As promised, here’s the next kids’ film- this one from the Wednesday class. It’s a horror/psychological thriller/movie about a talking grasshopper. Sort of. Starring Antonio, Bryonna, Eddie, Nicholas, Ryan, and Terielle.
As mentioned in prior posts, Court 13 runs what could best be termed an after school program for the handful of talented, creative, and hilarious kids who we have chosen to appear in our next big feature film… the name of which you already know, if you read this blog at all, so I will [...]
Court 13 Omnimedia’s music video for Chairlift’s “Evident Utensil” has been nominated for “Best Breakthrough Video” for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. The video was directed by Ray Tintori and produced and special effected by Bob Weisz. Please watch and vote for the video at http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2009/breakthrough-video/
As I type these very words, two of the producers of the upcoming “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Dan Janvey and Josh Penn, are on a mountain in the land of the Utes, gleaning knowledge from the independent film world’s best and brightest. Yes, that’s right, we’ve batted for the cycle: after the invaluable chance [...]
On July 2nd, friends and family joined the 19 kids enrolled in the Court 13 Acting and Moviemaking School for Young People, for the premiere of their films. The turnout was remarkable–around 100 people showed up at the Colton Auditorium! The films were shown in order of the classes that conceived them: “Scaredy Cat Superheroes” [...]
Over the past 3 months Court 13 has been teaching Filmmaking and Acting Classes at the Studio at Colton to 3 groups of children ages 7-12 from the New Orleans area. As the final project of the classes, the kids led the creative process of making films; they came up with the ideas for the [...]
In the tradition of our unique community approach to filmmaking, this spring we have introduced the inaugural class of the Court 13 Acting and Moviemaking School for Young People… aka the Court 13 After School Program, aka COURT THIRTEENIES: THE NEXT GENERATION. Through grass roots outreach into Orleans and Jefferson Parish schools (not to mention [...]
