Imaginaut Entertainment is constantly looking for news ways to push the boundaries of storytelling, to encourage new thoughts and to invite our audience to see things a little differently.
We are excited to announce that our website has been redesigned into a sleek and more interactive experience. New features include a flickr feed, an RSS feed, and an expanded reel of our most recent projects. Special thanks to Sekahng Oh who created the new website. Check it out!
Clay Westervelt’s award-winning documentary will have a special screening hosted by the American Cinematheque at the historic Egyptian Theater on May 27th, 2010 at 7:30 PM. Popatopolis will screen alongside Jim Wynorski’s The Return of Swamp Thing as part of a double feature with a special Q&A with director Clay Westervelt, actresses Julie Strain, Monique Parent and Antonia Dorian as well as the legend himself, Jim Wynorski.
The night commemorates the launch of the official Popatopolis DVDs which are available on presale through our website, Popatopolis.com. Tickets to the screening are available on Fandango.
Not in the Hollywood area? There will also be a special screening of Popatopolis with our friends at Oddball Films in San Francisco on May 21, 2010 at 8:00 PM. Popatopolis will screen alongside Jim Wynorski’s Chopping Mall. Keep an eye out for our lovable robot Killbot Jr., a scale model of the less lovable and infinitely more deadly Killbots from Chopping Mall (originally titled Killbots). For more information or to RSVP, please call 415.558.8117 or email info@oddballfilm.com.
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We have recently completed production and post-production of the new promo for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. It was shot on a stage generously donated by Panavision with visual effects provided by Mark Intravartolo of Prime Focus.
Watch as Jobeth Williams guides us on a tour of the various programs and benefits that the SAG Foundation provides for actors.
| Producer | Jennifer Stetson |
| Director / DP | Clay Westervelt |
| Camera Operator | Lisa Stacilauskas |
| Sound Operator | Sekahng Oh |
| Gaffer | Owen Hooker |
| Key Grip | Stu Brumbaugh |
| Production Assistants | Christian Balka, Joe Ghang, Alex Twu |
| Post Production Supervisor | Markus Lodewyk |
| Inferno Artist | Mark Intravartolo |
| Starring | JoBeth Williams |
| Produced in association with Small Pond Pictures | |
We also saw the launch of the latest episode of Storyline Online on May 7th. Written by Gene Zion and illustrated by Margaret Graham, Harry the Dirty Dog has delighted readers for over five decades.
Now a new generation can experience it for the first time on the Storyline Online website as it is read by Betty White.
| Producer | Clay Westervelt |
| Director | Russ Matthews |
| Director of Photography | James Conant |
| Sound Operator | Tom Echlin |
| Production Assistant | Christian Balka |
| Post Production Supervisor | Markus Lodewyk |
| Editor | Sekahng Oh |
We’ve also continued our work with the SAG Foundation to document their actor access program, Conversations, shooting and editing dialogues with:
| Thomas Gibson | Kim Raver | Peggy McCay | Laura Harring |
| Melissa Leo | Jenifer Lewis | Donna Mills | Laraine Newman |
| Robert Osborne | CCH Pounder | Andy Richter | Christian Slater |
| Bill Smitrovich | Simon Baker | Richard Dreyfuss | Johnny Galecki |
| Robert Hays | Tim DeKay | Michael Emerson | Michael C Hall |
| Producers | Clay Westervelt, Markus Lodewyk, John Younger, Sekahng Oh, Noris Bentivegna, Karen Higgins |
| Camera Operators | Lisa Stacilauskas, Markus Lodewyk, Christian Balka, Peter Schmitt, Gregg Furuoka, Joseph Ghang, James Conant, John Boyd, Sean Hayes, Larry Diamond |
| Sound Operators | Sekahng Oh, Doug Ball, Tom Echlin, Mike Sakaniwa, Jim Siler |
| Editors | Markus Lodewyk, Sekahng Oh, Alex Twu, Joseph Ghang, Gregg Furuoka, Soken Sai, Audrey Weller, Brian Bolander, Zack Delman, Daniel Grzeskowiak |
Filmed on-set at the abandoned Linda Vista Hospital, our crew braved all-nighters at the supposedly haunted location to create three special feature segments for Paramount Digital’s Circle of Eight.
The intriguing backdrops used for the interviews were created by the clever use of a light placed on a dolly as it was pulled down a dark corridor towards the camera. You have to see it to believe it. Circle of Eight launched on Myspace.com and is currently available on DVD.
Be sure to look for Circle of Eight at your local BlockBuster store!
| Director | Clay Westervelt |
| Camera Operators | Clay Westervelt, Markus Lodewyk, Christian Balka |
| Production Assistants | Justin Willett, Jess Bickhart |
| Editors | Markus Lodewyk, Sekahng Oh, Gregg Furuoka |
Traditional media like books and magazines are becoming increasingly promoted on the web with short videos that introduce the book and the author to a new generation of Internet users. Recently we have produced projects for publishers like Sterling Publishing, Beacon Press and Random House, Inc.
You can watch the book video for Family Sentence featuring its author Jeanine Cornillot as for the first time she watches an 8mm film reel given to her by her Cuban-Revolutionary father.
Click here to purchase the book from Beacon Press.
| Director | Clay Westervelt |
| Cinematographer | John Boyd, Daniel Grzeskowiak |
| Editor | Markus Lodewyk |
Another example is the book video for Teaching Hope, the latest book by Erin Gruwell, the bestselling author of The Freedom Writers Diary.
Click here to purchase the book from Random House, Inc.
| Cinematographer | John Ealer |
| Editor | Sekahng Oh |
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