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Casting Call for Bastrop, Texas Low Budget Feature Film “Invicta”

August 06, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: Cast/Crew Calls No Comments »

Casting Call for Feature Film “Invicta.”
Film Title: Invicta
Film Type: Feature Film
Shooting Schedule: Oct 2 - 16
Production Company: Upstart and River Road Studio
Location: Bastrop, Texas
Synopsis:
Invicta is a love story set against the backdrop of a retro horror story about fire ants.
Casting:
EVAN, tweedy type under age 30, recent NYU Ph.D. who takes a teaching job at a [...]

Villa Muse Entertainment Studio Courting City of Bastrop

April 23, 2008 By: Chris Weidner Category: News No Comments »

City of Bastrop Courts Villa Muse with Incentives

By Kate Miller Morton
Austin-America Statesman
Backers of the giant proposed Villa Muse entertainment studio and production facility didn’t request direct financial incentives from Austin when they unsuccessfully asked the city to release nearly 2,000 acres from its regulatory and taxing so that the project could save time and money.
But [...]

Role of an Assistant Director Workshop

January 12, 2008 By: admin Category: Austin, Classes/Workshops 2 Comments »

Set Management: Role of an Assistant Director Workshop
Writer-Director Sidney Brammer will be teaching an all-day workshop on Set Management: The Role of Assistant Director on January 26 at the UMAC in Bastrop (1800 Linda at Cypress Street) for $59.
The course is offered through Bastrop Independent School District and anyone interested in signing up should call [...]

Upstart Inc. Sunday Screening Series in Bastrop, Texas

January 05, 2008 By: admin Category: Austin, Resources, San Antonio, TX Film Community No Comments »

SUNDAY SCREENING SERIES – Beginning January 13, 2008
“SURFIN’ THE NEW WAVE”…the European New Wave, that is!
Upstart presents four classics of the 1960s film movement that forever changed the way we make and watch films here in the U.S. Four Guest Curators (to be announced) will present one classic film each from the French, British, Italian, [...]