Troy Hauschild #2-Which Reality is Real? -Really?! A lot of the work I’ve done in LA is in Reality TV. So I thought I could do a primer on how Reality works, what it’s like to be on the crew, some of the fun and pitfalls.. Most of the shows I worked on weren’t... »
Archive for November, 2006
Interview with 4 time WWFF entrants “Happyfunland Films”
Happyfunland Films is Mike and Aaron Weatherford, two brothers from Stanley, KS. Their offbeat style of short films have been featured in all 4 Wild West Film Festivals. They won 1st place in the first WWFF for the film “Reyes De La Callle” and 2nd place in the first WWFF Scare Factor competition for... »
Dispatches From The 7th Circle of Hollywood
Troy Hauschild #1-Life as a Movie Extra, or ‘Will Somebody Get The Meat-Flags Out of the Way?” When I was asked to create this column by friends at WWFF, I thought “What the hell am I gonna write? I’m a struggling.. well.. producer, actor, technician.. I don’t even know what I’m doing in LA,... »
KU Basketball Star to Film Star! Christian Moody and Jay Gray talk about their WWFF entry.
WWFF talks with Christian Moody and Jay Gray about their Scare Factor entry Hit And Run, now playing in the WWFF Virtual Theatre. Jay and Christian, what do you do? Jay: I work as the billing and claims administrator at the Heartland Medical Clinic, in the LEO Center organization. I also work as the... »
Q&A With Parker Hull, Scare Factor 2006 Winner
Parker Hull’s team (pictured below, left to right: Taylor Foster, Brad Fulk, Richard Miller, Z.J. Hull, Parker Hull, Bonnie Johnson, Austin Foster) won this year’s Scare Factor edition. Check out his film entitled “Missing”, in our WWFF Virtual theatre! Tell us about yourself. I am 19 years old and currently a freshman at UMKC.... »
2006 Scare Factor Winners
Missing, Psychle, and Mirror Image are now showing in the WWFF Virtual Theatre. Missing took 1st place with 154 points. Psychle took 2nd place with 134 points. And, Mirror Image took 3rd with 130 points. »
Jon Niccum On Scare Factor
Horror movies are my favorite genre. I’ll stack “Alien,” “The Exorcist” and “The Shining” up against any movie ever made. It’s a difficult style to pull off — it’s much harder to genuinely scare a modern audience than it is to get them to laugh or cry. That said, it’s also a genre that... »
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