Yeah it’s true. Elena is one of the best filmmaker. She has a great talent. She did everything on her film: directing, producing, writing, editing, drawing, composing and more-more! Even she did great special effects. That was wonderful! I’m very happy that I took part on her film as camera operator.

Thank You Elena!

Alisher Mirzoev

What is this RED TOMATOES CROSSWALK filmmaking challenge for me?

by Elena Gorsheneva

Everybody knows that ghosts always speak truth. Steve’s taboo for red tomatoes is based on his Grandmother’s ghost statement that they are grown by aliens on satellites. But why would aliens do that here and not, say, somewhere near Sirius? Perhaps in this remote corner of our Galaxy the space is cheaper?

Basically, this is a question for a producer. (more…)

What is this RED TOMATOES CROSSWALK filmmaking challenge for me?

by Elena Gorsheneva

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Filmmaking course includes writing, producing, directing, shooting, editing and web-publishing my own movie. What’s so hard about it? I invited my friends Michael and Philomena to play this exciting game together with me. Here’s what I’ve written to them: “You know - I have some problem with English language. And I don’t very well know how the “real” American people live. Of course, I watch TV and listen to the radio and I don’t really need anything more than a keyboard for writing a story, but now it’s hard for me to express what I have to tell through the language of my characters”.
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What is this RED TOMATOES CROSSWALK filmmaking challenge for me?

by Elena Gorsheneva

I was going to take the 15 weeks Digital Filmmaking course at Digital Film Academy.

In the beginning I was driven by the naïve dream of finding a place - a job and people - just like I had in Russia. I arrived to this country in 2006 and this needs to be taken into consideration. And so I found the Digital Film Academy and began to study exactly with that goal in mind. (more…)