New Cashing Out Trailer!

New Behind the Scenes and Poster!

"Cashing Out' Behind the Scenes - The Actors



First look at new poster designed by Harmony Becker

"Cashing Out" Trailer/Behind the Scenes Video!

"Cashing Out" is the second feature movie from LightSmith Productions.  

The movie was filmed in two weeks in July of 2008.  Inspired by true events, 

"Cashing Out" is a story about how one small act of kindess can change the world.  

"Cashing Out" Trailer

"Cashing Out' Behind the Scenes - The Story

Director: Mie Smith

Director of Photography: Sun Jae Smith

Screenwriter: Kate Tsubata

Sound Engineer: Kensei Tsubata

www.lightsmithpro.com/cashingout

Cashing Out Post Production

Post Production video and audio editing is well under way for LightSmith Production's next feature length film, "Cashing Out."  A few scenes have been roughly edited and the footage is looking great so far.  We are really excited to see how the rest of the movie will come together.  Other than that, we are now working on a movie trailer and several poster designs to be released in the next couple weeks or so.  

Here is our new office and home studio that has just opened this month!      

Until next time,

Sun Jae and Mie Smith

LightSmith Productions

Cashing Out Filming Wrapped!

After two straight weeks of longs days of filming and production, the principle photography for "Cashing Out" has ended. It's been a great two weeks filled with many great memories and experiences shared by all. We were able to film at several great locations in the Maryland, Washington DC and West Virginia areas. We appreciate all of the cast and crew who participated and made the time and effort to make this film a reality. For Mie and I, it was a great challenge to take on filled with many new learning experiences.

The next step will be post production process which includes all of the video editing, special effects and audio scoring. We'll keep you updated on the progress as things get going! Thanks for you all!

Annie's day

Yesterday the Light Smith Production went and shot all day over at the Muhammad's. They live at 7**15 *Censored* Drive, so if you would like to visit the site of the shoot you would have to ask for permission to view the classified documents. Now on to more serious matters, the shoot was very long but fun indeed. We shot all the Adamson (Grandpa) scenes in the movie covering almost 20 pages of script...I think (Not all of course Adamson by himself). We shot some more agent scenes , the paramedic scene, scenes with Terry, and also more scenes with Ken. For food we had a cookout with burgers, hot dogs, watermelon and potato salad for lunch and dinner. We played some DDR down in the basement and watched a movie "Be Kind Rewind" (During the breaks of course). The crew was as productive and efficient as ever with only a limited amount of nap times :) Which is especially good for an all day shoot which begun at 10 in the morning and ended at 10 at night. According to my calculations that's about 12 hours of hard working actors, crew, and directors even if the house had great A/C, at least that's just what I hear ;) So props to all of the hard working crew, kitchen staff, actors, and directors who made yesterday an awesome day of shooting and Congrats! By the way forgot to mention the hard working actresses alongside the actors.

Locations shots in West Virginia

Yesterday was the most intensive filming day by far.
Up at 4, we had a convoy of three vehicles on the road by 5, heading for Petersburg, West Virginia, a small town filled with beautiful people and scenery. There we met Tom Hencke, who grew up in Lanham, MD, but who heads up the newspaper in Petersburg. He opened the Old Grant County Courthouse for us, a big brick building with white pillars, and a jail around the back.

Soon, we had a small group of local residents who were joining our cast for the day. Directors Mie and Sun Jae assigned them various roles. Within minutes, they were on camera, as the "witnesses" in the trial of the four main characters.

It was amazing how perfectly each one filled his or her role. We were astounded by the discipline of both the more experienced cast and those entering that day. The 94-degree heat was bearable when the fans and window air conditioner were blowing, but during the actual filming, all those noise-producing elements were turned off, and the strong lights were fierce. Inside the courthouse, the temperatures were probably 20 degrees higher than the shaded portico outside, so we had quite a time keeping people hydrated, iced down, and some had to keep a towel nearby to blot the beads of perspiration between takes!

Somehow, we managed to film some 21 pages of the script during the daylight hours, finishing by around 7 p.m. Breakfast and lunch were ordered for cast and crew: dollar menu from McDonalds was all our slimming pocketbooks could handle, and we ordered a bunch of pizzas from Pizza Hut for the evening meal before we all got back on the road.

To link to the Grant County Press website page inviting people to become part of our cast and crew, check out
http://www.grantcountypress.com/7-15/movie.htm