1960's protest Reenactment Shoot

I woke Saturday the 21st hoping we could get in our scheduled reenactment shoot without getting slammed by the rain. It was overcast but not raining so I turned on the local weather channel and yikes, tornado warning, possible hail, rain, lightning and high winds. There went my 200 people who signed up to participate as extras. Bad weather will stop a volunteer most days. It hadn't started raining yet and I thought there could be a window so we met at Reese St. our location and waited. I blocked off the street entrance with orange construction tape and started to see cars roll up and people get out wearing 6o's attire. Some of the extras decided to brave the elements to participate in the film. Wow! We had a 10am start time and at 9:35 the rain came down hard again. Everyone huddled in the covered entrance of a night club to stay dry. Still in good spirits the actors were all ready to work. I could see a slight break in the clouds coming so I told them we would get some shooting in.

As luck would have it we got about 2o minutes of dry weather and 40 minutes of light rain. We scrambled to get our various protest shots. The actors were great! Twenty seven people came out in that rough weather and I am extremely grateful. The crew as usual was fantastic. Raines checked people in and handled personnel, Dali handled the actors and kept them ready to go,

Fabrice, secured the location and kept an eye on the crowd and Drew was A.C. for the day helping with the gear. We squeezed in a lot and it's a good thing we did. When we rapped it started to rain heavily again and them it got nasty!

All and all it wound up being a good shoot and a fun time. A big thanks to everyone who came out!

Civil Rights Movement Reenactment Shoot

Last Friday we began shooting the last phase of our documentary, Before the Memories Fade: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement. Over 25 University of Georgia students participated in various reenactment scenes from the 1960's.

Friday marked the next to the last production day in this 2.5 year filming process. The students were great even when the temperature dropped a little. It was cold for Georgia that night.

We shot chase scenes, jail scenes, confrontations and more. I also took the shoot as a teaching moment for some actors who only knew a little about the movement. In between scene changes I talked about various people, topics and situations they should learn more about. After all it was college students their age who travelled south and made the difference.

My Athens crew was great and my two Key PA's, Dali and Fabrice, have been working closely with me over the last month helping to put various shoots together. They are fantastic and real go getters!

This Saturday the 21st, we will be shooting a mass march in downtown Athens. We have over 150 people coming which should make a very exciting and realistic reenactment. Let's hope the weather holds out. If it doesn't we are shooting anyway because they marched in the rain also!

Online and NP Article on Before the Memories Fade

I was recently interviewed by Lee Shearer of the Athens Banner-Herald. The topic was my current documentary, Before the Memories Fade: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement, We discussed various aspects of the movie from structure to participants. He also found out that we will be shooting re-enactments for the film this January in Athens.

The link is attached below. Please check out the article. 2012 is going to be a busy year for Plumgood Productions!

http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2011-12-29/extras-sought-civil-rights-era-re-enactment#.TvwF7SAax9o.facebook

New Website Up and Running!

Excitement the new website has now gone live. There will be a lot for us to report on in the up coming months including finishing a feature documentary, and we'll try to stay on top of it for you. For our new website we decided to streamline the look. It is simple and clean without a lot of gadgets.

This blog will be written informally to update and inform you on the behind-the-scenes action of our shoots. With that in mind some of our work is embargoed so we won't be able to blog about it until after it's released. Hopefully we'll be able to post some generic photos. Either way we'll try to keep you in the loop. : )

Before the Memories Fade: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement (Thank You)

Thank you to all who have been supporting, Before the Memories Fade: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement. We are entering the last phases of production and are set to be in post production mode.

The feature length documentary is to be released in 2012. Posters and tee shirts are still being sold. We have not taken any pre-sales for the film as of yet. We will inform you when that changes.

For more information on the film please go to www.beforethememoriesfade.com

Thanks again for your support!

Keith

Workshops and Private Instructions

Plumgood Productions hosts production workshops yearly and provides private instructions for individuals who want a concentrated study in video and film production.

The link below is from one of our Spring 2011 workshop participants who talks about our program. You may click on the 720p HD resolution for better viewing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6t-OhLsAZY

The schedule for the Spring 2012 workshops will not post until January.

Private instructions are still going on.

To register for private instructions please call us at 202.421.6093 or info@plumgoodproductions.com.

Below is the video at low resolution.

The Movie Posters are in!

The 11x17 movie posters for Before the Memories Fade: Voices from the Civi Rights Movement are now in stock. It is a wonderful looking poster designed by my friends the Fox Artists located in Lexington, Kentucky.

The poster sell for $17.50 which includes shipping and handling. The money raised from poster sales will go towards the cost and rights for using historical footage and still photography. These fees are rather large and we are trying to incorporate as much actual footage as we can for this film.

We appreciate your support!

Thanks,

Kp