And that's a wrap!

!!!HELLO ALL!!!

It has been a crazy ride and luckily we survived! We wrapped principle photography November 11 after a week full of Ga-Ga-Ga, Krumpers, Jerkers and lots of Hassidic folks. Here's a look into our student-turned-gorilla filmmaking!

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Our 'Lizabeth and Schmulie gettin' down!

Rachel & Sonya

Givin' a bit of direction

Tired Producers Connie & Luke

Keepin' my eye on the script supervisors Patricia & Kellie

Sound Guys Natt, Nate and Alan mixin' it up

D.P. Vicky, Camera Op Yuka and AC Alicia

Key Grip Ryan breakin' some rules

Alicia preppin' the Cam


Krumpers, Jerkers and Jews, Oh my!

The most high energy scene I've done

Some famous Krumpers ready to dominate some Jerkers!

Adebola ('Lizabeth) getting some Jerk lessons

Luke and Nina (Editor) hanging out

Jamie (Black Male #1 / Terry)

A delicious U Dolly and Set

Coordinating Sound Men


Vicky getting experimental

Mr. Donald Petrie helping on set

Our Rabbinical School boys ready to play some Ga-Ga-Ga


Whew! That was intense. Everyone worked so hard to pull this project together and make it a wonderful experience. But don't worry folks, we're not done yet!

So what's going on now? Post-Production, Pick-ups and fundraising, fundraising, fundraising! Every donation that we received from our generous friends helped in so many ways, its hard to express them all. Thank you!!!! We continue to work hard everyday and can not WAIT to show the world our talents on the big screen.

We have many events planned for the future so keep your eyes peeled for us!

And don't forget your weekly donations ;cD

- Angelique

Play hard and work harder or work hard and play harder?

“Cookies, brownies, coffee or orange juice support our thesis film”. It tasted good for them and they bought it all. Thursday was our first official fundraiser bake sale in front of the Sierra Tower on CSUN campus.

And YESSSSSSSS we wrapped the day not having a single left over!!! Our wonderful director does not only have serious film making skills (sharp), but also mad domestic skills …no shame in her game.

Angelique baked the goods the nights before and went all out to offer the community some Key Lime cupcakes, Chocolate covered Pretzel Sticks, Wine Cake, Matzo Rice Cake Crispies…

The community not only showed interest in sweets, and baked goods, but an overall interest in the project itself :o)…

it can only get better from here and the word of mouth triggered even more anticipation for our film. For a few hours campus became an upbeat, alive place to be, involving curious students, fresh beats, and colorful cookies.

The entire crew was able to entertain the student crowd, pose for newspaper pictures, and provide the communities stomachs with delicious desserts after lunch. Everyone who didn’t get the chance to stop by sorry you missed out. I know this is not a compensation, but the few pictures tell it all “the bake sale was a blast”.

Indeed, they came, they saw, they bought and support thanks to our awesome CSUN community who made the bake sale a true success. It would have been impossible without you.

To everyone who not only bought, but donated as well the entire crew shows much appreciation and thanks YOU GUYS!!! Without YOU it would have not been such a huge success. Seriously CSUN rocks :o).

To everyone who can’t get enough of us and needs a little bit more of Schwartza: come and support us at the Abbey, which is our next fundraiser in West Hollywood. You can buy tickets on our website for 15 dollars (yes 15) or pay 20 at the door (LINK). Now this is a must see event and we have a lot of high profile rollers showing… Mr. Donald Petrie himself will pay a visit, as well as other Faculty members (yes PROF. Thomas we are talking about You “the one and only”).

Dance with Playboy Bunnies, joke with Andy Dick, hang out with Jean Claude Van Damme, buy some art, and win voucher tickets for the American Music Awards, Golden Globes and much more….if that doesn’t sound convincing enough then I don’t know buddy it sounds like a PARTY to US :o)

See you guys there

Support FILM

Support Schwartza PEACE

VISIT AT TYLER MINIGYRO

Now this is one of the most interesting and fun parts about preproduction!! Checking out gear and testing equipment. Since, Schwartza involves some heavy rigging for a bicycle chase, I was doing research for rigs and mounts and stumbled across an awesome company, who just recently came out with a genius mount called the TYLER MINIGYRO Camera Stabilizer.

Tyler Camera Supports specializes in helicopter mounts for Motion Picture Film Cameras, as well as new Digital Technology. Over the last couple of years the company received a huge demand in the rigs. The requests overseas were heard, however some of the rigs did not quite fit on different helicopter manufactures in other countries.

To compensate for the rising demand the company came up with a genius innovation that developed not only for a lightweight stabilized camera mounts in helicopter, but a rig that is readily available for cars, boats, motorcycles and YES BIKES!!! …. After a visit through the facility George (one of the very nice rental agents) took the time to introduce me to the MiniGyro. It’s a high quality product and provides the stability needed during fast, mobile, action scenes. The Gyro itself fits in a Pelican case and can be carried around across the world. Not only allowing for a max. weight of a 40 lb camera, but a perfect stabilizer for new still cameras that allow for 1080 or 72o recording. The MiniGyro requires 3 pin 28 volts DC input into right side receptacle. The gyro requires 20 minutes spin-up time before filming to reach the perfect rotation necessary to allow for its full effect.

We found just what we were looking for and since the crew advocates a unique approach for Schwartza, we embrace the fact of insisting on using new equipment fresh of the market :o)

Now, thinking that there might be a catch ?!? No, Tyler Camera mounts donated the use of the gyro to our project :o), but the best part was a picture with the owner himself Nelson. Again, I said it in the past, present and I will continue saying it in the future THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for all your support to future film makers :o)

If anyone is interested in checking it out here is a link to the website:

http://www.tylerminigyro.com/home.html

Krumpers

We just locked down Tommy the clown to judge our krumper auditions.


For those of you who don't know what krumping is, let me show ya:



Hopefully that link works.

We're having the auditions at CSUN on friday so if you are around, you are welcome to stop by. It is going to be nuts!

- Angelique

Excitement rolling through

Hi!

The bake sale is almost here and I'm brushing up on my cookin' skills. I'm channeling my artistic right brain and seeing what creative recipes I can conjure up for this menu on Thursday (October 8). Here's one idea:

Take this Butterfly Cookie Recipe and MAGICALLY change it to a Bicycle Cookie Recipe! Something like this...


Who wouldn't stop to just to gander at this? I mean, mine will probably end up looking like this...

Either way, it will be down right delicious and chocolaty. Mmmmmmm. Anybody have suggestions of what to bake tomorrow? Cookies, brownies, etc. We want to please our fellow customers! Maybe Vegan brownies or cupcakes?

By the end of the day, we'll have them looking like this guy....




See you guys on Thursday!

- Angelique

Hello!

Hello everyone!

It's about time we start off this blog, eh? Well I first want to say that our crew has been working non-stop to make this film fantastic. Over the last few weeks we've been to almost every deli on Pico, every store for donations and all of our friends for help. There has been so much success lately with more prizes for the fundraiser (Universal Studios tickets, Vintage Movie Posters, Manicures, etc!) and support. Check out this CSUN news article that discusses Schwartza!

Director Don Petrie Brings Hollywood Magic to CSUN as Artist-in-Residence

I know, I know, pretty awesome. I just want to keep everyone updated on our progress:

- We are having a BAKE SALE this Thursday, October 8 at the Matador Walk on the CSUN campus. It'll be from approximately 9:30am-3:30pm. Look out of for us!


- We are having a major event at "The Abbey" in West Hollywood on Thrusday , October 15 at 10pm-late. There will be music, dancing, a raffle for MANY COOL PRIZES, and a silent auction of student art. The tickets will be $15 pre-sale and $20 at the door. All of the proceeds are going to the production of the film :cD Be there or be square!


- Some awesome sidewalk-chalk-art was drawn today by our lovely crew to promote our events and website. Good job Nate!



Anywho, that's it for now. Keep checking up on our website and Blog for updates. We'll be keeping in touch!

- The Schwartza Crew

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