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Posted on 06.26.07 by admin @ 9:46 pm
For seven weeks cast and crew of The Art of Travel filmed the adventure of a lifetime, hoping that audiences would enjoy taking a journey with a character like Conner, a high school graduate who finds himself, through his own doing, on a year long trip through Central and South America. Conner Layne makes his first destination Nicaragua, and much like Conner’s first days in the city of Managua, the cast and crew encountered culture shock. Anyone who travels knows the drill - anything can happen anywhere. You can get robbed in Atlanta almost easier then getting robbed in Managua, Nicaragua. But it is those first few days in a new place - whether it’s New York or Bogota - that you feel vulnerable. Webisode 3, “Ladrones”, is a cool look into the first few days of shooting inside an amazing country where extreme beauty and poverty somehow coexist. Check out Webisode 3: “Ladrones”! Salude from the Filmmakers! Thomas Whelan For high quality version of the video, check out our blog over on Quick Stop Entertainment. Filed under: Admin Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.14.07 by admin @ 9:47 pm
We are happy to present the exclusive web only trailer and first of seven behind the scenes webisodes of The Art of Travel. Each month, we’ll premiere a new webisode - and in-between, we’ll have biweekly blogs from the actors and filmmakers, plus cool image captures from the movie. This story has been three years in the making, and shooting the film over 7 weeks in 5 countries was an adventure for the entire cast and crew. No, The Art of Travel is not a documentary or the retelling of the bestselling philosophy book with the same title - It is the story of Conner Layne, a high school grad with a full ride to college who finds his plans interrupted by a life changing moment… a moment which becomes the spring board to a travel adventure that ultimately changes Conner’s hopes and dreams. So imagine trying to cold call agents, as the producer, making an offer to the actors you would like to cast in your movie. Agents ask, “Where are you shooting your film?” “The Jungle,” we reply. “Hawaii?” “No, Nicaragua, then Panama.” “Who is the casting director,” they ask? We say, “We don’t have one!” Then they ask about the budget. We change the subject quickly and turn it toward the vision we have for the movie and pray they don’t ask us the question until after the actor has read the script. This is webisode number 2, about how the cast of The Art of Travel came together, how Christopher Kennedy Masterson (Malcolm in The Middle) came to play the role of Conner, the main character, and how Brooke Burns, Johnny Messner, James Duval, Jake Muxworthy, Shalim Ortiz, Angelika Baran, Bijou Phillips, Alexandra Breckenridge, Tommy Savas, Danny Trejo and Maria Conchita Alonzo came to play their roles. Salude from the Filmmakers! Thomas Whelan For high quality versions of the video, check out our blog over at Quick Stop Entertainment. Filed under: Admin Comments: None |
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Posted on 04.03.07 by admin @ 8:35 pm
We are happy to present the first of seven behind the scenes webisodes of The Art of Travel. Each month, we’ll premiere a new webisode - and in-between, we’ll have biweekly blogs from the actors and filmmakers, plus cool image captures from the movie. This story has been three years in the making, and shooting the film over 7 weeks in 5 countries was an adventure for the entire cast and crew. No, The Art of Travel is not a documentary or the retelling of the bestselling philosophy book with the same title - It is the story of Conner Layne, a high school grad with a full ride to college who finds his plans interrupted by a life changing moment… a moment which becomes the spring board to a travel adventure that ultimately changes Conner’s hopes and dreams. When setting out to make an independent feature film, it’s hard enough to convince agents, actors, and crew that the film in question will be a worthwhile endeavor. Now add the fact that our film would be shot entirely on location without many of the creature comforts that actors and crew members are accustomed to while making a film in Los Angeles - not to mention shooting in locations that many filmmakers would never set one foot inside - and you can understand what we were up against. The common questions asked in pre-production were, “Will the actors have trailers?” Our reply, “No, but we’ll have a great big bus with air conditioning that they can rest in.” “What happens if the cameras break in the jungle?” Our reply, “What are the chances that both will go down at the same time?” The most common question, though, was, “Is it safe?” We’d look right in their eyes and not even finch one bit - “Of course it’s safe. What could possibly go wrong shooting in Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Bolivia that couldn’t go wrong shooting in Los Angeles?” Yeah, we know. It even took us a while to believe that answer. While watching the webisodes, I bet you end up asking yourself, “How did they pull this off?” The answer? Finding a talented group of people who believed in us and didn’t care about the answer to the questions above. Salude from the Filmmakers! Thomas Whelan For high quality versions of the video, check out our blog over at Quick Stop Entertainment. Filed under: Admin Comments: 6 Comments |
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