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Looking for Actors/Actresses and other Film Makers

I have come to the conclusion that, what this area needs, is a series of short films made by a collaboration of independent film makers. So, with that being said, we are looking to collaborate with...

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Short action video, volunteers needed!

Okay boys and girls, we need some volunteers! We are looking to shoot a short action video (<30 minutes) in the area of Brookfield, Ohio in the near future and we need your help. All we're asking is...

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“Militia” Extras needed for Indie Film in NE Ohio

Shotten Filmworks and Laythrom Media are looking for extras to pose as a militia in the Shotten Filmworks production “Dead Life 2: Nercodevils”. We need as many people for this shoot as possible! The...

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Looking for Military Vehicles to use in Independent Film

Shotten Filmworks and Laythrom Media are looking for military style vehicles to use in the Shotten Filmworks production “Dead Life 2: Nercodevils”; Schotten’s tenth feature film. The film shoot will...

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What kind of bounce boards to use?

I’ve had a couple people ask us in the past “What kind of bounce board should I use?”. Well let’s get you guys and girls some information. First off, let’s start with ‘what is a bounce board?’ Well in...

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Military/Tactical Consultancy for Films

Although this is being written in a format more as a FAQ than a discussion, understand that I am writing this in an attempt to help benefit other filmmakers out there. First I would like to say, that...

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Lordstown Elementary/Middle School

Yesterday, we had the privilege of touring the old Elementary/Middle school in Lordstown, Ohio and it was an awesome experience. From the information that we have come across, the school was originally...

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Operation Iron Horse

Operation Iron Horse We are currently writing our latest short film named “Operation Iron Horse, and we hope to start filming within the next few weeks. Volunteers looking to take part in front of the...

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Tactical and Military Consultancy

Laythrom Media has several personal that can assist with tactical and/or military consultancy in lieu of photography and cinematography. Combined, we have over 30 years of military and government...

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Military Prop Inventory

So we’ve finally sat down an laid out about 60-70% of the Laythrom Media “Military/Police Props” (excluding all but four of our prop weapons). It’s a good amount of stuff, but we’re always getting...

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Brookfield AFS Radar Base Update (Sept 2012)

Update September 2012 Unfortunately, we come baring bad news with this post; the abandoned Brookfield AFS Radar Base [also known as the Former Trumbull County Nursing Home Facility] located in...

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Looking towards the Future

The Future of Laythrom Media What do we have in the works at Laythrom Media? Well we’ll give you some insight… The plan is to release one short film at least every month. We would like to push it up to...

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Film-making with Apple iDevices

Using iDevices during Filmmaking/h2 From time to time we hear other film-makers talk about different apps (and/or hardware) for iDevices that are used during the art of independent filmmaking. We have...

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Short Film “Housebreaking”

“Housebreaking” Recently we were asked to check out a couple short film projects made by a group of students from the University of Texas-Austin lead by Jordan Kerfeld (Director, Writer and Editor)....

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Raising funds for Teen Drunk Driving Video

Raising funds for Teen Drunk Driving Video Raising funds for Teen Drunk Driving Video to be distributed to MADD, SADD and over 100 school districts throughout the US.

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CGI Renderers and Render Information

Finally have gotten to CGI Rendering… Not meaning that we’ve never done any 3d modeling or VFX yet; but finally we have had the chance to sit down and shine some input on the different programs and...

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Youngstown Ohio and the Entertainment Industry

With Laythrom Media residing in the back yard of Youngstown, Ohio; it is interesting to realize the history that Youngstown actually has (especially in lieu of the entertainment industry). Now...

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Computer for Editing/Rendering HD Video

“What type of computer should I get for editing HD?” Well…you can always go out and spend $7000 on a Dell Workstation that can handle HD; but for us, other indie filmmakers and the other people that...

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Cameras for the Indie Filmmaker

Wow, loaded title huh? Even though we technically can’t spend the next four hours discussing all of the different cameras and camera platforms that can be used by the indie filmmaker, we will layout...

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Unlocking your Canon DSLR

(Photo from Magic Lantern’s site) If you have a Canon 5D Mark II, 50D, 60D, 500D, 550D, or a 600D and you wish to unlock some possibilities; check out Magic Lantern! It gives you more options than the...

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