Every moviemaker knows the importance of preserving continuity within a scene or scenes. If actors’ wardrobes change in the space of an edit, it can prove distracting for the audience and pull them away from the story you’re trying to tell. But filmmakers aren’t perfect and mistakes do slide through. The folks over at MovieMistakes.com [...]

The CFP Forum is back online after being down for a short time. Sign up, if you haven’t already, and engage in the discussion of various CFP and film related topics. http://www.communityfilmproject.org/forum/

Actors and Actresses who are interested in playing various roles in Community Film Project promotional spots should e-mail news@communityfilmproject.org and include a current photo. CFP promotional spots will air at future Screening Room events and on our website. These spots will be shot in a few hours on weekends throughout December and January.

The final two meetings for CFP Shorts are set for December 11th and 18th at Panera Bread on Commerce Blvd. in Dickson City at 7 PM. Note that the November 27th meeting at Dunkin’ Donuts in Scranton has been cancelled. For more information on Shorts 3 contact jeff@communityfilmproject.org.

Digital video technology has enabled more filmmakers to express their creativity and tell the stories they need to tell. Current TV’s “Seeds of Tolerance” contest allows you to vote for the video that makes the biggest difference in our society. From now until December 2, 2006, you have the chance to help pick Current TV’s [...]

…in a production of Assassins The production continues its run this weekend at Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, and stars a slew of CFP regulars, including Stephen Stylinski, Jack Evans, Ellen O’Brien, and CFP Vice-President Jason Sherry. If you aren’t familiar with Assassins, it’s only the best damn musical ever: It’s a musical for people who [...]

NON-UNION ACTORS AND EXTRAS:Fortune Casting will be holding an open call for non-union backgroundactors on Saturday, November 18 from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM for “TheTrouble with Cali” starring Paul and Mira Sorvino, filming in theScranton / Wilkes-Barre area starting November 28. All ages and types welcome. Especially needed:***20-30-something New York Club types with hip [...]

“Dear Lord we give you Curly, try not to piss him off!” Jack Palance, the great character actor who hailed from Lattimer Mines, PA, outside of Hazleton passed away yesterday in California at age 87. To many of us on the CFP Board, Palance not only entertained and thrilled us with his various roles over [...]

Craig Cirelli’s short film “Barrage” will air on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) on November 15 at 7:20am and November 27 at 12:50am. “Barrage” was part of Community Film Project’s first series of Shorts–which screened for one week at Endless Mountains Theatre prior to Superman Returns. This five minute film was funded in part by [...]

To check out the trailer for KICKBALL click here. KICKBALL was filmed in NEPA (Dunmore, Scranton, etc) during the summer of 2006, and is an homage to the sports underdog/comedy films of the 1980′s with a punk rock flair. Take one part “Porky’s”, one part “Slapshot”, and add a dash of “SLC Punk” and you [...]