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Images: Behind the Scenes – Inquiry

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From PA to Producer and Extra to Actor

A few other members of the cast and crew have shared their stories about how they came to be involved with Chartarum, and I’ve been urged by a couple of cast members to tell a bit of my experience. This … Continue reading

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Images: Behind the Scenes – Hanging Out II

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Images: Behind the Scenes – Jarrod & Eli Conversation

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Cast & Crew Interview: Mel Shaw

What’s your name? Melissa  Shaw. A lot of people call me Mel. Tell us a bit about what you’ve done so far on the Chartarum project. I’m a producer and I’m playing the part of Sam. Beyond that, whatever needs … Continue reading

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Images: Behind the Scenes – From a Distance

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Cast & Crew Interview: Roberto Warren

[This interview is the first in what we hope will be a nice, long series.] What’s your name? Roberto Warren. Tell us a bit about what you’ve done so far on the Chartarum project. I played the part of Eli … Continue reading

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How Julie Spent Her Labor Day as a Movie Star

In case you didn’t know, I spent my Labor Day (2009) weekend and all the following week making a low-budget, independent monster movie called Chartarum up north near Cadillac. Really. Given that this isn’t the normal vacation I take, I … Continue reading

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Wardrobe – Scene 1

Technically, I have the credit for costuming, but for most of the scenes – as is the case with many indie films, I imagine – we gave general guidelines to the cast of Chartarum and asked them to come up … Continue reading

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Video: Behind the Scenes – Only on a John Shaw Shoot

Shortly after coming home from the first shoot (nine days in September 2009), my laptop died. On it was just tons of behind-the-scenes stuff from several of the participants. I finally got the hard-drive out and into an enclosure. This … Continue reading

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