Photos & Drawings

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 FLYWAY FILM FESTIVAL!

2011-09-19T19:27:00.000-07:00

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OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 FLYWAY FILM FESTIVAL!
http://www.flywayfilmfestival.org/

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 FLYWAY FILM FESTIVAL!

2011-09-19T19:23:00.000-07:00

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OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 FLYWAY FILM FESTIVAL!

OFFICIAL SELECTION: Carmel Art and Film Festival

2011-09-15T20:38:00.000-07:00

Yay! PHOTOS & DRAWINGS just got accepted into the Carmel Art & Film Festival. Carmel, CA is home to Clint Eastwood one of my favorite filmmakers, ever!

http://carmelartandfilm.com/

Accepted into: South Dakota Film Festival

2011-08-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

Just got word, PHOTOS & DRAWINGS was accepted into the South Dakota Film Festival in Aberdeen, SD. September 16-18 2011. Awesome!

South Dakota Film Festival
http://www.southdakotafilmfest.org/

Cast & Crew Screening Date!

2011-04-15T23:04:00.000-07:00

Friends,

We are finally having a cast and crew screening for Photos & Drawings. Some of you aren't cast or crew but you are welcome anyway. Please allow your family, friends, neighbors and loved ones to tag along. This event is FREE and open to the public.

DATE: Thursday April 28, 2011@ 7pm.
LOCATION: Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Main Auditorium

Please join us,

Jon

Accepted into: Bodega Bay International Film Festival

2011-04-11T20:39:00.000-07:00

I am very excited to announce our OFFICIAL SELECTION to the Bodega Bay International Film Festival. Bodega Bay is known for being the location Alfred Hitchcock chose to shoot the birds as well as one of my favorite vacation spots.

Bodega Bay Film Fest.org

Accepted into: Ego Fest

2011-03-15T16:31:00.000-07:00

I am excited to announce our OFFICIAL SELECTION to Ego Fest Short Film Festival. Photos & Drawings will screen

Saturday March 19th at 10:15am.

Check out: www.EgoFestFilms.com for details.

Live streaming at: http://justin.tv/egofest

Photos & Drawings Trailer

2011-01-30T21:13:00.001-08:00

I am super excited to share the Photos & Drawings Trailer. It turned out beautifully thanks to the help of SPLICE and editor/colorist Joanna Day and music by Thomas Fay.

Two artists in search of inspiration discover something more.

Written, Directed & Produced by Jon Maichel Thomas
Producers: Matt Osterman & Alyssa Thomas
Starring: Sasha Andreev, Linnea Mohn, Corey Walton

+ Trailer Credits
Editor/Colorist: Joanna Day @ SPLICE
Sound Design: Kent @ SPLICE
Composer: Thomas Fay

3 films, 2 fests, 1 week

2010-09-28T21:10:00.000-07:00

Pure Craziness!!! Next week I have three films making their premieres.

#1 My short Photos & Drawings is playing Twin Cities Film fest before the feature CONVICTION.

#2 Phasma Ex Machina, a film I co-produced and did the titles for is premiering regionally.

3# THE TESTED, a gem of a movie is making it's debut at the Woodstock Film Festival.

WHAT AN HONOR THIS IS to have all of this happeing at the same time. It is proof that hard work pays off, sometimes a little luck comes your way, and how you really wish you could time travel to be in all three places at once.

I hope you get out to the Fests and take in these movies. I am extremely PROUD of every film. All the filmmakers and directors (including myself) put every last blood sweat and tear into these pictures. This is commendable. Films don't happen overnight and everything must fall into place to make them happen.

I look forward to next week and this rare timing of events. Hopefully it's not the last time.

Screening Date: 9/30, 8:00pm | AMC Block E 15

2010-09-11T14:04:00.000-07:00

We have a screening date for the Twin Cities Film Fest premiere of:

Photos & Drawings
9/30, 8:00pm | AMC Block E 15
Short
Runtime: 14 minutes 
Director: Jon Maichel Thomas 
Narrative / Drama
Staring: Sasha Andreev, Linnea Mohn

Director Bio
Filmmaker Jon Maichel Thomas is founder of Studio Collective a motion graphic and new media design company. As a title designer Jon has worked on projects including Joel & Ethan Coen’s Intolerable Cruelty, Matt Osterman’s Phasma Ex Machina and Russell Costanzo’s The Tested. He is currently a Visiting Artist faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

This short film will screen before the feature CONVICTION. Two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank (MILLION DOLLAR BABY, BOYS DON’T CRY) stars in CONVICTION, the story of the unwavering bond between brother and sister who made a solemn promise to always be there for one another, no matter what.

Buy tickets at BrownPaperTickets.

Photos & Drawings to Premiere at Twin Cities Film Festival

2010-09-06T13:59:00.000-07:00

I am super excited to announce that Photos & Drawings will Premiere at Twin Cities Film Festival sometime between September 28 - October 2, 2010. The exact date is still being worked out. Tune into
http://www.twincitiesfilmfest.org/photos-drawings/ for more info.

Color Correction + Music + Sound Design = Way More Awesomer Movie!

2010-06-12T22:29:00.000-07:00

So I have some great Photos & Drawings news.

1) Thomas Fay has composed a beautiful, charming score for the film. I got to personally play drums on the recording of the original end credits tune.

2) Benjamin Allison and Jon Mohs at Seamless Sound are crafting some incredible sound & foley for the film. These guys work so hard to design it so things sound "like they were always that way".

OH, AND... I have to say that I pretty much jumped for joy (Toyota style), geeky fist pump and all, when Heidi called from Splice Here to say that they would take our little project on and do Color Correction for the film.

This was an incredible break and working with Colorist Joanna has been a real treat. The red footage we used to edit with looked amazing but now the film is gorgeous–stunning really.

So... If everything runs on course the film will be complete in the next couple of weeks. And then we get to see what awesome festivals we get into.

LOTS OF FUN!

Picture is locked.

2010-02-21T18:22:00.000-08:00

I am excited to announce that Photos & Drawings picture is locked. Seamless Sound's Ben Allison and Jon Mohs are now working on the sound design. Stay tuned...

Update - The end is near

2010-01-25T14:07:00.000-08:00

Here is the photos & drawings update: The end is near. The cut is getting close to being locked. We are ramping up sound design and score now. More to come.

Work in Progress

2009-06-28T19:08:00.000-07:00

Hey Photos & Drawings friends. Just wanted to give you a little update on what's been going on with our little movie. I am still editing and loving where things are headed.

Lately, I've been busy co-producing and doing film titles on a feature film called Phasma Ex Machina which is truly an opportunity of a life time. Writer/Director Matt Osterman has orchestrated an amazing comtemplative, super-natural thriller that will you definitely enjoy. Please check out the Phasma Trailer

Photos & Drawings share stars, Sasha Andreev and Corey Walton, with Phasma Ex Machina and Matt Osterman is one of our producers.

It is going to be one wild and crazy summer! Check back for updates.

Still cutting

2009-05-13T23:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been so long since the last post, We're still cutting the picture. Looking great. The timeline slowed a bit as we switched gears to support our Photos & Drawings friend Matt Osterman wrap up his feature Phasma Ex Machina. Jon is doing the title design. Look for it as www.phasmamovie.com

one Rough Cut Done..

2009-04-02T12:20:00.000-07:00

So the trip to WI was a success and I finally have a rough cut. Lots LOTS more to do... more editing, sound design, music, titles....

holed up in Wiscony

2009-03-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Sometimes it's better to get away to get 'er done. I've been holed up in Wisconsin this week for some much needed editing and r&r. I can honestly say that the cut is coming along and that so far it's been a beautifully difficult process. It's hard to have to let gorgeous shots/performances go in the hopes of telling a good story. We're giving it our best though and if time permits I might put together a trailer. I would be remiss if I didn't say a few thank yous to k & p for their wonderful hospitality, to good food & cookies and to house pants.

Here's my world 1) my traveling edit suite 2) the view when the shades aren't closed 3) nothing like a good fireplace nearby to stay warm.

A beautiful looking little film

2009-03-12T00:41:00.000-07:00

This writer/producer/director/editor thing is tough! The crafting process has begun - I am in full edit mode and loving every minute of it. Steve Speers was a phenomenal Director of Photography as you can see by these frames here. I am very happy that Steve convinced me to shoot on the RED camera.

We finished Shooting

2009-02-16T11:34:00.000-08:00

I know it's been a while since the last post but...

THE SHOOT WAS AWESOME! We shot Nov 1, 2, 3. It was Sunny and 70º. The weather could not have been better. [ It sleeted the weekend before and was 30's and snowy the weekend after.]

Thank you to our awesome Cast and Crew. Thank you to all the extras who showed up via last minute text messages.

Day 1: Jon directing Katie for our opening scene.

Day 1: Crew Setting up for Dolly Shot.

Day 2: Crew setting up at MCAD. We transformed this room into 2 beautiful sets.

Day 3: Jon directs Sasha. Shooting in Uptown.

Day 3: Our Margarita wrap party.

Day 3: Photo Op.

Cinematographer: Steve - Lead Actors: Sasha & Linnea - Director: Jon

Writing writing writing

2008-10-17T17:17:00.000-07:00

Even though we're coordinating everything for the shoot, we've been rewriting and updating the script still. Ahhhhhhh! Stressful, but now we have a way better version. There will probably be tweaks right up until the actual shoot, but every change makes it better. Woo hoo. We'll just have to stay awake until around November 4th. That shouldn't be too hard to do.

Test photo shoot

2008-10-08T20:05:00.000-07:00

Here's a little look at some of our test photos from our first photo shoot. Our main character is a photographer and these might end up being some of the photos he takes. Jon and our photographer, Kent, went out last weekend and shot some more people. So now it's time to edit them down to see what we want in the final film.

Jon's making a film!

2008-10-08T16:04:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Photos & Drawings blog!

Photos & Drawings is a short film written and directed by Jon Thomas. It is about Helena and Joel, two creatively stuck artists who find inspiration through a chance meeting.

I (Alyssa) will be posting fun images from the production design of Photos & Drawings along with images from the film set (we start shooting November 1st). You'll be able to check in on our progress here.

We're also asking for donations to help pay for the production of the film. We have a very talented crew volunteering their time to make this project possible. If you would like to help us out, you can donate any amount through PayPal by clicking on the button in the column on the right. If you donate $25 or more we will give you a DVD of the film when it is completed.

Thanks so much, and check in often for updates!