2008 Best Cinematography award winning team returns this year's New Orleans' 48 Hour Film Project 2009 contest with entry "The Ripple Effect"

Producer David “Frosty” Hemperly teamed up with locals John Swider and Joe Swider (The Swider Brothers) in New Orleans to participate in their second 48 Hour Film Project. “The Ripple Effect” was shot the weekend of August 14, 15, and 16 in New Orleans. End Quote

New Orleans, LA (1888PressRelease) August 23, 2009 - Producer David “Frosty” Hemperly teamed up with locals John Swider and Joe Swider (The Swider Brothers) in New Orleans to participate in their second 48 Hour Film Project. “The Ripple Effect” was shot the weekend of August 14, 15, and 16 in New Orleans.

The 48 Hour Film Project is the oldest and largest timed film competition in the world. The 48 Hour Film Project invites filmmakers from around the world to produce a complete short movie in just two days. Shortly after the 48 hours of film making, the films from each city are then screened at a theater in that city. See the 48 Hour Film Project’s website for more information on how to get involved.

It is a contest in which teams of filmmakers are assigned a genre, a character, a prop, and a line of dialogue, and have 48 hours to create a short film containing those elements. The films will be shown on Sunday, August 23 at NOCCA.

Writer/director John Swider & producer David Hemperly’s genre assignment is science fiction, along with a rubber band for the prop, “Mabel Kotik –a gardener for the character, and “which one is the weakest link?” for the line of dialogue. All four elements had to be incorporated into the short film. Swider says, “It’s great to have Frosty [David Hemperly] come down from Washington, DC and share in this experience with us. We hope others will join in and participate, too. There’s a huge talent pool here. DC has over 100 teams. There’s no reason why Nola shouldn’t have that many teams competing.”

This is the second time Hemperly’s Star Maker Machinery collaborated with The Swider Brothers to participate in the 48 Hour Film Project in New Orleans. The movie opens at Lupin Hall Sunday afternoon. In the 2008 competition, they roped in five of the twelve awards with their movie “Grindhouse Day,” including Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Use of Prop, Best Special Effects, and Best Graphics. The film that year was a holiday film.

Star Maker Machinery's participation in the movie festival began as a collection of experienced and non-experienced film professionals in 2006. In 2006, Hemperly drew “road movie” for his genre. “I’m very grateful to Joe & John to allow me to come down to produce their film again this year. When I was a young boy, I loved movies with comedy along with dancing & singing, and thought if only I could grow up and be in films... Well, at least, this allows me to flirt with that idea,” laughs David Hemperly.

Actor Joe Swider says, “The 48 Hour Film contest is my favorite way to experiment with making short films. Besides, it’s a great way to bring local talent together right here in New Orleans.” Swider is completing the full feature movie “Girls Gone Gangsta” (working title) with his brother which they hope to release soon. The film has a cameo appearance by “Fellow Louisianan,” and Golden Globe winner, John Goodman.

Hemperly has completed projects in Washington, DC and New Orleans, LA a multiple of times. Joe Swider & David Hemperly once collaborated in 2005 with their first, a silent film, “Moron Interrupted.” It and the other previous films can be seen online via You Tube.

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