Director Lee takes the spotlight at UTA
By John Austin
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
The posters around campus read: “You’ve seen the movies. Now meet the man.” The face on the poster belongs to filmmaker Spike Lee, the Oscar-nominated director of Do the Right Thing, Bamboozled, Malcolm X and a score of other highly regarded movies that cast a […]

ADOBE SOFTWARES Dennis Radeke and BLACKMAGIC DESIGNS Matt Stoneking will hold a 2 hour training session on the new Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Blackmagic Design Hardware Solutions.
Matt will discuss the new Multibridge Pro and Multibridge Eclipse capture and playback units, the Decklink and Intensity lines of video capture cards as well as […]

Film: The Intervention of Christopher Walken
Cast: Mark Spacek, Matt Dunn, Hannah Morgan, Jessica Roberston, Amanda Phillips, Richard Nance
Location: Austin, Texas

Q: Tell me about the film.
A: Well, obviously based on the title, The Intervention of Christopher Walken, it’s an intervention movie. The family and friends of this one character come together–and actually when the story picks […]

Blood, Sweat and Tears: Adventures in No Budget Movie Making! (Part 2)
The Making of “Red Asphalt”: Part 2
by Brian Nelligan
Shooting The Film:
The first day of shooting I had all the actors park at my dad’s house and then we carpooled to the location. I didn’t want to have like ten cars on the set and […]

Blood, Sweat and Tears: Adventures in No Budget Movie Making!

The Making of “Red Asphalt”
by Brian Nelligan
The Story:
Red Asphalt is a short action film that I made to submit to the new reality show on Fox called “The Lot.” I also made this movie to experiment with my visual style and develop the story for a […]

Interview with Actor/Director Jett Garner
by Chris Weidner
ShortFilmTexas.Com
Film: Womb
Cast: Matt Dunn, Jessica Robertson
Writer/Director: Jett Garner
Format: MiniDV
Location: Austin, Texas
Like many actors in Austin, Texas, Jett Garner has had his fair share of brief brushes with success. One such opportunity was landing a small speaking role in the Ron Howard produced version of The Alamo. While this job […]

Well, it’s now…March 7th and we have yet to post our first “Field Report.” But have no fear, the first one is coming in a matter of days. Promise.
We’ve just been so busy juggling the many different aspects of ShortFilmTexas.Com it’s been difficult managing our time.
So keep sending those Field Report requests in and we […]

Welcome to the first “official” post on the ShortFilmTexas.Com – Field Report Blog. In the coming days we will begin to present to you “behind-the-scenes” and “on-set” reports involving short films, music videos and other film related media currently in production across this great film making state of Texas.
Along with Field Reports posted by the […]