Saturday, December 18, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE receives Honorable Mention placement at the HDFEST for Best Comedic Short Film
HD FEST is a US based festival. This edition of the HD FEST was in Portland, OR, USA.
- W
Monday, December 6, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE to screen this Wed (Dec 8), 9:30pm, at the HDFEST at Living Room Theaters, Portland, OR
This will be the Portland Premiere for SALT AND SILICONE which was shot in Portland and stars local actors Warren Pereira, Katie O' Grady and Ethan Atkinson, along with Los Angeles actress Rachel Myers.
SALT AND SILICONE is written and directed by Portland based Writer/Director Warren Pereira and is produced by Portland based producers Aaron Kirk Douglas, CK Lichtenstein II, and Leslie Kobyluck. Director of Photography is Emmy Award winning and also Portland based Jeff Streich.
All short films will be projected at HD resolution. If you are in the Portland area this will be a high quality and entertaining screening to attend Wed, 9:30pm.
Here is the link to SALT AND SILICONE at the HDFEST: http://www.hdfest.com/HDmovies/salt-and-silicone.html
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE screens this Thurs, Nov 4th, 9:30pm at LA COMEDY FEST
The screening will occur at the ACME COMEDY THEATER -- 135 N. La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036.
Written & Directed by Warren Pereira. Starring Warren Pereira, Rachel Myers, Katie O' Grady, Ethan Atkinson.
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Official Selection at STEPPING STONE FILM FESTIVAL, Bangalore, India
http://wannabestudios.org/s2f2/archives/760
Sunday, October 24, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE receives Honorable Mention at LA Film & Script Festival
http://www.lafilmandscriptfest.com/
Friday, October 22, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE wins Best Short Film "Silver Level" award at Oregon Film Awards
http://www.oregonfilmfestival.com/Filmmakers/2010_Silver.aspx
Saturday, October 9, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE Official Selection at 2010 LOS ANGELES COMEDY FESTIVAL
Lawrin Salazar -- Director of the LA COMEDY FESTIVAL -- called to let me know that SALT AND SILICONE is and Official Selection at the 2010 LA COMEDY FESTIVAL November 4th-6th at the ACME THEATER in LA.
Salazar complemented the film on its comprehensive execution saying that the direction, production design and acting quality "were all done very well." So thank you actors Katie O' Grady, Rachel Myers, and Ethan Atkinson for your performance!

The LA COMEDY FESTIVAL is in its 8th year and is the largest comedy festival in the US and features comedic films and live comedic performances. This will be the Official US Premiere for SALT AND SILICONE.
More information will be posted on the LA COMEDY FESTIVAL website shortly: http://www.lacomedyfest.com/
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE Official Selection at 2010 HDFEST
SALT AND SILICONE is an Official Selection at the 2010 HD FEST which will take place in December in Portland, OR:
The HDFEST (http://www.hdfest.com/festival.html) was established in 2000 to display the quality of films acquired and finished in HD and to promote HD Cinema.
I am sure that SALT AND SILICONE's Emmy Award Winning Director of Photography Jeff Streich and Academy Award Winning Color Lab EFILM are primarily responsible for our selection in the HDFEST. Streich had to do the very difficult -- move his camera from an EXT dark street location with one hard key light into an INT. brightly lit lighting store all in a single moving shot -- but was still able to maintain a well exposed, fully saturated, and clean image.
EFILM's color grading team gave our SALT AND SILICONE HD footage a truly rich, complexly colored, cinematic look, all while performing red abatement in the street scenes (which we had from Portland's reddish street lights) and while under my direction to give each episode (per Vex's changing feelings on breast implants) a distinct look. EFILM took our Uncompressed 4:2:2 YUV HD footage and pulled it into an Uncompressed 4:4:4 RGB HD environment and added color from this Uncompressed place which is the way to do it! HDFEST will project off HDCAM or similar so image quality and sound for the screening should be good.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE to screen with Academy Award Winning and Nominated Short Films
SALT AND SILICONE will have its Canadian Premiere at the 2010 Edmonton International Film Festival screening in the SHORTS ON THE EDGE (Sept 29th, 4:45PM) block with four other fine short films including the 2010 Academy Award Winning Short Film THE NEW TENANTS and the 2010 Academy Award Nominated Short Film MIRACLE FISH. This will be strong visibility for SALT AND SILICONE and should make for a powerful block of short films at Edmonton!
*** SALT AND SILICONE will be screening in Edmonton in a "work in progress" condition because the final touches to the color grading and audio mix has yet to be done; however this "work in progress" version is pretty damn polished!
-W
http://edmonton.bside.com/2010/films/saltandsilicone_pereirawarren_edmonton2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Invited to screen at Chicago United International Film Festival Sept 10th-16th, 2010
http://www.theunitedfest.com/chicago/
Friday, August 6, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE to screen as "work in progress" at the International Film Festival of Ireland
This "work in progress" status of the film is very polished but still quite not there.
http://www.southtippfilm.com/
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE "Work In Progress" screening at the EDMONTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Sept 24th-Oct2nd
The schedule will be up here http://www.edmontonfilmfest.com/ shortly and they project on HDCAM so SAS should look great and sound great (although only in 20-bit Stereo since it is HDCAM not HDCAMSR). BLU RAY was another projection option which would have 5.1 24-Bit Audio capabilites but I have not been able to make a BLU RAY yet for SALT AND SILICONE.
*** SALT AND SILICONE will be screening in Edmonton in a "work in progress" condition because the final touches to the color grading and audio mix has yet to be done; however this "work in progress" version is pretty damn polished!
-W
Thursday, July 29, 2010
SALT AND SILICONE wins Award of Merit for Best Narrative Short Film at 2010 LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood Competition
http://www.hollywoodcff.com/2010_Merrit_Winners_%28Summer%29.html
Saturday, July 24, 2010
LOVELY COFFEE Official Selection at Southern Winds Film Festival Sept 9th-11th, 2010
Festival Website: http://www.southernwindsfilmfestival.com/

You Tube Link to LOVELY COFFEE Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut9Y8IHIne0
Official Website for LOVELY COFFEE: www.wfilms.biz
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Invited to Screen at BURBANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Sept 10th-18th, 2010
Schedule will be up here http://www.burbankfilmfestival.org/ in late August 2010.
You Tube Link to Who's Good Looking? Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StiIxW7cYT0
Friday, June 18, 2010
LOVELY COFFEE Limited Theatrical Release Sunset 5

LOVELY COFFEE is a romantic comedy that satirizes a group of cocky but untalented but filmmakers and actors. LOVELY COFFEE won Pereira a Best Director Award at the 2010 Accolade Film Competition and also won in the Best Short Film category. The film has been an Official Selection at NW Film and Video Festival, the Beverly Hills International Film Festival, and Ohio International Film Festival.
LOVELY COFFEE is written and directed by Warren Pereira and produced by Warren Pereira and Phoenix Vaughn. Director of Photography is Emmy Award winner Jeff Streich; Editor is Shane Sattler; Re-Recording Mixer is Aaron Levy of Academy Award winning audio post house Todd-AO; Original Score by Daniel Reynolds. HD Postproduction by Mission Control. Color Grading and 35mm Film Out by Academy Award winning film laboratory EFILM. Starring Warren Pereira, Amanda Hastings/Saunders, Phoenix Vaughn and Nick Richey. Official Website: www.wfilms.biz.Tuesday, May 25, 2010
LOVELY COFFEE Official Selection at Ohio Independent Film Festival June 12th-14th, 2010
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at San Francisco United Film Festival on Saturday, June 12th, 9:30pm at the Roxie Theater
http://www.theunitedfest.com/sanfrancisco/schedule.htm
Sunday, April 25, 2010
1080p Downloadable demo clips for SALT AND SILICONE, LOVELY COFFEE, SUPERHERO TALENT, WHO'S GOOD LOOKING?, LACKING LEWIS cast and crew member's professional reels
Some of you have asked me for HD clips for your Reels. So, "Salt and Silicone", "Lovely Coffee", "Superhero Talent", "Who's Good Looking?", and "Lacking Lewis" clips are available as 1080p downloads at http://www.vimeo.com/warrenpereira/videos
Important Info for whoever is Editing your reel:
- You will have to register with Vimeo to download -- takes 2 min. and is free. Or just get in on someone's Vimeo account for this download.
- All videos are 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio 1080p MOV's and at 23.98p with the exception of Superhero Talent which is 1080p @ 29.97p. You will have to scale down to 16:9 Anamorphic 720*480p for SD DVD reels. For BLU-RAY and Online HD Reels just go straight across at 1080p. For your website downconvert as needed and maintain correct 1.78:1 aspect ratio.
- Color and sound on these videos is the latest version and to keep it looking and sounding good I would keep the bit-rate as high as possible and maintain the Progressive frame rate.
- For Download go to Download Link on bottom right of each video and click on it. If that does not work I recommend right-clicking and "Save Target as..." or "Save Link as..." on the download video link. Then you should be able to save the MOV file to your computer.
If there is a specific 45 secs or less section you need for your reel, and it is not up on Vimeo, let me know and I will make it for you.
Thanks for working on my films and hope these clips are useful for you.
Warren
Monday, April 19, 2010
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Los Angeles United Film Festival May 5, 2010
http://www.theunitedfest.com/losangeles
Saturday, April 17, 2010
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? wins Gold Remi Award at Houston WorldFest
http://www.worldfest.org/
Sunday, March 28, 2010
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? invited to screen at BIG ISLAND Film Festival May 12-16, 2010

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? invited to screen at BIG ISLAND Film Festival in Hawai May 12-16, 2010. I am pleasantly surpirised that the festival circuit still wants to show this tiny 7 min. film!
http://www.bigislandfilmfestival.com/
Saturday, March 20, 2010
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at On Location Memphis April 24, 2010 at 6pm
http://www.onlocationmemphis.org/olmdnn/Festival/tabid/55/Default.aspx
Friday, March 12, 2010
LOVELY COFFEE invited to screen at BARE BONES FILM FESTIVAL April 15-25, 2010

LOVELY COFFEE invited to screen at BARE BONES FILM FESTIVAL April 15-25, 2010.
http://barebonesfilmfest00.tripod.com/
Thursday, March 11, 2010
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Indie Spirit Film Festival

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Indie Spirit Film Festival April 23-25, 2010 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
http://www.indiespiritfilmfestival.org/about.cfm
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at WORLDFEST HOUSTON INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at 2010 WORLDFEST HOUSTON INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: April 9-18 2010. WorldFest is one of the oldest and largest film & video competitions in the world, with more than 4,500 category entries received from 37 countries. And they love to screen to 35MM prints which I have for WHO'S GOOD LOOKING?
http://www.worldfest.org/
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? to screen at Garden State Film Festival

WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? screens in NJ at the 8th Annual Garden State Film Festival on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 12:15pm.
http://www.gsff.org/sched-alphabetical.php
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Jeff Streich and Warren Pereira as seen in MOVIE MAKER Magazine
Saturday, January 16, 2010
"Lovely Coffee" wins 2 awards at 2010 Accolade Film Competition
Thursday, December 10, 2009
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? International Premiere at BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Dec 2009
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? makes its International Premiere at the BAHAMAS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Dec 10-17 2009.This festival is projecting 35mm so I can get some value out the 35mm Film Out I did for "Who's Good Looking?" and I love how film projection looks; like it even more than 4K DCP projection.
Festival Schedule will be updated on their website in Nov: http://www.bintlfilmfest.com/
Monday, November 30, 2009
"Superhero Talent" wins 2 Awards at Indie Fest
Friday, October 9, 2009
WHO'S GOOD LOOKING? Official Selection at 2009 Eugene International Film Festival Oct. 9th, 11PM
Here is the way the festival describes the film: "“Who's Good Looking?”For Robert Altman fans that can’t resist his style of single-take, over-lapping dialogue, this fun short, made in Portland, is right up your alley. As a couple winds their way through a skin care boutique, sarcastic dialogue on notions of beauty expose their narcissism. A clever relationship comedy."
“Who’s Good Looking” will be shown at 11:00 PM, Friday, October 9, Theater 13, Regal Cinemas; Eugene, OR.
http://daricedesigns.com/Clients/eiff/2009/10.9.9-showtimes.html
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
LACKING LEWIS wins 2 Awards at Accolade Film Competition


LACKING LEWIS wins Award of Merit for Best Short Film and Award of Merit for Creativity and Originality at The Accolade Competition, La Jolla, CA. October 2009. The Accolade Competition is MovieMaker magazine's Top 25 Film Competitions/Festivals worth the entry fee.
LACKING LEWIS is my first film and I had the film re-mastered and enhanced this year at Mission Control and Todd-AO so getting these awards makes the extra work feel even more worth it.
http://accoladecompetition.org/
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
SALT AND SILICONE New EFILM Color Pass done
So I QC'd the new color pass again at EFILM. Colorist felt that there was no need to go to DI and increase exposure on faces of "Vex" and "Keira" INT. CAR for creative and technical reasons. Watching the film again with him I started to agree. I approved the DAVINCI 2K pass which will be layed out to HDCAMSR + 1 Dub. They have to punch in new credits and slate and my deliverables should be ready in 24hrsBack to Portland this weekend. I can sit with pass for at least a month, project the HDCAMSR at Mission Control, print a Tiff sequence and generate downconverts, and make sure I love the new color pass on an extended basis. Then I can come back to EFILM in Nov/Dec feeling confident to Film Out to 35mm.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Revisiting SALT AND SILICONE Color Grading with EFILM in DAVINCI 2K and DIGITAL INTERMEDIATE

I am revisiting the color grading in "Salt and Silicone" before I consider this project done. My desire for a particular "look" has become more serious, complex, and thankfully more articulate in the past few months.Specifically, I have learned more about color grading and want to try some linear to logarithmic gamma shifts (to create that "cinema" look) and red abatement in the pass, complicate the color palette and make sure it is FILM OUT ready, still have disparate looks for "Vex's" disparate perspectives all while maintaining naturalistic skin tones and work in an uncompressed environment with a post-house that specializes in this process with proprietary techniques, software and hardware: enter Academy Award Winning Color Correction post-house EFILM who I have a pre-established relationship with.
Friday, Sept 25, 2009: EFILM Davinci Colorist Brian George set up my PreColor HDCAMSR Master on an EFILM tricked out DAVINCI 2K and in a few short hours wowed me with his color correction skills, aesthetic and rapidity. He is a technician and an artist and we had some stimulating back and forth as he educated me on why he was making the shifts in color he was making. DI Producer Hal Cohen of EFILM and SALT AND SILICONE Film Editor Shane Sattler who sat in on the session were similarly impressed. Frankly I did not fully agree with Brian's approach in the beginning but soon realized that his eye for color and clearly his experience are at a level that I had to step up to and appreciate which I did. By the end of the session I was more than sold, I was impressed.
EFILM has given the film a complex, cinematic "look", gorgeous skin tones, and still satisfied my need to separate each "episode" to show "Vex's" conflict over breast implants. He stayed away from washing the frame with one strong color for disparation in color grade from episode to episode but rather used color relationships to generate a distinct, strong, complex look for each episode. He focused more on a mood change through color rather than a virtual location change in color -- we are in the same lighting store but we are here in a different mood as per "Vex". I could say more but seeing the new color pass is the best experience which audiences will see when SALT AND SILICONE festivals in 2010.
The only area that I am still not fully satisfied with is some underexposed portions of the INT. CAR scenes -- specifically characters "Vex" (myself--Warren Pereira) and "Keira" (Katie O' Grady) are underexposed in camera. Any global raising in exposure on the DAVINCI even with vignette Power Windows shows a video noise that must be avoided. So, this will be dealt with in EFILM'S DI (DIGITAL INTERMEDIATE) proprietary Suite next week where we can Rotoscope my face and Katie's face and bring up exposure as needed.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
First time people have to pay a commercial theater to see my tiny film "Who's Good Looking?" Laemmle Sunset 5, Los Angeles
Friday, September 11, 2009
"Who's Good Looking?" Limited Los Angeles Theatrical Release at Laemmle Sunset 5 Sept 11th, 12th, 13th

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Writer/Director Warren Pereira’s award-winning short film “Who’s Good Looking?” (7 min.) will have a limited three day theatrical release at the Laemmle Sunset 5 Theatre (8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046). The film will screen off a 35 mm print twice a day on September 11th, 12th and 13th at 1:15pm and 1:25pm. This limited theatrical release will be the official Best Short Film Academy Award Qualifying Run for “Who’s Good Looking?”
“Who’s Good Looking?” is a clever relationship comedy that exposes aesthetic obsession: Narcous (Warren Pereira) questions his fiancé’s (Katie O’ Grady) notions of beauty. A sarcastic simmer boils over as the couple storms through a skincare boutique. The film is shot in a single take.
Portland reviewer Dylan de Thomas commented that Pereira’s films are “…known for being witty and urbane, a mix between the dialogue of Woody Allen’s 70’s relationship comedies with the slinky camera work and exacting blocking of a Brian De Palma or Paul Thomas Anderson.”
“Who’s Good Looking?” screened as a work-in-progress at the Santa Monica Vine Short Film Festival in November 2007. Based on the work-in-progress screenings, adjustments were made to the film and it was officially completed in January 2008. Since then, “Who’s Good Looking?” has been an official selection at numerous top-tier film festivals including the Portland International Film Festival, Beverly Hills International Film Festival, LA International Short Film Festival, Miami International Short Film Festival, Method Fest, Atlanta Film Festival and Malibu International Film Festival. “Who’s Good Looking?” received the Accolade Competition Award of Merit in 2009.
“Who’s Good Looking?” is written, directed and produced by Warren Pereira. Director of Photography is Emmy Award winner Jeff Streich; Editor and Sound Designer is Shane Sattler; Re-Recording Mixer is Aaron Levy of Academy Award winning audio post house Todd-AO; Original Score by Daniel Reynolds. HD Postproduction by post-houses Mission Control and Downstream. 35mm Film Out by Academy Award winning film laboratory EFILM. Starring Warren Pereira, Katie O’ Grady, Greg Skelton, Haley Talbot and Payam Karamooz. Official Website: www.wfilms.biz.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
"Who's Good Looking?" to screen at Bagdad Theater Tuesday, August 18, 2009
http://www.mcmenamins.com/index.php?loc=9&id=177&eventid=73838
Monday, August 17, 2009
Prepping "Who's Good Looking?" audio for 35mm Film Out (2)

Mixer Aaron Levy and myself re-listen to "Who's Good Looking?" audio at the new Feature Stage at TODD-AO Burbank. "Who's Good Looking?" will be printed to 35mm next week and this warranted another listen to the sound design before the files are handed over to Dolby to make the MO. Love this stage. Image 2 attached.
Prepping "Who's Good Looking?" Audio for 35mm Print (1)

Mixer Aaron Levy and myself re-listen to "Who's Good Looking?" audio at the new Feature Stage at TODD-AO Burbank. "Who's Good Looking?" will be printed to 35mm next week and this warranted another listen to the sound design before the files are handed over to Dolby to make the MO. Love this stage. Image 1 attached.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at Malibu International Film Festival August 6,7,8, 2009

"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at Malibu International Film Festival August 6th, 7th, 8th, 2009.
http://www.malibufilmfestival.com/public/festival/official_selections.php
Pereira at Malibu Film Fest Closing Ceremony
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
"Who's Good Looking?" invited to screen at 2009 West Hollywood International Film Festival

"Who's Good Looking?" invited to screen at West Hollywood International Film Festival August 5th-8th 2009.
http://www.whiff2008.com/index.html
Sunday, August 2, 2009
1190 KEX Radio Interview for "Salt and Silicone", "Who's Good Looking?"
Sunday, July 26, 2009
"Who's Good Looking?" invited to screen at Sacramento Film & Music Festival July 26th, 8pm.

"Who's Good Looking?" invited to screen at Sacramento Film & Music Festival July 26th, 8pm.
http://sacfilmandmusic.bside.com/2009/films/whosgoodlooking_sacfilmandmusic2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
"Who's Good Looking?" wins Award of Merit at The Accolade Competition, La Jolla, CA
"Who's Good Looking?" wins Award of Merit for Best Short Film at The Accolade Competition, La Jolla, CA.http://accoladecompetition.org/
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
"Salt and Silicone" Premiere (work-in-progress) Screening this Thursday, 7pm!

"Salt and Silicone" 35mm Premiere Screening this Thursday, April 9, 7pm, at Hollywood Theater in Portland, OR. Officially this April 9, 2009 screening will be considered a work-in-progress screening. Changes to the film will be made based on audience reaction. The official festival run for "Salt and Silicone' will begin in 2010.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
"Who's Good Looking?" Official Selection at 2009 Atlanta Film Festival (Academy Award Qualifier Film Festival)


"Who's Good Looking?" is an Official Selection at the Atlanta Film Festival. This is an Academy Award Qualifier Film Festival. Big festival, nice to be part of it, projecting the best SD projection -- Digibeta; not bad, I have always liked Digibeta even though it is SD. We screen April 22 at 9:20pm.
Website: http://atlantafilmfestival.com/index.php


















