The Ghost Light IMDB page is now live. Check it out at www.imdb.com. The Haunted Inc. edit may be finalized. The soundtrack is around 50% complete. Jay Ruch of Lollipop Recording Studio (www.lollipoprecording.com) is currently working to clean up the audio (damn those airplanes). Rich Nehmad has designed a number of fx to jazz up the movie. EP is also working to color correct the pic so that it can be the best it can be. Look for a screening early this summer. Ernie Rockelman (that's me) was interviewed by the Press of Atlantic City regarding his oscar predictions and his thoughts behind the move back to 10 nominees. Though not heavily quoted you may want to check out the article at www.pressofac.com. Look for the EP produced book trailer for Matthew Quick's newest YA novel Sorta Like a RockStar late March/early April. Little Brown will be using the preview to boost excitement prior to an official release of the book. EP is set to produce a second promotional video for the Collingswood Library. The first is currently nominated for a library video award (who knew?). Check out our blogs to see our thoughts on this year's releases and other useless junk. NEWS 02-05-10 The SORTA LIKE A ROCKSTAR book trailer is more or less complete and we are just waiting for the word from Matthew Quick, the book's author, to upload it to that crazy thing known as "the internet". We are very proud of the trailer and look forward to showing it off. Making a trailer instead of a whole feature is much more fun and quick. Perhaps Ernie and I will just embrace the concept and make trailers for the films we wish to shoot rather than bothering with the mess of doing the whole thing. It's like writing Cliff Notes for a book idea instead of writing the whole damn book. Matt, you can take that idea if you'd like. Perhaps challenge the reader/viewer to fill in the blanks. I like it!
The image above is the new front cover for the book SORTA LIKE A ROCKSTAR, the upcoming novel by MATTHEW QUICK. Emerald Productions is producing the book trailer. There was a different text-only cover that was approved, but when the publishing house, Little Brown & Company, saw the still photos of our star, Annie Hubbs, take by the talented photographer Dave Tavani they decided to change it. Now our featured star in the trailer is also on the book. We are in post-production for the book trailer. NEWS 12-29-09 NEWS 12-19-09 Sorry. Ernie and I have been pretty busy and that always means less updates. We finished shooting the trailer for Matthew Quick's awesome book SORTA LIKE A ROCKSTAR and will begin editing next week. We will keep you posted as to when that is complete. Ernie and I have been updating our blogs on the BLOGGING 'TIL IT HURTS page. Check them out if you get the chance. This is very late news, but I stumbled upon an Channel 10 News Interview about the Collingswood Library Promo video that we produced that aired back in September. You can check it out here... http://www.blip.tv/file/2646036 NEWS 12-07-09 NEWS 12-03-09 NEWS 12-02-09
Author MATTEW QUICK hires Emerald Productions to make a trailer for his new book, SORTA LIKE A ROCKSTAR. Matthew Quick’s debut novel THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus & Giroux) was short-listed for the PEN/Hemingway Award and lauded by People, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Publishers Weekly, and others. For NPR, Nancy Pearl picked TSLP as one of ‘Summer’s Best Books’ (2009). The movie rights have been optioned by The Weinstein Company, and David O. Russell has written the screenplay adaptation. TSLP has been translated into Italian, Spanish, and Chinese (forthcoming); it was also published in the UK by Picador. Matthew’s debut young adult novel SORTA LIKE A ROCK STAR (Little, Brown & Co.) will be published in May 2010. Matthew earned his BA through La Salle University and his MFA through Goddard College. He lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife, novelist Alicia Bessette. Expect the trailer sometime early next year. Check out www.matthewquickwriter.com for more information on the author. NEWS 11-03-09 Feel free to participate in THE E.P. FORUM, an open dialogue page for our friends to talk about movies and whatever. Also, Ernie and I have blogs up on the BLOGGING 'TIL IT HURTS page. Check 'em out if you get a second. Thanks! NEWS 10-31-09 This is our favorite time of the year, hands down. To celebrate the holiday and the fact that Ernie and I now have blogs for all to read and comment upon, I will be writing in The Kent Green Blog of Mystery and Love a list of (what I think are) some of the scariest movies of cinematic history (sounds epic). Ernie will also write up his list of scariest movies in cinematic history, as well. Neither of us will check each others list until our own is complete. Let's see how many are the same and which are different. You folks playing at home, please comment on our blogs (or in our new EP forum!!) about what films you think are some of the scariest... MOVIES IN CINEMATIC HISTORY (add echo for effect). Should be fun. Make your own list. Let's go! And HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEWS 10-30-09 I don't know if you know this, but we love the Collingswood Library and the Collingswood Library loves us. We shot them a promo video, they let us shoot some of HAUNTED, INC in their joint, my girlfriend volunteered there and now works there part time. In other words, we have developed a bit of a relationship with the Collingswood Library. Well, the relationship continues to blossom... If you live in the area and have a library card, you can now check out an Emerald Productions DVD from their movie section! The horror anthology INN FOR THE NIGHT and the compilation FOUR FILMS BY EP (featuring DEAD WITHIN, CARVER, BROWN BOX, & DEAD TIRED) are all available to rent. So, throw down that book you've been learning from and pick up a kick-ass EP horror flick at the Collingswood Library!! NEWS 10-28-09 Ghost Light plays tonight at 10PM at the Franlin Theater in Philly. Catch the award-winning film on the big screen before the Halloween season is over! Check out www.firstglancefilms.com for more information. A lot of the cast and crew will be there so make sure you say "Hi" if you roll out.
NEWS 10-20-09 GHOST LIGHT, Emerald Productions' newest short, just got into the FirstGlance Film Festival in Philadelphia! It will be playing Friday, October 23, 2009 at 10PM at the Franklin Theater in Philly. This may be your last chance to see the multi-award winning film on the big screen while it is still the season - Halloween, that is. We will be there. We'd love to see you there! NEWS 10-06-09 Also just found out that we won the AUDIENCE AWARD at the Project Twenty1 Film Festival. The good news just keeps coming! Thanks to all the other filmmakers and volunteers for showing us such a great time at the fest! NEWS 10-05-09 Holy crap. Team Emerald Productions were haunted by the right spirits last night at the Project Twenty1 Film Festival in Philadelphia, PA. GHOST LIGHT was nominated for BEST SOUNDTRACK (kudos to Ryan and Dale on a great job), nominated for BEST ACTING (Bruce, Kumar, Paul, Roberta, Kim, Rick, Jessica, Mark and Ginna - you guys are awesome!) and won for BEST DIRECTING and BEST PICTURE. Special thanks to Justin Plum for being Ernie and my right-hand man. Ant, your make-up was amazing and you should be proud of all your hard work (we are). Ryan and Dale, your soundtrack brought the picture to the next level. Carissa, we would of eaten Doritos the whole time if it weren't for you - and your additional assistance on set was greatly appreciated! Trish for the help with the wonderful constumes. Lastly, Kumar, we will be arriving unexpected at your doorstep with some Arbor Mist and a smile. You helped guide the script and wore many hats throughout production. We love you all. We would be lost without the talent around us. Ernie and I are in awe of what you all brought to this little film. Thank you. Thank you. P.S. There is a longer version of this film that contains the hardwork of actors that put in a long night worth of excellent work. We haven't forgotten you. We just had to cut out a lot to make the ten minute festival cut-off. You will make the final cut. Stay tuned! Here is the trailer to Ghost Light, if you haven't seen it. NEWS 09-15-09 Emerald Productions participated in this year's Philadelphia Project Twenty1 Film Festival. Their short film is entitled "Ghost Light" and will be screening at the International House on Sunday, October 4 at 3:30PM. Tickets are $8 and are likely to sell out. You can purchase them online here... http://www.projecttwenty1.com/Default.aspx?tabid=238
More information to come. Thanks!! NEWS 07-27-09 Ernie Rockelman lent a hand to Center City Film and Video in creating a short Jersey Devil docu for Comcast On Demand. You can see his camera work by accessing the Cutting Edge menu. Click on Paranormal TV and then American Monsters. In other news, EP spent the weekend shooting a video to promote a 5-K run to benefit the Collingswood Library. The finished product should be hitting youtube shortly. Also, rough edits of the Simian Institute short, "Gun," and the "E-Babe" webisode are near completion. Check back for further info. Thanks again, - Ernie NEWS 05-12-09 A (very) rough cut of HAUNTED, INC will be completed by June. There is still a lot to do after that step, but it is a step that has been... stepped. The soundtrack is slowly coming to life like a Chia Pet that you keep forgetting to water and we are about to approach our friend, RICH NEHMAD, about the special fx. In the meantime, we have shot a few weddings, including the executive producer of HAUNTED, INC, JEREMY CLOUTIER and his lovely wife, LINDY. Congratulations to the happy couple. Emerald Productions and the city of Philadelphia quickly disillusioned Jeremy of his hopes and dreams to make films and be happy on the east coast. So, he is moving to Washington state with his family and is breaking up with our company. We are broken-hearted, to say the least. We also are in the post-production stage on one of our key player's, KUMAR DARI, newest comedy troupe project, THE SIMIAN INSTITUTE. The Institute is a group of actor's that allow Kumar and his partner in crime, Woody Hasselhoff, to write and star in comedy skits that will appear online and, eventually, DVD. We will announce when the first short, GUN, is available to see online. Due to time constraints, E.P. wil probably just produce the first couple of these until Dari finds a permanent video team to help support the ongoing project. However, we do love Kumar. So, whenever he calls, we come with cameras rolling. Best of luck to them. This weekend, Emerald Productions is about to move forward on producing a webisode entitled EBabe, starring Brianna Brown. We will also keep you posted on that project. It is about a woman that is hooked on online bidding and finds herself getting into whacky adventures because of her E-Bay fixation. The folks that are hiring us plan on doing a whole series, but we are only set to do this first one thus far. Should be a fun gig. E.P. was not able to participate in this year's 48 Hour Film Project. We had a former commitment on the weekend of the festival and could not break it. It was a production job, so that was good, but it is a shame to miss out on the fun. We participated the past two years and won the Audience Award this last year. Check out our Video / Audio page if you would like to watch them. Summer is here, and Ernie and I both hope to shoot a new short film. Ernie may even do two! He's a bit crazier than me. And, besides, we are still trying to move forward on our second feature. I hope to shoot the next feature during the summer of 2010. But, we shall see. If you read this, sign our guestbook and say "hi". Even if you did already in the past. We are lonely guys and need the love. Thanks. -Kent NEWS 4-15-09 We are about eighty percent done the rough edit of our first feature film! Most credit goes to the talented Ernie Rockelman and his countless nights editing like a son of a bitch. I show up once a week to complain and comment and then leave him, once again, to his madness. To keep the madness self-contained, however, Ernie and I decided that it'd be best for me to do the soundtrack. It is a daunting task and all the musician friends we typically tap into are busy with their own albums, hookers, and drugs. The film, for those that do not know, is called HAUNTED, INC and will be done by the summer. Our first cut will be done (hopefully) by June. So, while Ernie edits and I musicate (not a word), let us all cross our universal fingers and wish the best to a film that was shot with no budget, a three person crew, and a lot of heart. NEWS 3-1-09 Here's the article written by Ernie Rockelman andprinted in the press oscar morning... Oscar snubs: NEWS - 2-19-09 Look in this Sunday's Press of Atlantic City for an article by our very own Ernie Rockelman detailing the year's top five oscar snubs (in his not-so-humble opinion). NEWS - 02-04-09 Happy New Year! Yes, we realize it is February... but you'll be happy to know that our tardy Season Greeting is due to us being very busy. Ernie and I (mostly Ernie) have been editing away at our upcoming feature, Haunted, INC. We are aiming to have it done and ready for the world by June 2009. That is an ambitious deadline but we will do our best to reach it. Besides editing, we have to do sound design (foley art, fixing bad location audio, overdubs), add any special effects and not-so-special effects (ghosts, tv monitors with nothing on them in need of images, other cine-magic), color correction, soundtrack and title sequences. And probably a ton of other stuff I can't think of at the moment. So, June will be tight... but I have faith. We are also in pre-pre-pre-production for our next feature film. It's a little early to get too excited about anything now, but this Saturday will be our first official meeting of the minds for that huge endevour. We'll keep you posted. No screenings coming up anytime soon, but our short films are always available to order. We are in the process of setting up an online store. However, for now, we can do it the old fashioned way. Just contact us via e-mail with the titles you are interested in. NEWS - 12-19-08 What a great screening last night! Thanks to all that could attend and support our shorts. A lot of the cast and crew were there (and we love our cast and crew!!!!) so I wanted to give a special "shout out" to them and thank them again for all their help. Kent and Ernie of E.P. will be on the Rick and Ron Show tonight at 11PM. You can listen online streamed live at http://www.grindhouse-radio.com/ or, if you live in the South Jersey area, you can listen to Cruisin' 92.1 FM. The EP boys will discuss their love of cinema and touch on some of their future projects. Ernie also has a HUGE announcement to make. So, tune in. NEWS - 11-28-08 Welcome to the new version of the E.P. Website. I (Kent) am the webmaster and I know hardly anything about web design. That being said, somehow I messed up the original home page and it magically disappeared. So, instead of trying to fix what we had, I thought it was a good time to just start fresh. The old site looked kinda clunky anyway. So, here we go... We have a huge screening coming up on Thursday, December 18 2008 at the Ritz Theatre Company in Haddon Township, NJ (the Arts District). *Not to be confused with the Ritz Movie Theater in Vorhees*. The address is 915 White Horse Pike, Haddon Township, NJ 08107. Their website is www.ritztheatreco.org and you can purchase tickets throught their site as well as at the door. Due to popular demand (our last screening pulled in about 180 people on a rainy night in Galloway Township), this is an encore screening of our latest batch of eight short films. The nice thing is that the theater is right outside of Philadelphia, whereas the last one was near the Jersey shore. So, hopefully it will be more convenient for people from the Philadelphia area to come out. Here are some flyers we whipped up for the occasion...
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OTHER NEWS This summer, EP (Emerald Productions) finished their first feature film, HAUNTED, INC. The film was originally written as a pilot to a series of the same nomenclature. However, the EP Boys decided to shoot the pilot as a feature and see where it goes from there. The movie is currently in post-production and will hopefully be done... well... soon. A webpage on this site will be dedicated to HAUNTED, INC in the very near future. Stay tuned. |