ‘11 when she was supporting the excellent short film “AWOL” directed by Deb Shoval. Breeda had one of the lead roles in it. She’s very impressive on screen. To find out about her other films, please check her iMDB page:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2815589/
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Actor: Frank Ashmore
Another reason to be happy: Frank Ashmore will play Ed the beekeeper. He really stood out in the auditions I did. He’s very talented, and I’m sure you’ve seen him on the large screen or the small screen. Check his bio on iMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039149/
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Actor: Mario Piccirillo
I’m excited to have Mario Piccirillo to play the role of Mario the farmer who owns the orchard in BEE. His bio is on iMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681549/
He’s very talented. I can’t wait to start the production next weekend!
And over the next few days I will share more about the talented people who will be in this film.
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Casting
I just had 2 days casting session in Los Angeles. I worked with the casting director Balyndah Bumpus from “Bump It Casting.” About 400 actors sent their headshot and resume for the parts of Sam, Ed and Mario. I ended up seeing about 60 actors on the first day and then made a call back session with a few actors and the lead actress. It was amazing to see the characters come to life...
March 2011
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“I finished writing the script for “Bee” and I’m very, very...”
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Film Score
I’m also very excited JB Dunckel will score the short film “Bee”. He co-wrote music for films like “Virgin Suicide” or “Lost in Translation.” Did I mention he’s very talented? (Click on the photo for the IMDb page.)
February 2011
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Poster
I’m very excited Celine Caneparo will create the poster for my upcoming short film about honeybees. She has so much talent! The poster will be the first visual element of this film coming to life.
Click on the picture above to see her artwork.
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Bug Squad Blog →
Great blog on honeybees from UC Davis (Click on title above)
January 2011
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“Welcome to my blog! I plan on posting updates every other week, sometimes more,...”
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http://www.raphaelhitzke.com →
My Website.
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