First-Time Filmmaker Shoots Film for Under $300, Gives it Away Online Free for One Weekend Only Beginning 11/11/11
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Posted on November 7, 2011 at 6:21:01 AM
First-Time Filmmaker Shoots Film for Under $300, Gives it Away Online Free for One Weekend Only Beginning 11/11/11
First-time filmmaker Shawn Holmes joins the ranks of such forward-thinking filmmakers as Kevin Smith and The Polish Brothers. His debut film 'Memory Lane' is a rare truly independent film shot for only $300 and given away online free.
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Memory Lane' is a rare, truly independent thriller shot for only $300 about a war-veteran who travels between our world and the afterlife in search of his fiance's killer... by stopping and starting his own heart. At midnight on 11/11/11 at 553AM.com, Shawn Holmes, the youngest nominee in the history of the West Virginia Filmmaker of the Year Award, will release 'Memory Lane' online for free for one weekend only.
Writer, director, and producer Shawn Holmes stated, "Innovation is paramount to our success. I'm giving it away because you just don't do that."
As film festival entries cost as much as his entire movie, he chose to skip the festival route early in the film's release and give it away for one weekend on his website 553AM.com. "We may have a festival run, we may not. We're living in this crazy time where traditional gatekeepers can be circumvented altogether. The VCR, DVD players, in-home 3D and internet; history has proven that movies aren't limited to thriving on the silver screen and that with advances in technology come advances in how we watch them. Alfred Hitchcock said that television was like the invention of indoor plumbing. That it didn't change people's habits, it just kept them inside. Had the internet existed in his lifetime as it does in ours, he could have easily made the same realization that we have," claims Shawn.
In less than a week, the trailer received over 17,000 views on YouTube. He has an active Facebook presence with over 4,400 fans at http://www.facebook.com/MemoryLaneMovie. 'Memory Lane' will be released in its entirety at http://www.553AM.com on Friday, 11/11/11 at midnight and will stay up until Sunday, 11/13/11. A limited number of autographed DVDs are available for purchase at 553AM.com
553AM is a motion picture production company owned by Shawn Holmes. To learn more please contact us by phone or email at (740) 579 6944 or SHAWN@553AM.com
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SOURCE 553AM Creative Group
553AM Creative Group
CONTACT: MediaShawn Holmes of 553AM Creative Group, +1-740-579-6944, Shawn@553AM.com
Web Site: http://www.553AM.com
First-time filmmaker Shawn Holmes joins the ranks of such forward-thinking filmmakers as Kevin Smith and The Polish Brothers. His debut film 'Memory Lane' is a rare truly independent film shot for only $300 and given away online free.
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Memory Lane' is a rare, truly independent thriller shot for only $300 about a war-veteran who travels between our world and the afterlife in search of his fiance's killer... by stopping and starting his own heart. At midnight on 11/11/11 at 553AM.com, Shawn Holmes, the youngest nominee in the history of the West Virginia Filmmaker of the Year Award, will release 'Memory Lane' online for free for one weekend only.
Writer, director, and producer Shawn Holmes stated, "Innovation is paramount to our success. I'm giving it away because you just don't do that."
As film festival entries cost as much as his entire movie, he chose to skip the festival route early in the film's release and give it away for one weekend on his website 553AM.com. "We may have a festival run, we may not. We're living in this crazy time where traditional gatekeepers can be circumvented altogether. The VCR, DVD players, in-home 3D and internet; history has proven that movies aren't limited to thriving on the silver screen and that with advances in technology come advances in how we watch them. Alfred Hitchcock said that television was like the invention of indoor plumbing. That it didn't change people's habits, it just kept them inside. Had the internet existed in his lifetime as it does in ours, he could have easily made the same realization that we have," claims Shawn.
In less than a week, the trailer received over 17,000 views on YouTube. He has an active Facebook presence with over 4,400 fans at http://www.facebook.com/MemoryLaneMovie. 'Memory Lane' will be released in its entirety at http://www.553AM.com on Friday, 11/11/11 at midnight and will stay up until Sunday, 11/13/11. A limited number of autographed DVDs are available for purchase at 553AM.com
553AM is a motion picture production company owned by Shawn Holmes. To learn more please contact us by phone or email at (740) 579 6944 or SHAWN@553AM.com
This press release was issued through 24-7PressRelease.com. For further information, visit http://www.24-7pressrelease.com.
SOURCE 553AM Creative Group
553AM Creative Group
CONTACT: MediaShawn Holmes of 553AM Creative Group, +1-740-579-6944, Shawn@553AM.com
Web Site: http://www.553AM.com