Pictures from NYC

Hey Everyone,
David Barba from NYC Shorts sent me these photos. I thought you might like to take a look. For more info on NYC Shorts check out their site at http://www.nycshorts.com/

Talking about the film after the program.
Picture: David Barba (NYC Shorts Co-Director) and Peter-John Campbell

Peter-John Campbell with his lovely bride Ellie.

Welcome WMBI Listeners

Thanks to WMBI’s Steve Hiller and Michelle Strombeck for having Ralph and I on their show today. If you’re a WMBI listener or this is just your first time here, thanks for stopping by. If you would like to take a look at any of my films feel free to visit my website www.claymorepictures.com

If you are wanting more information on Ralph Borde and his work in India please go to www.charasia.org

I have had several people ask me about the future of Seema and what I want to do with this subject. At this point, I have two follow-up projects that I would like to do, and a few other ones lingering in the back of my mind.

First, I am working with Ralph Borde of Charasia on a documentary regarding the human-trafficking that is happening in India. This is such a broad subject that it is hard to address it in any one project. But the goal of the film is to expose the major issues and reasons that this problem even exists and what we can do about it. The documentary, I hope, will be a haunting story with a glimmer of hope as we show the work of Charasia.

Second, I have laid out a full length, live action feature for “The Story of Seema.” This will obviously be a more extensive and detailed look at this problem. It would be built off the short, and would follow Seema's life from childhood to her old age. Exploring the life of Seema, an everyman, if you will, mirrors the stories of millions living in India today.

If you are interested in supporting either of these projects, feel free to email your contact information to pete@claymorepictures.com. I would be happy to talk with you about it.

Radio

This Thursday, my friend Ralph Borde will be the featured guest on an hour-long radio program on WMBI in Chicago about the work he is doing with children in India through his organization Charasia. I have been asked to come on the program with him to talk about my film, “The Story of Seema.” The interview will be on Thursday, October 1 at 3 pm CST. If you would like to listen, go to www.wmbi.fm and click on the “listen live” link.

Trek to NYC

This past weekend Ellie and I trekked to New York City for the New York City Shorts Film Festival in Tribeca. Other than our late-night adventures navigating through all the construction and delays on the subway after the festival (three hours and about a dozen trains later), we had a great time. Thanks to David, Jennifer and James (the festival coordinators), who hosted a fun and classy festival and made us feel very welcome. We saw plenty of interesting films and were treated to some really great coffee!

If you haven’t had the chance to see “The Story of Seema” yet, check out http://www.claymorepictures.com/. I’d love to hear your comments. And check back soon for pictures from the festival!

September 12th

Hey everyone,

"The Interview" will be showing this weekend at the Chicago International Reel Shorts Festival in the Romantic Comedies block.
This will begin at 7:00 PM at Film Row Cinema, 1104 S Wabash, 8th floor. For more information go to http://www.projectchicago.com/

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend. My other film, "The Story of Seema," will be showing in New York that same day, and I have already committed to being there for that festival. http://www.nycshorts.com/ Please go and enjoy in my stead and let me know how the festival turns out. I'm sure it will be a smash.

To view either film or for more information go to www.claymorepictures.com

More News: Chicago and Website

I have two pieces of exciting news to share:

As if September wasn’t going to be busy enough, with editing the documentary, attending the NYC Shorts Festival, and preparing to shoot my next short, I received an email on Saturday from the Chicago International Reel Shorts Festival announcing that my other film, “The Interview”, will be showing in their festival the same weekend as the NYC Shorts Fest. So, Ellie and I will be busy! If anyone is interested in coming, I will post the times and dates as soon as they announce them. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at pete@claymorepictures.com

The other big news? My friend and web administer Matt Satorius finished my website this morning. And it looks great! If you need any web work done, I highly recommend him. To see the site for yourself go to: http://www.claymorepictures.com/

NYC Shorts Upate

“The Story of Seema” will be showing at the NYC Shorts Film Festival on Friday, Sept 11 @ 7pm and Saturday, Sept 12 @ 9pm. For more information go to http://www.nycshorts.com/2009_Films.php

I let you know what happens.

Oxford Film Festival Update and NYC Shorts!

I want to thank everyone for your support with the Oxford Film Fest. Congratulations to Uwe Nagel and “The Big Garage”, the winner of the 2009 Indie-Fest Competition at the Oxford International Film Festival.

I have another announcement: “The Story of Seema” has been accepted to the New York City Shorts Film Festival. This will be September 10-13. “The Story of Seema” will show on Thursday and Saturday. When I have the times, I’ll post them here. If you or anyone you know might be interested in coming to the festival, Samm Hodges and I will be there. Drop me a line if you have any questions.

pete@claymorepictures.com

What comes next?

I have had several people ask me about the future of Seema and what I want to do with this subject. At this point, I have two follow-up projects that I would like to do, and a few other ones lingering in the back of my mind.

First, I am working with Ralph Borde of Charasia on a documentary regarding the human-trafficking that is happening in India. This is such a broad subject that it is hard to address it in any one project. But the goal of the film is to expose the major issues and reasons that this problem even exists and what we can do about it. The documentary, I hope, will be a haunting story with a glimmer of hope as we show the work of Charasia.

Second, I have laid out a full length, live action feature for “The Story of Seema.” This will obviously be a more extensive and detailed look at this problem. It would be built off the short, and would follow Seema's life from childhood to her old age. Exploring the life of Seema, an everyman, if you will, mirrors the stories of millions living in India today.

If you are interested in supporting either of these projects, feel free to email your contact information to pete@claymorepictures.com. I would be happy to talk with you about it.

Oxford Film Fest!!!!

Okay everybody the site is up goto http://oiff.indie-fest.com/
you will need to register in order to see the films. Watch them all and rate them and vote on them.
My Project is called "The Story of Seema."

What to expect?

• 10 Short Films!
• Programmed by the festival!
• Free to Watch & Vote!
• Runs until midnight July 30th!
• You Decide The Winner!

Pete

Linda Smith goes to Washington

Today my friend Linda Smith, former Congressman (1994-98) and Founder of Shared Hope International, appeared on Capitol Hill with three years of research in her hands. She spoke to the Congressional Briefing on "The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: America's Prostituted Youth". The issue of human trafficking is very personal to me, as I have spent the past few years getting involved with Ralph Borde’s ministry Charasia. My latest film, “The Story of Seema”, is what I hope will be the first of many projects of mine that will address this issue.

There is too much to write in this post on the matter of human-trafficking. I would encourage you to learn more about Linda and her work with Shared Hope. You can read their blog, or check out their website.

I would also like to ask that you contact your Senators and Congressmen to follow up on Linda’s report. We could end slavery in our country if we take a stand with Linda. You can download The National Report Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking at Shared Hopes website.

Oxford Film Festival

My latest project, 'The Story of Seema', will be showing this weekend at the Oxford Film Festival in Ohio. http://www.oxfordfilms.com/oiff/ You can see my film in their "Online Shorts". It will show at http://www.indieflix.com/ from 12:00am July 23 until 11:59pm on July 30. Check it out!

The 'Story of Seema' is a project that Samm Hodges of http://mothlightcreative.com/ and I collaborated on, with Maralynn Rochat http://maralynnj.com/, our illustrator, and Doug Cook http://www.needleonrecord.com/, our clean up artist. We worked together for 2 pain staking months last summer, and they did a bang up job. This project was inspired and created for my friend Ralph Borde, President of Charasia, http://www.charasia.org/. Charasia is a ministry that works in Western India rescuing girls and boys from sex-slavery.

My Very Own Blog

Who Knew this day would come?

This being my first blog I should probably explain a few things. I’m an independent filmmaker in Chicago trying to become a success. (Who isn’t?) This is a blog for those who wish to follow my career and comment on it. (Be nice.)

What’s with the name, “An Unstill Life?” Before too long, if you choose to read this blog you will see that this is an apt description of me.

The weekend is here, so time to…edit. Lately I have been editing a documentary series on the history of Christianity in America. I have been hired by Edit Productions, to be the work horse on this job. It’s been challenging and fun. It has giving me the chance to work with a variety of old footage in many frame rates and aspect ratios that I’m not used to. The final project will be 1.78. It’s been an interesting project, there’s a lot of picture timing, (Ken Burns style) and there’s a real trick to this. I’ve had a lot of experience with this kind of editing in the past, just never this much footage to cut through. I have found it quite enjoyable. (My wife, though, has asked me to wear my headphones when she’s home. After awhile it gets a little daunting to listen to the same edit over and over.) Over all it’s a good project, I’ll post the link when it’s done.

Other than that I think I’ll spend this weekend working on my screen play…the long awaited screen play. I have act one finished and it has run the gauntlet though the editors, but hey, they make me sound smarter. I look forward to sharing with you in the future how that project is going. For now, though, I have to keep is somewhat under wraps.

I better kick it for now, I want to have some bit of a weekend.
Later,
P