Looking for Filmmaker-Artists

Creating a group of filmmaker-artists
to build the Community of Believers

The pilot program of "the Production Gathering" is in planning meetings with the following points projected:

• program conducted June - August, 2010
• premiere event for films produced in the program - early fall
• producing art which makes significant conversations
• a mutual help group mentoring each other
• exploring new ways to fund your art
• building a network of long-term relationships
• including selected younger filmmaker-artists
• gaining the support of the whole group and their circles of influence

Looking for Staff, Applicants and Sponsors

STAFF

--- To brainstorm, promote, manage and facilitate

THREE CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS

--- Producers with a short art film to make

• under 10 minutes
• incorporates original visual arts from a non-film medium
• incorporates original soundscape production
• can be linear story, abstract, or a mix of both
• appropriate for general audiences (children, adults, marketable to a wide spectrum, promoting positive values, avoiding preaching or controversy)
• retain ownership of film (non-exclusive rights to Horizon Gate, premiere proceeds split between venue, Horizon Gate and producer)
• Invited to bring 2 associates along

--- Production Team Members

• those wanting to work on others' films
• developing your craft, or an aspect of it
• building your network of relationships for future gigs
• visual artists, musicians and performers welcome

---Exhibitor

• those wanting to develop as art and film exhibitors
• gallery knowledge
• cafe knowledge
• Internet marketing knowledge
• publicists and promoters
• will help prepare and hang physical art used in making the films
• will help plan and execute initial promotions and premiere event

SPONSORS

• Companies and businesses which seek exposure to filmmakers, artists and their audiences
• Industry professionals who want to invest in positive development of personnel and projects
• Associations which want to develop membership
• Charities and foundations promoting their causes
• All donations are tax deductible

FOR MORE INFO

E-mail Mark Turner, mark (at) horizongate.org , and leave comments and questions below.

First of Three Vision Components

We have been promoting our three-part vision: the Production Gathering, the Film-Gallery-Café, and Funding by Financial Health. What would a “production gathering” be like?

Think of a retreat in which participants are provided with an array of helps, programmed and free form, to refresh their perspective on life, inspire them to accomplish their dreams and spark new ideas. Focus that kind of a retreat to the needs of practicing artists with a select few younger, promising artists.

This would not just be a vacation, but a working retreat in which the artists are selected to fill positions in a film production, the center around which the retreat is organized. Experienced professionals would work for pay and agree to mentor the tuition paying younger artists who have been invited based on their portfolio and application. Scholarships would be available. The younger artists would be challenged to rise to the working professional level.

The retreat aspect of the event would strive to remove negative pressure that is common to commercial productions and to promote a freedom of creativity. Hosted in a place close to nature, intense periods of shooting, performance and post production, would be interspersed with enrichment times. These would include live musicians entertaining during meal breaks and evenings, inspirational presentations from specialists in related fields, and recreational facilities. Room and board would be provided with ample staffing to attend to each individual's needs.

The number and type of residents, as well as the length of time scheduled, would vary depending on the demands of the given screenplay. Short films using a wide variety of art forms would be the preferred project. As each phase of production progresses every artist would be involved either as observer, or as worker, the whole group traveling together to the finished product.

By the time of celebrating the final product each resident will have experienced renewal, enlightened perspective on their career and craft, and formed special bonds with other artists. The gathering will have profound effect on the artists and their creations for the rest of their lives. The films produced at the gatherings will have a life at film festivals, distribution avenues and at Horizon Gate's Film-Gallery-Café.

The Vision Has Been Growing

This is a season of obtaining appointments and sharing our vision with everyone we can. We are presenting a broader vision than ever, including

1. the Production Gathering - film production that builds community and nurtures the artists involved,

2. the Film Gallery Café - exhibiting our films in a place combining aspects of a gallery, a café and a theater,

3. the Community working together to implement financial health which generates the resources for these endeavors, particularly through

1. debt elimination

2. increased cash flow

3. restoring equity

4. developing assets

5. new streams of income, including residual income

6. home based businesses

7. the sales and non-profit capabilities of Horizon Gate Productions (DVD's, services, events, donations, grants)

Please call (760-765-3879), e-mail (info@horizongate.org), or comment here to converse about these points.