We are continuing to shoot on our new comedy film. We were joined yesterday by Rachel Riley, (which I last worked with on Spaghetti Noon) & Michael Reiser (who I last worked with on Swindling Charade). It was fun being around and working with these two again. We shot a scene that takes place in a coffee shop. A few weeks ago I posted that DELISH:Bakery and Coffee Shoppe was kind enough to allow us to come in and shoot. It went great! Plus they got great coffee and danishes that we had after we wrapped filming.

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Just goofing around! :P

Labels: Anthony Myers, Cohen Phillips, comedy film, filmmaking, independent film, Michael Reiser, Rachel Riley

The first day of filming went great today! We had a great bunch of actors working today. Anthony Myers, Nikki McKim, Carlea Stafford, and Cohen Phillips. Here are a few stills from behind the scenes and promo shots. All photos credited to Nikki McKim.

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And now for a few promo shots...


From left to right, Carlea Stafford, Nikki McKim, Anthony Myers and Cohen Phillips in background.

Labels: Anthony Myers, Carlea Stafford, coffee shoppe, Cohen Phillips, comedy film, Delish, independent film, Nikki McKim

We now have the coffee shop that we'll be using in the film. Delish: Bakery and Coffee Shoppe It's in a newly restored historic building in our local downtown area. The owner, Mrs. George, was very nice and friendly to us. It will be a fun time shooting in here and helping Mrs. George spread the word about her coffee shop and bakery.

Labels: bakery, coffee shoppe, comedy film, Delish, filming location, filmmaking

Today Dad and I went location scouting for the movie. We looked around downtown locations where most of the film will take place. Found some good sights down there. Plus we went to a coffee shop that we thought would be ideal for the movie. The owner was a very nice lady. Tomorrow we're going to meet with her to see if she gives us the "thumps up" to shoot in her place.

That's the update for today.

Labels: filmmaking, location manager, location scouting

Here is the cast list for the new comedy film we'll be starting to shoot on June 13th.

Jack-Anthony Myers
Sam-Cohen Phillips
Lisa-Rachel Riley
Jane-Charla Phillips Roller
Lucy-Nikki McKim
Woman-Kathy Phillips
Mr. James-Rick Stafford
Misty-Carlea Stafford

Story Summary-"A classic comedy homage: two brothers fail at selling hats, and hope they have better luck with girls."

So there it is so far! More updates coming soon!

The new film project is now in full pre-production. I can say that it's a comedy. We had screentests today for everyone and pretty much have the whole project cast now. A few familiar faces will be coming back for this project. Anthony Myers, who hasn't worked with us since Classroom Liaisons in 2006, is back with us again. Another returning actor to the PhillipsFilm fold is Rachel Riley who last acted for us in 2001.
So this project will sort of be a "family reunion" for all of us.

More updates will be coming soon as we're hoping to start full production July 13th.

Labels: Classroom Liaisons, filmmaking, pre-production

Yes we are still making films around these parts! Even though I haven't updated the main site or this blog for awhile.

We are in the final stages of HEAT ON THE STREET being done! It will be released in the next few weeks.

We are also starting pre-production for another project that I will soon be posting lots about. So this blog will start hopping once again! Stay tuned faithful readers! :)

Labels: filmmaking, making films, update