Film Projects

Please click on the small yellow links below to view some of the images from these featured Burt Wood School past performances.

The Burt Wood School adds FILM PRODUCTION classes to their fall line up!

Registration August 2nd, 4-7PM
THURSDAY EVENINGS 4:30PM-5:30PM ages 8-11 $65.00 per month
5:30PM-7:00PM ages 12-18 $75.00 per month (the class meets longer)

The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts in Middleboro, welcomes Shane Kinsman (director, screen writer, producer and owner of Maran Films) to their staff this fall. Shane will be teaching FILM PRODUCTION on Thursday evenings. Students will learn the foundation of digital filmmaking on cutting edge, state of the art, high definition cameras and audio equipment and create their own production from start to finish! Developed with the optimum mix of instruction and hands-on practice, students will be shooting in this program and have numerous hands-on opportunities to develop skills and gain experience. Students will participate in groups to develop a short film project. Groups will write, produce, direct, shoot and edit their own short thesis film. This course will make a filmmaker out of the novice! Classes will meet at the schools new location, 133 Centre Street, on Thursday evenings. Ages 8-11 will meet from 4:30pm-5:30pm, and ages 12-18 will meet from 5:30-7:00PM. Classes begin the week of September 13th, 2010.

For more information on Shane Kinsman visit maranfilms.net

LOCAL STUDENTS FILM PROJECT TO APPEAR IN PROVIDENCE 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT and AIR AT MIDDLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL

Students of The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts, and Boston Casting Inc., teamed up with film maker and owner of Bait Shop Productions, Andrew Osborne once again to enter the national 48 Hour Film Project. After having success in the Boston competition, The Burt Wood/Bait Shop group decided to try their luck in Providence. "DEADSVILLE" aired on Tuesday, July 20th, in Rhode Island. Although the cast is waiting for the results of the competition, they are excited to have their film air in Middleboro on Saturday, July 31st, at 7PM, at The Middleboro High School before a musical production of GODSPELL. Tickets for a double feature of both presentations are $15.00 and are available at the door only. For more information call 508-946-1071.

The cast of DEADSVILLE (featuring Jordan McClure of Middleboro pictured in the red cowboy hat) takes FIVE for a photo.

CALLING ALL ACTORS- The 48 Hour Film Project

Cape Cod director, screen writer, producer and owner of Maran Films, Shane Kinsman on the set of My Intuition.

The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts in Middleboro, in conjunction with Shane Kinsman (director, screen writer, producer and owner of Maran Films) will be participating in the national competition, the 48-Hour Film Project. Past entries by the local performing arts school can be accessed on You-Tube, with the titles of the past projects being "Shoe", “Farm Force”, “de Zomer Kamp” and the successful “SOX POCK” which was chosen for the 2009 BEST OF BOSTON. On June 9th, 2009, the short film (directed by Andrew Osborne) won BEST USE OF PROP, BEST SONG, BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, and 2nd Runner Up for BEST FILM.

As part of a national competition, The 48 Hour Film Project is destined to be an exciting adventure. The talented director — along with his cast — will create, produce and edit a short film or video in just 48 hours. The project is a thrilling challenge for all level actors, (of all ages) as they must be ready for anything during the two-day production process.
The 48 Hour Film Project will take place over the weekend of May 1st and 2nd, with each team being given a "theme" via an object that must appear in all scenes of the movie. Over the following 48 hours, the teams must not only come up with a plot and script, but must film all of the scenes, produce and edit the film, with the final product being submitted by Sunday, May 2nd, 2010.
Filmmakers from all over New England will participate in the Boston-based division of the competition, with winners from the project then going on to compete against entries from all around the world for the title "Best 48 Hour Film Project of 2010." Screenings for all films will be premiered at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge, located on 370 Binney Street, later in May.
For Burt Wood students, cost to participate in the weekend event is $50 each; for non-Burt Wood students, cost will be $75 each. Filming for the event will be held in Middleboro only. More information about the project itself can be found on www.48hourfilm.com. To participate, call the office at 508-946-1071 or download a registration form at burtwoodschool.com under UPCOMING EVENTS or FILM PROJECTS. Deadline for all paperwork is April 26, 2010. For more information on Maran Films visit maranfilms.net.
Check out the recent article on SouthCoastToday.com.

48 Hour Film Registration Form

2010 Boston 48 Hour Film Project
Summer Camp Reformatory - click the title to view the film

EMMY AWARD WINNER TO DIRECT LOCALS IN Providence 48 HOUR FILM FESTIVAL

MIDDLEBORO — For the fifth year in a row, The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts, in conjunction with director Andrew Osborne and Ol' Bait Shop Productions, will be participating in the national competition, The 48-Hour Film Project. For the past four years the groups paired up for the Boston competition. This year, the group will be competing in the Providence, R.I. festival. Past entries by the local performing arts school can be accessed on You-Tube, under "Shoe", “Farm Force”, “de Zomer Kamp” and the award-winning “SOCK POX” which was chosen for the 2009 BEST OF BOSTON and won BEST USE OF PROP, BEST SONG, BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, and 2nd Runner Up for BEST FILM. As part of a national competition, The 48 Hour Film Project is destined to be an exciting adventure. The talented director — along with his cast — will create, produce and edit a short film or video in just 48 hours. The project is a thrilling challenge for all level actors, (of all ages) as they must be ready for anything during the two-day production process.

Andrew has over 20 years of experience working in the entertainment industry as a comedy/screen writer, game designer, film/video director and actor. He has worked on dozens of independent and major motion picture projects for some of the top studios and production companies in the business, including HBO, MTV, Dark Castle Entertainment, Troma, MPCA/Orion and Warner Bros. Andrew has also worked on numerous projects with film director Jed Weintrob, including The F Word (a quasi-documentary staring Josh Hamilton, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival), Awake (a screenplay for Michael Douglas through Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment), and SuperVision (a multi-media theatrical piece for the Builders Association in New York City). He also co-wrote On_Line, an independent feature which premiered at the 2002 Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals.

In 1999, he was hired to write the film Dramarama for Warner Bros. (based on his original pitch), and he wrote and directed Apocalypse Bop, an independent feature which premiered at Boston’s Coolidge Corner Cinema in 1996. Other credits include numerous independent films, theatrical productions, computer games (including Freelancer for Digital Anvil and a new game called Vie for EnVie Interactive) and regular entertainment reporting for Nerve.com. He has also co-written comic books and graphic novels for Platinum Studios and EZD Productions, received an Emmy Award as a staff writer for the 2007 season of the Discovery Channel game show Cash Cab, and studied improvisational acting with Lisa Kudrow (Friends) and Patrick Bristow (Curb Your Enthusiasm) at the famed Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles.

Andrew received a B.A. in English from Harvard University and a Master’s degree in writing from the University of Massachusetts. He also teaches writing, acting and filmmaking classes in and around Boston, MA, and online screenwriting classes for UCLA Extension.

The Providence Rhode Island 48 Hour Film Project will take place over the weekend of July 17-18, 2010, with each team being given a specific genre, as well as a character, prop and line of dialogue that must appear somewhere in the movie. Over the following 48 hours, the teams must not only come up with a plot and script, but must film all of the scenes, produce and edit the film, with the final product being submitted by Sunday, July 18th. For Burt Wood students, cost to participate in the weekend event is $50 each; for non-Burt Wood students, cost will be $75 each. Filming for the event will be held in Middleboro only. More information about the project itself can be found on www.48hourfilm.com/providence. To participate, call 508-946-1071 or download a registration form at burtwoodschool.com under UPCOMING EVENTS or FILM PROJECTS. Deadline for all paperwork is Junr 15th, 2010Filmmakers from all over New England will participate in the Providence-based division of the competition, with winners from the project then going on to compete against entries from all around the world for the title "Best 48 Hour Film Project of 2010." Screenings for all films will be premiered on July 20-22, 2010, Cinema World Lincoln Mall 16, 622 George Washington Highway, Lincoln, RI 02865 at 7:00PM.

 

"HOLIDAY SPECIAL"

Original movie HOLIDAY SPECIAL to air December 13th.

Middleboro native Andrew Osborne wrote, directed and filmed the short movie HOLIDAY SPECIAL on November 11, 2009 at The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts in Middleboro. The movie airs on December 13th, 2009, at 2PM and 5PM in the grand ballroom of the Middleboro Town Hall located at 10 Nickerson Avenue, in Middleboro. The film was shot in one day as preparation for the National 48 Hour Film Festival.
Tickets to HOLIDAY SPECIAL are $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for children under the age of 16. Admission to the show includes a production of A Christmas Carol which begins immediately following the movie. For more information visit burtwoodschool.com or call 508-946-1071.

The Burt Wood Holiday Special:  Part One
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The Burt Wood Holiday Special:  Part Two
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Photos from the production of the movie "HOLIDAY SPECIAL" - Burt Wood School Winter Film Project 2009. Click here...

PHOTO GALLERY: Middleboro native Andrew Osborne wrote, directed and filmed the short movie “Holiday Special” on Nov. 11 - click here for more...

"MIDAFTERNOON"

Students at the Burt Wood School of Performing Arts' Summer Arts Festival have been working hard this summer! Not only will local students be performing The Wiz, a full-fledged musical, but they have also filmed a movie which will premiere this weekend. "Midafternoon" is written and directed by Middleboro native Andrew

Osborne, who won a Daytime Emmy for his work as a writer on the Discovery Channel's show "Cash Cab." "Midafternoon" is a spooky spoof of the recent vampire craze that has recently been hitting the big and small screen. "Midafternoon" will wow moviegoers prior to the Sunday matinee performance of The Wiz on August 2nd at 1PM. Both will be shown in the air-conditioned Wayne Caron Auditorium at Middleboro High School, and tickets to see the double feature are $15. For more information call 508-946-1071.

Photos from the production of the movie "MIDAFTERNOON" - Burt Wood School Summer Arts Film Project 2009. Click here...

UPDATE: NEW!!!! Photos post - production from of the movie "MIDAFTERNOON" - Burt Wood School Summer Arts Film Project 2009. Click here...

Dear Vampire Movie Lovers- The full version of our summer arts festival flick Mid-Afternoon is now online at FunnyOrDie.com:
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Enjoy! (And tell your friends!)

Yours in BRAAAAIIIIIINS!!!!
Andrew

The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts in partnership with Bait Shop Productions, shot the movie SOCK POX this weekend in Middleboro as part of the national 48 Hour Film Project. Middleboro native Andrew Osborne wrote, cast, directed, filmed, and edited SOCK POX over the course of 48 hours spanning from May 1st through May 3rd. Last year, Andrew won an Emmy for his work for the hit show Cash Cab

The SOCK POX screening is at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge, MA on Thursday, May 7, 2009. The screening starts at 7:00 PM. Please be aware that some of the other films screened may contain adult language and situations.
The Kendall will charge admission for their screening (around $9.00), but SOCK POX will screen free of charge on YouTube, on the Middleboro cable access channel, and possibly in August as part of the Burt Wood Summer Arts Festival.
A cast of 36 children from all over Southeastern, Massachusetts participated in the project. For more information on The Burt Wood School of Performing Arts, or to see past film projects directed by Andrew Osborne, visit burtwoodschool.com and click under FILM PROJECTS.