Suncoast Media Love

While it was a given that the local media would write about and cover Beautiful Noise, since we shot the film entirely on location here on Florida's Suncoast, there was no way to foresee the positive feature stories pouring in on us from everywhere in the region. Today's story by Wade Tatangelo of The Bradenton Herald - click on https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FPRK1w6a&h=aabed - is another in a series of terrific articles and coverage about our movie. My sincere thanks to Wade; Jay Handelman and Tim Sukits of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, David Jones and Linda McKnight of WSRZ-FM; Lenny Lyons, Gino Norman and the gang over at WTMY-AM and all the great media sources in the region who have written about or broadcast interviews of all things Beautiful Noise. You never have to recover from a good start...and the warm embrace of our Hometown Media has certainly provided us a platform to springboard into the international film festival scene with incredible momentum and a ton of confidence.

ST

Riding The Wave

So far this week it's been non-stop meetings with investors and production staff, terrific media feature stories, song selections and script polishing of the Beautiful Noise prequel and sequel and a slew of international film festival submissions. And there's no sign of a break in the action anytime soon. Working to acquire distribution for the current film while gearing up for pre-production on the next 2 BN installments makes for interesting days. It seems like, overnight, Midnight Pass Productions has gone from a fledging indie film company flying under the radar with one musical/drama to a vibrant movie production organization that has no less than 6 feature films, 3 Soundtrack albums, a TV pilot and stage adaptation in various stages of development. Suddenly there's a host of actors, musicians, songwriters and film crew bombarding our Team with Resumes and Audition requests; a switched-on local media following every move we make; and investors lining up to get in on the ground floor of a new industry taking root here in Sarasota - feature film production.

To be sure, I've been this way before...so I recognize the shape and size of the positive wave my Team and I are riding. Now it's our task to keep surfing the top crest of the wave so we can see where we're heading and make the right decisions as to how to maximize the opportunity. Beautiful Noise proved we're more than capable of creating entertaining films that can evoke a variety of emotions...but it's called Show-Biz...not Show-Fun...so I'm not taking my eye off the prize while all the hoopla and excitement for our movie continues to swirl all around us. We made a good movie. Now it's time to find creative ways for people to see and enjoy it.

I've never had the chance to sell a product that has worldwide appeal. Chronicling the process of selling the North American and Foreign rights to distributors, or deciding to self-distribute if it comes to that, should be as interesting and informative a read as anything else I've posted previously that's detailed how the movie was conceived and shot. I'm looking forward to revealing the highs and lows of that effort. Stay tuned.

ST