Christian Book Distributors, and Heartstrings.

Thank you all for your support of HeuMoore Productions by posting reviews for Heartstrings! (If you haven't yet, please consider doing so by clicking here.

Heartstrings now ranks #4 best rated DVD out of six thousand video products on all of CBD, and #36 out of over 230,000 products that they carry.

CBD is now also carrying Bubble Trouble and A Lifetime of Childlike Faith on their website as well. If you have something encouraging to say about any of our films, please don't hesitate to take a few moments out and leave a rating and review over at CBD. Especially Heartstrings. We believe the message of Heartstrings needs to reach out to as many people as possible.

The more reviews and purchases of our products through CBD, the more likely they are to promote them in their catalog. With a catalog distribution circle of over 5 million homes, this would allow for a lot of impact!

Thank you for your time, have a blessed day!

~ In Christ, John.

Jeff Heustis Blender Demo Reel.

This is a little old; it's from September/October of 2007. Eventually he'll update it, I'm sure. And some of the best stuff you can't really see in SD. It looks way better in full resolution.

But here you are.

Range Photography

Here are some fun shots from the shooting range. Click any image to enlarge it. Some of these have been cropped fairly tight, since I was using a wide lens on the original photo. Enjoy!



I love the smoke coming out of the cartridge on this one...

Flawless response to recoil, again with a nice bit of smoke filling the air.

Ya gotta love the sparks still in the air on this shot.

This one is the cleanest crop. And take a look-see at that distortion around the barrel. Heat waves!!

I'll have to get some more photo's at another time. We have plenty of ammunition to burn through...

~ In Christ, John.

Vision Conference Caravan Attendees

Right before mounting up and pulling out for the 12 hour drive to Denver.

'Twas a great trip. Click for a larger version of the image.

Corrected Poster

Old Bubble Trouble Trailer

This is something David Heustis put together a long time ago, but we never published. Just now, dusting off the archives of HeuMoore projects, we found it, and decided to release to you all.

I like it. :-)



David is the one to built the Heartstrings trailer, which has done a great job getting the film out there. Maybe this trailer will sell a few copies of Bubble Trouble? We still sell them you know, with a ton of special features you won't find on the SAICFF disc. 5 hours of content on one HeuMoore disc; Sure, Bubble Trouble is on the Heartstrings DVD, but with no special features!

Bubble Trouble is right now 12 dollars with free shipping, which is an awesome deal for this DVD. Pick one up here.

Storyboards #1

The storyboards are finally here, along with some information from Johnny Reighard. I hope you enjoy these following posts! And now ladies and gentlelman, Johnny.

"Dear Readers,

Storyboarding is the previsualization of a story before translating it into film...

...And that is the abbreviated description of what a storyboard artist must do.

Now, storyboarding is not hard at all when you get some practice, and practice is not hard to obtain. Really all you need is a proper template, a pencil, and at least some grasp of cinematography.

I'll leave all the teaching to Geoff and Isaac Botkin and just give you some of my thoughts on the storyboarding experience.

Continued below;

Storyboards #2

When I was first asked to storyboard, I was ready to shout for joy, because I had always wanted to work with John Moore and David Heustis (okay, not always, just a few years).

Then the fear began to set in. I was deathly scared that I might not have enough time to learn all the basics, or that my quality storyboard would look horrible.

However, though John & David might think it a setback, they didn't make Heartstrings for another year.

That gave me time to hone the drawing skill I had and become better. It was also relieving to find that John & David were nearly as new to this process as I was.

Continued below...

Storyboards #3

Storyboarding certainly helps in pre-production and production.

The rough edit of the animatic gave all the actors an idea of what the finished film would look like, while during production I carried the storyboards with me to keep track of the few props we would need.

The most fulfilling moment came when I watched the premiere at our church...

As I watched and saw the finished film, I felt a surge of pride rush through me as I realized that I had been a part of making this story come alive.

Continued Below...

Storyboards #4

Thanks for reading!

~ Johnny Reighard

In the arsenal.

Hey there. Through some amazing providences, The Widow's Might now has a new tool.

Gary.

A 20 foot boom rated for more than a thousand pounds at full extension, and weighing just under 2,000 pounds, this guy is heavy duty.

This is NOT a camera jib. This is a crane; this is what you put your camera, chair, refreshment cooler, and your cameraman on all at once.

I think we'll name it Gary. Gary just came off a high dollar feature film, where it was used to support a fully rigged 35mm camera, and two actors, who were spinning rapidly. It is steel, instead of the typical aluminum construction, and the studio payed over 40,000 dollars to have it constructed.

Our Lord does answer prayer, in mighty ways.

~ In Christ, John.

PSA #1: Shooting Tips

Hi!

My name is Gator Moore.

I enjoy shooting. I think it's a very manly sport, and since I'm trying to become a man, I shoot as much as possible. The first thing to understand when handling a firearm, is safety.

Safety begins with four rules:

1.) All guns are always loaded!

Even though we think a gun might be unloaded, we should always treat a gun the same as if it is loaded, especially when we haven't personally checked. Every year, kids (and adults) die from handling a gun carelessly. If you pretend a gun is always cocked and loaded, you'll treat it with the following three rules:

2.) Never let your barrel cover (point at) anything you don't want to destroy.

Guns shouldn't be pointed at windows, paintings, T'V's, and especially each other, because you are unwilling to destroy those things. Even unloaded guns shouldn't be pointed at these things, as a habit. Instead, point the weapon into something such as a tree stump or a very large, thick block of wood, with nothing special behind or around it. Some manufactures even have kevlar blocks used indoors, so you can point your weapon at something a bullet won't go through if the gun fires. They are very handy to have.

My older brother was being careless with a shotgun, and blew a hole clear through the ceiling! He learned a valuable lesson! (I won't name any names, but he is the one who makes movies, and runs this blog.)

3.) Keep your finger off the trigger, until your sights are on the target

The only way a gun can fire, is if the trigger is pressed. By keeping your finger away from the trigger, you ensure that it won't fire until you are ready to shoot something. Until your sights are lined up correctly on the target, don't touch the trigger.

4.) Be sure of your target (know what it is), and what is around it.

One time, I lined a bunch of targets up on a board in front of the house. I was shooting at them with a BB gun, but whenever I missed (or my BB when straight through the paper) it would hit a big window on our house. When I got all done, I found out I had destroyed the window of the house with little holes. If this had been a real gun, I could have seriously injured someone! So this rule is especially important for you BB shooters that live in the city, make sure you have a good 'backstop' of some type.

That's pretty much all the rules for weapons handling. So go shoot and have fuN! Shooting is a lot of fun, we like to have our friends over and shoot our 'fun targets', like the steel plates.

One word of advice about shooting: protect your eyes and ears. Be sure to wear protective glasses (like David wears in the shop when he's working with power tools) and a headset.

Oh, and just putting the headset on your head doesn't work;

It has to cover your ears. If it's not covering your ears, you'll have an immediate ear ache!



Thanks for reading my guide to shooting! I hope you have a lot of safe, manly fun.

(oh, P.S., shooting is something girls can do too; Reagan doesn't like to shoot as much as me, but she and Kelly and Andrea Reins have gone shooting together before. You can read about that by clicking here.)

God Bless!

~ In Christ, Gator.

WorldNetDaily: Movie Fans Flock to Patriotic, Moral Content

Americans flock to movies with patriotic, moral content, according to a study that looked at thousands of movies released by Hollywood in recent years, but they avoid those with socialist and anti-capitalist themes in droves.

"Movies with very strong Judeo-Christian values, capitalist ideals, patriotism and pro-American attitudes do much better at the box office than movies promoting socialism, Marxism, left-wing political correctness and atheism," said Ted Baehr, publisher of MOVIDEGUIDE©: A Family Guide to Movies and Entertainment, and chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission ministry in Hollywood.

The study shows that there were 28 movies with very strong Christian morality released in 2007, and they averaged $60.3 million at the box office, the four movies with strong pro-capitalist content averaged $62.7 million, and the 30 with patriotic and pro-American elements averaged more than $73 million at the box office.

However, the five movies with strong anti-capitalist content averaged $5.5 million, those with socialist content averaged $8.2 million, and those with communist content averaged $10.2 million, the study showed.

At the bottom of the heap was a single movie with very strong feminism that returned a box office take of $3,000, while movies with very strong homosexuality returned $18.7 million, those with very strong atheism returned $25.3 million, those with politically correct content returned $20.6 million and those with anti-American themes returned $34.6 million, the study said.

Read the rest of the article here.

The Widows Might

Concept poster for HeuMoore's latest production. We'll be filming in May; please pray for us that our script would be one of excellence, and that every dollar works to the glory of God in this production.

~ In Christ, John.