The New Arrival

Yesterday, on August 14, 2010, little Madalyn Brooke Newmyer came into the world, and Barefoot Empire Films was there to capture it all, well, almost all. Parents to be, Nicole and Jason Newmyer, patiently waited throughout the entire night. While they waited, they speedily typed updates and messages on their facebook pages, answering eager friends and family who were inquiring as to the status of the delivery.

At around 7:45am, the final stage of the process began. Also there to give moral support were family members, some of which came across the country to be there for the special day. Cellphones captured photos and video of baby Madalyn as she was prepared to be handed to her parents for the first time. As more visitors came to see the baby, status updates would change and give minute by minute info on Madalyn's progress.




Because of the presence of a particular kind of cellphone, we decided to put together a spec "commercial" type teaser video for the family. You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YCN4SKa9uI

We want to congratulate Nicole and Jason, and be one of the first to welcome baby Madalyn to this new world!

Principal Photography Wrapped!

Sunday's shoot for the piece named "THE DELIVERY" as part of the CollabFeature THE LOST BACKPACK was a huge success. The very talented Surely Alvelo and Jose Vasquez were the additional cast that joined Enrico Marcellino. The two of them really brought extremely passionate, emotional performances that took the production to a whole new level.



BEF was proud to provide the camera used for shooting. It was our Panasonic Lumix GH1, with RED prime lenses courtesy of CineBob via Josh Coffin. It was very strange to see the entire rig put together because the tiny camera body got sort of lost with the huge lenses, but the picture turned out amazing! We were very lucky to also have a few Full Sail students join us on set. They were extremely professional, efficient, and positive during the entire experience. Mattias Eggert was our sound engineer and set photographer. We were also very blessed to have 11-day old Mateo Putt as our newborn baby. Mateo was outstanding at timing his crying for us just at the right possible moment. A big thanks to Tim and Magally Putt for trusting us with their beautiful son!

Brian Shephard has already started editing and will have the final edit done within the next few weeks. The next step for this film is for Enrico to fly to Detroit, Michigan to shoot the beginning and ending establishing shots for this scene. Because all of the scenes run together, its important to have continuity throughout. More photos and videos to come as we have them! Stay tuned.