"Up In Smoke Productions, LLC" presents "The Little Drummer Boy - The Movie". We are seeking "financial angels/backers" and/or donations to produce this film. The story is about "Jimmy," a little boy during the 1980's, who is invited by the Virgin Mary through his friendly guardian angel, to witness the miracle birth of Jesus Christ in a cold cave at Bethlehem. "Up In Smoke Productions, LLC" is a new Catholic film ministry based on the treasures of the Catholic faith!
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Accepting Headshots/Resumes for Casting Principle Roles
"Thurible Productions, LLC" is accepting headshots/resumes for the upcoming feature film "The Little Drummer Boy, The Movie."
Seeking actors to portray the following characters:
Jimmy Joseph- The Little Drummer Boy (age 7 - 9 years. Should have knowledge of playing drums)
Dave Joseph - Father (tall, very thin, preferably dark haired with good looks - must be able to pull off a "gaunt" look - thirty something)
Claire Joseph - Mother (attractive, preferably blonde and in good shape - thirty something)
Adam Joseph - brother (awkward teenager, typical family rebel - age 13, 14)
Aunt Alice - Dave's Mother (big, robust Polish type woman - 50's)
Sofie Joseph - Sibling to Jimmy and Adam (age 3)
** Isabelle Joseph - Older Sister to Jimmy, Adam, and Sofie. (Figure Skater a must! Spiral long red hair, preferably with braces - 12 -14 years old.)
Fr. Mike Joseph (Uncle Slip) - Catholic priest and brother to Dave Joseph (darkhaired, very good looking - late twenties, a Jim Caviezel type.)
Zacchaeus James- Claire and Julie's Father (a Mel Gibson type - late fifties, hard-nosed, yet a brokenhearted man)
Julie James- Claire's older sister (smart, cool, beautiful - thirty something)
Abbey Montgomery - Julie's best friend (hip, African American, good natured, almost comical - thirty something)
Wendy - Jimmy's best friend and class mate (dark haired, pretty, naive, shy - around age 7, 8 or 9)
Goddard Finch (Finchster) - Jimmy's best friend and class mate (Down Syndrome actor up to age 20)
Mary, Mother of God - (beautiful, dark haired, green-eyed, actress s/b no older than 17 or 18, preferably 15.)
Joseph of Nazareth - Husband to Mary (darkhaired, handsome, good build - no older than 25.
Kyle - Jimmy's Guardian Angel (preferably a Jude Law type)
Other character roles include: Three Magi Kings (King Baldassar, King Melchior, King Caspar).
Father Chen (Chinese priest)
Monsignor Alvarez
Dr. Jonathan Grey (Oncologist)
Three Bethlehem Shepherds (Witness the Angel in the
fields at Bethlehem).
** actress should have figure skater ability to perform lay-back spins and other figure skating manuevers.
Seeking actors to portray the following characters:
Jimmy Joseph- The Little Drummer Boy (age 7 - 9 years. Should have knowledge of playing drums)
Dave Joseph - Father (tall, very thin, preferably dark haired with good looks - must be able to pull off a "gaunt" look - thirty something)
Claire Joseph - Mother (attractive, preferably blonde and in good shape - thirty something)
Adam Joseph - brother (awkward teenager, typical family rebel - age 13, 14)
Aunt Alice - Dave's Mother (big, robust Polish type woman - 50's)
Sofie Joseph - Sibling to Jimmy and Adam (age 3)
** Isabelle Joseph - Older Sister to Jimmy, Adam, and Sofie. (Figure Skater a must! Spiral long red hair, preferably with braces - 12 -14 years old.)
Fr. Mike Joseph (Uncle Slip) - Catholic priest and brother to Dave Joseph (darkhaired, very good looking - late twenties, a Jim Caviezel type.)
Zacchaeus James- Claire and Julie's Father (a Mel Gibson type - late fifties, hard-nosed, yet a brokenhearted man)
Julie James- Claire's older sister (smart, cool, beautiful - thirty something)
Abbey Montgomery - Julie's best friend (hip, African American, good natured, almost comical - thirty something)
Wendy - Jimmy's best friend and class mate (dark haired, pretty, naive, shy - around age 7, 8 or 9)
Goddard Finch (Finchster) - Jimmy's best friend and class mate (Down Syndrome actor up to age 20)
Mary, Mother of God - (beautiful, dark haired, green-eyed, actress s/b no older than 17 or 18, preferably 15.)
Joseph of Nazareth - Husband to Mary (darkhaired, handsome, good build - no older than 25.
Kyle - Jimmy's Guardian Angel (preferably a Jude Law type)
Other character roles include: Three Magi Kings (King Baldassar, King Melchior, King Caspar).
Father Chen (Chinese priest)
Monsignor Alvarez
Dr. Jonathan Grey (Oncologist)
Three Bethlehem Shepherds (Witness the Angel in the
fields at Bethlehem).
** actress should have figure skater ability to perform lay-back spins and other figure skating manuevers.
Positions Available
With the impending filming of "The Little Drummer Boy, The Movie," we hope to bring on board anyone interested in these Low/Deferred/Nonpaying positions. These are on a barter and/or trade basis. For those interested in looking to expand your film making portfolio and to get more exposure. Also looking for contributors and investors to make these positions paying positions.
Producer
Gets it all done on time and on budget!
Cinematographer/DP
Ability to work with any type of film equipment a must.
Production Assistants
Help on set and do a variety of tasks.
Audio Engineer/Boom Mic Operator
Knowledge of all audio and zoom and would be excellent if you owned your own audio equipment!
Lighting Technician
Know how to light the scene. A plus if you owned your own equipment or are able to work with any type of rental equipment.
Prop Master
Should possess the "know-how" to get the props needed.
Set Builder
Construction/Carpentry for the sets.
Custume/Makeup
Must have knowledge of time/era custumes and makeup application.
Producer
Gets it all done on time and on budget!
Cinematographer/DP
Ability to work with any type of film equipment a must.
Production Assistants
Help on set and do a variety of tasks.
Audio Engineer/Boom Mic Operator
Knowledge of all audio and zoom and would be excellent if you owned your own audio equipment!
Lighting Technician
Know how to light the scene. A plus if you owned your own equipment or are able to work with any type of rental equipment.
Prop Master
Should possess the "know-how" to get the props needed.
Set Builder
Construction/Carpentry for the sets.
Custume/Makeup
Must have knowledge of time/era custumes and makeup application.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
We Received The "Venture Worthy Silver Award"
VC & Angel Network
Hello Everyone!
"UpInSmokeProductions, DBA Thurible Productions, LLC" has just been rated "very high" on a "venture worthy" scale and has received the "Silver Award" from "Funding Post" for new Venture Capital Entrepreneur! What this means to you is that our film company has been recognized as a worthy enterprise for you to invest in. Please consider giving a small donation toward this project. We still are not near the financing needed to begin production on this film. We are asking for your help so that we can try to get this film produced and in the can and released to video or hopefully, released in theatres by Christmas 2012! Thank you for your anticipated generosity and we will continue to pray for your help and ask God to shower upon you all His blessings for your generosity!
God bless you all!
CEAbbott
Up In Smoke Productions, DBA Thurible Productions, LLC
Friday, December 24, 2010
"The Priests"
Below we have posted a video of "The Priests" performing "Ave Maria." "Up In Smoke Productions DBA Thurible Productions, LLC" hopes to have "The Priests" partake in a cameo appearance in "The Little Drummer Boy - The Movie" performing this magnificent hymn.
Stay tuned.
Please remember to keep us in your prayers as we desperately try to raise the needed funds to produce this film. We hope that God lays it upon your heart to give whatever you can to help us make this film and have it released by Christmas 2012. Please, please donate whatever you can and you will be remembered in the film credits. Please contact us for any additional information you may need to be apart of this wonderful Christmas project!
God bless! Please see the video below.
Stay tuned.
Please remember to keep us in your prayers as we desperately try to raise the needed funds to produce this film. We hope that God lays it upon your heart to give whatever you can to help us make this film and have it released by Christmas 2012. Please, please donate whatever you can and you will be remembered in the film credits. Please contact us for any additional information you may need to be apart of this wonderful Christmas project!
God bless! Please see the video below.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
"Noel" by Sarah McLachlan - Another Musical Score In Film
We are working on getting copyright access for the use of Sarah McLachlan's wonderful rendition of "Noel" to be used as one of the musical scores in the film. The score will be used in the scene where the Angel of Light, amidst the Nine Choirs of Angels, points Jimmy in the direction to the poor manger of Christ.
This beautiful rendition is perfect for the scene in which "Jimmy" the Little Drummer Boy character, afraid and cold in the frosty winter night, runs and falls over an old leather drum left by a shepherd. Discovering this treasure, he takes it up and desperately tries to keep up with the three Wise Men who have passed him on the narrow path to the cave of Christ's miraculous birth!
Listen to the score in the YouTube below!
This beautiful rendition is perfect for the scene in which "Jimmy" the Little Drummer Boy character, afraid and cold in the frosty winter night, runs and falls over an old leather drum left by a shepherd. Discovering this treasure, he takes it up and desperately tries to keep up with the three Wise Men who have passed him on the narrow path to the cave of Christ's miraculous birth!
Listen to the score in the YouTube below!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
iScript.com | Hollywood is listening | C Eliza Abbott
iScript.com Hollywood is listening ElizaAbbott
This blogspot has been viewed by many people around the world, we thank you for your interest in this project and hope and pray that God will put it upon your hearts to donate whatever you can in order to get this film into theatres by Christmas 2015!
God bless you all this holy Christmas Season!
This blogspot has been viewed by many people around the world, we thank you for your interest in this project and hope and pray that God will put it upon your hearts to donate whatever you can in order to get this film into theatres by Christmas 2015!
God bless you all this holy Christmas Season!
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!
Thank you all so very much for your interest in this project, and I do hope and pray that God lay it upon your heart to offer whatever you can to help this beautiful screenplay become a most beloved and cherished Christmas movie for generations to come!
God bless you all!
C.E. Abbott
Up In Smoke Productions DBA Thurible Productions, LLC
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Beautiful Concept for The Christmas Spirit
(Copied with much appreciation from the blogspot link "Young Fogeys")...
With the brouhaha over the billboard by the Lincoln Tunnel, atheism has been in the news lately. Father Cantalamessa's recent Advent meditation for the Holy Father and the Papal Household, titled, "The Christian Answer to Atheist Scientism", has a great passage:
There are nocturnal birds, such as the owl and the little owl, whose eye is made to see in the dark of night, not in the day. The light of the sun would blind them. These birds know everything and move at ease in the nocturnal world, but know nothing of the daytime world. Let us adopt for the moment the genre of the fable, where the animals speak among themselves. Lets suppose that an eagle makes friends with a family of little owls and speaks to them of the sun: of how it illuminates everything, of how, without it, everything would fall into darkness and cold, of how their nocturnal world itself would not exist without the sun. What would the little owl answer other than: "What you say is nonsense! I've never seen your sun. We move very well and get our food without it; your sun is a useless theory and therefore it doesn't exist."
It is exactly what the atheist scientist does when he says: "God doesn't exist." He judges a world he does not know, applies his laws to an object that is beyond their scope. To see God one must open a different eye, one must venture outside the night. In this connection, still valid is the ancient affirmation of the Psalmist "The fool says: there is no God."
With the brouhaha over the billboard by the Lincoln Tunnel, atheism has been in the news lately. Father Cantalamessa's recent Advent meditation for the Holy Father and the Papal Household, titled, "The Christian Answer to Atheist Scientism", has a great passage:
There are nocturnal birds, such as the owl and the little owl, whose eye is made to see in the dark of night, not in the day. The light of the sun would blind them. These birds know everything and move at ease in the nocturnal world, but know nothing of the daytime world. Let us adopt for the moment the genre of the fable, where the animals speak among themselves. Lets suppose that an eagle makes friends with a family of little owls and speaks to them of the sun: of how it illuminates everything, of how, without it, everything would fall into darkness and cold, of how their nocturnal world itself would not exist without the sun. What would the little owl answer other than: "What you say is nonsense! I've never seen your sun. We move very well and get our food without it; your sun is a useless theory and therefore it doesn't exist."
It is exactly what the atheist scientist does when he says: "God doesn't exist." He judges a world he does not know, applies his laws to an object that is beyond their scope. To see God one must open a different eye, one must venture outside the night. In this connection, still valid is the ancient affirmation of the Psalmist "The fool says: there is no God."
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Twenty Thousand People
This Ad Campaign is to inspire at least 20,000 people to donate at least $1.00, so that filming may begin asap. "Up In Smoke Productions DBA Thurible Productions, LLC" a newly formed Catholic Independent Film LLC, is in need of professional video/film cameras, lighting equipment, and editing software.
Anyone willing to donate $100.00 or more toward this film project will be required to have their name listed (in appreciation) at the end credits of the film.
If you have any questions regarding this campaign, please do not hesitate to contact - C. E. Abbott at:
Upinsmokeproductions@hotmail.com
Thank you all so very much for your help and may God richly bless you and your families!
Anyone willing to donate $100.00 or more toward this film project will be required to have their name listed (in appreciation) at the end credits of the film.
If you have any questions regarding this campaign, please do not hesitate to contact - C. E. Abbott at:
Upinsmokeproductions@hotmail.com
Thank you all so very much for your help and may God richly bless you and your families!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
NEW SCENE FROM SCREENPLAY NOW ADDED
HI EVERYONE!
I'VE JUST PUT UP THE "WE THREE KINGS" SCENE OF THE SCREENPLAY FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN READING.
AS ALREADY MENTIONED, ANYONE WILLING TO DONATE EQUIPMENT, TIME, MONEY, TALENT, ETC., ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP TO GET THIS SCREENPLAY PRODUCED INTO A FILM - PLEASE, PLEASE CONTACT "UP IN SMOKE PRODUCTIONS, LLC" @:
UPINSMOKEPRODUCTIONS@HOTMAIL.COM
WITH THE HELP OF KIND PEOPLE, THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY CAN BE IN THEATRES BY CHRISTMAS 2012.
THANK YOU!
I'VE JUST PUT UP THE "WE THREE KINGS" SCENE OF THE SCREENPLAY FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN READING.
AS ALREADY MENTIONED, ANYONE WILLING TO DONATE EQUIPMENT, TIME, MONEY, TALENT, ETC., ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP TO GET THIS SCREENPLAY PRODUCED INTO A FILM - PLEASE, PLEASE CONTACT "UP IN SMOKE PRODUCTIONS, LLC" @:
UPINSMOKEPRODUCTIONS@HOTMAIL.COM
WITH THE HELP OF KIND PEOPLE, THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY CAN BE IN THEATRES BY CHRISTMAS 2012.
THANK YOU!
Monday, July 12, 2010
A QUOTE FROM MOTHER ANGELICA
Here is a quote from Raymond Arroyo's book on Mother Angelica titled "Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality." I think it's a perfect quote for the intentions of this little film company and for all the people wanting to become involved in it:
"ONE PERSON"
"Everything starts with one person. God loves to work with weak people -- like David, a little teenager with a slingshot defeated the fearsome Goliath. Gideon with only three hundred men saved the Jewish people from slaughter and slavery. I don't care if you're five or one hundred and five, God from all eternity chose you to be where you are, at this time in history to change the world!"
Mother Angelica also quoted this, which I've made my personal motto:
"You must be willing to do the ridiculous, so God can do the miraculous"!
With the help of people like you, this little Catholic film company will be able to produce spiritually based Catholic films, which the world needs so desperately now. Please give what you can or contact us at upinsmokeproductions@hotmail.com to become involved with this project!
God bless you all!
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