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Lorum Ipsum Dolor

48 Hour Film Takes Home Award

To Take a Chance was recognized for "Best Graphics" at this years 48 Hour Film Project in Richmond.

The illustrations, by Alan Canode, were integrated into the opening and closing credit sequences of the film, uniquely capturing elements of the story. Abandon Films …

Images from 48 Hour Film Project

Last weekend we took a team to Richmond to compete in the 48 Hour Film Project and produced a short film in two days. Here's six behind the scenes images from the sleepless weekend.

Dealing with What Brings us Down

Here is a recent video we completed for Brentwood Church in Lynchburg. The thematic trailer previews the five part series and plays right before the sermon.

Road Trip Producer Goes Hollywood

Our friend Dan Portnoy, co-producer and star of The Great American Road Trip, moves to Las Angeles this week. He'll be working as a producer on The Sold Project, but if you know him you know he also has a thousand other things up his sleeve.

The bad news is, Road Show …

24 Hour Film Festival

It's 6:40 am and we've been up all day making a movie for ChristianFilmmakers.org's 24 Hour Video contest. We wrote, shot, and edited this film in roughly 23 hours. Enjoy!

UPDATE: Our film won third place. Check out the results here.

Watch the film here:

Film Day!

We produced this short video with Superhero Pictures to promote Film Day, an event in Richmond hosted by the Virginia Production Alliance. Film Day promotes tax incentives for more movies to film in Virginia.

Check out the video here:

Focus: A Short Film by Justin Rossbacher

Focus follows the journey of a young man whose life is dramatically changed when he is given a special Polaroid camera that has the ability to turn the mundane into the extraordinary.

Written by Alan Canode and Justin Rossbacher. Produced and directed by Justin …

The Copy: If You Watch It, Seven Days Later...

The Copy is parody, satire, and suspense in three minutes. If you've seen the 2002 horror film, The Ring, you may recognize this, but with a twist. It was created for and became a finalist in the thematic short film contest on iStockPhoto.com regarding the future of …

The Great American Road Trip

In June 2007, Abandon Films hit the road with Dan Portnoy of The Portnoy Media Group to see the people and places of their own back yard. Join them on their journey across Virginia and North Carolina in these five online webisodes. Watch them at the official Great …

AbandonFilms.com - Visual Media Infused with Meaning

Today, January 1st 2008, Abandon Films reclaims its internet presence at AbandonFilms.com and launches with a new mission--to create meaningful visual media.

The purpose of this blog is to connect new and existing fans with the culture, hear-beat, and vision of Abandon …

Currently in Development: Winter 2008

Route 66: The Great American Road Trip - Currently in talks.

Binding - A short film in the tradition of "The Twilight Zone".

Short Films - Be looking for some shorts from us this year, including a one minute movie called Laptop, a launch of our "Films for Church" …

Introducing the Movie of the Month

We like movies. Occasionally a film will move us in such a way as portrayed in the above photo.

The Road Trip Traveling Road Show

This spring, The Road Trip crew will hit the road again. The Traveling Road Show will be a collaboration of sorts, teaming the Road Trip crew with other independent filmmakers, as well as some of the bands from the soundtrack, in an effort to create a larger audience. …

Movie of the Month: I AM LEGEND

I have to admit that when I saw I Am Legend back in December, I wasn't expecting anything more than to be entertained by Will Smith one-liners and zombies getting their heads blown off. But I was surprised at the amount of depth the film had to offer.

The following is …