Cowboy and India Take Over RGV Day 1

Day 4 of Production for COWBOY and INDIA film project started off with a bang!
This is the first day we take our production to film in the beautifully scenic and hot Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.
We accomplished a lot. I put out about a handful of fires that came up. They all sprang up within hours before our scheduled filming time, at approximately 11a. To mention a few: Last minute change of Ranch House location which was an amazing blessing in disguise, Scheduled pick up for main equipment, back up plan to the back up plan for a character role, Finalized deal to have a new picture car in our film.

Actress Sarah Vahn plays the role of PALOMA's MOTHER, rehearsing her role and blocking with DP Jordan Scott Price on camera set and ready with Director Kight Haberer  and the team.

Actor Jimmy who plays COWBOY rehearses his lines in Spanish with Kelly our Scriptie as I give a few pointers on pronunciation here and there.

My favorite intern Cesar and I last ones out of the property as we wrapped for filming our first day in Brownsville, TX. Cesar came out for some extra help on set. He worked mostly in pre production and assisted to line up many elements in producer department.

A very happy Director Kight Haberer and AD Robbie Curtis as we wrap the Ranch House filming for the day.

4 days before filming COWBOY and INDIA

4 days before filming , a photo by lauralilialive on Flickr.

anticipation!
some things still left:
-find a picture vehicle
-find hispanic woman to play lead female character's mother
-spread the word about extras needed for awesome western scene
-talk to local media about the project
-tech scout
-build set and all items needed for stunts
-mtgs, mtgs, mtgs
-pick up gear
-on location rehearsals
-reply emails, make calls

oh and some sleep to help those eyes you see above ;) gnight!

Via Flickr:
Today Tuesday marks 4 days before the most challenging film I've ever produced begins part 2 of production days.

It's a challenging in that it's a shoe string budget Texas short films and deals with all the pivotal elements I learned in film school while at UNT producers usually want to avoid in production:
animals, explosions, fight sequences, weapons, car chase, stunts.
children is the only thing missing, but we're bound to have some adults behaving like children :).
oh yeah and part 2 of production is 3 days filming in the Rio Grande Valley out of which 80% of our scenes take place outdoors. Let's pray for sunny / over cast days. Exciting things!! Time ticks.

Be an Extra in Western Short Films filming in Rio Grande Valley

So come out and join the indie filmmaking in the Brownsville area! Enough said! 

Thanks Yall! 

Story boarding for COWBOY and INDIA

Story boarding with director Jorge Garza and fellow producer Ryan Britton UTA graduate students at ranch property in Brownsville, Texas for short film I'm producing, INDIA.
INDIA is written and directed by Jorge Garza as part of his masters studies. The 10 minute short film is part of a collaborative production project titled COWBOY and INDIA.

Sweets from Bean while I work

I multitask when I work will often crave a sweet snack, so I'll take a pause from work and open up a bag of sweet candy, pretty often it's peanut M&Ms or some chocolate etc. Lately I've changed up the packaged mass produced goods for some bulk dry fruit, nuts etc in attempt to go a little more towards the healthy side, within the sugar intake spectrum that is. These days I work hard and run on natural sweets, no additive flavors, coloring, and for the most part I'm coffee free. I'm very proud to share that I now have coffee maybe 1-3 times a month - which is an incredible leap for a coffee lover.

Macbook Pro, Bean Sweets and I during the preproduction

of COWBOY and INDIA filming in THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS 2012.

These are hand made orange and lemon sweet snacks that savor up your palette as a light snack and help an excellent cause in the Rio Grande Valley. My production buddy Beane cooked these up for a purpose. Read here for some more info.

Casting & Crew Call for RGV - Cowboy and India short film western duo I'm producing

Texas student independent short film "COWBOY AND INDIA" will be working on scenes in the Brownsville and Los Fresnos area and is in search of Rio Grande Valley talent for our western theme film shoot. This is a double feature short film production. Both short films will be ten minutes and shot concurrently, using the same characters to tell the same story in two different ways. This project offers an exciting opportunity to portray a character that will be “the good guy” in one film and “the bad guy” in the other. The two films will be shot concurrently over two weekends. COWBOY: “A traveling bronc rider tries to escape the threat of an inquisitive hitman.” - Written and Directed by Kight Haberer.   INDIA: “In pursuit of his last target, a distinguished assassin is betrayed by his organization.” - Written and Directed by Jorge Garza

The western film will shoot Friday 3/23, Saturday 3/24 and Sunday 3/25 but if selected you will only need to come out one day, depending on shooting schedule and weather. If selected you will need to come dressed in western attire. Once selected you will receive an email or phone call from our staff with further instructions to attend the casting.

To apply please read roles and instructions below.

Roles available:

STUNT DOUBLE that is light skin complexion, brown hair, 5'8 175 lbs, medium built frame, willing to ride a horse, fall into a matt from second story.

ROSARIO, speak spanish, Mexican or Valley native, age 45-55

PANCHO, speak spanish, Mexican or Valley native 25-45

CREW POSITIONS:

Assistant Camera

Grip

Electric

PA - production office

PA - craft services

PA - transportation, must have good driving record

PA - AD department and swing G&E, Art, etc

To be considered for a role please email your contact information and two photos of your self (1 head and shoulders and 1 full body).

Name of Role interested in (see list above)

Full Name

Phone Number

Email

Age

Resume (if available)

Send your email to casting.ccm@gmail.com Please label subject - "western film."

more on the film:

http://www.indiegogo.com/Cowboy-v-India?a=19615

previous casting call notice:

http://www.shortfilmtexas.com/2012/casting-call-for-fort-worth-texas-student-short-films-cowboy-and-india/

PreProduction Progress - Cowboy and India short film western duo I'm producing

The first half of our production dates are wrapped, we have about 2 weeks in between to complete preproduction for our Rio Grande Valley Shoot. This second half of our production days is action packed with special effects, like a car flipping, horse back riding and fighting, new locations and adding a couple of new faces to the cast, counting on 50+ extras to coordinate, choreograph a bar fight, and logistically speaking an intense plan considering 80% of our scenes are exterior shooting squeezed into 3 RGV hot production days.
We are extremely appreciative to those who have already extended a lending hand in donations and being on set to work the shoot volunteering their time! We couldn't have done it with out all the support.


We are still looking to raise funds for this ambitious duo of short films.

photo during our location scouting in the Brownsville, TX area.

These productions are being made to full fill a masters at the Univeristy of Texas at Arlington. This is a double feature short film production. Both short films will be ten minutes and shot concurrently, using the same characters to tell the same story in two different ways. This project offers an exciting opportunity to portray a character that will be “the good guy” in one film and “the bad guy” in the other. The two films will be shot concurrently over two weekends. 
COWBOY: “A traveling bronc rider tries to escape the threat of an inquisitive hitman,” - Written and Directed by Kight Haberer.   


INDIA: “In pursuit of his last target, a distinguished assassin is betrayed by his organization,” - Written and Directed by Jorge Garza.