Transdimensional Films

The Award...
The 2010 Prometheus Films Festival Award for Best Short Film - Drama

WE WON!!!
WE WON!! We won at the Prometheus Films Festival!!

An incredible amount of effort went into both of the movies we entered, and both of them tied for First Place in the Best Short Film - Drama category! Amazing! But more amazing is the amount of effort that went into creating the event in the first place. Many thanks to Bob Haag and Courtney Shumway for putting on a great and wonderful event!

So, on to those I would like to thank:
★ First off, I would like to thank my crews who worked on BOTH films! You all did an amazing job!

★ I wanted to thank Rachael Witherow and Paul Oakes for being top-notch actors during the 36 hour marathon that was Compunction (and Plastik!).

★ I want to also thank Paula Witthauer-Katzenberger for her wonderful performance in Plastik! (The CHEMISTRY was there!!)

★ To Charles Wurster for being that "crazy man" we were looking for in our Mysterious Man!

★ To my great friends, thanks to Dan and Christy for letting us film up their house for SIX MONTHS!

★ And to Cliff Ackman & Roger Arnold, for helping me hold together many things, including PA Films dot com!

And I would especially like to thank a few other greatly instrumental people...

★ Barrett Rhoads for being the great, witty and funny actor that he is!

★ I'd like to thank my other best friend, Erich Arndt, for his critical role in helping to write Plastik and his "sound" advice.

★ And would really like to thank Joe Witthauer-Katzenberger for his role when we really needed someone to stand out! Thanks.

★ Also, a huge thanks to Courtney Shumway for sticking by these CRAZY productions!

★ And last, but never least, to Christie and the kids. Without their love and support, I might not even be here.

Thanks to all of you! You're all special in each and every way and will NEVER be forgotten!

-- W. Jeff Crawford
Elated Producer
Filmmaker

A Change of Plan...
So there has been a change...

Vincent has been pulled from the Prometheus Film Festival. It was a decision I had to make, as I wanted to make sure that everyone who was involved with it would have a chance to see it. But there was more...

During filming of the movie last year, I had started to develop an idea about how Vincent would premiere. It wasn't at a film festival, but more at an event where I could bring together every person who worked on it for a special night of camaraderie, fun, and awards. It was an idea that blossomed into a full-blown event full of planning and with quite the need for money. So when we began to help build Prometheus, I thought I would have to put the dinner either out of my mind or simply transfer the idea into this festival. Knowing that Prometheus was not built just for Vincent, I decided to go ahead with the dinner/event idea. This way I knew that people who couldn't make it to Prometheus would still have a chance to meet up with everyone and enjoy themselves at one time!

So the event dinner is being built. It will happen in the first weeks of October and will allow each person who helped with the movie a chance to invite family and friends. Good food and beverage, some fun awards for everyone and the Official DVD's will be handed out. And we might even be inviting some friends from a past movie, Plastik, to get their official Plastik DVD's, while we're at it! More info to come on that...

And one more special thing for all of you who have been helping to make Transdimensional Films what it is today: A special reading of "12 Kisses", so you can see what all of this is about! Yes, you'll finally get to hear the full dialog from the idea that started this organization! How's THAT for a great evening?!

-- W. Jeff Crawford
Producer, Vincent
Producer of 12 Kisses

Some updates...
So there are a few updates to let people know about!

First: Vincent is moving right along. I've almost completed the audio level and I'm working into the FX level of the movie. This is the most delicate, simply because it requires a good look and feel before it can be considered done. But that's moving right along...

Next: The premiere... It looks as though we'll be premiering the first show through our newest, local film festival! That's right, The Prometheus Film Festival is a York-based event that will happen in August, 2010. The site provides information and can help to show other filmmakers what movies are available locally, by other independent filmmakers. More information to come, or just visit the site link above.

Another interesting tidbit... A good friend who helped with the movie Vincent, Jason, is helping to create a film. More information can be found here: Holiday of the Dead, a zombie flick. You can read more about it there! Join in the fun and donate a few bucks to help cover production costs! Even $5 goes a long ways...

And that's it for now... More information to follow soon!

-- W. Jeff Crawford
Producer, Vincent
Producer Dude

Where's it at already?!
Education...
Education takes many forms. The one I speak of now is that which we call 'higher education' or college. I have been enrolled now for over a year and I have been striving for decent grades so I can seek a Master's degree before my health deteriorates to nothing. So far, so good. I have almost finished up this semester and the grades are coming in. A's so far, which is wonderful for my grade point average (GPA).

So now that I have TONS of free time during the Summer, I have LOADS of free time in order to finish this movie! Vincent has been through many ups and downs over the past six or more months. The most seem to have passed us by. So now, I am working as hard as I possibly can to finish this classic Transdimensional Films movie.

Right now I am working on the audio phase of the movie. This is tedious, seeing as the majority of the sound fluctuates from softly spoken to extreme overdrive. The problem isn't in the audio recording, so much as the unknowns that we encountered during filming. But the quality is right up there with Hollywood, so expect that the finished product will sound grand!

The other really fun part about editing audio is working with Foley. For those of you inexperienced, Foley is the extra sounds that help to make up a movie. They are the creaking door, punches in a fist fight, or the sound water makes when it is coming from the faucet. Usually Foley is only used for items that weren't captured during filming. But in our case, where we have quite a few of the noises we need, it is for sprucing up what we have and what we want to have in the final film. Either way, it's great trying to get everything together to make a great sounding film!

And it looks as though the premiere might just take place in August (my birth month), somewhere near the York Arts Fest. Plans are still being drawn up, but we're working to get the information out and to everyone who was a part of this film. Keep your eyes peeled here for more information in the near future!

-- W. Jeff Crawford
Producer, Vincent
Winter Lover

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