July 2009

This month we took the show on location to Halifax Mall in Downtown Raleigh to attend the “25 to Survive” Rally.

“25 to Survive” is:

An advocacy group formed by the motion picture industry community of North Carolina, 25 TO SURVIVE works to boost visibility of an imminent collapse of North Carolina’s once booming motion picture industry. In the past 2 years, and more severely in the last 6 months, North Carolina has seen its motion picture industry slowly slip away. 25 TO SURVIVE believes a proposed 25% tax credit will sufficiently support a competitive motion picture industry that will not only instantly create hundreds jobs per film, but also fuel local economies on many different levels.

The Rally took place June 11, 2009 and below is a short video of some of the people we had a chance to talk with about the event and about the proposed tax credit.

Friended

We also had a chance to screen two short films this month. The first film was the short film, “Friended”, from Raleigh filmmaker Arthur Earnest. With a plot self described as. “A misanthrope. His ex-girlfriend. An online social network. Let the “friendship” begin” we sit with actors Curt Kirkhoff and Myles Scott as they discuss, in an almost Seinfeldian way, their online social networking issues. A fun film that is certainly relative in our society of Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter.

Below is the film for your viewing pleasure:

The Last Breakfast

Our second film this month comes to us from Eno River Media Productions and Zoning Media. Director / Producer Aravind Ragupathi helms this beautifully shot 24p HD film starring Mario Griego and Juan-Carlos Guzman.

Watch The Last Breakfast below:

Second Cinema @ “25 to Survive” Rally

Second Cinema was on location to shoot our ‘opens, closes, film intros’ and to support “25 to Survive” today at the Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh, NC. We spoke to numerous filmmakers, educators, and supports at the event and feel that the turn out was a success. Below are two photos of Hilary at work.

Host Hilary Russo interviewing Dan Brawley (Cucularous Film Festival Director)

Hilary interviewing NC Film director Aaron Syrett