New Documentary about Kraynick's Bike Shop being shot. Do you have a story to tell?

More Than Two Hands from Jennifer Caple on Vimeo.

Wow, an awesome project indeed. If you/yinz know and love Kraynicks, it's history or just a lot about the Pittsburgh bike scene? Perhaps you should contact the filmmakers.

"'This is Your Bicycle' is a documentary that is currently being filmed in Pittsburgh. As we continue interviews and filming on location at the bikeshop,
we are looking for photos, interviews, and personal stories for the film. Email films@jennifercaple.com or join our RSS feed for updates on screenings and events."

Follow the project at thisisyourbicycle.com

Free Symposium On Protecting Pittsburgh's Film Hertitage @ Melwood Screening Room Tomorrow

I will try to attend this event, tomorrow @ Oakland's Melwood Screening Room.

From Pop City.

"Kicking off the 30th installment of the Three Rivers Film Festival, which starts on Nov. 4, the day-long event is co-presented by the University of Pittsburgh iSchool and Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Guest panelists will discuss themes of place, community and memory in the production of moving images, as well as film history and preservation."

The syposium will include a screening of classic Pittsburgh films and documentaries.

Free Evening Event: 8:00 - 9:30pm

Register here.

Updates (and probably better link re: Batman filming) ++ Batman'at

I actually don't often like Hollywood movies....but this is fun. Batman and Pittsburgh....it's going great. Feels like there is another carvival in town ( to pick up where the Furries left off) This link from a local tv channel seems to have very up to date locations, here
I Heart Pittsburgh has started a Tumblr blog....called Batman'at the photos and comments are great (please tell me the wedding photo wasn't staged....come to think of it...it probably was not....weddings must have still been going on across the street at the huge Catholic church. For the Batman'at site go here

Ofcourse! It's Pittsburgh! "Steelers Pick Up Roles as Batman Movie Extras"

Tomorrow....Batman filming moves to the stadium....and Steelers are Batman movie extras.Ofcourse! Post Gazette article here

It Seems the Batman Movie is Impacting Everything round Here...Including Alibis

It seems the Batman movie is impacting everything around here...including alibis....see Post Gazette story here Hint to those apprehended by the police ...someone just tried this. It won't work..............

Filming Locations For Batman in Pittsburgh

Filming locations (at least some of them) can be found here on
I saw part of the filming on Bellefield and 5th Saturday. The buildings....do look VERY appropriate for a Batman movie. There were scores of men in these orange jumpsuits in Oakland last night around 7. Extras from the casting call a week or two ago. Who says Pittsburghers aren't in shape! Trust me you wouldn't want to meet any of these guys in a dark alley.I believe there is more filming at the same location Sunday. See link above.
Also note that I Heart Pittsburgh is going to have many updates...see here

Holy Snowflakes! Batman Filming Starts in Pittsburgh!

Yes, there will be fake snow on the streets of Pittsburgh for the filming of the new Batman movie...and explosions and car chases and...lots of exciting stuff.And street closings downtown (on top of the major construction related street closings already going on). Holy Traffic Jam! For info on today's press conference (Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan) go Here This same page also has a downloadable PDF file for the first week of street closings.

Hollywood Is Burning Screenplay Competition

In the interest of promoting Pittsburgh's small but thriving little film industry, I present this Screenplay contest which I found out about from Open Thread.

HOLLYWOOD IS BURNING SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

This is a tough business. It's nearly impossible to break in, and once you do, it's nearly impossible to do anything of quality. Welcome to the entertainment industry!

One of the toughest things to do is to get anyone in any position of power to read your screenplay. Producers usually have stacks of screenplays sitting on their desks at any given time and usually they only read the first few pages (if they're actually reading the things themselves) before making up their minds whether they'll keep reading or move onto the next one on the stack.

HOWEVER, producers will generally pay more attention to scripts that have won some sort of award. This industry loves winners, and they don't usually differentiate between small and large competitions, as long as the words "Winner of the [insert name here] Competition" appear somewhere in the cover letter.

That's where Hollywood is Burning would like to help you.

Founded by Happy Cloud Pictures producers Mike Watt, Charlie Fleming and Amy Lynn Best, Hollywood is Burning likes to champion the indie filmmaker and the struggling screenwriter. The purpose of this competition is to find the best unproduced scripts out there and give out a couple of awards that might help get your foot in the door later on. Do we guarantee it will help? Of course not, but again, the word "Winner" never hurt anyone.

The Hollywood is Burning Horror Screenplay Competition will award:

* A Grand Prize of $250 plus a "Winner" certificate to the author of the best horror screenplay.

* A Second Prize of $50 plus a "2nd Place" certificate to the author of the first runner up.

* AND to give your entry fee a little extra value you can choose to receive a one-page critique of your film written up by screenwriter and producer Mike Watt (writer of the Sci-Fi Channel film "Dead Men Walking", the Happy Cloud Pictures productions "The Resurrection Game", "Splatter Movie: The Director's Cut", "A Feast of Flesh", editor of Sirens of Cinema Magazine and contributor to numerous publications including Fangoria, Rue Morgue, Cinefantastique and Film Threat Magazine)

Again, Hollywood is Burning offers no guarantees - few things in life are sure things - but by entering our competition, you'll be taking your work to the next level and perhaps taking that next step in your career.

FEES AND DEADLINES:

Deadline and Fees:

$25 until October 1

$35 until November 30 - this is the super-late procrastinator's deadline. NO SCREENPLAYS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER November 30.

More info here

Merge On Film Kitchen

Here's some thoughts by merge about last Tuesday's Film Kitchen showing.