December 2007 - David Feagan and Damon Crump travel to Pensacola, Florida for a shoot with the WRS Group.

Shooting begins for episodes 2 & 3 of BEING HUMAN. John Franklin directs. Crew includes David Feagan, Kyle Spradley, Ashley Fry and Damon Crump. Both episodes are to air nationally on EWTN in 2008.

Damon Crump shoots for Kyle Spradley at EDS in north Dallas.

Damon Crump and Freddie Aguilar shoot a television pilot called HEART & HOME WITH CHRISTI PROCTOR. The show is produced by the Shipman Agency.

November 2007 - A preview of the official RISEN one-sheet is now available for viewing. The poster will soon be available for sale.

Kyle Spradley shoots at the new Texas Stadium in Arlington, Texas for Oncor. Damon Crump serves as crew.

Shooting begins on YOUR CUSTOM HOME, a TV show produced in the Waco area for The Shipman Agency, set to air in 2008.

Damon Crump and Greg Phelps of Frame by Frame shoot former President George H.W. Bush parachuting at the age of 83 for the re-grand opening of the George Bush Library in College Station.

Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel dies at age 69.

Damon Crump shoots with Randy McCoy's Rigel Images for a dentist practice in Seguin, Texas. Click here to see the videos.

Another good review for AMERICAN MESSIAH at PopMatters. Click here to read.

October 2007 - RISEN wins BEST PICTURE and BEST MAKE-UP EFFECTS at the Chicago Horror Film Festival. Congratulations to all involved for these two major awards.

RISEN is selected to screen at the Red Wasp Film Festival in Bryan, Texas.

Damon Crump, John Franklin, and David Feagan provide productions services on the movie trailer for LAKE WARRIORS, a comedy written by former Waco residents Nathan Ford and Alex Lipsitz. Several crew members and actors traveled in from LA, NYC and other parts of the US to take part. A number of Waco locations were used including: the MCC campus, Vanguard High School, Lipsitz and Lake Waco.

RISEN crew members Janice Fadal (associate producer) & Veda Flores (props & special effects makeup 2nd unit) appear in a special Halloween video feature & newspaper article on movie make-up effects. Links provided by WacoTrib.com.

Neuton Mowers, based in Vermont, chose Austin as the location to shoot their new promotional videos. Frame by Frame provided production services for the seven day production including their new Panasonic HDX-900 camera package. Crew members included John Franklin, David Feagan, Damon Crump, Sean Murphy and Greg Phelps.

Damon Crump and Sean Murphy complete the TV show GLAMOUR GIRL for the Bryan/College Station market. The show is produced by the Shipman Agency. Production also begins on a show for the Waco market.

Damon Crump, David Feagan and Thomas Liberty again shoot the annual x-Tax competition for the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers at the University of Houston and Texas A&M University.

September 2007 - Damon Crump, David Feagan and Freddie Aguilar work on several instructional videos for Young Champions for director Bobby Findley. Guest hosts include former Buffalo Bills quarterback Joe Fergeson.

John Franklin directs and Damon Crump shoots for Red Brick Productions. The footage will be used in the TV show BEING HUMAN. The show is shot on the Panasonic SDX-900.

Curves International, based in Waco, stages several productions this month. Director Bobby Findley uses a number of the greater Jackalope Entertainment crew including David Feagan, Freddie Aguilar, Thomas Liberty and Damon Crump.

John Franklin travels to the dangerous parts of Rio de Janeiro to film for the International Mission Board. Fortunately he returned safe with a number of "interesting" stories.

August 2007 - RISEN received a number of major nominations at the Chicago Horror Film Festival. The nominations include: BEST FEATURE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR for Damon Crump, BEST SCREENPLAY for David Talbot (& Damon Crump uncredited), BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER for John Franklin, BEST CONCEPT, BEST MAKEUP EFFECTS and BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS. The movie will screen at 4:40pm CDT on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at Chicago's Portage Theater.

RISEN has been selected as one of 20 films out of 600 to screen at the Chicago Horror Film Festival in October.

Kyle Spradley recently returned from his fourth trip to Africa working with Comfort The Children International. Kyle goes for a two fold purpose, to "act as a missionary and also use my skills in video to serve the Lord and help Comfort The Children Intl. with their efforts." Click here to see the CTC trailer and other samples of Kyle's work. WacoTrib.com ran this blog about Waco filmmaking recently.

AMERICAN MESSIAH has a DVD distribution deal. Reel Indies has picked the film up and will distribute in major retailers and on NetFlix.

Damon Crump and Thomas Liberty shoot another series of videos with evangelist Billie Hanks in Salado, TX. To learn more about Billie Hanks and Operation Multiplication, click here.

July 2007 - Green Bay Packer QB Brett Farve travels to Waco to shoot a promotional video for Young Champions. David Feagan, Freddie Aguilar & John Franklin work with Bobby Findley on the production. Damon Crump served as production coordinator.

John 'Poncho' Franklin travels to Germany to shoot for the International Mission Board.

June 2007 - PRESCRIPTION begins shooting in Waco, Bellmead and Hewitt. Damon Crump serves as producer of this new short film. Scooter Radcliffe of the Bellmead Film Commission once again provides production assistance to the growing film industry in central Texas.

John Franklin's new TV show BEING HUMAN premieres nationally on the EWTW Network. John serves as director and producer. The crew includes Kyle Spradley, David Feagan, Thomas Liberty & Damon Crump among others. An encore presentation will air in September. The show is shot on the Panasonic SDX-900 camera. For more info, click here.

Damon Crump & Freddie Aguilar provide production services for director Bobby Findley on two videos for growing franchises, Curves International and Young Champions, both based in Waco.

May 2007 - RISEN is complete!!! Done. Finished. Can it be true??? At least the latest version is finished. DVD screeners will be sent out shortly to potential distributors. Freddie Aguilar authors the screener DVD. Brian Level, who won the RISEN DVD art contest last year, provided the artwork for the DVD and one-sheet poster.

All elements on the Waco Bond election ballot pass. The "Let Waco Shine" campaign is a success, and the 8 TV spots produced by Jackalope Entertainment were a big part of the promotion. The Cowley Group of Waco spearheaded the entire campaign.

Damon Crump is hired to produce a new short film with the working title PRESCRIPTION. NYC-based Baylor professor Joe Kickasola is writer and director. Former intern Dan Dauphin is brought in as a co-producer.

Greg Jurls of Hero Video Productions won a Platinum Remi (top award) in Independent Video at the 40th Annual Wordfest film festival in Houston, Texas for THE ALCHEMY OF ART: DAVID MACK. David Feagan & Damon Crump were the crew for the award winning video. Greg and his wife Sherri appear on Fanboy.tv in June to talk about their work.

Damon Crump & Freddie Aguilar head off to Palestine, Texas to shoot high-end TV spots for Shiller Vision Center.

April 2007 - Jackalope Entertainment produced eight new TV spots for the Cowley Group's marketing campaign for the upcoming Waco Bond Election. All spots were shot on our new Panasonic SDX-900 camera. The "let Waco shine" promotion will run through election day on May 12. Damon directed the spots, while Freddie and Ponch served as sound and lighting crew. Harold Alexander did makeup while John Carter operated teleprompter. The intro spot & library spot can be seen here.

Former crew member Anne Segars is now an HBO post-production executive for their east coast productions in NYC (1 block from Times Square). She's in charge of how shows deliver and anything after air (DVD, international, HD, etc...) She also is working on documentaries and HBO Family as well as comedy and sports. Her job is part technical, part creative, part corporate. Anne has also worked for Discovery, and recently stopped by our edit suite to provide additional voices for RISEN.

Some of "our" actors are getting good exposure this spring. GiGi Erneta just wrapped another movie, DEVIL'S DAWN, and her FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS episode is reairing soon on NBC. Joe Thackery appeared on the season finale of the Fox TV network's PRISON BREAK in a part that could be a reoccurring role for season 3. Rafael Zubizarreta also recently appeared on PRISON BREAK. Here's a few stills he sent. Stephen Lee wrapped shooting on the new Jessica Simpson & Luke Wilson movie for this summer called BLONDE AMBITION. And Michelle Wheelis wrapped hosting her fourth TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS show for TSTC in Waco.

Poncho John wrapped shooting on his new TV series 40 DAYS FOR LIFE, slated for distribution on EWTN. The program is shot entirely on the Panasonic SDX-900.

March 2007 - Announcing the Panasonic SDX-900. We have acquired a new camera for 2007. It was time to step up and separate ourselves from all the people shooting the small DV cameras. The SDX-900 camera shoots DVCPro 25 & 50 (50 is the high-end recording). It shoots true 24p, 30p, 60i and records in native 16x9 and 4x3 aspect ratios. It is basically an electronic film camera. The image is more or less what you get by shooting and downconverting HD, which is costly. This camera and format will be a nice bridge until HD ultimately takes over. We have the complete cine' package as well in order to provide superior images & performance to our clients. Click here to see a picture.

February 2007 - THE ALCHEMY OF ART: DAVID MACK is on sale now in comic book stores worldwide. Many online retailers are carrying it. Also available at www.herovideostore.com. Screenings will be held at the Atlanta Comics Expo and the Pittsburgh Comicon. Damon & David crewed on the shoot.

BROKE SKY has made it to the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin. It is scheduled to show on March 16th at the Dobe theater at 9:45 p.m. Waco native Tom Callaway directed the movie which was shot in the greater Waco area. Damon served as a 2nd Unit DP. John Perdichi, Alan Shipp, Karin Marie, Thomas Bass and many other local or former residents also worked on the movie.

AMERICAN MESSIAH is now available on DVD at http://www.createspace.com/221546. The 2-disc special edition includes a disc of extras (a 60-minute making-of documentary and 30+ minutes of deleted scenes).

THE PROPER CARE & FEEDING OF AN AMERICAN MESSIAH posters are now available. Please visit the official storefront at www.cafepress.com/americanmessiah, and you can find large, small, and mini-size posters with the Andy Warhol-inspired American Messiah poster design!

Brian, the “American Messiah” of the film, is now “video blogging” on YouTube. Check him out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SZ8KUBShU8

THE PROPER CARE & FEEDING OF AN AMERICAN MESSIAH was just invited to screen at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival. The American Film Institute hosts several major festivals, and the Dallas fest is a new addition to their annual lineup. The fest is scheduled for March 22 - April 1.

January 2007 - The zombie adventure film RISEN is very close to completion. Several post-production setbacks have delayed the completion of the movie. Such is life in the independent movie world. But sound effects and music are near completion.

THE PROPER CARE & FEEDING OF AN AMERICAN MESSIAH will soon be available as a 2-disc set. It will be available for online purchase. The “extras” disc will contain a one-hour “making of” documentary plus 35 minutes of deleted footage and extended scenes.

T-shirts for THE PROPER CARE & FEEDING OF AN AMERICAN MESSIAH are finally available at www.cafepress.com/americanmessiah

December 2006 - The RISEN crew reunites to shoot TV commercials and a promotional video for the Bellmead Civic Center. Actors GiGi Erneta and Joe Thackery also return to co-host the videos. Stephen Lee appears in a cameo as well as several local theater actors and many extras. The spots will air in the spring.

Freddie and Damon complete an animated TV spot for the City of Waco. FOG (Fats, Oils & Grease) will be airing in 2007.

Freddie designs another interactive Christmas Card for the Methodist Children's Home. Check it out at www.methodistchildrenshome.org/MCHGreeting06.html

November 2006 - Damon and David complete shooting on HAULIN' HOUSE for High Noon Entertainment. The two story house is finally moved from Lampassas to Oatmeal, Texas. The 30 minute show should air on HGTV in early 2007.

Damon completes the longest audio project of his career. A five CD set of training procedures for Glass Doctor, a national franchise of the Dwyer Group. Local celebrity talent John Morris stars in the training series.

October 2006 - Tymco returns to the edit suite for voice-over work for their first new video in several years.

Freddie shoots footage for a Hill County Regional Hospital promotional video.

Damon, Freddie, David and Greg Jurls (Hero Video Prod.) shoot the x-Tax competition for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Shooting takes place at Baylor University, Texas A&M and the University of Houston.

Damon begins writing scripts for the City of Bellmead. Several TV spots and a promotional video are planned to promote the newly refurbished Bellmead Civic Center.

September 2006 - Damon and David "Ears McAlister" shoot for the show, HAULIN' HOUSE, produced by High Noon Entertainment. It's set to air on HGTV.

Episodes 2 & 3 of TECHNOLOGY PREVIEWS, a TV show produced by TSTC, are completed. Damon serves as a director and editor, while Freddie performs audio and graphic duties.

Good news from the South Padre Island Film Festival. THE PROPER CARE & FEEDING OF AN AMERICAN MESSIAH was named BEST FEATURE.

Hero Video Productions releases the trailer for their upcoming documentary THE ALCHEMY OF ART: DAVID MACK. Damon and David worked with director Greg Jurls on the documentary shot primarily last June. The trailer can be viewed at www.herovideoproductions.com

ASSAULT ON WACO airs on the Discovery Channel. Damon worked on the production with a crew from London back in January.

August 2006 - Damon and Chris Lunardon scout locations at Six Flags Great American in New Jersey, The Boardwalk at Ocean City, NJ, HersheyPark in Hershey, PA, and Knoebels in northern PA as part of a planned amusement park documentary.

High Noon returns to Waco one last time for the renamed TEXAS CHEERLEADER MOM'S. Damon shoots on location at the Courtyard by Marriott.

Kyle returns to Africa to shoot another mission video.

AMERICAN MESSIAH screened at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, where it was named BEST MOCKUMENTARY FEATURE

"Poncho" John produces another series of videos for TEEX with David "Ears McAlister", Thomas, Ashley Davenport and Damon as crew.

July 2006 - AMERICAN MESSIAH was named best feature at Film Expo Texas.

AMERICAN MESSIAH will screen in Hollywood at the famous Mann's Chinese Theatre the week of Oct 5th-14th as part of a film festival.

Damon travels to Boca Raton, Florida to shoot a convention highlight video for American Income Life. Kool & the Gang perform at the finale.

Damon and Freddie shoot 16mm film for the newly updated Community Bank and Trust TV spots. Harold Alexander returns for makeup duties.

Actress GiGi Erneta (RISEN) returns to Waco to serve as host for a Facelogic Spa sales video.

Shooting continues on TEXAS CHEERLEADERS. The TLC reality show is set to air in late August.

June 2006 - Damon & David (aka Ears McAlister) Feagan travel to Cincinnati with Hero Video Productions to shoot principal photography on a documentary about comic book writer and artist David Mack. Mack is best known for writing the Daredevil superhero comics and for writing and drawing his own creation, Kabuki. Greg Jurls directs. The finished DVD is scheduled for a fall release.

"Poncho" John travels to Russia for a 3 week shoot for the International Mission Board.

RISEN actors Joe Thackery & Stephen Lee are cast by John for his TEEX video training series. David, Thomas and Damon are on the crew as well.

Freddie and Damon shoot for the J.B. Herrmann ad agency at Providence Hospital.

May 2006 - The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah had it's Waco premiere screening in the Mayborn Museum's SBC Theater. Director Chris Hanson and producer Brian Elliott held a reception for cast, crew and friends at the Castellaw Communications building on the Baylor campus after the screening.

Damon, John, Kyle, David, Thomas among others work for director Bobby Findley on a large-scale training video for Curves. Production Designer John Perdichi designs and builds the set for the production.

Damon and Freddie complete the newest TV commercials for TSTC. (see DEMOS to view a spot)

High Noon Entertainment returns to Waco for additional shooting on the Texas Cheerleaders reality show. Damon shoots with Kyle's D30 Betacam on the series.

April 2006 - RISEN rough-cut nears completion.

From Director Chris Hanson. "Well, Florida MUST love the film, because The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah was just accepted into another festival in the Sunshine State: The South Regional ‘Indie Gathering’ Film Festival informed me we would be screening there in June. It's in Ft. Lauderdale."

Freddie completes his fourth CD music album cover of the month. Word is spreading fast throughout the state for his innovative photography and graphic work.

March 2006 - Damon works as production coordinator for Protean Production out of LA on bank spots for Extraco Bank.

Sean Murphy of FxF joined Damon to shot a segment for Health Journal TV.

February 2006 - Damon crews with Darlow Smithson of London on a documentary for Discovery and BBC Channel 4.

Freddie animates the logo for Young Chef's Acadamy for use in a video series.

January 2006 - ESPN's Sports Figures shoots in Waco. Damon works as local Production Manager with a number of local crew members. Mike Stanley -Camera, Justin Wilson - AC, David Feagan - sound, Alex Jacobsen - Key Grip, Thomas Liberty -Best Boy, Alan Shipp -Script Supervisor. Veda Flores, Becca Fadal & Bob Richardson were PA's. The show centered around Baylor Gold Medallist Jeremy Wariner and Darold Williamson.

Freddie authors an interactice CD-Rom for Red Oak I.S.D. in Dallas, Texas.

John returns to Africa to shoot for two weeks in Nigeria.

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