Written, Directed, Produced & Edited
by
Philip Botti
Director of Photography
Christos Kostianis
Co-Producers
Mario Botti
Scott Schwarz
Original Music
by
Michael J. Moore
Sound & Lighting
Dan Eriksen
Post-Production Supervisor
Joe Kurdziel
Assistant Camera
Christene Kostianis
Script Supervisor
Liz-Finn Arnold
Make-Up
Erin Barry
Key-Production Assistant
David Salowe
with additional help from Mike Scotto and Steve Herold
PHILIP BOTTI
Botti is currently at work producing his next film, Face Cards. A biting comedy, the film tracks the misadventures of a man who boards the wrong bus. He's also developing a story about...well, we can't really tell you on the account of Botti's paranoia not to talk about his ideas.
Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on the New Jersey Shore (Middletown), Botti is a graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, where he received a BFA in film production.
Botti's first movie, Middletown, won the 1996 New York Underground Film Festival Choice Award. The movie has been in numerous film festivals and screenings, and has been circulated throughout the world by an underground fan base.
A pioneer of sorts, Botti was one of the first filmmakers to shoot a fiction film with a video camcorder. An ingenious idea of efficiency and premise, Middletown was made for free, thanks to an electronic super store's 33 day money back guarantee return policy on video cameras. The movie tracks Botti's 33 day adventure in his hometown of Middletown, New Jersey, as he documents the wild nature of his friends and family...before returning the camera for a full refund.
CHRISTOS KOSTIANIS
Kostianis is a veteran cinematographer of numerous music videos and commercials.
MARIO BOTTI
Mario Botti is an advertising art director. He has won numerous awards for creative excellence including: Clio's, One Show, and Cannes Festival.
SCOTT SCHWARZ
Scott Schwarz brings over fifteen years of experience working on various productions for Samuel Goldwyn, ABC, and Disney.
MICHAEL J. MOORE
A native of New Jersey, Mike, as he is called, attended Red Bank Catholic High School with director Philip Botti. Many a drunken night, Mike would bang on the piano, performing Bruce tunes for a bunch of equally intoxicated teens at some house party on the Jersey Shore. But Mike had bigger aspirations than just being the local piano man as evident in his yearbook quote, "It's a town full of losers and I'm pullin' out of here to win!"
Armed with his mantra, Mike left the shore and headed for Berklee College of Music where he earned his degree in Composition and Film Scoring. During his 4 years of study he worked closely with Emerson College, writing and producing music for the annual Evvy awards.While Berklee is focused mainly on Jazz, Michael became more interested in the "classical" composition area, after listening to Gustav Mahler's 1st symphony.
The brilliant score was achieved on a Roland Super Sound Canvas and a Roland U-20, recorded through Cakewalk Pro Audio.
You can contact Michael Moore at m_moore@hotmail.com
DAN ERIKSEN
Botti is currently at work producing his next film, Face Cards. A biting comedy, the film tracks the misadventures of a man who boards the wrong bus. He's also developing a story about...well, we can't really tell you on the account of Botti's paranoia not to talk about his ideas.
Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on the New Jersey Shore (Middletown), Botti is a graduate of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, where he received a BFA in film production.
Botti's first movie, Middletown, won the 1996 New York Underground Film Festival Choice Award. The movie has been in numerous film festivals and screenings, and has been circulated throughout the world by an underground fan base.
A pioneer of sorts, Botti was one of the first filmmakers to shoot a fiction film with a video camcorder. An ingenious idea of efficiency and premise, Middletown was made for free, thanks to an electronic super store's 33 day money back guarantee return policy on video cameras. The movie tracks Botti's 33 day adventure in his hometown of Middletown, New Jersey, as he documents the wild nature of his friends and family...before returning the camera for a full refund.
CHRISTOS KOSTIANIS
Kostianis is a veteran cinematographer of numerous music videos and commercials.
MARIO BOTTI
Mario Botti is an advertising art director. He has won numerous awards for creative excellence including: Clio's, One Show, and Cannes Festival.
SCOTT SCHWARZ
Scott Schwarz brings over fifteen years of experience working on various productions for Samuel Goldwyn, ABC, and Disney.
MICHAEL J. MOORE
A native of New Jersey, Mike, as he is called, attended Red Bank Catholic High School with director Philip Botti. Many a drunken night, Mike would bang on the piano, performing Bruce tunes for a bunch of equally intoxicated teens at some house party on the Jersey Shore. But Mike had bigger aspirations than just being the local piano man as evident in his yearbook quote, "It's a town full of losers and I'm pullin' out of here to win!"
Armed with his mantra, Mike left the shore and headed for Berklee College of Music where he earned his degree in Composition and Film Scoring. During his 4 years of study he worked closely with Emerson College, writing and producing music for the annual Evvy awards.While Berklee is focused mainly on Jazz, Michael became more interested in the "classical" composition area, after listening to Gustav Mahler's 1st symphony.
The brilliant score was achieved on a Roland Super Sound Canvas and a Roland U-20, recorded through Cakewalk Pro Audio.
You can contact Michael Moore at m_moore@hotmail.com
DAN ERIKSEN
Dan is the proud owner of On Location Productions, a full service production company that does it all for the film and television industry (just check out his sight and you'll see). He's been in the tv/film/video biz for about 10 years working on television shows, segments, commercials, documentaries, film trailers, shorts, and a few features. A jack of all trades, Dan has worked as a DP, Camera Operator, Sound Tech, Engineer, producer, director and everything else in between.
If it wasn't for Dan,the movie would have never of looked or sounded as good as it does.
JOE KURDZIEL
JOE IS A GOD AMONGST MEN! Plain and simply, he is the only reason the three stories of Home Field Advantage were able to be shot for $29,234.00! We love him.
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