24fps Productions: Production

Production

This section details current projects and production resources that you may find valuable. Click here to receive automatic announcements when this page is updated.

Current Productions

24fps had been busy working with independent producers and production companies on a variety of projects. Here are some highlights:

Cooking Show | High Definition Series Pilot

After a few-months hiatus, we’re happy to announce that our Cooking show is back on the front burner (pun intended). We’re currently in the development phase of the pilot, seeking completion funding for its production under the newly formed company, CultureQuest, L.L.C. Our investment packages will soon be complete, ready to be distributed to those interested in investment opportunities with the show.

We’re also looking for production companies interested in co-producing opportunities. For investor or co-production information, please e-mail us at: info@24fpsproductions.com

If we had contacted you before regarding working on the pilot, chances are, we will be contacting you again to see if you still have interest. Please be patient.

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Productions in Development

The Magic Pool | High Definition Children's Video

24fps Productions is proud to announce that it will soon be completing production on the Children’s title: The Magic Pool.

The Magic Pool (1 X 24min, HD and NTSC) will be one of the first Children’s programs shot entirely in high definition. The program follows the adventures of a group of three children as they discover the amazing underwater creatures hiding in their backyard pool. This includes turtles, octopus, and even sharks - one of which, seems determined to steal the children’s lunch.

This program is both fun and educational, with sing-along music tracks against scenes of real oceanic animal life.

Distribution, broadcast, video, and merchandising rights available.

For more information visit The Magic Pool web page, e-mail us at: sales@24fpsproductions.com, or call 646-638-0659.

April Showers
Coffee N' Cake Productions
Lauren Flick - Writer/Director

24fps Productions is providing production support and consultation to Lauren Flick and Coffee N' Cake Productions, on her feature-length romantic comedy, April Showers.

April Showers, a romantic comedy set in present-day New York, follows a woman on her quest for the romance of a bygone era, depicted in the films and music of the 20's and 30's.

The film, due to begin production next Spring, will be shot in 24p high definition video.

You can find out more, by clicking here.

©2003 Coffee N' Cake Productions

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HDTV

Articles

Check out two articles we wrote for the Film Festival Reporter. The articles, within the HD/Digital Video section, cover affordable digital cinema, and the film-like look of 24fps capture.

"Editing" HDTV in Mini-DV format
Lower your costs with HDTV editing.
(As featured in our January 2003 article in Videography)

Correcting for a "Squashed Logo" in HDTV
How we corrected a squashed NTSC logo for HDTV. (as featured in our January 2003 article in Videography)

HDTV Resources

HD Pictures - The HDTV Information Source

Stuart Calcote - HDTV Producer/Director

16X9 Productions - HDTV Production Company

Digital Production Tools

Digital production tools help to facilitate the production process, leaving more time and resources available for what's really important - the story.

Below are some of the tools we've used (or even created) for our productions.

Storyboarding Software

StoryBoard Quick from Power Production Software

StoryBoard Quick is the easy-to-use previsualization application designed for Directors, Writers, Producers,
Cinematographers, Videographers to quickly visualize and communicate shot ideas...whether on the set or during pre-production or pitching stories.

Projects used on:
Underwater HDTV Video
and others

Budgeting Software

BoilerPlate Film/TV Budgeting Template (MS Excel based)

Powerful and affordable production budgeting software for independent filmmakers and television producers.

With BoilerPlate's simple, intuitively designed templates, running on the power of Microsoft Excel, you can start generating complete, fully detailed, industry standard production budgets and reports quickly and easily.

Projects used on:
Underwater HDTV Video
and others

FreeProduction Package

FreeProduction Software Free production solutions from Michael Williams. (FileMaker and stand-alone applications)

FreeOffice 2.0
Produces Crew Lists, Cast Lists and helps you generally organize your production. Also includes FreeTraveler 2.0.

FreeTraveler 2.0
Produces Travel Authorizations, Itineraries and Flight Lists for shows with heavy travel. Bundled in FreeOffice.

FreeScheduler 1.5
Schedule your film and output Oneliners, Day Out of Days, Strip Boards, Shooting Schedules and a host of breakdowns.

FreeBudgeting
Organize your film's costs with this full featured production budgeting software.

Time Code Logging Software

Software for logging time code from videotapes. Requires FileMaker for Windows or Macintosh. Note: This is the first "public" release of the software. Future versions will include additional features.

As featured in the January 2003 issue of Videography magazine

Projects used on:
Underwater HDTV Video
and others

Free Production Software

Lots of free software solutions, but for PC users only :(

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ianto/index.htm

Project Management Software

	Microsoft Project (Windows/Macintosh) Although it's got an initially steep learning curve, and they've been remiss in releasing a decent upgrade for Macintosh users, this is an outstanding program for managing projects of all shapes and sizes - especially multimedia projects.

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