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Ponte Vedra Filmworks announces plans to produce a high definition feature length motion picture, titled The Fourth Night."
The project is the first feature film to be produced by Ponte Vedra Filmworks, a Florida-based company created by James Dawson. The Fourth Night" is designed to take advantage of the opportunities offered by current film industry trends toward lower-budgeted independently made dramatic motion pictures.
Jacksonville-based Ponte Vedra Filmworks announces plans to produce a high definition feature length motion picture, titled The Fourth Night" written by James Dawson.
In this dramatic screenplay, mysterious deaths occur in a rural Florida county during the thunderstorm season. In order to save the county from going into deeper debt, an affluent county commissioner claims the incidents are acts of natural disaster. The Countys black sheriff, William Davis, runs the risk of solving the case, increasing the county's debt with wrongful death lawsuits or subjecting more citizens to be at risk of a potential serial killer. Digital images on a photojournalist's camera hold some truths; however, the images are not enough to keep the plot from twisting into a world of psychotic obsession. WGA Registration # 927841.
Similar films: BLACK WIDOW MURDERS: THE BLANCHE TAYLOR MOORE STORY meets ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO's NEST.
The Fourth Night" is designed to take advantage of the opportunities offered by current film industry trends toward lower-budgeted independently made dramatic motion pictures. To save in production cost and speed the script to screen" process, the film will be photographed using Hi-Definition technology. Innovative filmmaker George Lucas photographed Star Wars: Episode II" with Hi-Def cameras. Lucas reportedly spent $15,000 on digital stock versus his usual $2.5 million for film and processing.
"Hollywood embraces HiDef as George Lucas leads the charge."
"Digital isn't the future, it's now,"
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Proposed shooting locations for The Fourth Night" are planned for rural counties of Central Florida. Florida has a variety of advantages that make it both an attractive and profitable site for entertainment production: no corporate income tax on limited partnerships, no corporate income tax on subchapter S-corporations, and no sales tax on purchases of raw materials incorporated in a final product for resale.
| | - project is the first feature film to be produced by Ponte Vedra Filmworks, a Florida-based company created by James Dawson. Mr. Dawsons interest in entertainment began with building theatrical sets with Theater South's Scene Shop at Georgia Southern University. After graduating from Georgia Southern University in 1994, he spent the next seven years with DownSouth Filmworks, Inc. harnessing the craft of filmmaking under mentor Jonee' Ansa, AFI Fellow. With DownSouth Filmworks, James is producer of the independent film titled "Baby of the Family" based on the 1989 New York Times Notable Book of the Year of the same title by Tina McElroy Ansa: http://us.imdb.com/Name?Dawson+Jr.,+James
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| | - want the film to look and feel like a 20 million dollar production and cost us less than 2 million to produce. It would be great to return some money to the investor prior to distribution." says Dawson.
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| | - help raise production finances, six members of "The Fourth Night" crew will enter Universal Studios Florida's sponsored "Collaboration...Short Film Competition." Florida filmmakers compete for a chance to win $50,000 worth of production services and the opportunity to showcase their work in the Entertainment Industry Incubators Sixth Annual Short Film Competiton.
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| | - November 7th, all team members will receive this year's "Collaboration" theme via email and have a total of 30 days to complete the five minute project and turn it into the award-winning guerilla filmmaking challenge's competition headquarters in Miami.
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| | - the competion's January 31, 2004 Premier Gala, the top films will be shown to an audience of more than five hundred industry professionals and their supporters. The finalists will be judged by senior-level executives from well known production companies including Universal Studios, Miramax and HBO.
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"Collaboration...Short Film Competition" is hosted by The Entertainment Industry Incubator, Inc. -- a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Florida-based entertainment businesses. http://www.eincubator.org
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