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Salty Samurai Studios' own Sheldon Steere, along with Producer / Director Stephanie Emerson, and Producer / Director Roth Rind will be filming the mass bicycling event "San Jose Bike Party" this Friday. Look for us with our camera truck, camera rig set up on a bike, and a camera set on the back of someone's trailer. Filmed interviews will be conducted during the first meet up, and possibly at the last one as well. If shooting goes well, the footage will end up being used in our Bike Party Promotional Video being coordinated by Stephanie Emerson, who helps volunteer and set up the Bike Parties each month.In other news, due to scheduling conflicts and filming delays, Sheldon Steere will no ...

Salty Samurai Studios' own Sheldon Steere made a photoshop poster for the big movie project we are currently working on. Look for it in 20 ...

Salty Samurai Studios' own Sheldon Steere has been talking with Akeena Solar, Inc. about producing commercials for their new line of Andalay AC Solar Panels. Nothing concrete has been formed yet, but there are talks of doing a few commercials and possibly a longer video for trade show presentations. Storyboarding will begin early 2010 after the installation rush, and filming will take place so that the films can be ...

Salty Samurai Studios' own Sheldon Steere, Mohammad Harirsaz, and Kelly Miller are now working on a low budget student production by Boran Vukajlovic, sponsored by West Valley College, entitled "Brandon Horn is a JERK!" one of the segments of the "Who is Brandon Horn?" project. The project is the brainchild of professor William Clay, who decided he wanted to create a class based around building a feature production with ...

Some stills from the upcoming movie "Brandon Horn is a JERK!" directed by Boran Vukajlovic. Photography directed by Salty Samurai Studios' own Sheldon Steere. Sound production on this feature is also done by Salty Samurai Studios' Mohammad Harirsaz and Kelly Miller. Look for more production stills in the future as shooting continu ...

Producer / Director Stephanie Emerson, who volunteers with the community organized bicycle party San Jose Bike Party (http://www.sjbikeparty.org) has been asked to work on a film project based around promoting the San Jose Bike Party event in order to teach riders about proper riding safety procedures, and encourage new riders to come to the event. There are no concrete details yet, but Salty Samurai Studios' own Sheldon ...

Salty Samurai Studios now has a Google Voice Phone #! "Google Voice gives you a single phone number that rings all your phones, saves your voicemail online, and transcribes your voicemail to text. Other cool features include the ability to listen in on messages while they are being left and the ability to make low cost international calls. To start enjoying Google Voice, just give out your Google Voice number. You can record custom greetings for your favorite callers or block annoying callers by marking them as SPAM."In case you're wondering, our new Google Voice Phone # is (910) DOG-W ...

Salty Samurai Studios' own cinematographer, Sheldon Steere, along with Director / Producer Stephanie Emerson, and actors Kimberly Pace and Matt Arakaki worked together to film a commercial for local cupcake maker Cups and Cakes Bakery. The commercial was filmed like an old school drug PSA, however instead of drug contraband, the contraband ends up being the delicious cupcake. It should be completed as soon as the motion ...

Signed up for Withoutabox. A great little site if you are a filmmaker. You can upload your films to many festivals automatically, and it handles all of the submission forms and fees for you automatically as long as you upload all the necessary information. PLUS, because it's run by IMDb, it automatically sets you up with an IMDb page for your movie!www.withoutabox. ...

Submitted the 5 minute edit to IFC Media Lab Studios' sketch comedy challenge. The winning video from this contest gets aired on IFC as well as the winners get to meet the actual guys from Monty Python!!! Wish us luck!Also, come September 8th, once the submission window opens, we are going to submit our video to the Rooftop Comedy's National College Funnyfilm Competition. Wish us luck in this one as well, as the prize ...

Edited together a rough 5 minute edit to comply with the Sketchfest’s 5-Minute Video Requirement for their Video Contest. If we make the selection, Sketchfest Seattle will be the first film festival submission for the giant spider skit. Check out our submitted video, and the first cut of the spider movie (Please note that half the scenes are missing due to the time restriction) here: ...

Today's shoot was the easiest yet. We got there about 2:30PM and finished about 3:30PM. Adam did a great insurance salesman. Big thanks to Mary and Dave Olson for letting us use their study. The only thing left now is B-Roll and to finish editing and we'll have a finished mov ...

Today's shoot was amazingly fun. We got to West Valley College about 7:00PM and finished shooting at 1:00AM. It was really fun setting up the set, having access to West Valley College's entire theatre prop department. As you can see, we had plenty of set pieces to use. Boran Vukajlovic and Roth Rind did amazingly in the roles as the Colonel and the Army Soldier. I'd like to thank Gerald Carter for letting us use the ...

Another day of filming. Geoffrey Adams came up from Riverside, CA for a special appearance as "The Guy Hanging Upside Down." Got to Matthew Olson's house at 2:00PM today and wrapped up shooting at about 11 PM. It was an arduous, stuffy afternoon, with everyone wrapped up in fake cobweb in a hot garage, but morale stayed pretty high, and all the scenes were shot. After spending the past few days making the spider web, ...

Another day of filming went great! Got to Gunderson High School at 8:00AM today and wrapped up shooting at 10:10AM. The science lab scenes and the giant tarantula in the town have been shot and look great! After spending this entire past week on the miniature town, I'd like to thank everyone's efforts in getting it all finished and looking professional! Helping put together the set were: Daniel Szymski, Dennis Slominski, ...

Filming today went great, we had 8 extras show up, and got into Los Gatos High School by 12:00PM, and got out before 3:00PM. I'd like to thank everyone who showed up: Stephanie Emerson, Josh Langland, Mike Willis, Adam Popovich, Dorothy Louise, Daniel Campbell, Kevin Brasher, Richard Abalos, Dennis Slominski, Anthony Baca, Roth Rind, and Sheldon Steere. I'd also like to thank Brendan Nystedt for letting us shoot in the ...

Filming this weekend went amazingly for the first shoot. Wrapped up 3 key scenes with the help of Marc Smith, Boran Vukajlovic, Matt Olson, Geva Whyte, Sheldon Steere, Daniel Szymski, and Kevin Brasher. I'd also like to thank David Comfort at Akeena Solar for letting us use their boardroom, and Daniel Szymski at PropertyMinder for letting us use their boardroom. I'd also like to thank Robert Peck Productions and Roth ...

Silicon Valley Film Studios has combined resources with Salty Samurai Studios to embark on filming a comedy skit about a giant spider attacking a city. Skit is based on a short script Matt Olson wrote about 6 years ago, and will begin pre-production immediately. Shooting is planned to begin July 3rd, 2009, and will finish approximately August 23rd. Editing and color correction is scheduled to be completed mid-September, ...