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  • 2012
    • February
      • Cast/Crew Pre-Festival Screening
        02/23/12
        We'll be having a pre-festival private screening for cast and crew before we send the film off to the festival circuit on March 9th at 7:30pm at Channelside Cinema in Tampa. Contact us for more info. Hope to see all our amazing cast and crew then!

        Christian

    • January
      • Submission to Tribeca Film Festival
        01/09/12
        Well we have nearly finished all the fine tuning of the post production process: we completed editing the film, and have 90% of the movie scored with all original music (special thanks to Jordan Balagot of LA who flew out to write the original theme and score).

        We submitted the current e

  • 2011
    • September
      • Color Correction and Final Editing
        09/18/11
        Working with some very talented people who are making the final post production a great experience.




      • Recording ADR with Jeff (AKA Stephen Semen)
        09/05/11
        We are now recording ADR (dialogue replacement) for the film- re-recording any audio that was not recorded perfectly when we were filming (which is a lot of the movie :) Jeff came in today and knocked out his voice over like a pro. Check out the video that gives a peek into our recording session an

    • August
      • Voice Over Recorded in Japan
        08/28/11
        Just had a voice over recorded in Japan for our Anime sequence in the film (Special thanks to our good friend Makiura Takaharu!)....Now working on final sound mix, special FX and the original score to try to make the Sundance Deadline: Sept 26th...It will be tight!

        ~Christian

    • July
      • Screenshots of Animation for the Movie!
        07/02/11
        We've been hard at work on putting together the FX and animations for the movie. It's all coming together better than we had hoped. We wanted to share some of the screenshots with you. Let us know what you think!

        ~Christian


        Howling Space Ninja (Dongu's A

    • March
      • FX and animation underway!
        03/20/11
        We are currently working on the opening credit animation as well as adding some animated elements to other scenes in the film. Looking to have a rough cut by summer. That may change, but we are shooting for it!

        ~christian

    • January
      • First 70 minutes of the film are now edited!
        01/04/11
        Well we are very near to having a rough cut that we'd like to premier for all of our fantastic cast, crew and friends! Please join our facebook page [Dongu Facebook Page] to get all of the latest info on the film and the premier. Thanks everybody for your patience with our film while we'v

  • 2010
    • February
      • Bellhop & Wanda Scene Reshoot
        02/28/10
        Thanks to our friends Abdul and Sean for hooking us up with a great hotel room! We re-shot a pivotal scene from earlier in the movie and it turned out just the way we had hoped. Thanks to our cast: Robin & Larry - and our crew: John, Jeff Z., and Caitlin, who came out to help.

        In this

  • 2009
    • December
      • Anchor Pickup Shots
        12/30/09
        Most of our shooting is done for the movie, but we have a few pickup shots left...this series of pickups was for a scene where an anchor falls on Axle's head. As you can see from the pics, it sometime takes a precarious position to get the right angle :o

    • October
      • Semen's Studio Day 3
        10/12/09
        Day 3 of 3 @ Morrisound Recording Studios. Thanks to all who came out; Andrew, John, Diana, Keljean, Daniel, Sean, Brannon, & Jeff. We had another successful day of shooting!

        ~~Take a look at a some pics from the 3 shoots @ Morrisound (more to come!!)~~




    • September
      • Semen's Studio Day 2
        09/20/09
        Day 2 of 3 @ Morrisound Recording Studios. Thanks to all who came out, Cathy, John, Somali, Keljean, Daniel, Sean, Brannon, Jeff Z, Jeff H, & Brian. We had a fantastic day; complete with an exciting thumb wrestling match and a mighty delicious pudding extravaganza!!




      • Semen's Studio Shoot a Success!
        09/13/09
        We had a full cast and crew come out to Morrisound Recording Studios this weekend to film some of the climactic scenes for the movie. Thanks to ALL who came out - Tim, Mario, Cathy, John, Josh, Somali, Keljean, Daniel, Sean, Brannon, Jeff Z, Michelle, Steve, Jeff H, & Brian.


      • Dongu & Squirrelly meet w/ Mr. Takimoni
        09/01/09
        Thanks everyone for an amazing shoot today. All of our actors & crew did awesome. The footage is great. I appreciate everybody coming out to make it a success!

        Joseph as Mr. Takimoni was hilarious; we couldn’t stop laughing at the footage & the “surprised fish face.” His side

    • June
      • Deserted Island Scene
        06/07/09
        After a mysteriously sunken kiyak last weekend, our second attempt filming the deserted island scene was a success. The powder blue paddle boat made all the difference. Thanks to Josh and all the crew who endured a healthy dose of sunrays: Thanks to John, Jeff Z, Michele, Andrew, and Kevin & J

    • May
      • The shoot is on!
        05/14/09
        The wait is over! We are gearing up to shoot the weekend of the 23rd and the 30th. Thanks for everyone's patience with the project!

    • April
      • Dongu On Hiatus til May 15th
        04/21/09
        Jules Dongu filming is on hiatus until May 15th. Our director, is currently editing another feature film (someone's gotta foot the bill for all these wigs!). Please stay tuned for updates. We will finish our last days of filming this summer. Thanks for checking in!

    • March
      • Squirrelly Ambushed by Henchmen!
        03/03/09
        At his darkest hour...in the deepest depths of the Everglades...Squirrelly fights back tears of sorrow & remorse...but at his weakest point he is ambushed by Semen's evil henchmen - stealing his dignity and magical ruby pendant!

        Thanks to our incomparable Henchmen: Ed O. &

    • February
      • Great Shoot at Semen's House (day 2)
        02/24/09
        What an action-packed day of shooting at the Mikles' House. From a leopard-print male thong to bottles breaking over our Henchman's head, we had a full day of Dongu filming at its finest! Thanks to all who came out to support including Michele, John J, Keljean (who took the picture you s

      • Golf Course Shoot
        02/01/09
        The sun was setting, the flamingos were chirping, and Stephen Semen couldn't get his balls in the hole! A great short day of filming at Mangrove Bay golf course in St. Pete.





    • January
      • Semen's Board Room - Great Shoot!
        01/05/09
        What a fun shoot at Semen's Board Room! Thanks to our friends at Ideal Image for letting us come by and shoot a few scenes at their wonderful location. And thank you to all our amazing "evil senators" aka P.O.O.P. members who brought the vision to life. You guys were bomb-tastic!

  • 2008
    • November
      • Semen's House INT - Shoot a Success!
        11/20/08
        We had an ambitious day of shooting on our hands, but with our tenacious crew and talented cast we pulled off a great day of shooting. Thanks to all who came out to help! And Keljean, nice job with the behind the scenes pics. Check 'em out below!

        ~Christian



      • Shoot at El Cap & in the Park
        11/05/08
        We had a great shoot a few weeks back at El Cap restaurant. We owe them a great big thank you for letting us film at their location. We also shot at North Shore Park and finished most of our shooting, but got rained out at the last minute, so we'll be going back to film the last few shots we m

    • September
      • What an amazing weekend!
        09/28/08
        We completed our goal of three full days of shooting in a row. And after a lot of planning and hard work it paid off! Everyone in our cast and crew did a great job last weekend. Thanks to Guy and Kathy at the Epicenter for donating their time to us; Ryan and Curtice w/ the police cars; Nathan w/

    • August
      • Bar Scene - Shoot a Success!
        08/28/08
        Thanks to Mike & Kate @ Nova 535 for letting us film at their wonderful location! www.Nova535.com

        Our cast and extras all did awesome! John, Jeff Z, Michele, and Connie - great crew as always! Thanks to Ron & Rich & Peter for stepping in last minute to play new parts (we lov

    • July
      • Sage Shoot a Success!
        07/14/08
        Despite the rain and lack of air conditioning at the Sushi Restaurant, our amazing crew and actors pulled through and we shot some of our best footage yet!

        Thanks to Rick for the fog machine; Jeff and John for their Green screens; John Jones, and Andrew Ortoski for the lighting and grea

    • June
      • Dragon Fairy Montage Shoot - Success
        06/08/08
        Thanks to our crew: Joshua Echoff, Jeff Zampino & John Jones....Our artists: John Jones, Becky Bierley, Lisa Noss, Scott Serkland....Our Cast: Josh Hammel....And Emerald City Comics for letting us shoot in their fine establishment.




    • May
      • NEW VIDEOS!!!
        05/05/08
        We've uploaded the latest trailer and other videos from the fundraiser to the Trailer Page. Let us know what you think!

        ~Christian

    • April
      • Fundraiser a Success!
        04/16/08
        Thanks to all who came to support us! We hope everyone enjoyed the entertainment, fashion show, and new trailer. Check back in the next few days for pictures from the show. I'll also be posting all the videos from the show too...

        ~Christian

      • Thanks and Farewell to Kristin!
        04/05/08
        One of our recent producers Kristin Pavelski has left to pursue other opportunities. We wish her the best of luck! Thanks for your time with Jules Dongu Saves the World.

        Sincerely,
        The Dongu Production Team

    • February
      • Phillippe Park Shoot a Success!
        02/26/08
        We had another wonderful shoot this past Sunday. Thanks to everyone who participated!!!

        Again, the footage looks amazing! Thanks to Squirrelly for his beautiful flower eating, John Jones for the creative behind the scenes footage, Rebecca for karaoke machine and telling it like it is wo

      • "Save Dongu" fundraiser
        02/20/08
        The "Save Dongu" fundraiser is official!! April 15th at the Push Ultra Lounge in St. Pete www.pushlounge.com We'll have great door prizes, raffles, live music, a fashion show, models, delicious food, a new Dongu trailer, meet the cast & crew, and more! Bring friends, family,

      • Squirrelly's Car Shoot
        02/18/08
        Squirrelly's Car Shoot went great! We got some amazing footage of the car using Tony's van as a follow car. Check out some of the pics...

        Dongu & Squirrelly doing some business.


        Andrew in the back of the mustang. Is there room for one more back there?
      • Wanda & Bellhop scenes
        02/10/08
        We shot Wanda & the Bellhop's scenes at the dumpster and changing the tire. Robin, Larry and Chance all did great! Does anybody smell spin-off show :)