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You Want A Chicago Actor? Meet Ron Dean.

You Want A Chicago Actor? Meet Ron Dean.
  Good Evening, Greg Kiernan here again and this has got to be one of the most exciting blogs I’ve posted yet – I had the chance to meet up with the star of the upcoming Blue Damen picture “Recalculating” (production set in Elgin over the next few weeks!).  This particular actor may not be... Read more »
By GKman,
May 18, 2012 at 8:55 am
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Introducing Jan Kaschner

Introducing Jan Kaschner
Good Evening, Greg Kiernan here again and I am pleased to report that this week’s post is exceptionally exciting.  As the production of Blue Damen’s latest film “Recalculating” draws near it behooves one to take a look at all the multitude of steps that it took to bring this story to life (not to mention... Read more »
By GKman,
May 10, 2012 at 5:14 pm
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Secrets to Getting Cast in a Movie

As we gear up for the production of our newest film “Recalculating” the topic of casting has been on my mind a lot lately. In the grand scheme of things Blue Damen Pictures is still a guppy in the Very Big Pond which is the film industry. As a result our casting process has been... Read more »
By Gwydhar,
May 4, 2012 at 3:08 pm
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How Much Is Your Time Worth?

It’s fair to say that everyone who works wants to get paid. In times like these, as our economy staggers out of the gray uncertainty of recession we probably spend a lot time thinking about money and how much of it we should be getting. How much in wages we earn for our time and... Read more »
By Gwydhar,
April 27, 2012 at 5:04 pm
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The Chicago "Atmosphere"

The Chicago "Atmosphere"
“Chicago has great clouds.” I was speaking to a friend on the phone a few days ago and we were talking about the differences between California and Chicago. “There’s so much sunlight here,” was my comment that precipitated the converstion. “It’s always sunny. It takes some getting used to.” This isn’t strictly true, of course... Read more »
By Gwydhar,
April 25, 2012 at 1:25 pm
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Tell Me Where To Go

Good Evening faithful readers.  Greg Kiernan here again, and if you’re anything like me you’re trying to find a guide to a better life but don’t know where to look. Maybe it’s a post-quarter life crisis, perhaps it’s the knowledge that I’m simply getting older, but one thing is for sure: this is not exactly... Read more »
By GKman,
April 13, 2012 at 2:29 pm
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Keeping Women Out of Film

Keeping Women Out of Film
Last week I volunteered to help out at the Los Angeles Women’s Film Festival. For the past two years this was a festival at which we screened our films “The Visionary” and “Mattress World”. To be on the other side of the other side of the proverbial velvet rope was eye-opening about some of the... Read more »
By Gwydhar,
April 6, 2012 at 7:41 pm
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Hunger Games: Hungry for More

Greetings readers, This is Greg Kiernan again, reporting to you from Chicago’s north side.  Like many of you I’m sure, I have recently seen “The Hunger Games” and was greatly entertained.  But the end of the movie left a few things hanging and I had a few unanswered questions.  But then I came to the... Read more »
By GKman,
April 1, 2012 at 7:16 pm
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Who Cares About Independent Film Anyway?

<Start irony> Thanks Apple. And Canon. And Sony. And all of you- you know who you are. You’re the ones who made it just SO easy for everyone to become a filmmaker these days and now we’re paying the price. The Facebook messages, the endless event invitations, the please-like-this-project-cuz-I’m-working-on-it-and-we’re-friends-right? pleas. Oh yeah, and the constant... Read more »
By Gwydhar,
March 23, 2012 at 9:30 am
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"Dark Before Dawn" on Elgin Today

So we had a premiere a few weeks ago for our new film “Dark Before Dawn”: It was an amazing event and we were so excited to have a chance to share the fruits of our labors with all out supporters and the good folks of Elgin who let us produce the film in their... Read more »
By Gwydhar,
March 15, 2012 at 2:25 pm
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