Big Day in Kauffman

The big day arrived in Kauffman, TX yesterday as the HeuMoore team kicked off their first day of production on the highly anticipated film, The Widow's Might.


Written with typical HeuMoorian wit, creativity and Gator-sense, you'll love where this compelling story takes you--on a journey with the families you know and friends you need to meet, to a little town where the problems are big, enemies seem bigger, and principles stand taller than them all.


Filming for this musical drama will take place in San Antonio and Kauffman, TX on homesteads, horses, town halls and western sets. Two of DCFM's members are on crew and in the cast--John Moore, obviously is directing and acting, and Evan Ramos plays....well, you'll have to wait and see which character he is, but I think you'll enjoy seeing Evan in a different role than we've seen him before. Some of the other familiar faces are our friends James Burgess, who is Director of Photography, and fellow filmmakers Jeremiah W and Mike Thorn who are present for the action as well!


The group would greatly appreciate your prayers for them during this two-week shoot. They've been working very hard in preparation for this film, but the unexpected always happens on set and tests always come. Please pray that they'd remain close to the Lord, dependent on Him, looking to Him, and in constant prayer. Pray that there would be efficiency in how the departments work together, and that the project would stay on schedule (that means special prayers for the Producer and Assistant Director! lol).



I haven't gotten a headcount from John, but it sounds like a large crew. Wherever you want to draw the technical lines between actual crew and general support base, I want you to try to picture some of what this effort looks like.

You have two brothers in the Lord.
You have each of their families.
You have their church.
And all of the families in their church.
You have everyone on cast and crew.
And all their families.
You have all the folks who have just volunteered their time and presence and help and prayers.
You have their families.
You have all those who have invested time and resources in preparation for this film.
You've probably even got folks who are caught in the flow of things and have no idea what great works of God are swirling around them.

I'm not trying to overdo the idea of family here, but families do increase numbers. And I'm not overstating things. This is huge. And so is the effort going into this project. Especially in prayer. In talking with John Moore on a number of occasions leading up to the shoot, he has referenced most all of these people and their involvement. And done so with much gratitude.

So, a) I want you to realize that God has brought a lot of folks together in His wise and wonderful sovereignty. And b), I want you try to imagine what the set must be like. :D There are a lot of people working together, some of whom know each other, some of whom don't. And there's a LOT of work to be done. There are those not on set who are laboring in prayer. Those who are preparing meals and other resources. There are lighting and sound technicians, camera operators, managers, photographers, actors, set designers, siblings...... There are a lot of people, and there's a lot to be done. At times, so many details that not even those handling them know what they all are. But God does. And God is in control. And God is the One Who has been leading this project on and showing Himself so incredibly strong in the behalf of those whose hearts are directed toward Him. God has been doing amazing things, and will continue to. Please pray for not only the success of the film itself, but that God would continue His perfect work in the life of everyone there. Every time I talk to John Moore, just hearing the update of what God is doing blows me away.


So, please cover them with your prayers, and keep informed! For all the details, stay tuned to John and David's blog where they'll be updating you with news, photos and maybe even videos! You can also sign up on the movie website, view a trailer, and get more info on this exciting film!


Photo Credits: HeuMoore Blog

Calendar Marking

Hey y'all! Mark your calendars for the weekend of

July 25-26th

for our next DCFM meeting!

We are making arrangements for another guest speaker and will let you know more when details are confirmed!

Also pencil in roughly the third weekend of each month for subsequent meetings. That is subject to change depending on the need to accommodate speaker and location schedules, but look to the third weekend if you'd like to join us! We'd love to have you! As always, if you need location info, or have other questions, visit our contact page and send an email to the Secretary.

See you soon!
DCFM

DCFMers and siblings at the September '07 meeting.

On Set Once Again!

During the weekend of June 7th DCFMers came together and began filming for our newest project--our currently untitled "mini" series! And it IS mini with an intended four or five episodes at seven minutes each. We began this project to help us all improve our skills as filmmakers, writers, actors, gaffers, sound techs, producers, craft service organizers, cinematographers, boom pole operators (lol)......creative thinkers, and communicators.

And it's been a while since we've been on set, too! While the Measure of a Man crew has been and will continue to be busy this summer, our other projects are still in pre-production. So working on a short series will hopefully keep our eyes and hands sharp!

Matt (sitting), Hannah W (sitting), Steph, Naylor, Truett Billups, Jake Ladehoff.

You'll look forward to meeting the four-some that make up the main cast for the series, played by our very finest, three of whom you'll remember from The Call of Courage: James F., Matthew Bradley, Evan Ramos and Saphrin S.

Matt as Jeremy and James as Roy.

We'll have special appearances from other actors, including Heidi Michelle who not only stars but doubles as editor! We will be giving you more info down the road about the episodes and stories, and how you can view these upcoming videos!

Roy, Mom and Jeremy. Lovely family (well, part of it anyway). 

And don't you love Heidi Michelle's hair pulled back like that? So cute, and fits the mother role so well!

Evan as Kevin. You'll love his role when you see the movie. He and Jeremy have some great dialogue.

But in the mean time, take a look behind the scenes and join us for the fun, fellowship and learning that took place on the shoot.

(Blog credit: Jaclyn S. Photo Credits: several folks. BTS Coordinator: Evan Ramos.)

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On Friday afternoon everyone showed up at my house to start filming in the back yard.

Jake Ladehoff as Cinematographer. 

Things went really, really well! The Lord certainly blessed us! We were able to get things set up and filmed a lot faster than we thought. 

Truett Billups debuted his producer skills and did a wonderful job making sure everything was ready for this shoot! 

John Naylor served as Director.

Being ahead of schedule allowed some nice down time for us to hang out and fellowship while waiting for the sun to go down so we could film the next set of scenes. We had dinner (thank you Susan, Hannah and Melissa! It was great...as always!), played the piano, listened to music, laughed a lot and just enjoyed being together. 

Later that night we went outside to film our night scene,

then came inside again to film a scene in which Heidi Michelle played the mom. She did a great job! It was definitely Oscar-worthy!

Saturday we slept in since we accomplished much more than expected on Friday--so, thanks to our officers, we were able to snooze a little longer after our night shoot. :D Thanks Evan, Naylor and Susan!

Some sort of an attempt at making faces.

There we go! Big smiles!

Officers Evan, Susan (our new Treasurer) and John Naylor.

Big points to them for getting a group picture in the absence of Kayleen who normally puts everyone through the "dreaded" routine.

We filmed a scene in the Garage that we later needed to redo on account of audio difficulties.

Stephanie (and Caleb, who is not pictured anywhere) was boom operator.

We were blessed to have Mr. James Burgess join us over lunch. He helped Stephanie and Saphrin go over things for Measure of a Man.

While we did that, Evan, Heidi and Naylor looked over footage on Heidi's new and very cool computer (Mac, in  case you were wondering :D ). Heidi is editor on this project.

We praise the Lord for such a wonderful weekend! We all had a blast and loved getting to be together!

Thanks for reading!

'Till next time,

Jaclyn