Sharkproductions

writing scripts, acting, directing, being creative with lighting & sound, shooting, creating original music, sets & props, editing, producing, and promoting a variety of projects... learning...sharing skills & tools...birthing finished "product" into the world... building a portfolio of produced work...all while enjoying the magic that Pele's home island has to offer, for as many or as few months as you can!

Shark Production's Independent Filmmaker's Bootcamp includes immersion in the above 2-3x a week in month-long chunks, whenever author/ex-New York editor/independent filmmaker Cristina "Shark" Salatis on island and able to offer it!


Rachel & Helen creating light stand for DRAGON project	First test screening & celebratory dinner for the completion of DRAGON!	Sarah, Mistress of Sound

Cristina directing	Connie, Mistress of Lights	Special effects in-progress, combining Shana as "Princess" and the Dragon

Helen creating soundtrack	Cristina on location in Hawaii	Rachel creating dragon flames

Bootcamps are hosted at Kulana, Cristina's home for artists near Volcano, Hawaii (www.discoverkulana.com), though filming occurs island-wide to make use of the island's dramatic locations: black, white & green-sand beaches, molten lava beds & smoking craters, Planet-of-The-Ape-type jungles, and snow-covered mountain peaks.

Bootcampers and Cristina are creating a variety of "shorts" from script through to film festival/theater/web submission, as well as working on scripts intended for production in Hollywood. As a solid, compatible core of committed filmmakers forms, we may eventually birth independent feature films here in Hawaii as well.

In order to minimize scheduling conflicts, bootcampers are welcome to jump on board whenever their calendars allow by applying to reserve 4 week-long chunks of bootcamp experience which do not have to coincide with the beginning of a month. We have an ever-evolving rotation of filmmakers; at any given time there may be two or twelve working on our various projects underway.

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Bootcamp Cost: $200-300/month plus tax (4 week chunks of 2-3 bootcamper sessions per week) for bootcamp alone;

OR $500-600/month plus tax for bootcamp + accommodations at Kulana as available, for same choice of weekly bootcamp intervals above.

Plus $300 Locations Deposit, fully refundable as long as equipment is returned unscathed and all bootcamp/accomodation obligations are met.

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Emerging & established filmmakers welcome for one month or many!

Experience a plus, but not as important as enthusiastic stick-to-it-iveness!

Longer-term bootcampers in good standing elibible for work on paying film projects as well!

Request info & application

(see contact info below)

A word about our vision: Shark Productions and its director, Cristina Salat, are more interested in developing/completing heartfelt projects than in falling for the illusion that you can't start something until you have just the right make & model of everything a filmmaker could ever want on hand.

We enjoy working with both state-of-the-art equipment as well as everything that's been donated to us or scavenged by us over the years, and most especially with all that we have and are building/modifying with our penchant for creative problem solving!

As "no-budget" filmmakers, we believe that true artists make magic whenever, wherever, however they can. Picasso could have done amazing things with crayons...(check out what 3D-artist Julian Beever does with chalk below!)...and thus those who most enjoy the process of bootcamping are individuals who thrive on transforing "problems" into solutions with a lot of laughs and collaboration along the way.

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Here's what some previous Shark Production participants have had to say:

"Creating the audio environment...was really great. I like the casual atmosphere a lot. The direction was effective...a valuable experience to practice my role in a work group. Real life experience is great for clarifying likes and dislikes. I liked the artistic aspects the best and the clerical tasks the least." Sarah Klebanoff

"Thank you for the opportunity to assist your company for the past five months. I appreciate your honesty and professionalism. I was pleased to have the chance to work on the script." Kyra Anderson

"Learning to fund projects was most beneficial to me...Enjoyable!" Connie Payne

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PRESS:

THE BIG ISLAND WEEKLY just wrote a fabulous article on our filmmaking adventures! Check it out:

http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2008/01/02/read/a_and_e/arts04.txt

And here's another one from VISION MAGAZINE!

http://www.visionmagazine.com/archives/0801/hawaii_january_2008.html

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**Film Clips!**

To see 3-minute preview of "DRAGON," here's the QuickTime screen thingy!

Be patient--

speed of upload, sound and picture quality vary by computer and ISP.

DVD of our dramatic short "DRAGON" including a "making of" bonus feature available for $15 donation,

shipping within U.S. included! (*see details below)

	And here's a taste of our recent travel short "PELE'S HOME!"

	(Make sure you shut off the other clip, or you'll be listening to both!)

DVD of the travel short "PELE'S HOME," featuring three unique, extra-affordable places to stay on our magical Big Island of Hawaii available for $6 donation,

shipping within U.S. included! (*see details below)

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And so, the adventure continues...!

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CONTACT INFO:

For further information & application call us at: 808-985-9055

or email: shark@sharkproductions.biz

**Donations for DVDs & payments for Bootcamp**

made payable to: "CRISTINA SALAT"

and mailed to:

Cristina "Shark" Salat

Shark Productions Independent Films

c/o Kulana Artist Sanctuary

POB 190

Volcano, HI 96785

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**P.S.** Past crew who haven't kept Cristina apprised of new whereabouts--your DVDs await! :)

**P.P.S.** Prices & guidelines for bootcamps subject to change. Request current info & application when applying.

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Other places to visit from here:

Hawaii's $15-30/night/visitor Artist Sanctuary, host of the Shark Production bootcamps-- KULANA!

and www.cristinasalat.com for information about Cristina, bootcamp director!

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Current Wish List:

Set-designing type supplies including indoor/outdoor/art paint, & wood such as: plywood, hardyplank, 2 x 4's, 2 x 6's, 2x12's, (actually any good wood!).

Electric stuff: Portable generator. Solar-powered rechargers. Heavy duty extension cords. Lights. Reflectors.

Music recording & video/filmmaking/computer equipment including digital video and still cameras, multiple DVD/CD duplicator, sound recording equipment, Mac laptop &/or desktop computer! Blank CD's & DVD's & cases in bulk! Thermal printer for DVD's! Digital projector & screen!

Miscellaneous: Wheelchair! Costumes! Coin-operated commercial washing machine(s) & dryer(s). Bookshelves. Small truck or camper van

?: Perhaps you have something just pefect for our guerilla-type independent filmmaking adventures that we don't even know we need? Feel free to ask us!

And...

$$ monetary donations $$: always appreciated!

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"Happy obsessions make life interesting!"

Namaste.

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