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Script Writing
First Metro Films works closely with you to identify your marketing goals, target audience, branding needs and stylistic preferences. Our talented writers then create dynamic visual messages that educate, motivate and resonate with viewers.
35 mm and Super 16 Film Production
The stunning quality of Film continues to stimulate the eye and touch the heart with intense color, sharp detail and expressive mood. First Metro Films will plan your shoot from first frame to last. We coordinate everything: your crafted, high-end commercial or documentary gets you noticed, conveys your message and gets results.
Digital Video Production
Our broadcast quality video equipment delivers affordability, immediacy and best of all: clean, beautiful images. Our producers develop your story; our skillful camera and production people capture it with compelling video.
Mobile TV Production
Mobile video applications have finally come of age. We consult with you to develop a mobile campaign that will reach the millions of people who now have video capable mobile phones. We'll shoot your video with mobile formats and specs in mind. Then help you team with the distribution companies that will bring your product, message or call to action to all those potential customers.
Avid and Final Cut Post-Production
Our editors craft your story with digital editing machines. We make all the eye-catching graphics, create the digital effects that wow your audience and compose the music that completes your product. We can export your finished product to many formats - film, video, flash, DVD, or any of the standard digital files.
John Roegner, Writer/Director.
john@firstmetrofilms.com
Roegner graduated from Stanford University's Documentary Film School and has written, produced and directed for National Geographic and Discovery Channel.
Roegner has written and produced many industrials, short films and commercials. Recently, he has worked with online publications such as DM News, Mobile Marketer and Government Security News to design and produce flash video content.
Kev Robertson, Director of Photography.
Robertson trained in London at the BBC as a film cameraman. Operating second unit camera on the Mike Figgis movie STORMY MONDAY fueled a developing passion for narrative film and his distinct photographic style gained attention shooting music videos for major labels, national commercials and many award winning short films.
His debut feature film QUALITY OF LIFE premiered at the Berlin Film Festival 2004 winning The Glass Bear. Robertson went on to shoot FLIGHT 93: The Flight That Fought Back. This critically acclaimed film received a Prime Time Emmy Nomination. His next feature BLACK AUGUST for Warner Brothers is being released in 2008. His most recent films are YOU for director Melora Hardin and BUTTERFLY DREAMING for producer/casting director Rene Haynes. Find Robertson's filmography at the internet movie database (IMDb.com).
Paulette Salisbury, Producer Editor
paulette@firstmetrofilms.com
Paulette Salisbury trained in film making at New York University and The New York Film School Academy.
Ms. Salisbury produced and hosted “Cuisine D’aurjourdhui, ” a culinary program filmed in Geneva, Switzerland, highlighting the various cuisines and personalities that represent Geneva, Switzerland. She produced and directed Caribbean lifestyles an informative and entertaining television magazine program featuring the cultures of various islands in the Caribbean.
Her editorial and directorial skills have been used in features and entertainment stories including: The World Music Awards, The International Venice Carnival, The prestigious Audelco Awards in New York, New York Fashion Week, Movie Premieres, Commercials, Celebrity Interviews, Press Conferences and Travel Features.
Ms Salisbury is fluent in French and lived in Geneva, Switzerland, Paris, France and worked on location worldwide. She is the founder of The Haiti Children Wish Foundation, a non-profit organization that grants wishes to sick and orphans children in Haiti. www.haitichildrenwish.com