Email: garynyland@hotmail.com
Think you “know” Sacramento? Answer in the form of a question, no Dodgers please,
and see why we are, “Superior California”.
AB-540 by Travis Silcox
E-mail:silcoxt@scc.losrios.edu
Decisions made in our State Legislature have great impact on Socorro.
Examine the meaning of “citizenship” through her eyes.
Sweet Lemonade by Alison Wells
E-mail: awells@cottagehousing.org
It takes a village to “make lemonade” in this bittersweet tale of a mother and daughter’s
struggle to live as a family in Serna Village.
Half a Man by Joaquin Murrieta
E-mail: murrieta2000@aol.com
Guillermo’s courage is tested by the criminals he chases, his impending marriage,
and as a man facing cancer.
The Note by Savannah Knight
E-mail: aniacting@hotmail.com
Jaden’s melancholy over Kya preoccupies every thought. His friends cannot help
but a mysterious note distracts him and the journey of unknowns begins.
Emergency 916 by Matt Johnson
E-mail: mattpunisher@yahoo.com
When “nature calls” all other priorities become insignificant. Join one man’s
“quest for relief” in downtown Sacramento.
Saturday is Rugby Day by Jessica Vasquez
E-mail: trogdor2211@hotmail.com
Women’s rugby is one rough game. But team members struggle with
thoughts of the one player not in the game.
Remember Me by Eric Cotenas
E-mail: eric.cotenas@csus.edu
Web site: http://www.remembermefilm.com
Melissa is missing – or is she? Landmark photos are the clues that
Kyle and Alice follow, always dreading what they will find.
I Luv Sacramento by Wayne Johnson
E-mail: wdoug95608@aol.com
Newspapers reporters compete for their job. Their assignment: find the ten reasons and
one word that best describes living in Sacramento.
Stakin’ Claim by Russell Nichols
E-mail: Nichols.russell@gmail.com
Should Joe, the longtime Del Paso Boulevard shopkeeper, sell out to the fast-food chain
or join forces with Michael, Linda and the mysterious “painter”?
• Announce 2008 Call for Scripts...Monday
February 4, 2008
• Workshop “Writing a Winning Script” Saturday March 8 (9 AM – Noon)
Learn from past PCS writer experiences. What does “script format” mean? Why is writing dialog so important? Mentoring helps you craft a winning entry.
• Workshop “Writing a Practical, ‘Do-able’ Script” Sat. April 5 (9AM – Noon)
Basics on equipment and personnel needed to produce a digital film. Helps you prepare your production “team” should your script be selected. “Keep it simple”.
• PCS Script Deadline… Wednesday April 16 (Noon) Acc/Sac Office
• PCS Script Judging… April 16-May 14
• Workshop “Acting for the Camera” Saturday
April 26 (12:00- 3:00)
A workshop with professional Sacramento acting teachers designed to help new filmmakers select and work with actors both professional and beginners..
• Cast and Crew Call…Wednesday May 21
(6:00 PM – 8:30 PM)
Join with hundreds of interested cast and crewmembers to meet the selected screenwriters and hear their stories. You can help make a movie! Production teams are formed and interested actors create a PCS “audition tape”.
• Workshop “PCS Production Planning” …Saturday June 14 (9 AM – Noon)
The ten teams gather to receive further instructions, production tips, and share ideas. Participants invited shall include key members of each production team.
• Workshop Post-Production/Editing … Saturday July 12 (9 AM- Noon)
As final editing approaches, learn some tips from the experts. Finalize your formatting, credits, and other questions needed to meet the deadline.
• Deadline for Final PCS Films… Tuesday September 2(Noon Acc/Sac Office)
Hard deadline, no excuses.
• 2008 PCS World Premiere… Sunday October 5, 2008 (1:00 PM)
All completed films premiere on the Big Screen at the Crest. Invite your family, friends and strangers you want to impress… a great show about… a place called Sacramento!
NOTE: Workshops request a $5 donation to help with the expenses of the teachers and guest speakers. The “Cast and Crew Call” is free of charge to all interested.
"Quentin Sacramento" is the mascot for "PCS". He has done films such as "The Good, The Bad, and the Sushi", "Butch Cassidy and the Sunfish Kid", "Gone with the Swim", and "The Maltese Scallop". He is currently working with James Cameron on "Aquaman". Quentin currently is residing in a plastic Castle in the Hollywood Bowl. Many thanks to his founder/creator, 'FUJITAKE' (Artist). You never know where he might slide in or flop up on stage. But rest assured if the event has something to do with "A Place Called Sacramento" he's bound to show up. To view any of the films from this year or the past just go to the appropriate link below.
The Crest Theatre is located at 1013 K Street,
between 10th and 11th on the K Street Pedestrian Mall. Safe and convenient parking is available
at 10th and L streets (1/2 block from the Crest theatre). This is a city lot and tickets are validated at the Crest Box Office.
The site that the Crest Theatre sits on has housed a theatre since 1912. The first, the Empress, was a vaudeville theatre which opened in 1913. The second, The Hippodrome, was originally a vaudeville house which converted to a motion picture theatre in the late 1920's. In 1946, the Hippodrome interior was demolished and the Crest was built inside the Hippodrome building shell.
Detailed directions are available on the Crest Website. http://www.thecrest.com/