‘The Part’ 6th Anniversary

Today marks the 6^th Anniversary of Principal Photography on The Part.

The Part is a ‘Nother Brother Entertainment production Written and Directed by Dankwa Brooks.

Synopsis: Aisha is apprehensive, not ashamed, of revealing her new acting part to her family. Her father doesn’t make matters better by putting her on the spot to reveal it at a family cookout at their house. 

As I approach my next film Hymnal I’m thinking a lot about this film. Like all artist I’m critical of my own work and I feel like I can see every mistake I made. LOL. But like the late great one said

I’m proud of the film, but I wish we had spent MORE time shooting it.

We shot it in a half a day and that was with a HUGE cast. Most of the cast only had a few lines, but it still was a lot to coordinate and cover. I wanted the main characters reveal to be at an event that was both public and private. A family gathering. I also wrote the film at a location I knew I could have full access to, the home of my uncle and aunt, Jerome and Gwen.  We shot in front of, inside and behind their house in the backyard. We made FULL use of the set. LOL

On the day of shooting I was expecting WAY more extras in friends and family, but by the time they all showed up we had wrapped. As I stated in the post "The Part"-World Premiere

"I expected this film to be finished a long time ago, but because of the yearly revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of revolution we had to halt production. In other words the seasons changed and we couldn't shoot additional shots for the cookout anymore. LOL.

We finally had additional shooting (called pick up shots) during the spring and summer 2009." 

I recount a lot of what went on on this blog. I created this blog for the burgeoning filmmakers to read about the progress of the film. A sort of “war journal”.

After we finally completely the film I had a catered a Private Screening for family, cast and crew. It was great to see everyone back together again and it was a great night. We went in to have several public screenings of the film and I eventually put it on YouTube for the cast and crew.

I’ve learned and shot SO MUCH stuff since shooting this film six years ago and I’m finally ready to shoot the next one!

I’m still friends and keep in contact with most of the cast and crew and lo these years later I still THANK THEM for all of their work and participation.

You can read about the cast and crew of The Part here on this blog or on IMDb.

You can read our previous “Takes” on Principal Photography

Principal Photography-Take 1-The Definition
Principal Photography-Take 2-You Can’t Mess With My Crew
Principal Photography-Take 3-You Still Can’t Mess With My Crew
Principal Photography-Take 4-And in Conclusion

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'The Part' is on YouTube [VIDEO]

Quiet as it's been kept The Part is on YouTube. You can watch the entire short film below and below that watch the outtakes from the film where you can tell we had a lot of fun on the set.

The Part is a short film shot in Randallstown, Maryland

Synopsis: Aisha is apprehensive, not ashamed, of revealing her new acting part to her family. Her father doesn’t make matters better by putting her on the spot to reveal it at a family cookout at their house.

Without further adieu...

 

Meet the music artists of The Part: What's the Score Part 3

We had some great independent music artist contribute songs to The Part. If you are interested in some great music PLEASE check out their web pages and SUPPORT these independent artists. They don’t have songs on heavy rotation on your local radio YET, but they make some great music and worth checking out. How do you do that? Read on.

The main theme of The Part is Only Believe by Stephen Cooper. I was looking for something mellow to open the film and Stephen came up with the perfect theme to not only open the film to compliment the main character.

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We also had Big City Lady by Kimia “ChynaDoll” Collins (pictured above). Big City Lady is featured during the cookout scene in the film and it really sets the scene for a great cookout vibe.

Check out her pages!

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From Rubberband we had FunkRockJam for a scene later in the film and serves as a theme for the father in the film.

Check them out on iTunes!

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Finally we had Wonderful which is just that a wonderful song by Reina Williams (pictured above) featuring Only. It is the first full song you hear in the film and it really kicks up the pace after the mellow beginning.

Check out her pages!
WEBSITE: http://reinawilliams.com/

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Related posts:

What's the Score? [1]

Keeping Score: What's Score - Part 2

Tech Check

Last night I went to that hot new restaurant Tech and the check was like WOW! How much was that crab cake? …ok that was my attempt (ill attempt?) at humor.

Last night Gino (the EIC) and I did a tech check at the Rotunda Theater. A technical check or "tech check" is when a filmmaker goes to the theater to see their film projected on the screen to see that it looks AND sounds right. The Part and our “Special Secret Film” looked and sounded right. Thank God.

Below are some pics I took with my cell phone. Bootleg? Well it’s not really bootleg since it’s photos right? Ok say it’s bootleg, I think I’m allowed to bootleg my own film right?

Anyway, below are the pics, they may be dark, but IT IS footage from the film (If you look real hard you can see the little green exit signs to the left and right of the screen).

I have included captions describing some of what the footage in the photos is, but the best way to find out exactly what the footage it is is to SEE the film. You can read about where to do that right here. Shameless self promotion? On this level of independent film there is no such thing…SEE THE PART! LOL.

You can see a bigger version of the slideshow here

The Part-Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

‘Nother Brother Entertainment presents “The Part”

Baltimore, Maryland-November 23, 2009 - The Part, a Dankwa Brooks film, is a short film shot in Randallstown, Maryland.

Aisha is apprehensive, not ashamed, of revealing her new acting part to her family. Her father doesn’t make matters better by putting her on the spot to reveal it at a family cookout at their house.

Written in December 2007, The Part has its World Premiere December 15, 2009 at the Rotunda Cinematheque in Baltimore, Maryland.

With the majority of the story set at a cookout, The Part was shot in August 2008 with additional shooting (called pick up shots) during the spring and summer 2009. The cast and crew had a chance to see the film last October at a Private Screening and now the general public gets its chance.

The World Premiere will feature our film The Part as well as outtakes and bloopers. We will also be showing our film Making History with a bonus Special Secret Screening of one of our films.

The Part is listed on IMDb, the Internet Movie Database and we also created a blog Part Blog, Part News detailing much of the process it took to make the film.

‘Nother Brother Entertainment, LLC is an independent film production company in Baltimore, Maryland formed by multi-award winning writer and filmmaker Dankwa Brooks.

For screeners or to arrange an interview with Dankwa Brooks please contact:

Dankwa Brooks
Phone: 443-817-0757
Email: Dankwa@NotherBrother.com

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"The Part"-World Premiere

Aisha is apprehensive, not ashamed, of revealing her new acting part to her family. Her father doesn’t make matters better by putting her on the spot to reveal it at a family cookout at their house.

Written in December 2007, The Part finally has its World Premiere December 15, 2009 at the Rotunda Cinematheque (pictured below) in Baltimore.

With the majority of the story set at a cookout, The Part was shot in August 2008.

I expected this film to be finished a long time ago, but because of the yearly revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of revolution we had to halt production. In other words the seasons changed and we couldn't shoot additional shots for the cookout anymore. LOL.

We finally had additional shooting (called pick up shots) during the spring and summer 2009. The cast and crew had a chance to see the film last October at a Private Screening and now the WORLD gets its chance.

Now that we got the shots we needed it’s YOUR chance to see it. Tickets are available ONLINE at

The theater’s exact address is:

Rotunda Cinematheque
711 W 40th St
Baltimore, MD 21211-2120
(410) 235-5554
Get directions

Please come out and support the film…independent film…our film. Thank you.

Dankwa Brooks

Writer, Director and anything else you can think of for The Part

Keeping Score: What's the Score Part 2

More than a year ago I spoke of adding music to The Part in my blog entry What's the score?  I am happy to say that I found some great music for the film, but it was a long road.

I scoured the Internet for royalty free music for the film, but couldn’t find anything that fit. I then reached out to some local Independent music artists that I knew and FINALLY found what I was looking for. It was a tough process, let me explain (and you knew I would).

The Part is a “family drama” and while it’s about love, the music I found was the wrong kind of love. Every song I heard was about falling in love, falling out of love, or making love. All great concepts, but the scenes in The Part had nothing to do with any of those matters.

After I found some music, my Music Supervisor (you can read more about what that is in the blog entry here) had to listen to it and see if it fit in the film and then I negotiated the rights.

We also came across some great songs that just didn’t fit in the film. This is a short film and I really didn’t want it wall-to-wall music. It isn’t a Michael Jackson short film after all.(R.I.P. MJ)

I’m happy to say that we finally did find the music and I would like to showcase the artists who contributed.

The first person that graciously allowed us to use their music was superbly talented Reina Williams.

The next person was the singer extraordinaire Kimia "Chyna Doll" Collins.

We also included a song from our man of many talents Gino’s (the EIC) band Rubberband.

The last person we secured music from also worked on the film Stephen Cooper. In between shots Stephen remarked to me that he was a musician. I told him we were still looking for music and feel free to submit some. He did and we picked one of his songs.

NEXT I will include all of their available info and how you can listen and buy some of their music.

Related posts:

What's the Score? [1]

Meet the music artists of The Part: What's the Score Part 3