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Thank you for the encouragement and your willingness to support up and coming artists! That's exactly what success takes...progressing forward together! Welcome to the site!
Naina was very cinematic, telling, and thought provoking. The choice of black and white fit the story well. Kudos to the camera person as well. Excellent!
May 2009, In Mini-concert at Sephora's ( Tyson's Mall, VA)
What equipment did you use? Why did you choose Black and White?
DMV Filmmakers, meet and network here.
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- About Me
- I refused to be boxed in. I am too creative for that. Just so you know...I love to be IN FRONT of and BEHIND the camera. I love to collaborate where I'm needed until I can work on my own pet projects. If you need ideas--I AM the one to talk to. Sometimes, I scare myself. I'm typically a beast when it comes to getting things organized and completed (unless it has to do with MY life...uuugh!).
So many times artists aren't typically business people. So in addition to CREATIVE collaboration, if you need help with the 'Business Side' of your creativity?' I'm your girl!!! ...it's all in the details.
- Company Name
- Life Savor Productions
- What I hope to gain from The Site
- Collaboration for bigger and better things.
- What project are you currently working on?
- I'm all over the place. My background is in health care and advocacy. However, my passion is on improving the Black community as a whole while still embracing other cultures and ideas= Eclectic growth Empowerment Movement. -- I just made that up!!:)
THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THE INDUSTRY!!
Last year I invested in a Mac Book Pro, My 40D Camera with lense and a Sony HVR-a1u (used). Unfortunately, 2 months later, my Sony just stopped working! No warranty. I sent in to Sony and of course...the cost to fix it equaled a new camera. But I'm tapped out. For right now... I dealing with the set back and I learned a valuable lesson! So my film goals are all in my head on in stills.
OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS!
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Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 5:34pm on August 14, 2009,
Monique Smith said…
- Our thought is to tape the event and show it at a later date.
- At 2:36pm on August 10, 2009,
Rob Morrison said…
- Rob Diggy Entertainment (EPK)
Multi Talented Producer, Arranger, and Film Composer.
As a Film Composer, Diggy has been quite successful and accredits his success to two of his well-known mentors, Spike Lee and Steven Spielberg; he says,” these men have had a great impact on his life by w
hat they have contributed to the Film and Entertainment Industry over the years. Rob Diggy, often called “The Sixth Man of Music”, has been compared to phenomenal Composer’s and Producer’s like Terrence Blanchard, Brian Tyler, and Danny Elfman.
When Beyonce released her Multi-Platinum “Dangerously In Love” album in 2004, it featured the smash hit “Crazy In Love”, which earned Diggy a Grammy for his Outstanding Keyboard Arrangement and Musicianship for the remix. Diggy also recognizes that much of his success as an Arranger and a musician comes from another mentor and long time friend, Morris Hayes (Keyboard player for the famed artist “Prince”). Morris taught Diggy the art of keyboard synthesis and to this day still learns from him.
Film and Production Reel
Trust, My Phamily Barbeque, Hostile Take Down, Three, The Engagement, Tactical, Ransum Games, Paulo Coelho’s The Witch of Portobello Winner of The International Film Competition, and Are We Predestined A Documentary about the many facets of Religion, RE/MAX Spot.
*The Engagement was an official selection for the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) and the Black Harvest Film Festival; and Ransom Games was an official selection for the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) and the Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF).
“I have an untapped talent that’s waiting to be unleashed; the Blessed Person won’t be disappointed”
~Rob Diggy~
www.myspace.com/diggymusic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw3Rqe8dys0&feature=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYchk_9jT5Q&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZF0bh1l3Us&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzhsyz45nQU&feature=channel
- At 1:05pm on May 12, 2009,
Antanell Sparkle Jamison said…
- Dyiva-
When I came up with the concept of the video I planned to do B&W to create a classic old school feel, and then the video would fade to color in the last shots. I have different verisons of the video. One is in full color, another mixes black and white with color shots and then b&W. Technical problems...this is the version I can get up for right now. Two different cameras were used; Panasonic 3ccd, and I think the other camera was a sonny digital. In post production you could see the diff in quality between the Cameras..Black & White helps to mask this. In the version with the color and B&W the panasasonic shots were the color shots...
OK this is long enough!
Peace.
- At 5:59pm on April 12, 2009,
HIGHLINECINEMA said…
- 80-300mm 1:4
hey good luck on the shoot!
- At 4:29pm on April 12, 2009,
Kysionia Daye said… - Thanks Dyiva for the comments, and for accepting my friendship invite...Smooches!!!
- At 11:11pm on April 10, 2009,
Dee said… - Yes, professional photographer, Nikon D80. No not familiar with Deri? I'm not originally from Chicago. Only here for a few years.
- At 9:55pm on April 10, 2009,
Michelle Webb said… - Thank you...lol...sorry about the practice....talk soon.
- At 9:04pm on April 10, 2009,
Ricky Tyree said… - no problem, i need to find where to get a good one for lower than the store price. I was just reading your page, we should collaborate on a project one day.
- At 8:42am on April 10, 2009,
Kali said… - As this site grow, there will be more and more opportunity for collaboration.
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Wake Up African American Filmmakers!
African American Filmmakers member Michelle Karman recently wrote, “This site appears to be dead! C'mon, people!!!!”
I don’t understand the inactivity on this site. I’m not sure if it’s apathy, or the fact that many of the members here are busy for months at a time and don’t have the time to log on, but whatever it is, it has led me to question why I still have a profile here and has me considering deleting it. I’m not writing this to cast aspersions on the members of this forum, but to express… Continue
I don’t understand the inactivity on this site. I’m not sure if it’s apathy, or the fact that many of the members here are busy for months at a time and don’t have the time to log on, but whatever it is, it has led me to question why I still have a profile here and has me considering deleting it. I’m not writing this to cast aspersions on the members of this forum, but to express… Continue
Posted by Craig J. Harris on March 10, 2010 at 11:17am
Positively Consistent
Posted by Focused Films on February 28, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment
Help Please: Needs expert input for my NAACP Essay
My name is Sharnice Jones and I am in 10th grade. I am writing an essay on the noticeable absence of minorities (particularly African Americans) in fantasy movies. I will submit my essay in the NACCP ACT-SO (Afro-Cultural, Technical, Scientific Olympics in NJ in a few weeks. My essay will be entitled “From Invisible to Invincible”.
I would appreciate help from people that are in the business, with answering a few questions. I would be happy to cite authors of the comments that I use… Continue
I would appreciate help from people that are in the business, with answering a few questions. I would be happy to cite authors of the comments that I use… Continue
Posted by Sharnice Jones on February 25, 2010 at 7:39pm
Black History
Posted by Tamara Claborne on February 9, 2010 at 10:11am
WIDE LEFT
IN FEAR LIVES THE ABLE INSECT OF DEPRESSION, AS NEW MOONS COME AND GO,ONLY BEING A STATE OF MIND, CAN ONE UNDO EXPRESSIONS OF NO LOVE FOR SELF.RA
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