Camerado Movie and Media Production

A guide to pre-KR Music, Film, and other content usage for the Benefit of Local and Foreign Producers Mediamakers who have an interest in utilizing pre-KR IP [Intellectual Property], including music, archival film clips, etc in their film, video, multimedia, or other production, please read on…this information comes on the heels of the informative and extensive IP Forum on General Aspects on Intellectual Property Rights in Cambodia held at Pannasastra University on August 7, 2008, in Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA. Further information was gained via direct meetings between Camerado and representatives of the copyright registrar’s office, including the Director of the Copyright Department at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts. Several issues were discussed related to IP [Intellectual Property] rights and usage including Pre-KR Cambodian music usage in productions, public performance of motion pictures*, application procedures for licensing content, and more. [*Camerado’s taken some heat on thi...

=====================================================>>> CAMERADO Movies & Media SE Asia ~ 08/18/08 Camerado acquires Cambodian translation rights to Kerouac's "On the Road (docu of project planned) CAMBOFEST 2008 & Asia Pacific Screen Awards Camerado writeup in AIVF "The Independent" Pre-Khmer Rouge IP & Copyrights in Cambodia iPod Movie Zone * & More! ======================================================>>> ===> CAMERADO acquires Khmer translation rights to Kerouac's "On the Road"(docu of project planned) CAMERADO is happy to announce the acquisition via purchase of the Khmer language translation rights to Jack Kerouac's classic novel, "On the Road". We thank STERLING LORD LITERISTIC, INC., New York, NY, for additional flexibility in granting the rights to conduct a simultaneous interpretive translation in order to assist Cambodian readers and scholars to gain insight into some areas of Western cultu...

Greetings from Cambodia!--> http://www.aivf.org/node/1135 Just a quick note that BOOKWARS , Camerado's indie classic first feature doc about NYC street booksellers, has grossed in excess of $250,000 as of today's latest DVD sales accounting. (not all from DVD sales of course...this figure is mostly from int'l TV sales, which are still ongoing). Anyway, not a huge sum, but not bad for movie which was made on a shoestring, with money raised from a bunch of used books sold at a sidewalk bookstand... Get your copy at Amazon, or buy direct from CreateSpace and the filmmaker gets more $: http://www.createspace.com/212506 (You can also get Camerado's second feature, No Sex For SUSAN HERO , at: http://www.createspace.com/234901 ) As for Camerado's third feature, currently in Active D out here in SE Asia, FREEDOM DEAL ...thanks very much to B52 airman Tommy Towery for sending his memoirs as part of Camerado's research into B52 Arclight and MENU activity on the Cam...

We're happy to say that we've cast one of our principle actors in Camerado's 3rd feature, **FREEDOM DEAL**, (now in active development) playing the role of "Uncle Ramy"...one of two survivors of a country wedding inadvertantly targetted by a B52 strike on the border, near an NVA sanctuary. Read the Treatment Intro for FREEDOM DEAL [Adobe PDF] I actually met Chanda [pictured above] at my University here in Phnom Penh, where I'm studying for a Masters in Development Studies. As envisioned, we'll be working with as many non-actors as possible. Anyway, we'll make an announcement when we've cast the role of the other principal actor, the young girl, Thavy. As we did with our previous feature, SUSAN HERO, we're asking folks to make a contribution if they can towards development and production. Making independent movies (especially out here in Cambodia!) is a tough, tough business, but this story has just got to be told. So, as with SUSAN HERO, any...

This one has been a long time in coming, just have been busy straight through for over a year, and didn't have a lot of extra time to do lower priority items, like blogging, etc. Basically, it all dates back to the semester I taught a video production course at the Royal University of Phnom Penh's DMC-- Department of Media and Communications . The co-director at the time, Martin Kroeber, supplied by the Ded (or DAAD?) as a visiting "professional scholar", had been telling a lot of folks that I resigned as an instructor there, that I did not leave in good form. I found this out a while later when speaking to the head of the German development organization who funds the program, while poking around for more lecturer work around Phnom Penh. Even the current Khmer co-director of the DMC had been under the same impression--that I had resigned. It's dissapointing that other lecturers who had been present throughout my term and its successful completion (see below) did...

Thought readers might get a kick out of this (those who haven't seen this video yet)...my CamboFest helper Vuth took some video of me one day when I was teaching at Cambodian Light Children's Association, where I teach English when I get the chance. The kids are great--take a look and see a sliver of life here in Phnom Penh:

FDA Says Clones Are Safe For Food Report Finds No Evidence of Risks By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 15, 2008; Page A01 A long-awaited final report from the Food and Drug Administration concludes that foods from healthy cloned animals and their offspring are as safe as those from ordinary animals, effectively removing the last U.S. regulatory barrier to the marketing of meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and goats. Now, SUSAN HERO, released late last year, was dealing with this subject as far back as 2003 when the final version of the script was complete! Talk about being ahead of your time...(and not to mention a lot of other extrapolative, sci-fi projections and social commentary in SUSAN HERO which seems to be playing out these days as well. But you'll have to SEE THE MOVIE and DECIDE FOR YOURSELF!!) (Link to complete article here ) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402941.html?referrer=emailartic...

The F*ck Up ~ Starring ~ Jason Rosette...........As the Filmmaker Stephen Rubin.........As the Director, Santa Fe Film Festival Jon Bowman............As the Elusive Founder, Santa Fe Film Festival ~and~ Dr. Alan Rice...........Actor-Physicist gone Haywire ~ with Other Special Guests ~ [**Not recommended for readers with weak stomachs**] I wanted to post this recap, with all the other relevant (but missing) inputs, as seen on the Withoutabox* bulletin board when I sought feedback regarding the mishandled New Mexico screening of our 100% local NM feature, (No SEX For) SUSAN HERO* at the 2007 Santa Fe Film Festival. It really was a very disappointing incident which I hope everyone can learn from. [* then working title, now called LOST IN NEW MEXICO: the strange tale of Susan Hero] [* WithoutABox , by the way, rocks!--we have no issue or problem with WithoutABox. WithoutABox is without doubt one of the most innovative, creative, and laudable developments to enter the indie film scene in a ...