Most Recent Impact50 Updates
Making The Watchers… There and back again by David F. Jacobson
The Watchers has been a long-time coming. A very long time coming. I wrote the first draft on June 8th 2015, it was then titled ‘The Watchers of Worlds’ – a nod to the astronauts being the only witnesses to a world both pre- and post-impact. Since then I’ve gotten a degree in history, encountered
Meet the 46th and Final President of the United States… Filming The Final Address
Last Friday we shot the opening scene of The Impact, written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Olivia Williams. We shot in an extraordinary White House Oval Office reconstruction in Norfolk at RAF Coltishall in the sets owned by October Films. You will know we ran a crowdfund campaign to raise the initial finances needed (but
Joe Eszterhas Script for #Impact50 Goes Live…
I just got the email confirming that Joe Ezsterhas signed the contract for his #Impact50 screenplay that will open the film. Boom! We can finally share the script that we are shooting in the coming week, with the astonishingly awesome Olivia Williams playing the president of America. You can read the script HERE. All this coincides
What Was the Idea Behind ‘Norah’s Ark’?
The brief was to write about peoples’ reactions in the 97 minutes after the Presidential announcement that life on earth was going to cease – in no more than 2 pages. What was the idea behind Norah’s Ark? I noticed a 25’ boat sitting on stilts outside a commercial garage in a village in Hampshire,
A World of Silence by Lee Burgess
When we entered The Impact 50, I had a clear and unwavering vision in my head. This was not going to be a big blustering film, but a small domestic glimpse into the world of a little girl who has a very different understanding of life. We knew that a lot of people were crowd-funding
How making ‘The Good Night’ for 50Kisses helped me make my first feature film!
When I finished post grad at UCLA, I was already working on film sets in several positions, most often as a script supervisor. However, I decided I wanted to experience the finance and distribution part of the business and so started work at Disney, Buena Vista. I was working a 2-day shoot as a script
Watch Behind The Scenes Shooting ‘Daddy’s Fort’ for #Impact50 by Cera Rose Pickering
If you’re thinking about having a go at making a Create 50 film – DO IT! I got off my butt and produced my own script DADDY’S FORT and the process has been such an awesome learning curve. I definitely recommend having a go if you’re serious about being in the film biz. We were
The Hooks and Headaches of Becoming a Producer
“What if no one options it?” After the initial euphoria had waned, this was my focus. I couldn’t bear to think that my story, In Vino Veritas, had battled its way through over two thousand screenplays, only to possibly fall at the last hurdle and the more I thought about it, the more this potential
Reflections… The Impact Of Our Words By Dee Chilton
Being involved in the whole script-to-screen process of our two short films, has taught me much about translating my stories for the screen, as well as what each team member involved brings to the party, be it pre or post production or on set. As others have already blogged, you cannot put a price on
The Impact50 Trailer Has Been Launched… Get involved and make your micro-budget apocalyptic short
The Impact50 Trailer Has Been Launched… Get involved and make your micro-budget apocalyptic short. Watch the trailer here for the crowd created feature film project #Impact50, about what would happen in the last few hours of humanity before an asteroid impact. And if you are a filmmaker, there is still plenty of time for you
Producing/Directing ‘I’m Afraid It’s Bad News’ by Dave Stevenson
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, INTO THE…VOLCANO? Ok, you may be wondering why any sane person would be cooking on the edge of a volcano. It seems pretty daft and there are certainly easier ways to fry your eggs (not a euphemism). Fact is though, that’s the only way I can truly sum up how
Create50 Production Team Secures White House Location for Impact50 Presidents Speech
We have begun production on the opening scene where the president of America addresses the planet… As you will recall, this script was written for us by Joe Eszterhas and we are VERY excited to bring it to life. In the coming weeks we will share the script and the exciting news on who we
Making The Watchers… There and back again by David F. Jacobson
The Watchers has been a long-time coming. A very long time coming. I wrote the first draft on June 8th 2015, it was then titled ‘The Watchers of Worlds’ – a nod to the astronauts being the only witnesses to a world both pre- and post-impact. Since then I’ve gotten a degree in history, encountered
Meet the 46th and Final President of the United States… Filming The Final Address
Last Friday we shot the opening scene of The Impact, written by Joe Eszterhas and starring Olivia Williams. We shot in an extraordinary White House Oval Office reconstruction in Norfolk at RAF Coltishall in the sets owned by October Films. You will know we ran a crowdfund campaign to raise the initial finances needed (but
Joe Eszterhas Script for #Impact50 Goes Live…
I just got the email confirming that Joe Ezsterhas signed the contract for his #Impact50 screenplay that will open the film. Boom! We can finally share the script that we are shooting in the coming week, with the astonishingly awesome Olivia Williams playing the president of America. You can read the script HERE. All this coincides
What Was the Idea Behind ‘Norah’s Ark’?
The brief was to write about peoples’ reactions in the 97 minutes after the Presidential announcement that life on earth was going to cease – in no more than 2 pages. What was the idea behind Norah’s Ark? I noticed a 25’ boat sitting on stilts outside a commercial garage in a village in Hampshire,
A World of Silence by Lee Burgess
When we entered The Impact 50, I had a clear and unwavering vision in my head. This was not going to be a big blustering film, but a small domestic glimpse into the world of a little girl who has a very different understanding of life. We knew that a lot of people were crowd-funding
How making ‘The Good Night’ for 50Kisses helped me make my first feature film!
When I finished post grad at UCLA, I was already working on film sets in several positions, most often as a script supervisor. However, I decided I wanted to experience the finance and distribution part of the business and so started work at Disney, Buena Vista. I was working a 2-day shoot as a script
Watch Behind The Scenes Shooting ‘Daddy’s Fort’ for #Impact50 by Cera Rose Pickering
If you’re thinking about having a go at making a Create 50 film – DO IT! I got off my butt and produced my own script DADDY’S FORT and the process has been such an awesome learning curve. I definitely recommend having a go if you’re serious about being in the film biz. We were
The Hooks and Headaches of Becoming a Producer
“What if no one options it?” After the initial euphoria had waned, this was my focus. I couldn’t bear to think that my story, In Vino Veritas, had battled its way through over two thousand screenplays, only to possibly fall at the last hurdle and the more I thought about it, the more this potential
Reflections… The Impact Of Our Words By Dee Chilton
Being involved in the whole script-to-screen process of our two short films, has taught me much about translating my stories for the screen, as well as what each team member involved brings to the party, be it pre or post production or on set. As others have already blogged, you cannot put a price on
The Impact50 Trailer Has Been Launched… Get involved and make your micro-budget apocalyptic short
The Impact50 Trailer Has Been Launched… Get involved and make your micro-budget apocalyptic short. Watch the trailer here for the crowd created feature film project #Impact50, about what would happen in the last few hours of humanity before an asteroid impact. And if you are a filmmaker, there is still plenty of time for you
Producing/Directing ‘I’m Afraid It’s Bad News’ by Dave Stevenson
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN, INTO THE…VOLCANO? Ok, you may be wondering why any sane person would be cooking on the edge of a volcano. It seems pretty daft and there are certainly easier ways to fry your eggs (not a euphemism). Fact is though, that’s the only way I can truly sum up how
Create50 Production Team Secures White House Location for Impact50 Presidents Speech
We have begun production on the opening scene where the president of America addresses the planet… As you will recall, this script was written for us by Joe Eszterhas and we are VERY excited to bring it to life. In the coming weeks we will share the script and the exciting news on who we