http://www.philabatecola.com Makes movies and writes words Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:48:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.philabatecola.com/2012/02/19/logline-excercise-1/ http://www.philabatecola.com/2012/02/19/logline-excercise-1/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:14:59 +0000 Phil Abatecola http://philabatecola.com/?p=1752 I can’t count how many friends of mine have recommended that I read Save the Cat.  I’d read Syd Field, Robert McKee’s Story and a few other books on screenwriting, and to be honest, I was burned out on reading … Continue reading →]]> http://www.philabatecola.com/2012/02/19/logline-excercise-1/feed/ 1 http://www.philabatecola.com/2012/01/27/the-dead-files/ http://www.philabatecola.com/2012/01/27/the-dead-files/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:25:13 +0000 Phil Abatecola http://philabatecola.com/?p=1699 One part psychic, one part detective, two parts remote and creepy location, 3 parts murder, shake and stir and you get… THE DEAD FILES! Now entering its second season on the Travel Channel, I have the honor of producing with … Continue reading →]]> http://www.philabatecola.com/2012/01/27/the-dead-files/feed/ 0 http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/31/black-lion-hospital-project-update/ http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/31/black-lion-hospital-project-update/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:32:13 +0000 Phil Abatecola http://philabatecola.com/?p=1673 Last March, I had the opportunity to co-produce a documentary by Jason Gurvitz and the Seattle Anesthesia Outreach Organization that documents the tragic conditions of Ethiopia’s largest hospital, and their efforts to modernize it. After decades of poverty and overwhelming … Continue reading →]]> http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/31/black-lion-hospital-project-update/feed/ 0 http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/05/new-stock/ http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/05/new-stock/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:00:00 +0000 Phil Abatecola http://philabatecola.com/?p=1622 Our new collection of Los Angeles stock footage will be available on our Pond5 store in the coming weeks, and just to wet everyone’s appetites, here is a some of the incredible footage in a fun montage Jeremy put together … Continue reading →]]> http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/05/new-stock/feed/ 0 http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/04/you-follow/ http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/04/you-follow/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 02:00:45 +0000 Phil Abatecola http://philabatecola.com/?p=1584 Sharmila Ray, the production designer for my short film Deceit, has just released the teaser for her evolving documentary about a friend’s quest to find her biological parents, called “You Follow: A Search For One’s Past“. From the website: A … Continue reading →]]> http://www.philabatecola.com/2011/10/04/you-follow/feed/ 0