Olive And Mocha

The Bechdel Test (Popularized by Alison Bechdel‘s comic Dykes to Watch Out For, in a 1985 strip called The Rule.)  is a list of questions about the roles women play in a movie. The test helps to determine whether or not the movie has an adequate amount of female presence in it. The questions: 1. [...]

Molly Hale is a professional comedian who’s been performing improv, sketch and stand up for over twelve years at such comedy clubs as Second City, iO Chicago, iO West and ComedySportz. Her Chicago sketch group, Sketchcore, was touted by the Chicago Tribune as “The future of sketch comedy.” She’s written several screenplays that have gone [...]

Paramount Looks for Low-Budget Films Wall Street Journal – By LAUREN A. E. SCHUKER

Money I’ve been legally advised to keep discussions about how and where we’re getting money for the film off of public websites. So, unfortunately I can’t describe here in detail the step-by-step process of acquiring actual cash to make a real-live movie happen. Which is a shame because I think that’s the most mysterious part [...]

Reuter’s piece on how indie filmmakers are taking control of their own futures by harnessing the power of the internet. For some bonus fun check out foureyedmonsters.com for Arin and Susan’s amazing marketing campaign which is a 13 episode film series that documents the making of the movie.

Welcome to Planet Mumblecore, where a new generation of lo-fi filmmakers want a piece of the pie. By LYNN HIRSCHBERG | December 31, 1969 Despite a record-setting, recession-proof box office, the movie business has lost its middle. Blockbusters, based largely on toys and comic books, which can be turned into hugely lucrative franchises for the [...]

Well, it’s official kids… I’m going to be producing my first movie this year! For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been working on what I call my “female Superbad” for some time now. The screenplay, officially titled Olive and Mocha, was written last year and has been getting tweaked for production ever since. [...]

From Wikipedia: Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 American indie comedy film co-written and directed by Jared Hess

Director/writer Suzi Yoonessi‘s award-winning first feature film Dear Lemon Lima premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it received an award for Outstanding Performance.  The film went on to receive the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the Woodstock Film Festival and Anchorage Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film [...]

Sarah Levy is an award-winning cinematographer of narrative and documentary films. Sarah graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television where she was awarded a scholarship for Excellence in Cinematography and received the American Society of Cinematographers Student Award. In 2001, she was named a Kodak Emerging Filmmaker and invited by Kodak to [...]

Leila Fakouri is the creator of Madera Design. She is a production designer, creative director, and installation artist residing in Los Angeles. As a graduate of The San Francisco Art Institute, Leila has been working in the arts for over 10 years. Her signature style includes a bold color palette, creative art installations, refurbished decorative [...]

Christia Crocker Karp, Esq. is an accomplished entertainment attorney with over sixteen years combined experience in the entertainment, media and legal industries. From strategic legal counseling and full-service film production representation, to corporate formation and contractual preparation, review and negotiation, Ms. Karp provides legal services from first concept to red carpet.

Pavy has been in the Makeup industry for over Fourteen years and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. His work has been published in Marie Claire, Glamour, InStyle, Lucky, Cosmopolitan, and Beverly Hills Lifestyle . His work has also been seen on the runways for designers such as Kara Saun, Kevan Hall, Escada, Pamela Roland, Max [...]