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Hedges Pictures

We don't beat around the bush.

About Me

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Myspace Layouts We are an independent film company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that makes “little-to-no-budget” movies. Making use of digital technologies, HP projects are shot on MiniDV and edited on a Mac using Final Cut Pro. HP has established a reputation for choosing ambitious and “unique” stories to tell, using highly talented actors and making use of the resources found within Louisiana. Hedges Pictures also offers services to individuals & companies in screenwriting, development, casting, production, locations, camera, lighting, sound, editing and post-production special effects. For info on our current projects and DVD releases visit our official website: www.hedgespictures.com.

My Interests

Filmmaking, Writing, Directing, Acting, Photography, Cinematography, Editing, Final Cut Pro, Macs, Screenwriting, Theatre, the Performing Arts

I'd like to meet:

YOU! As well as: Actors, Actresses, Filmmakers, Editors, Cinematographers, Photographers, Animators, Artists, Lighting Designers, Sound Engineers, Writers, Directors, Producers, People with Money, Movie Lovers and anyone interested in the making and supporting of independent cinema. We make movies and we have fun doing it, come see for yourself.

Music:

John Williams, Danny Elfman, Jerry Goldsmith, Alan Silvestri, David Arnold, James Horner, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Delibes, Oldies, Classical, New Age, Indie, Obscure

Movies:

Nicholas, The Ballet for Children-Unauthorized Trilogy, Oklahoma! A State of Confusion!, It's Just A Little Pizza!, Nutshells: A Brat from the Bayou, Petrouchka, The Lady Is A Doll, Darth Apprentice, Roar Into Action, Lost Island of Laveau

Television:

Yeah, we like TV!

Books:

Yeah, we like Books as well!

Heroes:

Mel Brooks, Kevin Smith, Loydd Kauffman, Lon Chaney, Charlie Chaplan, Robert Rodriguez, The Franz

My Blog

LAVEAU Rough Cut Complete

Michael A and I worked a lot last week and actually completed a rough cut of LOST ISLAND OF LAVEAU. I forgot to check the running time, but currently it's at just under 20 minutes.We have a lot of fol...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:47:00 PST

Festival Win

PETROUCHKA won me (Travis) the LSU College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Award (a $300 scholarship) at this past weekend's CxC Media Festival.We had a good time meeting some LSU kids working on movies...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:25:00 PST

Red Stick Animation Fest Next Weekend

Super-cool stuff like screenings of all of last year's animated and visual effects blockbusters, competition screenings from over 20 countries, events for kids, events for adults only, lectures and wo...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:46:00 PST

A Film Fest I’m Avoiding

"iDIDx" is now officially on my shit list.They were already on "neutral" ground because for some reason they want to compete with Red Stick rather than collaborate (or so it seems to the casual observ...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:19:00 PST

Film Festival Issues

One of our films is playing in Lafayette this weekend at the Deep South Film Festival. I don’t know in what kind of venue, I don’t know how many other films will screen, I don’t know...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:25:00 PST

NICK ACT 2 - Rough Draft Completed!

122 Pages of Pure Nickie Goodness.So, I’m done with the rough draft. Only a week behind my original schedule, not too bad at all really. I need to print it and do some revisions (I almost always...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:00:00 PST

Nicholas Act 2 Screenplay/This Week

While in Virginia I managed to write 30 pages (bringing NICHOLAS, ACT II to 114 pages total). I’m VERY close to the end. I should be able to knock the last little bit out Friday if all goes acco...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:30:00 PST

Outhouse Film Festival at LSU

Passing this along since this festival has been so good to us. I encourage anyone within driving distance to come in and meet your fellow filmmakers and watch their stuff. Seriously, it’s a good...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:19:00 PST

Festivals and Delays

I've been working on the Outhouse Film Festival-the quality of entries is WAY up. I'm so proud of Louisiana.....PS-Outhouse is about to die because no one in the Cinema Club is either elligible or abl...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:23:00 PST

The Jump To HD

I broke down this weekend and made a rather impulsive buy: a 32'' HDTV.The prices on them are really not bad at all. What kills you is all the "other" stuff. That's certainly what stressed me out.1) D...
Posted by Hedges Pictures on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:39:00 PST