Chopper Chicas Movie Poster

Spent the whole day working on the pre-production version of the Chopper Chicas movie poster. I think the final image is very strong. The original photo by Shannon Brooke was incredible. I tried to tread very lightly on her image. Graphically I used some old metal finishes for the "Chopper Chicas" wording, adjusting the hues to match the actresses skin tones, then desaturated and slightly lightened the background to pull the actresses out front. This is a two part process in Photoshop, first making duplicate layers, completely cropping out the background of the upper layer, adjusting the background layer and then reassembling the two layers. The first go round with this process killed the shadows on the shop floor, so I ended up with a third "shadow" layer. Of course all told I had 32 layers in the .psd file before I was done.

FilmEES

So the last week has been spent getting a new Indie-Film Coalition website active. We are calling it FilmEES for Film Education Entertainment Sustainability. Lisa Heselton set it up on Ning in just a few hours, right after I sent her the graphics I created for the top bar. We had been talking about doing this with several people on Twitter and now it is a reality. The basic goals of FilmEES is on the website as well as member videos, profiles and discussions. New members are joining everyday and some are pretty well know Indie-Film makers. We are putting together compilation DVDs and setting up a screener series to showcase members (and non-members) fillms. DIY!Website is www.filmees.com

Hot Rod Girls Save The World Now On Amazon

Amazon has just added Hot Rod Girls Save The World to the DVD & Movie sales pages. It costs a little more than buying direct from us, but they have great (for the most part) customer service. Amazon HRGSTW Page