Chop Wood Carry Water http://www.chopwood.com Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:03:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.chopwood.com/showreel/249/ http://www.chopwood.com/showreel/249/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 15:49:02 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/new_site/?p=249 Welcome to Chop Wood Carry Water
A Comprehensive Production Company

Based in New York City, we take a fresh approach to the creative process, producing media that captures the imagination and resonates on a human level. From pre-production to post, we deliver excellent content for our clients. We also develop our own innovative productions for television, the web, and theatrical release. Please look around and let us know how we can help you reach your audience.

]]> http://www.chopwood.com/showreel/249/feed/ Best Western http://www.chopwood.com/commercial/best-western/ http://www.chopwood.com/commercial/best-western/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 18:48:34 +0000 http://www.chopwood.com/?p=1675 Best Western / Nick @ Nite

Broadcast Spot

This spot for Best Western and Nick@Nite utilizes live action photography and old fashioned animation techniques to create the perfect vacation.

Production/ Direction / Animation / Design / Editorial / Mixing

]]> http://www.chopwood.com/commercial/best-western/feed/ Ten for Grandpa http://www.chopwood.com/creative/independent-film-directors-ten-for-grandpa/ http://www.chopwood.com/creative/independent-film-directors-ten-for-grandpa/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 18:21:02 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/new_site/?p=19 Web

Trailer for Short Film

Super 35mm

David Karr: husband, father, White House press reporter, film producer, powerful millionaire, defense contractor, corporate CEO… Soviet agent? A fast-paced look at the life of a most influential ancestor.  Ten for Grandpa’s narrator tries to decipher if Grandpa was a manipulative antihero or simply a victim of a McCarthy witchhunt.

OFFICIAL SELECTION 2009

Sundance Film Festival
Stinkwater! Film Festival (Australia)
Aspen Shortsfest - WINNER: SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION AWARD
Sarasota Film Festival
RiverRun International Film Festival
Berkshire International Film Festival
Jacksonville Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
deadCENTER Film Festival
CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Nantucket Film Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
Flickerings Film Showcase
Jersey Shore Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Holly Shorts Film Festival - WINNER:BEST DIRECTOR
Ballston Spa Film Festival
Washougal International Film Festival
Rooftop Films
Strasbourg International Film Festival - WINNER: BEST EDITING AWARD
Hawaii International Film Festival
TriMedia Film Festival - WINNER: JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
Atlantic International Film Festival
Peachtree Village International Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Raindance International Film Festival
Tacoma Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Antimatter Film Festival
Hawaii International Film Festival
Savannah Film Festival
Indiefest!
Williamstown Film Festival
Kerry International Film Festival
Rockport Film Festival
Asiana International Short Film Festival
Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival
Falstaff International Film Festival
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
International Short Film Festival of Athens Psarokokalo
Spokane International Film Fest
Portland International Film Festival 
Washington DC International Film Festival
Toronto Jewish Film Festival 

 

Download a PDF of our press packet here:

Writing/Direction/Production/Cinematography/Editorial

]]> http://www.chopwood.com/creative/independent-film-directors-ten-for-grandpa/feed/ Dwelling http://www.chopwood.com/development/feature-film-production-dwelling/ http://www.chopwood.com/development/feature-film-production-dwelling/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 06:21:25 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/new_site/?p=845 Narrative Feature Film

2009 Quarter Finalist - Annual Fade In Screenplay Awards

HOME IS WHERE THE HATE IS

DWELLING is a thriller, inspired by true events, set in a Lower East Side apartment building where a vicious landlord plots to murder his rent-stabilized tenants. The modern-day tenement serves as a pressure cooker where culture, class and capitalism collide, forcing the interconnected tenants to fight for their futures and in some cases, their lives. DWELLING compels us to answer questions about many fading first-world realities that we’ve long taken for granted: community, success, stability.

STARRING:

Alan Cumming (X-Men 2, The Anniversary Party) as DORIAN
Danai Gurira (The Visitor, 3 Backyards) as STELLA

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Doug Karr
PRODUCERS: Edward Boyce, Jamie Proctor, Katie Mustard
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Alan Cumming

PRODUCTION TO COMMENCE: Spring 2011

For more info visit Dwelling’s Official Website

Concept / Production / Direction

]]> http://www.chopwood.com/development/feature-film-production-dwelling/feed/ Kaki King http://www.chopwood.com/creative/music-video-production-kaki-king/ http://www.chopwood.com/creative/music-video-production-kaki-king/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:08:09 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/new_site/?p=136 Music Video

Stop Motion Digital SLR

The lead single from Kaki’s new album, Dreaming Of Revenge. The video was made without film cameras — it consists of over 5,000 still photographs shot on Nikon D30s. There are no special effects; all of the light trails were created by hand, with up to eight individual “light animators” flashing LEDs and flashlights on and off over a long (8 second) shot exposure. Over 650,000 views on YouTube!

Check out some behind the scenes action here.

Concept / Production / Direction / Cinematography / Design / Editorial

]]> http://www.chopwood.com/creative/music-video-production-kaki-king/feed/ Another Screening for Ten for Grandpa! http://www.chopwood.com/news/another-screening-for-ten-for-grandpa/ http://www.chopwood.com/news/another-screening-for-ten-for-grandpa/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:57:14 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/?p=1649 On May 19th, Doug and Patrick from the Chop Wood team headed to the Cantor Film Center in Greenwich Village to attend a sold out screening of “Ten for Grandpa,” as part of “New York Shorts: Films Made In and About our City.”  During Doug’s Q&A session he fielded dozens of questions from the packed house.  After the screening, everyone continued to Amber, a West Village staple, for the after party to cap off a great night. ]]> http://www.chopwood.com/news/another-screening-for-ten-for-grandpa/feed/ Behind the Scenes at the Ragu Shoot http://www.chopwood.com/news/behind-the-scenes-at-the-ragu/ http://www.chopwood.com/news/behind-the-scenes-at-the-ragu/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:55:06 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/?p=1607

Here’s a look into the shoot we recently completed with Ragu and Nick @ Nite!

]]> http://www.chopwood.com/news/behind-the-scenes-at-the-ragu/feed/ Alan Cumming to Star in Lower East Side Indie, “Dwelling” http://www.chopwood.com/news/alan-cumming-to-star-in-lower-east-side-indie-dwelling/ http://www.chopwood.com/news/alan-cumming-to-star-in-lower-east-side-indie-dwelling/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:45:52 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/?p=1519 NEW YORK, NY, Feb, 2010- Alan Cumming just celebrated the launch of “Dwelling,” his latest independent feature project. A thriller inspired by true events, “Dwelling” is set in a Lower East Side apartment building where a vicious landlord plots to murder his rent-stabilized tenants. Shooting is set to commence in June, and Cumming will executive produce and star as Dorian, a philandering painter and long-time resident in the building. Introducing “Dwelling” as “an indigenous New York movie,” Cumming declared himself “a true Lower East Side boy” and praised the script’s depiction of his adopted hometown. Danai Gurira (”The Visitor”, “3 Backyards”) was also in attendance, and is set to play Stella, the polygamous second wife of the building’s superintendent.

“Dwelling” will be helmed by writer/director Doug Karr (”Ten for Grandpa”, Sundance ‘09) and producers Katie Mustard, Edward Boyce and Jamie Proctor, for the production company Chop Wood Carry Water. Jonathan Gray is production counsel; Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee will cast the film.


]]> http://www.chopwood.com/news/alan-cumming-to-star-in-lower-east-side-indie-dwelling/feed/ The Playground http://www.chopwood.com/development/tv-production-concept-development-the-playground/ http://www.chopwood.com/development/tv-production-concept-development-the-playground/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:31:49 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/new_site/?p=51 10 part dramatic series
In Development

When it comes to meeting women, life has rarely been as good for men as it is in New York City right now. Call it a side effect from women’s rights, the aftermath of Sex in the City or the weird merging of American Apparel advertising and mypace exhibitionism, but the girls play like the boys and the boys just keep playing. How do you find love when you’re a kid in a sexual candy shop. As our boys navigate the LES and Williamsburg, forgetting to commit or grow up, are their lives stunted or enviable?

Concept / Production / Direction / Cinematography / Design / Editorial

]]> http://www.chopwood.com/development/tv-production-concept-development-the-playground/feed/ Circus in a Suitcase http://www.chopwood.com/development/documentary-film-making-circus-in-a-suitcase/ http://www.chopwood.com/development/documentary-film-making-circus-in-a-suitcase/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:07:49 +0000 admin http://www.chopwood.com/new_site/?p=949 13 part documentary series
In Development

The Incandescence troupe of international circus acrobats embarks on a rollicking adventure through the Far East. Sixteen gifted young performers pack up their show for an epic three month journey: ocean freighting their trapezes, costumes, sets, oversized puppets, fire machines, stilts and 600 seat big top tent. Their rolling convoy will  overland thousands of kilometers, performing for audiences from Kuala Lumpur to Cambodia. This series will uncover the inner workings of a modern-day circus.

Concept / Production / Direction / Cinematography / Design / Editorial

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