Vision & Game Plan

We are looking to shoot in June 2023. We plan to assemble a small crew that performs like a Well-Oiled Machine, shooting with two, and sometimes three, cameras with lots of movement for impact and tension. Two RED cameras also give actors more freedom within the scene, while capturing continuity take-to-take.

We will also have a top-flight drone pilot. Besides the typical aerial shots, a great drone pilot can replace many crane shots, as well as intensify chase scenes.

Work hours will average between 10-12 hrs a day. Wearing down a crew is not productive. The goal here is to have our “Machine” in peek performance so we are burning through script pages and not burning out the crew. And a well-rehearsed & prepared cast, and crew, will keep this production Rocking!

The plan is to shoot a 5 On/2 Off work week, Monday-Friday, with Saturdays for game planning the following week and any possible pick-ups needed. Sundays will be a day of rest for all.

Attitudes and Egos can certainly find another production to work on. That will not be the case with this film. We are in it together! The best chance of making any great film starts with being mega respectful and helpful to each other. We ask that everyone be very friendly and kind to the people in town. This is “their” home and we are just guests.

And of course, we plan on having a whole lotta FUN while making this film. Activities like movie night, karaoke, games and bands will also be planned for any downtime for the cast and crew. But you can always just SLEEP!

This will be a well-organized, exciting, and fun shoot, with a cast & crew that will quickly become a tight film family. - R. Reilly

Team

Debbie Twiss

Screenwriter/Lead Actress

DEBORAH TWISS– actress, director, writer, producer. Deborah came to New York City to study acting when she was 17 and quickly got involved in also writing and producing indie films. Her first feature, A GUN FOR JENNIFER, went to over 27 film festivals and is a European cult hit. She then produced and starred in the indie MOLOTOV SAMBA. Shortly after, with her eighteen-month-old son in a stroller and her baby girl on her chest in a Bjorn, Deborah wrote, starred in and directed IN-BETWEEN, a supernatural 9/11 thriller. Link is available here: https://vimeo.com/161253024

She also wrote, starred in and directed A CRY FROM WITHIN starring Eric Roberts, Cathy Moriarty and James McCaffrey – trailer link: https://vimeo.com/94383987, to be followed by CONFIDENCE GAME (as writer/director/lead actress), featuring Sean Young, James McCaffrey and Robert Clohessy: https://vimeo.com/127830560

In the last couple years, Deborah has begun the dive into the exciting world of episodic tv. She wrote, produced and starred in the supernatural thriller pilot A BEAUTIFUL DISTRACTION (starring Sean Young, Adrian Paul and Vivica Fox). In the fall of 2021, her first season of CRAZYTOWN (a dark comedy about the strip club world), premieres on streaming platforms globally.

Acting Reel

Ezio Massa

Producer/Director/Editor

Storyteller Reel

Lou Farragher

Co-Producer

Lou Farragher is a get-it-done producer. You need it, it’s there! He’s also one of the funniest, kind-hearted guys around. Lou and his cousin/brother-from-another, director/editor, Rob Reilly, started cineMOOK in 2001 with their first indie feature “Back To Manhattan”. Along with producing, Lou is also Rob’s creative consultant, as well as jumping in front of the camera to drop a great performance when needed. Lou has produced, films, commercials, and music videos with his cineMOOK cousin. He is also a Forest Ranger, electrician, and carpenter so he makes a lot happen.

Phillip Ennis

Co-Producer/Camera 2

Phillip Ennis is a passionate photographer, cinematographer, and producer. His photography has been solicited around the globe by many of the world’s most prestigious publishers, hotels & hospitality brands, interior designers, architects, and manufacturers of home furnishings & luxury brands. Phillip's unerring attention to detail, composition, and lighting is his trademark.

His talent and passion has proved invaluable in making short and important socially conscious documentaries. In late 2019, Phillip produced & shot the documentary feature, Light Within The Cracks. A film about the devastating effects of poverty in the Kibera Slum in Nairobi, Kenya. As a cinematographer, Phillip brought the unbelievable and heartbreaking reality of the Kibera slum to life for all to see.

Debra Markowitz

Casting Director

Debra Markowitz created and served as the Director of the Nassau County Film Commission. Serving four administrations during her 33-year tenure, Ms. Markowitz had steadily increased production of movies, television programs and commercials that were shot in Nassau County.

Ms. Markowitz also serves as President of the Long Island Film-TV Foundation, Long Island's most established and largest not-for-profit agency dedicated to the support and promotion of independent filmmaking. The LIFTF runs the LIIFE, the Long Island International Film Expo, which is headed into its 26th year in July 2023.

Debra is also a novelist (the Karmic Wind Trilogy – Naked in the Rain, Sarah and Caleb and Karmic Wind), award winning screenwriter and director of shorts, features and TV pilots, film consultant, casting director and teaches director to actor workshops. Debra was a judge for potential incoming drama students at the LaGuardia Arts High School (The FAME school) for several years.

Several of Debra’s films have screened at Academy Award Nominating Film Festivals - Chosen (Director/Producer), screened at LA Shorts, The Last Taxi Driver (Writer/Director/Producer) screened in the HollyShorts Monthly Screening Series, Shoot Me Nicely (Casting Director/Producer) screened at HollyShorts and Won Best TV Pilot, was a Winner of the Diamond Award at LA Shorts, and My Cross to Bear (Producer/Casting Director) screened at Flicker’s, Rhode Island International Film Festival. The screenplay of The Only Woman in the World won Best Screenplay at several international Film Festivals. The Only Woman in the World feature film is screening on Prime Video, Tubi, The Alice Channel of Xumo and on Momentu. Debra’s work can be found at www.IntentionFilmsandMedia.com