Flashback Films Inc.

10/22/2015

After 27 hours of shooting (14 hours Monday, 13 hours Wednesday) our short film on Human Trafficking finally wrapped. Special thanks to the very talented actresses and actors on set that delivered their A-game daily. I put actresses first in that sentence because the women both on cast AND crew really carried the heart and soul of this film and made it happen, even my wife helped with hair and makeup. So here's to the women in all of our lives who make this world so awesome. We made movie magic this week about a very serious subject, and this is by far the proudest I've been of any project I've been a part of. Special thanks to lead talent Denise Williamson and our producer Debra Gutjahr Hale, the crew- John Hale, Gerald Morris Jr, Isaiah Peña, Ashley Smith, and Jessica Alston, the cast - Karina Pal Montaño, James Bradley, Iza Scott, Courtney Locke, Alan Nelson, Eliani Torres, John Enick, Christina Stroup, and Anita Darby, and can't forget our writers Isaiah Peña and Dom Orozco.
Directed by: Michael Raak

10/15/2015

BTS shooting a news piece on our feature-length doc film, Art Now Houston, and the Houston arts scene! Airs tonight and tomorrow night (...or Sat.) at 9pm, on NewsFix Houston CW39.

10/12/2015

Our crew on-set today, watching as much Astros in between takes as we can.

10/08/2015

Casting Call Paid and Unpaid Roles for a short film.
Reenactment of Human Trafficking Victim Story (untitled thus far) for a statewide Non-Profit organization and will be shot within the next 10 days. Shoot dates to be determined and announced mid-day tomorrow, please include availability on weekdays during the day through Wednesday Oct 21st. Food provided.
Paid roles based on 10-12 hour shoot days, all unpaid roles are under 4 hour shoot time per role.
The following roles are currently available

Es**rt Victim (lead PAID): 18-23 year old female with slender to athletic build. Must be comfortable in bikini for photoshoot reenactment, as well as wearing clothes suitable for the part.

Mother of Victim (unpaid): 45-60 year old female (casting may depend on casted lead)

Madame (paid): 45-65 year old female pimp boss, slender to athletic build

Sleezebag Enforcer (paid): 30-40 year olds gangster looking male, athletic or slightly muscular build

College Girl Es**rt #2 (unpaid): 18-23 year old female, slender or athletic build

College Girl Es**rt #3 (unpaid): 18-23 year old female, slender or athletic build

Client #1 (unpaid): 45-60 year old male

Nurse (unpaid): 30-45 year old female, slender to medium build

Police Officer (paid or volunteer- less than 4 hour shoot time): 30-45 year old officer, must provide own uniform---This role already be getting filled by local law enforcement, so volunteer police officers will be given first priority.

Please remit headshots/bodyshots--dressed--(NO N**E SHOTS PLEASE- Lead role may provide professional quality swimsuit photo if so inclined). All roles paid and unpaid will receive individual cut material after project is delivered with clips of their appearances (upon request--please allow 6-8 weeks for processing). Casting ends October 8th so please don't wait to send you resume, portfolio, availability from the dates stated at the beginning, reel (if applicable), and physical statistics.

Please Remit all submissions via email to: [email protected] and/or [email protected]

09/25/2015

Our team shooting at the most famous cancer hospital in world today. We can see all of Houston from up here!

08/12/2015

Up-and-coming opera singers transform young professionals party into a tuneful time

It was our pleasure to host this party for Opera in the Heights this past weekend at Silver Street Studios. The talent level of the opera singers that performed in the main hallway of our building was incredible. Look out for our party next month benefitting Art Now Houston.

Opera in the Heights (Oh!) took center stage at Silver Street Studios "Second Saturday" event, transforming the happening from a visual arts party into a performing arts fete. There were ...

08/06/2015

Flashback Films in the news today printed in the Chronicle for the party we are hosting this weekend at our studios for Opera in the Heights!! Another big announcement for a feature printed article in a major local magazine about our documentary will drop tomorrow...

08/06/2015

Oh! Second Saturday Promo

Come check out the party at Silver Street Studios this Saturday from 2pm-6pm!!! We are hosting Opera in the Heights as the featured non-profit for Second Saturday at our studios...there will be live performances by opera singers, beer provided by Karbach brewery, food trucks, and of course the wonderful and talented artists in our building will have their studios open to the public.
https://vimeo.com/135494554

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06/23/2015

Up at the crack of dawn (4am) to get this money shot of Downtown Houston's sunrise. This hyper-lapse shot took us 2 hours of the Director (Michael Raak) saying action every 5 seconds to push the dolly along Allen Parkway's running trail at 2 foot increments until we landed here.

06/22/2015

Silver St. Studios Hyperlapse Test

Here's a little "hyper-lapse" test we did on the front porch of our studio at Silver Street Studios today...now we are ready for the real thing on Buffalo Bayou trail.
https://vimeo.com/131485330

This is "Silver St. Studios Hyperlapse Test" by Flashback Films Inc. on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

06/19/2015

We had the pleasure of filming at one of the best fine arts museums in the U.S. today, thank you MFAH for everything that you are and everything you do culturally for the city.

06/13/2015

Thank you IAH for granting us media access today at Houston's largest airport!

06/10/2015

Filming from the Presidential Suite today!

05/29/2015

The last month has been really tough scheduling location shoots in/around Houston, but we finally managed to knock out this heavy scheduled day of shooting everywhere from Discovery Green to Hermann Park and even the Galleria. ALL of which we had to get permission to shoot a month in advance for this specific project. So thank you weather for finally cooperating and giving us one good day of sunshine.

04/03/2015

Flashback Films Shout Out feat. Kevin Hart

Flashback Friday- That time Kevin Hart gave a shout out to our production company at a film premiere.

Our Marketing Director, Hector Gallardo, was invited by Maroch Advertising to interview the stars of "Think Like a Man Too" on the red carpet at the film's H...

04/01/2015

All that remains of this recording space is the graffiti logo, a soon to be painted-over green wall, and a pile of staples. Not sad to see it go though as we are moving into a bigger and better space at Silver Street Studios. Congrats to Rival Films moving into their new space at Silver as well.

03/31/2015

How high-tech is our set today?...well we're shooting in 4K on the ground on with the FS700 and HERO 4, and on the GH4 on the drone. Always good times with Up In the Air Films.

03/28/2015

La Tragédie de Carmen - Opera in the heights

Looking for something to do in the Heights area this evening? This show is AMaZiNG...and the last production of it is tonight, so get your tickets now. The opera is a 90 minute (condensed) version of the original opera and is fun to watch whether you are an opera aficionado or someone who has no idea what opera even is like. Watch this video we produced for them to learn more :)

This is "La Tragédie de Carmen - Opera in the heights" by Flashback Film Productions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

03/17/2015

We had the pleasure of filming the rehearsal for the opera "Carmen" at one of the best venues in town. We shot it all in 4K on a RED and FS700 with Canon Cine Primes. Can't wait to see this footage!

01/30/2015

What was our day at work like? Well we detonated a significant amount of explosives and shot it all on a Phantom Flex high speed $200k+ camera rig, 2 go-pros, and an FS700 at high speed. All in all, it was...pretty okay

01/15/2015

We just had the 2015 DSF film premiere today for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston to this audience of over 200 ppl! It is a 13+ million dollar annual campaign that we have produced the video now for the third year in a row. It features several of the 60+ charitable programs that benefit from this campaign and is printed on 500 DVDs , produced in 3 languages (English, Spanish, and Vietnamese), and sent out to every parish in the Galveston-Houston area.

12/15/2014

What films are you ready to see next year??
2015 will be a great year!

11/12/2014

Today we announced to the Artist Advisory Board for Winter, Silver, and Spring Street Studios that we've been shooting the trailer for our film, Houston Art Now, and the reaction was nothing but positive and supportive. Later next week, the trailer will be released along with a press release from Medley Inc. Below is a shot of a jewelry maker in the area at work, it's been great meeting everyone in the area and learning about art here in Houston.

11/02/2014

Tyrion a.k.a. Yoda, our production pup, was on site this morning to navigate the drone by using the force. Working hard on the Houston Art Now documentary we are.

10/06/2014

Our view for the day filming for the "Houston Art Now" Documentary . We were fortunate enough to get access to the rice silos on Winter Street, that will soon be turned into more artist spaces. Big things are happening in this city creativily.

10/02/2014

Great meeting with Alfred Cervantes from the Houston Film Commission this morning discussing the announcement of our documentary, Houston Art NOW, about the Washington Ave. Arts District and the artists within.

10/01/2014

Flashback Films has been developing an idea for a documentary about the Washington Avenue Arts District. We'd like to thank Nicola Parente for giving us some amazing insight during his inteview yesterday, as he is one of the original 20 artists at Winter Street Studios. The title of the film and full Press Release coming soon!

08/20/2014

Location call: We are looking for a bedroom to shoot a "waking up" scene that has a bed with a very modern industrial metal bed frame for a spec commercial we have been working on. Please let me know if you or anyone you know has a cool looking bedroom similar to the one shown below. [email protected]

08/01/2014

We visited Karbach Brewery yesterday afternoon, did the tour and enjoyed some amazing craft beer with one of our favorite vendors. We make as many excuses as possible to meet with vendors and clients for field trips around Houston, so if you feel like doing something fun give us a shout!

07/10/2014

On-set today shooting Core Lab inside and out. Drones, check. Super slow-motion cameras, check. Quiet on set!, cameras speeding, andddd.....ACTION!

07/07/2014

Out here on the track filming with RWB Vodka...nobody has a case of the Mondays here.

06/24/2014

Spending some time out of the studio today for a workshop on camera movements at the Directing In Motion tour.

06/20/2014

Flashback Films Shout Out feat. Kevin Hart

Flashback Friday! Kevin Hart gave our company a special shout out on the red carpet at his new film's Houston premiere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCZ46QOVzv4&feature=youtu.be

Our Marketing Director, Hector Gallardo, was invited by Maroch Advertising to interview the stars of "Think Like a Man Too" on the red carpet at the film's H...

06/04/2014

The FBF team will be attending Google's City Experts Meet and Greet: Brewery and Art Party. Stop by and say hi!

05/13/2014

Our first award, and we are so appreciative to have been recognized by an organization like the BBB. More fuel for the fire.