OTE004-Mark Booker

Marc and Jeremy sit down with Mark Booker, writer/director of the film "Imitation Life" which will premiere at the Omaha Film Festival on Wednesday, February 20th at 8:30pm at the Westwood Cinema 8.  They discuss the filmmaking process, from coming up with the original concept, writing the screenplay, getting financing, pre-production, principal photography, and post production.

Also discussed is the screening of Mike Machian’s documentary “Wake Up Filmmaker� which goes on the set of “Imitation Life� and gives the viewer a look into the making of an independent film.

Mark is also one of the actors in Dan Iske’s feature horror film “The Wretched� which will be screening Friday, February 22nd at 9:00pm and Saturday, February 23rd at 9:30pm in the OFF the EDGE category and in Max Mentzer’s short film “Rock Salad� which will be screening on Thursday, February 21st at 6:00pm and again on Saturday, February 23rd at 5:00pm in the Nebraska short film blocks.

Find out more about Mark at:
www.myspace.com/imitationlifemovie
www.myspace.com/markbooker

For more information about the festival, go to www.omahafilmfestival.org.  Feel free to sign up, create a screen name and start putting your festival calendar together.  It’s a great way to interact with the festival, filmmakers and other film fans.

Bumper music in this episode was provided by Mark Booker.  These original compositions are a part of the score for “Imitation Life.â€?