Christian Kilian, one of the child stars of our soon to be released independent film, Light, was interviewed by ABC News almost a year ago as part of a story on people who suffer from albinism and the tragedy that afflicts albinos in Africa, where they are killed because of a superstition about magical properties in their skin.  Well, the show is finally going to air on ABC’s 20/20, tonight at 10pm, 9pm Central.  Find more details on ABC’s website, and check your local listings for the episode you don’t want to miss!  Light was written and directed by Marty Wisher.

Marty Wisher as Marilyn Monroe

Starlight Productions provided special entertainment for Gulf Coast Village residents and their guests this week as part of their social calendar.  The retirement lifestyles community hosted a 50’s-style soc hop, complete with a soda stand, classic cars, tunes from the live band, The Magic Moments, and of course, classic celebrity impersonators from Starlight Productions!

Ryan Sharp as Elvis Presley

Marty Wisher once again played Marilyn Monroe at the height of her popularity and Ryan Sharp stepped in to play the young Elvis Presley.  The residents were thrilled with Marilyn and Elvis, getting pictures, chatting with them and dancing with them all afternoon long.

Starlight Productions will return to Gulf Coast Village in December, performing their Christmas murder mystery, A Holiday Recipe for Murder for prospective clients.

Elvis is returning to the building… The Touch of Vegas building, at 4632 Del Prado Blvd, in Cape Coral, FL.  Starlight Productions presents the classic Vegas Elvis, played by Ryan Sharp, at the Adult Casino-Style Video Game Palace in Cape Coral.  Elvis will be singing some of his best known songs as well as interacting with the crowd from 6:30 to 9:30 Saturday night, July 11th, 2009.  Please come out and enjoy a taste of the 50’s music with the modern casino-style video games!

First render of “The People Of the Light” at the end of the film. We utilized veteran actor and teacher Dick Westlake, as well as various members of United Film & Television Artists (UFTA) for these shots.

A scene from the independent teen sci-fi film, Light, written & directed by Marty Wisher.

The first FX shots of “The People in the Light” are in.

A scene from the independent teen sci-fi film, Light, written & directed by Marty Wisher.

Paul & Marty host the Awards

Wednesday, June 10th,  Starlight Productions‘ own Paul Rose and Marty Wisher were pleased to host a special presentation at the Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce monthly business luncheon.  The Guest of Honor was the Fort Myers News-Press‘ resident cartoonist Doug MacGregor.  Following Doug’s keynote address, Paul & Marty were called up on stage to present a “Lifetime Achievement Award” to Coco the Palm Tree, mascot for the new website What’s Up Cape Coral, co-sponsored by the Chamber.

Fighting for Attention

Paul & Marty spoofed themselves as ego-driven actors, fighting for the spotlight as they showed clips from the various films that Coco had been a part of, including The Matrix, Titanic, Star Wars and Casablanca.  The whole presentation was the brainchild of Brent Saitta of Saitta Productions, who wrote and edited the special clips of an animated Coco into the various films.  Chamber member Jason Barrett from Da Bomb Entertainment provided the lights and sound system, and Paul Rose scripted the shanigans for the Starlight players.  We’ll be posting a link to the video shot of the event as soon as its available.

Guy Noegel

Cape Coral singer/songwriter Guy Noegel, also of the bands KYDeity and Skindot, has been recruited by Starlight Productions’ Teresa Cobb to create a soundtrack/score for our almost completed film, Light.  Guy’s bands have a great reputation and have received local radio airplay, but one of his dreams has always been to create music for films.

We’re thrilled to have Guy as part of the Light team, continuing to create an independent film using entirely local (Southwest Florida) assets.

Our hope is to have the movie completed by mid-July.

Don Corleone, Mrs. Claus, I Dream of Jeannie, Sen. Aronberg, Tinkerbell, Harry Potter & the Nutty Professor

A group of actors and actresses from Starlight Productions and our friends at United Film & Television Artists (UFTA) provided some LIVE entertainment for the 17th Annual Gala & Scholarships Presentation of the Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce last night.  Don Corleone, Mrs. Claus, Harry Potter, Tinkerbell, Jeannie and Jerry Lewis as the Nutty Professor were all on hand.  Senator Dave Aronberg was one of the special guests at the event.

Expellaramus!

Tinkerbell

Jeannie & Cape Coral City Manager Terry Stewart

Starlight Production’s own Marty Wisher will be holding another class at The OssLin Agency, beginning June 6th.  The class is titled, “Diamond in the Rough,” and will aid actors in improving their skills and performances.  The class will run for 8 weeks.  For complete details, contact The OssLin Agency.

As we near the completion of our first feature-length film, Light, we are looking for someone to fill in the gaps on our score.  The scenes available on this site have temporary music to enhance the scene, but we need a professional-level musician to handle the scoring for the film.  As with all of our other positions, this would be for film credit only, but could be a big boost for the person or persons who help us out.

To submit your resume and get more information, please contact Tim (Tim@StarlightstudioProductions.com) or Marty (Marty@StarlightstudioProductions.com)

The Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating their 20th Anniversary on Friday, June 5, 2009 at the Harborside Event Center, 1375 Monroe Street, Ft. Myers, from 7pm to 12 Midnight.

Starlight Productions will be on hand, as well as some other members of United Film & Television Artists (UFTA) as various celebrities that Chamber members and guests can meet throughout the evening.

Get the full details at the Chamber’s website.

For weeks, we’ve talked about Max, Jake’s, so far unseen, pet that was created as a result of an explosion in science class.  But for a variety of reasons, we kept Max under wraps so far.  No longer.  It is time that the world sees Max in all, okay, most of his glory.  Thanks to some clever model work and a couple of long nights of puppeteering and compositing, we are now proud to show off the most unusual character from Light, Max:

Jake goes with Lucas to Mr T’s with Max
A scene from Light

Jake and Lucas at the Pizza place.
A scene from Light

A scene from Light