I recently shot a short film or should I say (Digital Movie).
called “Sarahs Jihad”.A story about 2 teenage girls,one a rich Anglo Saxon and the other a poor Muslim girl set post 9/11 and after the race riots in Sydney Australia . The 2 girls’paths cross.

The hardest thing with this camera is learning the menu and how to download to a hardrive.The resolution was very good for a camera of this price range.

(From digitalfilmmaker.com)
Samaritan

The Digital Filmmaker: Star Circle Pictures based in Virginia Beach, Virginia has just wrapped production on a micro feature called “Samaritan,” the third venture for Star Circle, which represents the next chapter in the firm’s evolution. The project was shot for the express purpose of demonstrating the company’s belief in “cost efficiency, faster production flow and good quality.”
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Has Star Circle Pictures pioneered a new phrase as well? I don’t think so, but it is clear, Star Circle never referred to “Samaritan” as a full length feature. Hopefully, that will help mitigate if not stop the misapprehension.

You made an astute observation:
“Here’s an indie producer who’s learned his lesson well. This techie interview will probably get him more exposure (at least in indie circles) than all the PR about the movie itself.”

Though Digital Filmmaker is doing a follow up story on the movie — the hard news for their audience was the completion of the first movie to use the Panasonic AG-HVX200. We believe movies need an audience. Something movie makers need to understand is that in order to obtain that audience, they need to be aware your movie exists. On many levels it is very difficult for an artist to “market” his/her work. Some find the marketing aspect distasteful. You believe everyone should understand that you’re a serious artist who has put blood, sweat and tears into making it, and that should be enough. To a certain degree, this is understandable, but it’s not a healthy attitude for the life of your motion picture. Some just know how to make the movie, and hope sheer love and passion for the project might rub off on others. I am so proud of my team and its efforts, and am willing to find the angles that will bring my movies to light and thereby light up screens. It is more important to us – the independent movie making community – when we have launched and even completed a picture. Not as much so for your own local media, much less a national media. To them, we’re one of maybe 1,500 indies a year. To top it off, unless you come from a major market or at least out of state – the fact that you’re a local is usually a hindrance to getting serious coverage. Don’t fight this. Understand it, and work with it. If you’re talking to the Digital Filmmaker and other national media forums – understand what that editor knows his core audience is first and foremost interested in. If you’re talking to your local media – understand what makes your story news to them, too. Knowing the seven criteria for news will help each movie maker get the word out on his or her film as much as the movie itself. I’m not a proponent of this reality — just a realist. Here they are, courtesy of Jack Driscoll: Timeliness, Importance, High General Interest to Reader, Relevance, Involves Public’s Right to Know, Involves Public’s Need to Know, Whether Story Informs, Educates, Guides or Entertains Reader.

Best of Luck to all our Movie Making Family. May your efforts be rewarding and rewarded.

Ethan E. Marten
Samaritan Producer
http://www.starcirclepictures.com