Shroud Goes to Sundance (09.22.08)
Shroud officially arrived at the Beverly Hills submissions office today and we are excited about the prospect of our presence at this famous festival. Sundance’s long-held and ardently defended independence from the Hollywood mainstream has been a long-standing, worldwide inspiration to many filmmakers who are dedicated to telling stories above the mediocrity and beyond the reach of bloated West Coast bureaucracies. In recent decades, the great movie mills seem to have fallen under reins of accountants rather than artists, who prefer opening weekends over opening minds, and who have steadily devastated the American hope for fine films with an endless pageant of dead ideas. Yet, somehow, the Sundance Film Festival has remained well watered outside this arid cinemascape and retained its reputation as best-in-class opportunity for storytellers to share their visual tales free from the militant Hollywood lockstep. Sundance – thank you for the opportunity to submit to your festival. We hope you find our work worthy of your independent ideals. Thank you for giving this filmmaker a meaninful alternative.

Brandy of the Damned: The Music of Wolfgang Lackner (09.12.08)
I have been listening to the final original music for Shroud during our many mixing sessions and I have to say, Wolfgang Lackner's score is professional, powerful and eerily beautiful. Music is one of those things that is so critical to the tone and mood of a film, that to demote it to a lesser composer is an invitation for failure. I know several independent filmmakers who say "Oh, I wrote and directed my film -- and I even did all the music." Yeah, well, it often sounds like it.

Wolfgang is a composer of the first rank and this guy is going places. Get him now while you can afford him!

Thank You For Your Patience (09.11.08)
We appreciate everyone's -- and I mean everyone's -- longsuffering with us during the deeply challenging phases of our final post-production. Our friends, families, investors and even corporate clients have all shown great patience with us with regard to engagements, get-togethers, deadlines, and orders and estimates. Our focus has been so intense in finishing this film, the days and weeks sometime slip by in a blur. Everyone has been pretty cool with us and this valuable fact is not lost on us.

The Disobedient (09.7.08)
A word to other sincere filmmakers out there...

There is a place for the disobedient, the rebellious and those detractors who draw a black pleasure from derailing the well-intentioned, hard work of others -- and that place should not be anywhere on your production. These people are lice. They will club you over the head with your good intentions and extort their pound of flesh for any sleight, real or imagined -- so avoid at all costs. But more importantly, don't let these petty day-players steal your joy or dislodge you from your peace into the more appropriate rage they rightfully deserve. It's hard, trust me, but forgive them and move on.

Dispose and flush.

Shroud ADR (09.5.08)
We are finally looping many parts of Shroud and the final results are aurally amazing.

Bold choices in varying the vocal ranges in the lower, middle and upper registers, effects, adjusting character's timbres, inflections with Spanish lexemes, stress, pitch, tones and choral arrangements are all yielding results that elevate the soundtrack to Shroud far above and beyond the original sound acquired on set.

For this work, we are working closely with the very focused Johnny Marshall of Marshall Sound Design in Farmers Branch, Texas. A veteran of music and sound mixing, Johnny brings a Hollywood level of technical understanding, education and precision to this very important and final phase of our first film. His familiarity and expertise has been a strong guiding hand in mixing Shroud's stellar soundtrack.

Where possible we have recalled original cast to work with them to improve their delivery and perfect their performances, with only a handful of actors who are unavailable, uninterested or too unreasonable, dissenting from this crucial stage of post-production.

With little more than a week remaining in our ADR sessions, we will soon wrap our temp track for the film and submit it to various interested parties.

More Rare Talent -- G. Russell Reynolds (09.5.08)
Our praise for G. Russell Reynolds is limited only by the finite amount of adjectives in the English Language.

If anyone brings the state of acting to its perfection, it is G. Russell Reynolds. With regard to acting, one does not watch Russell act, one experiences it.

Russell is punctual, professional, athletic, dedicated, resilient, eager, clever, innovative, stubborn, maleable, and capable of deep transformations. His precision is matched only by his tenacity, his tireless search for the sleek and stylish summation of any scene in which he is a part.

Simply, an amazing actor whom we were pleased to work with, and so hope to do so again.

The Rare Talent of Nicole Leigh Verdin (09.5.08)
When we decided to do Shroud, we were very optimistic about our ability to tell a good story with compelling dramatic elements and brave art direction. Like any first film, it has been a long painful process, a mixed parade of brilliant successes, stunning achievements, unforseen setbacks, bewildering reversals, endless obstacles and finally -- sweet, sweet victory.

We were very fortunate, given the ambitious nature of our first film: we worked with a lot of amazing people who understood this was our first major motion picture, and kindly forgave us the many missteps we made along the way. Many, who had made films before, offered us advise and guidance on many issues and aspects of the filmmaking process we either didn't know about, or anticipated only in part. We broke all the rules and reached as far as we possibly could.

Make no mistake, it was arduous, at best. But the great talent we surrounded ourselves with got us through it. We owe a great amount of thanks to the cast and crew of Shroud.

Also, like any business venture, our production was infiltrated by some persons who are best described as incompetent, while others were posers, passive aggressive, prickly, predators and some were just plain paranoid. Despite our best efforts, we failed to weed out these people before allowing them to work along our more generous and accommodating cast and crew. For our lack of judgment, we owe a great apology to the cast and crew of Shroud for forcing them to endure some plainly unprofessional behavior brought to both the production and post-production phase of our film by these people.

It is worth noting that some people are just deeply fractured, and in places not easily fixed. These people corrupt the hard work of their peers with suspicion, hearsay, slander and accusations. Despite the many extreme measures we made to promote a creative and safe environment -- meeting as many demands and expectations as we were fiscally capable -- some people simply preferred insults, injury and attempts at intimidation.

These people are so perversely biased toward their own interests, that no amount of diplomacy, negotiation or accommodation can or will please them. Instead, they prefer their minor tyrannies to the more advanced human tier of partnership. They keep their cold souls warm only through the thick blanket of arrogance in which they wrap themselves. Their belief in their own sense of entitlement is chilling and palpable.

Fortunately, these people are incapable of subtlety, and invariably play their poor hand in front of everyone, allowing us to finally see them for what they are...and more importantly, what they are not. Yet, there are many we had the privilege of working with that did not behave so boorishly. Instead, a few of our cast and crew literally stand as examplars of professionalism, kindness, and cooperation.

One such person is Nicole Leigh Verdin.

Possessed as she is of many fine features and faculties, one might easily assume she is as cold-souled as many others in the entertainment business -- I can assure you she is not. Nicole, more than anyone else on the set of Shroud, demonstrated untiring dedication to our film, despite the long development, grueling hours, remote locations and demanding dialog of the project. As impossible as it may be to believe, her beauty and her talent are exceeded only by her compassion and her sterling character.

Thank you, Nicole. A lot.

SmoothDevil.com Looks Pretty Neat (07.01.08)
This cool website is an online trade community for all men and women interested in film, television, visual services, post-production and computer games. It is new, so the community is young, but if you are a freelancer or technician, this might be a great place to set up an outpost, despite the fact they have a horned icon of Lenin on the site -- rather disturbing.

Damascus Enters Scripting Phase (05.15.08)
Our latest script concept Damascus has been fleshed out and the first draft is beginning to take shape. More about this exciting tale in the coming months.

Shroud Wallpapers (04.21.08)
We are currently exporting catalogs of Shroud wallpapers for computers, iPods and cellphones. There will be several resolutions and characters to choose from as well as montages and posters.

Shroud MySpace Make-Over (04.19.08)
We will be launching all revised Shroud pages for six demographics next month as well as some new videos, pictures, and background information. The release will coincide with our initial sell window and should bring some valued attention to our first film.

Shroud Trailer Finished (04.12.08)
Both the 45-second and 120-second Shroud Trailers are finished. Soon these trailers will be appearing on all our attendant online portals, as well as MySpaceTV, YouTube and Flixster.

The Apostle in Resin (04.04.08)
Our very talented sculptor Ben Chester has finished sculpting “the Apostle” (prop from the Knightsilver trilogy) in resin and, having overcome some initial design hindrances, has managed to outfit the weapon with working LED, moveable safety, functioning trigger and a magnetically sealed breech-loading function.

This is our first prop from the Knightsilver material and we are very excited to finally wrap our hands around it. Subsequent props are being designed and scheduled for manufacture and we will probably sell replicas from soon-to-be online store at www.jetrefilm.com

Jetrefilm Anticipates 4K (04.01.08)
This is going to be expensive, but we are already ramping up for our unconditional embrace of the Red One camera system and its 4K juggernaut of a frame.

We have already invested into a new editing platform that will house over 24Gb of RAM, AJA XenaLH Cineform-compliant playback cards for a pure video tap, QuadroFX 4600 video driver cards, etc. Throw in some Infiniband switches, fiber array, and that shiny board the Silver Surfer flies around on and you have the new muscle here at Jetrefilm for the next two years.

Jetrefilm Goes 64-bit (03.28.08)
Like a slowly creeping glacier, we at Jetrefilim eventually gorge our technology landscape with the unyielding plow of ice – or whatever. That was our pre-Emerson way of saying we have finally all our systems to 64-bit OS, new drives and more RAM. Can anyone really have too much RAM – clearly not.

Our new systems are faster and more powerful, and like all shocking advances, makes one wonder how you ever got by on the old stuff.

Throw in a few new monitors and we are off to the races.

Shroud Literature (03.27.08)
While Shroud remains in sound design, we have had the opportunity to finish a tremendous amount of our remaining literature for our first feature film Shroud. Beyond our existing press kit, we have made several posters and print materials we will be distributing around Shroud’s premiere.

The Magic of Magic Bullet (03.13.08)
We recently acquired Magic Bullet, an Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premier plug-in that is, frankly, pretty cool. Though not the industry leader in color-correction and manipulation software, Magic Bullet is a remarkably efficient tool for generating and applying stylized looks to your footage.

Importing our pre-existing values for Shroud, we really enjoyed Magic Bullet’s ease of use on our first feature film, the gothic western Shroud.

Magic Bullet also comes with a full pre-loaded cache of popular and niche looks emulating a host of television, motion picture, commercial and music video looks. It really is an affordable tool for the beginning filmmaker to add a quality control step to your color correction process.

Jetrefilm Online Store (03.01.08)
Around the time of our Premier for Shroud Jetrefilm will open its online store for film-related promotional products and apparel. As the catalog of our films increase and branch into more exotic cross-genres, we will be selling original pieces from the films, limited edition replicas, and an assorted of merchandising.

Brad Herbert Adds a Little Color (02.25.08)
The immensely talented Brad Herbert has begun preliminary color correction for Shroud and suddenly...it feels like a film. Over the next few weeks Brad will be creating custom color palettes for the many moods and locations in Shroud and transform our movie into a true film. Word to the wise: never adjust for color “in camera” – always color correct in post. Obviously, we aren’t talking about proper exposures or correcting color blowouts and such. But with regard to RGB values native to the frame, don’t bump the reds up, or the blues…leave it for your color specialists in post. You will save yourself weeks of headaches.

Shroud Press Kit (02.23.08)
Our rather striking Shroud press kit is almost done and will be available in PDF from our website soon for cast and crew as well as studios, film buyers and distributors. A full color print version of the Shroud press kit will be available next month.

Something From Our Menu? (02.20.08)
First passes at our DVD menu are done and they look pretty sweet. We are currently getting pricing for full color DVD case sleeves, DVD label, and inserts for our upcoming premier. The menu will be revised over the next few weeks and then sent to press.

Red One Access is Granted (02.19.08)
Jetrefilm Entertainment now has access to the formidable and revolutionary Red One camera system through our immensely talented lighting director Michael Morlan of www.austinprotools.com.

Arizona Footage Integrated (02.18.08)
The breathtaking footage from our unit directors in Arizona has arrive and we are hard at working selecting the most beautiful scenes for establishing shots and segues for Shroud. This new footage is gorgeous and definitely adds the “Old West” into our Old West film.

St. Valentine's Most Worthy Day (02.14.08)
Everyone at Jetrefilm Entertainment wishes to extend a Happy Valentine's day to everyone. Ah, romance...

Shroud Closing Credits Finished (02.10.08)
With a thankful smile we have finalized all the invaluable members of our cast, crew, vendors and partners in our closing credits. If you had anything to do with this film, you are in there somewhere. Be a good audience and stay for the very last name!

Arizona Source Footage Scheduled (01.20.08)
We have recently retained two unit directors in Arzona to acquire several days worth of beautiful vistas from The Grand Canyon State -- or Copper State, whichever you prefer. These new shots will breathe a vastness into Shroud and deliver the breadth of a true feature length film.

The Lyching Oak Enters Final Design Phase (01.15.09)
The disturbingly imaginative boys at Element X Creative have delivered a beautiful, wholly 3D animated tree for Shroud. With the initial pass behind us, Element X Creative is moving to the details of fire animation design, wafting embers, camera movements and scaling. Great job, Element X!

Editing…Editing…Editing (01.13.08)
Since our return from the holidays we have been exhaustively analyzing every scene and sequence in Shroud: cutting, re-cutting, tucking, tweak, omitting, and finding answers to difficult thematic challenges. The new cut is coming along splendidly and we have several beautiful solutions for those few instances where we are like “Uh, didn’t we shoot something better than this?” Luckily, we did, but having to search through almost 80 hours of source hi-def footage can be a little daunting.

Shroud Pre-Final Clears Editing (01.10.08)
After five arduous months the pre-final cut of Shroud is finally finished and we are now reviewing the film for overall length, pacing and other details. Once reviewed about a dozen times, the pre-cut will go back to editing for a final cut due in late February.

And Now New Years (01.01.08)
A brand new year full of promise. Be safe, everyone.

Merry Christmas! (12.25.07)
Simply, the most wonderful holiday known to man. Dress accordingly.

On The Twelfth Day of Filming My Producer Gave to Me -- A Distributor (12.20.07)
All of us at Jetrefilm Entertainment are very excited about the scores of investor inquiries we are receiving on our first feature film Shroud, as well as its wicked sequel Nyght. We plan to invite the many distributors who have followed our project through 2007 to our screening in January 2008. There, cast and crew will mingle with our investors, West Coast producers and distributors and wonder how the whole thing got done. Have a Merry Christmas and we hope to talk to all of you in the early days of 2008.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (12.11.07)
With only two weeks away from Christmas, I wanted to say we are ready to wrap up 2007 and move into an even better 2008. This year has been a staggering success on all fronts, and we want to thank everyone who made the journey with us. We wish you all the safest of holidays, good food, rich friendships and the strong union of family.

Happy Thanksgiving from Jetrefilm (11.22.07)
Jetrefilm Entertainment wishes you all a Happy Thanksgiving. We hope 2007 has been as great a year for you and your family as it has been for us -- may 2008 be even better.

Shroud MySpace Video Marketing Begins (11.21.07)
In early December 2007, the second phase of our MySpace marketing will begin. Graduating from our photo galleries to video teasers, visitors will be able to see their first glimpses of Shroud. We are looking forward to everyone's comments.

Cast & Crew of Shroud -- Thank You (11.20.07)
As much as from my producers Edgar Pitts and Daniel Duncan, and on behalf of our investors, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank our very talented cast and crew from Shroud for their hard work, professionalism and patience with our first film. For those of you returning on our next project Vangelis, I look forward to another fun feature-length film full of challenges and great successes.

Jetrefilm Website Renovated (11.19.07)
A new look for Jetrefilm Entertainment is being finalized, and will resemble our current MySpace page. The new page will have a new navigation menu that will enable visitors to see Shroud, Vangelis, The Knightwish War, and our many future projects. It looks so cool.

Shroud Goes Sailing (11.17.07)
Vladimir Eugene, our First Unit Director on Shroud, has captured some beautiful photography of a classic sailing ship in San Francisco bay. This footage was captured on the new Red One camera system and will be our first glimpse into the promise of this new technology.

A Beautiful Thing (11.16.07)
Toby Thomas' vintage Gatling gun was as beautiful as we had hoped. The authentic prop added an inimitable authenticity to our western and was a joy to film and fire. Thanks, Toby!

Shroud Pick-Up Shots Finished (11.16.07)
We recently returned from Willieville with our pick-up shots complete, so we are now editing that footage and finishing our pre-final cut of the film.

Original Score for Shroud Begins (11.15.07)
Wolfgang Lacker has joined our post-production team as our composer. Wolfgang is a very talented musician and we are eager to hear what he's coming up with for our gothic western film.

Jetrefilm New Offices (11.14.07)
Jetrefilm Entertainment will be vacating our offices at 3001 LBJ Freeway at the end of November 2007 and moving to Carrollton, Texas. With the latest FiOS and over four times the space, we are excited about having the room to expand our business. There's even a place for my punching bag and Wing Chun "wooden man."

Jetrefilm MySpace Online (10.17.07)
Our new MySpace page is up! DTCS Custom MySpace Pages did a great job renovating our look and we think it is amazing! As filmmakers we know image is essential, so we are happy to recommend DTCS as our first choice for film short, independent, or feature), actors, artists, musicians and bands or spiffy personal pages. They are simply the best.

Shroud Finds her Voice (9.30.07)
Shroud has entered the sound mixing phase and our resident guru Jimmy Barker is working his remarkable magic on this project. We are so excited to see this great project nearing completion so we can take it to market and sell it.

Shroud Sequel Scripting Begins (9.28.07)
A daring sequel to our 2007 gothic western film Shroud has been green lit and is in the scripting phase. Set almost 25 years after the events in Shroud, the film Nyght follows the late Victoria Celestine's young brother, Abraham, as a young man as he unravels a mysterious series of events set in motion during the American Revolutionary War. Wonderfully, we will be in a position to custom build an Old West town in accordance with some freakish concept art we've already acquired. The level of control we will have over our new locations will be significantly greater than on our first film Shroud.

Shroud MySpace Pages Go Live (9.15.07)
Jetrefilm has launched six market-specific MySpace pages to help build a meaningful online community among those many enthusiasts who have followed Shroud over the months. Built by DTCS Custom MySpace Pages, these gorgeous sites are full of pictures and will soon have multiple video teasers from the film. Our appreciation to Gayla Partridge of 666 Photography and Bryan Chatlien Photography for their beautiful work on this small film.

Shroud Editing (07.17.07)
As of July 15th, 2007 we are less than half-way through the editing process for Shroud. We plan to view a pre-final rough cut on August 15th, 2007. Thereafter, Shroud will enter sound and music design while final tweaks are being made to the final cut.

Myspace.com (07.16.07)
Nathan Mathieu has begun working on our multiple Myspace.com film support pages for Shroud. These pages will tie in directly to our whatisShroud.com website.

Pre-Final Cut by August 15th 2007 (07.10.07)
We are finally able to see the story of Shroud unfold as the editing process starts to connect the scenes together -- and so far, it's looking pretty good! As the film comes together the flow of the story can be seen (and felt), continuity is holding up, and the camera work is fulfilling its role of establishing mood, scene pace and overarching story momentum. Whereas the sheer size of the HD files initially caught us off guard, we have adapted quickly and have been able to wrangle the enormous source footage easily with the necessary hardware and software. We are very pleased.

Marketing (06.29.07)
www.whatisShroud.com has left the design phase and will be up shortly as an interest-capturing portal that will improve our leverage with distributors as we hope to provide a sizeable list of interested end-users -- effectively doing some of the distributor's job for them. www.Shroud-movie.com will be online in early August as well, and Jetrefilm.com wil be renovated to reflect our expanding queue of increasingly ambitious films.

Distributor Inquiries & Studio Interest (06.20.07)
In August 2007 we will begin direct interaction with distributors, producers and studios, first by query letter, then by press kits to begin the qualification process of selling Shroud along with all its attendant materials (websites, lists, rights, files, photography, et al). Some entities have already made cursory inquiries for Shroud, both nationally and internationally...so its time to see who's ready to play.

And the Cutting Begins (07.07.07)
Brad Stephens has begun editing Shroud. We can expect Brad to work for the next several months before handing off pre-finals to our sound designers and composer. With a handful of remaining pick-up scenes remaing -- and with our leading lady Nicole Leigh pregnant -- we will ahve to wait until early October to collect our remaining days for Shroud

HD Feature No. 3 (06.02.07)
We are currently adopting a long series of science fiction properties I have been compiling and expanding for over 20 years as a strong candidate for our third HD feature film. Conservatively, this property is a strong competitor to the extant Star Wars and Star Trek franchises which are painfully saturated in a medium clearly starved for fresh sci-fi properties. Dense, diverse and equally as artistic as either of the aforementioned, this film may be co-released with an innovative PC game that was designed out of its material. Development strategies are in place for both the film and the computer game for a release of 2009-2010.

Wrangling with High Definition (06.01.07)
We have invested heavily into reliable drives and expanded resources to accommodate the large file sizes incumbent on this new medium. Our IT team and producers have been thoroughly researching and testing a wide range of technologies, hardware, software, patches and plug-ins to find the most cost-effective procedure to channel our raw high-definition footage.

Continued Vision (05.27.07)
Jetrefilm Entertainment's continuing vision is to create beautiful and deeply dramatic action films that acknowledge and promote the highest ideals of human bravery, faith and hope while simultaneously confronting the dark flexes, both charming and perverse, of the human condition. There are many angry artists in the film world trying to justify their broken world view, their apathy, their pain, or their patently self-absorbed dementia, but we aim for nobler goals.

Through intelligent work and painstaking craftsmanship, we try to bring you the very best stories, communicated by a union of excellence in acting, directing, art direction and story. Our goal is to edify, elevate and embrace the best.

Saunders & Saunders Cattle Co. (03.11.07)
Thomas Saunders V has welcomed the Shroud production to their large ranch in Grapevine, Texas for the filming of the pivotal Lyching Oak scenes in Shroud. Mr. Saunders owns a gorgeous, sprawling ranch with easy access and sweeping vistas.

Amsterdam and Arizona - In Weatherford, Texas (03.11.07)
Didi Wright has agreed to let us shoot at her richly appointed Victoria home in Grapevine, Texas. The level of detail and artistry present in Mrs. Wright's is far beyond our ability to re-create with prop rentals.

Element X Creative (03.07.07)
The cutting edge 3D/Animation house has begun concepting the gnarled Lyching Oak to be digitally placed in Shroud. Partnered with DTCS, Element X delivers cutting edge animation and top shelf visual effects both in and beyond the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

Grapevine Heritage Foundation (03.06.07)
Melissa Moorman of the Grapevine Heritage Foundation helped us locate period Victorian homes in Grapevine for both Undercroft and Celestine Manor and outlying ranch properties for the remaining days of Shroud's shoot.

Final Filming (03.05.07)
Our long respite is over as Shroud enters into its final filming phase with a 4-day shoot in Grapevine, Texas in the second week in April 2007.

A New Mayor Undercroft (03.01.07)
Russell Reynolds, originally cast as the briefly appearing Johnathan Celestine, has been promoted to Mayor Undercroft. We are excited about Russell's work with the character and look forward to his rich take on the main villain of Shroud.

New Gatling Gun (02.26.07)
Toby Thomas of Hardware of the Old West has secured us a new blank firing, full-scale Gatling gun for Shroud. We will be returning to Willieville to re-shoot the Gatling gun sequence with this superior prop.

Omega Broadcast Group (02.23.07)
Austin-based Omega Broadcast Group has been an excellent equipment resource for our Steadicam rentals during Shroud. Available and affordable, these guys are worth a call for your next video or feature film.

Shroud sails through opening weeks of production (02.19.07)
As of February 19th, Shroud has completed 80% of its shoot days with surpising efficiency. The production remains on schedule with only minor alterations to the remaining shoot days, and we are happy to report no thefts, injuries (aside from knicks, cuts and bruises) and a crew and cast that liked each other as well at the end as they did at the beginning.

Michael Morlan joins Shroud (02.15.07)
Michael Morlan (www.austinfilmtools.com) has joined the production as Key Grip and Gaffer. Michael brings an enormous history of success in lighting and a broad equipment resource that has proven invaluable to our film.

Mrs. Jeannie Mercantile (01.10.07)
We will need to get everyone fitted for wardrobe the week of January 15th-19th. Ms. Jeannie specializes in vintage Civil War era apparel, shoes and accessories. Once the day is finalized, you will need to set aside about 1-2 hours so we can find your look, take measurements for adjustments, discuss any custom apparel, and complete your wardrobe.

Gallery Updates (01.10.07)
The first few pages of Johnathan's journal have been uploaded to the gallery. The journal is pivotal to the story of Shroud so we really wanted to show Johnathan's breadth of knowledge in mathematics, legend and the occult. The pages show rubbings, ink sketches, pencil sketches, notes, theories, equations and conclusions accumulated over his many journeys. The journal will have a hand-tooled custom leather cover, hand torn pages and leather bindery. Very cool.

Happy New Year To Everyone! (12.31.06)
We are very excited at Jetrefilm to be rolling into the new year with such a wonderful project like Shroud to look forward to so early in 2007. We are also very fortunate to be working with all the fine talent of our cast and crew. We wish you and yours the very safest of New Years, and hope that all your dreams come true in 2007. Further, we hope the great success of Shroud is a part of those dreams. Be safe, everyone -- David Jetre.

Gallery Online (12.30.06)
The beginning of our online gallery is up under Production > Gallery / Sketchbook. The gallery is divided into categories and reflects location scouting, art direction concepts, armor design phase and other candies as we roll through pre-production. The city of Shroud is the first category so you can get a feel for the location in Austin. Of particular interest is the last category that showcases Hamilton Pool Cave in Austin as well -- it is simply stunning (this is the cave to which Aaron brings Victoria).Future categories will include dress rehearsals, Victoria dress fittings, fight choreography and vintage props.

Production Notes Online (12.29.06)
I have also started what will eventually become a blog under Production > Production Notes that is a bit technically different than the News & Announcements (here) in which you are reading about it. Production notes gives glimpses (albeit brief ones) into the technical journey of many of the process of pre-production including art direction challenges, insurance and period-correct apparel and props. Basically, it is a 'how to' series of notes. Not for everyone, but those who themselves may be interested in knowing how certain things were achieved might find it a curious read.

Merry Christmas to Everyone (12.23.06)
All of here at Jetrefilm Entertainment wish to extend our sincerest hopes to our cast and crew, our friends and family (and theirs) for a happy, healthy and prosperous Holidays. We look forward to working with all of you in 2007.

Marty van Kleek Starts Sewing (12.22.06)
The Senior Dressmaker on Shroud, Marty van Kleek has begun designing Victoria's vintage apparel. We are looking forward to seeing what Marty comes up with.

Dylan Barth Signs on to Shroud (12.22.06)
Dylan Barth has landed the pivotal role of Abraham, Victoria Celestine's little brother in Jetrefilm Entertainment's HD feature Shroud. We all welcome Dylan to the cast and look forward to beginning rehearsals with him in early January.

Morgana Shaw Joins Shroud Cast (12.15.06)
Morgana Shaw of The Horne Agency has signed on to play the tormented Elizabeth in Shroud. Morgana's extensive experience in film and television brings a well-proved energy and innovation to the HD feature. We are very excited to be working with Ms. Shaw.

Fight Choreography Starts in Full Swing...and Kick (12.05.06)
Nicole Leigh has begun her intensive training regimen for her role as Victoria Celestine. Nicole is learning western boxing, a smattering of Tae Kwon Do kicks, and Seven Star Praying Mantis Kung-Fu "trapping hand" sets, tomahawk and staff fighting, broadsword combat, and 19th century firearms and rifles. Further, she will begin armor movement in January, along with visiting a gun range to become familiar with the guns of the period. Nicole has also begun a rigorous work-out routine and diet to prepare for the physical demands of Shroud.

Nicole Leigh to play Victoria Celestine in Shroud (12.03.06)
Nicole Leigh of The Horne Agency has accepted the demanding lead role of Victoria Celestine. We are very excited to be working with Nicole on this ambitious HD project and wish to express our sincere gratitude to Suzanne Horne of The Horne Agency for Nicole, and the many other excellent actors who will be participating in this unique film. Full cast biographies will be available this week on this website.

Willieville Officially Signs on to Shroud HD Film (11.28.06)
The first character of Shroud is cast in the abandoned period town of Willieville, near Austin. Principal photography is schedule for the first three weeks of February 2007. We are excited to be filming near Austin and look forward to shooting on this wonderful location.

Shroud Sides Now Available for Call Backs (11.27.06)
Returning actors can now download various character sides in PDF from our DOWNLOADS tab. All sides are property of Jetrefilm Entertainment © 2007 and are not for distribution.

St. Paul Travelers (11.25.06)
Dallas-based Ragland Strother and Lafitte has come on board as our insurance carriers on Shroud.

Call Backs (11.21.06)
Call backs will be on Wednesday, November 29th, from 7pm-9pm at our offices: 3001 LBJ Freeway, Suite 100, Dallas, Texas 75234. We will notify either by email or phone. By appointment only.

Audition 3 (11.20.06)
Our last Dallas audition will be on Saturday, November 25th, from 11am-6pm at our offices: 3001 LBJ Freeway, Suite 100, Dallas, Texas 75234. To schedule your audition please contact Arlette Morgan at 469-939-6357.

The Grove Country Life Museum joins Art Direction team (11.20.06)
Late 19th century museum with vintage memorabilia opens doors to Shroud production. Operated by Moody Anderson, The Grove houses an staggering amount of authentic objects and artifacts recently showcased in The Alamo and other Texas-based western films. The Grove is located at 1208 Slaughter Lane, Austin, Texas 78748, or call 512-282-1215. Amazing stuff.

New Jetrefilm Website Home Page (11.16.06)
A new homepage showcasing Jetrefilm's first feature film Shroud is now up. Character bios, script excerpts and downloads, schedule and investor log-in are now available.

Audition 2 (11.15.06)
Arlette Morgan will be organizing our second audition on Sunday, November 19th from 11am-4pm at our offices: 3001 LBJ Freeway, Suite 100, Dallas, Texas 75234. Scores of actors from Dallas, Austin and Los Angeles will be coming to Dallas to compete for the lead roles. All principal roles should be filled by December 1st with extras selected by January 1st, 2007. To schedule your audition please contact Arlette Morgan at 469-939-6357.

Audition 1 (11.12.06)
Our first audition for Shroud will be on Saturday, November 11th from 1pm-5pm, at our offices at 3001 LBJ Freeway, Suite 100, Dallas, Texas 75234. To schedule your audition please contact Arlette Morgan at 469-939-6357.

Kaligrafos joins Art Direction Team (11.10.06)
Kaligrafos is a calligraphy guild in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex who specialize in calligraphic arts and vintage documentation. Betty Barna has signed on to help us with the 19th century journals and letters while Janell Wimberly will be designing the 16th century Spanish papers of Coronado.

Patrick Thaden & Ugo Serrano To Start Hammering (11.01.06)
Our senior armorer Patrick Thaden has invited Ugo Serrano to co-design the plate mail armor in Shroud. Ugo Serrano's armor work has been showcased in major films such as Blade 3: Trinity, The Chronicles of Riddick and Witchblade. The hammering begins November 29th, 2006 - 4:00pm-ish.

Arlette Morgan Helms Shroud Casting (11.01.06)
Seasoned film / theatre actor, acting coach & dialect designer Arlette Morgan has assumed all casting and scheduling for Shroud. Audition dates and locations to be announced soon.

The Elissa Secured for February Shoot (11.01.06)
The Elissa, a period tall-ship in Galveston, has been secured for Shroud. Filming is scheduled for early January 2007.

Location Scouting (10.28.06)
David Jetre, Edgar Pitts, Brad Stephens, H. R. Massey and Bryan Chatlien spent the day in "Willieville" scouting the property, taking hundreds of photographs and trying to survive falling through floorboards.

Built by Willie Nelson, "Willieville" is a small Old West town (circa 1860's) located 40 miles west of Austin. Originally built for The Red Headed Stranger, the set is fully powered and nestled in the uncluttered hills outside of Austin.

Shroud Senior Crew announced (10.15.06)
Jetrefilm Entertainment has finalized the senior crew for Shroud.

David Jetre - Producer / Writer / Director / Art Director / Fight Choreographer
Edgar Pitts - Producer
Daniel Ducnan - Producer
H. R. Massey - Director of Photography
Michael Morlan - Lighting Director
Brad Stephens - 1st Assistant Director / Editor
Bryan Chatlien - Camera Operator / Photographer
John Mays - Creature Effects / Special Effects
Arlette Morgan - Casting
James Barker - Senior Sound Designer
Wolfgang Lackner - Composer

Design & Technology Consulting Services, a full service design studio & internet marketing and technologies firm in Dallas, Texas, will be handling all marketing and internet campaigns for Shroud.

Jetrefilm Entertainment begins pre-production on Hi-Definition feature Shroud (9.1.06)
Jetrefilm Entertainment began pre-production on a period drama set in the Old West.

"In 1862, a Dutch widow travels to the Old West to discover the fate of her husband and learn the horrible secret of the city in which he died."

A blend of action and suspense, Shroud explores the intersection of science and faith against the backdrop of both murder and mystery.

Jetrefilm Entertainment announces 2007 film production line-up (8.1.06)
Jetrefilm Entertainment has announced two HD feature length films for 2007. The first film Shroud is a period drama set in 1862 Arizona and follows a Dutch widow's journey to America to locate her missing husband. 90 minutes color. Rated R for violence. HD format. Scheduled for February 2007. The second film Vangelis follows a small surviving band of knights as they escape a powerful warlock bent on perverting a sacred relic and promoting an eternal war. Rated R for violence. HD format. Scheduled for April 2008.