THE BLOODFEST CLUB

We plan to begin “preliminary” photography this summer by filming an integral scene in “The Bloodfest Club” and you can help us do it! We are now accepting donations in order to rent equipment and hire professional talent and crew for the scene’s weekend shoot. If you generously decide to donate, we will do our best to make it worth your while.

Here is what you’ll receive:

$50 Donation Level
* Hooch & Daddy-O Special Edition DVD
* Crunchy Cool Films Logo T-Shirt

$150 Donation Level
* Hooch & Daddy-O Special Edition DVD
* Crunchy Cool Films Logo T-Shirt
* Signed Copy of The Bloodfest Club Screenplay
* Special Thanks Credit in The Bloodfest Club

$500 Donation Level
* Hooch & Daddy-O Special Edition DVD
* Crunchy Cool Films Logo T-Shirt
* Signed Copy of The Bloodfest Club Screenplay
* Special Thanks Credit in The Bloodfest Club
* The Bloodfest Club Illustrated Movie Poster
* On Set Visit

$2000 Donation Level
* Hooch & Daddy-O Special Edition DVD
* Crunchy Cool Films Logo T-Shirt
* Signed Copy of The Bloodfest Club Screenplay
* Special Thanks Credit in The Bloodfest Club
* The Bloodfest Club Illustrated Movie Poster
* On Set Visit
* Walk On Role
* Personalized Song (Written by Jim Ousley)

How to Donate:
Simply click the “Donate” button below, enter the amount based on your donation level, specify your T-Shirt size (L, XL, or XXL), and that’s it!

We will mail your package within 2-3 weeks of receiving your donation. The On Set Visit and Walk On Role will apply to Principal Photography for the film. Please note: donations are not tax deductible.

Thanks for all of your support!

Jim & Oscar

We recently received word that “The Bloodfest Club” was selected as a finalist in the Bridge International Screenplay Competition.  This is another great honor for our project and we’re excited that the story continues to be so well received.

For more information on the competition, visit the following link: http://www.submitbridge.com/past2.php

We recently received some amazing critical validation of our film’s concept from Dread Central.  Dread Central is one of the biggest horror film fan sites on the internet.  Many thanks to Uncle Creepy for taking a look at our project and ensuring that the world’s most rabid horror film fans have a sneak peak at “The Bloodfest Club”.

Check out their posting here: http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35418/the-bloodfest-club-gearing-up-battle-with-undead

We are excited to have the supremely-talented Nicholas Gartner on board for “The Bloodfest Club” as our Director of Photography.  Nick, a graduate of Webster University, recently served as Cinematographer for the critically-acclaimed local feature “Streetballers”.

You can view Nick’s work by visiting the links below:

Nicholas Gartner – Cinematography Reel

Nicholas Gartner – Alternate Cinematography Reel

Nicholas Gartner – Steadicam Reel

Enjoy!

Oscar & Jim

The Riverfront Times have honored Jim and myself as recipients of the 2009 MasterMind Award in the Film/Video category. The MasterMind Awards are featured in the August 26th issue of the RFT and an awards gala celebration will be held on August 27th at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild.

According to the RFT, “Our aim is to foster cutting-edge work that’s being done right now, right here in St. Louis.  The intent of the MasterMind Awards is to honor the innovators whose cultural and creative contributions are helping to redesign – and redefine – the town where we all live.”

We are thrilled with this announcement and hope that it gives our project more local attention so that we can move into production in 2010!

Read our interview here: http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2009-08-26/culture/mastermind-awards-2009-introduction

Thanks for supporting us!

Oscar & Jim

“The Bloodfest Club” was recognized earlier this month with a selection by Scriptapalooza.  ”The competition was founded in 1998 and has generated heat, publicity, and a reputation that demands respect.”  Scripts are judged by Production Company readers and our script had the honor of making it to the Quarterfinals out of more than 4,000 screenplays evaluated!  We have once announcement yet to make next month, as we await the results of the Slamdance Screenplay Competition.

Oscar & Jim

We’re thrilled to announce that the screenplay for “The Bloodfest Club” is among the top 10 percent of more than 6,200 entries in the 2009 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Competition.  Nicholl, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, is the world’s most esteemed screenwriting competition and each year scripts are evaluated by paid professional readers who narrow down thousands of entries to five Nicholl Fellows later this year.  We hope this unexpected critical validation will allow us to get our screenplay into the hands of a production company or additional investors in the very near future.

Onward!

Oscar & Jim

The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards is annually one of the most anticipated contests of its kind.  We received great news that “The Bloodfest Club” has been selected from more than 4,300 scripts and will be moving on to the Quarterfinals of the competition.  Only 10% of the scripts submitted from 58 countries were bestowed this great honor.  We are thrilled with the news and hope to have more good news to report when the Semifinalists are announced on August 1st.

For more on PAGE, visit: http://pageawards.com

Oscar & Jim

Gordy Hoffman, founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition

We received more good news for “The Bloodfest Club.” Our screenplay was selected as a quarterfinalist in the internationally-acclaimed BlueCat Screenplay Competition.

The BlueCat Screenplay Competition is an annual script competition based in Los Angeles and founded by writer/director Gordy Hoffman. Hoffman is a Sundance Film Festival award-winning screenwriter and brother of Academy Award-winning actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The BlueCat Screenplay Competition honors budding screenwriters by offering cash, script analysis, and exposure to industry players.

The 2009 competition received over 3,200 entries with the top twenty percent moving on to the quarterfinal round. Semi-finalists will be announced on July 15th and five finalists will be announced on July 23rd. The winner will be announced on August 1st.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed!

Oscar & Jim

We just returned from the Beverly Hills International Film Festival where our screenplay for ”The Bloodfest Club” was nominated for a Golden Palm Award in their screenplay competition.  We had a great time at the festival, and took the opportunity to make a lot of new friends and speak with fellow screenwriters. Held at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, it was attended by celebrities including Antonio Sabato Jr., Jane Seymour and Elisa Donovan, as well as industry VIPs and independent filmmakers.

Oscar Nominated Writer and Actor Larry Hankins