Cameron is a 10-year-old boy who can't afford a video camera, so he creates a cardboard one instead. Hoping to enter a kids film competition, he will need to use his imagination, in order to create a movie with the help of his two friends.
Winner Student Emmy College Television Awards Children's Program 2nd Place 2013
Official Selection "Irvine International Film Festival" 2013
Nominated for "Best Drama Short" Irvine International Film Festival 2013
Official Selection "San Diego Latino Film Festival" 2013
Nominee 34th Emmys College Television Awards 2013
Official Selection "International Family Film Festival" 2013
Cannes Court Métrage Short Film Corner 2013
Official Selection "Sacramento International Film Festival" 2013
Official Selection "Oceanside International Film Festival" 2013
Official Selection "LA Shorts Fest" 2013
Official Selection "Big Bear Lake International Film Festival" 2013
Cortos de Yahoo on "Yahoo en Español" 2013
Official Selection "PBS-KVCR Shorts Showcase" Festival 2014
Finalist "Shorts Showcase Festival 2014" PBS-KVCR Best Drama 2014
Winner "My Hero" International Film Festival 2014
Cast:
Cameron – James Blakely
Alexa – Sophia Viggiano
Chevy – Ricky Martinez
Jesse – Alex Long
Armando – Arcadio Cadena
Maria – Tania Gonzalez
Film Teacher – Terasa Sciortino
Written and directed by
Carlo Olivares Paganoni
Produced by
Carlo Olivares Paganoni
Justin Wells
Director of Photography
Bradford Burdick
First Assistant Director
Adam Leeman
Production Designer
Amanda Lane
Lead Animator & Character Designer
Michelle Cho
Editor
Carlo Olivares Paganoni
Music by
David Hlebo
Associate Producer
Bret Zausmer
Wardrobe Supervisor
Vanessa Gonzalez
Casting by
Kate McClanaghan
and Big House Casting
Sound Mixer and Boom Mic. Operators
John Maynard
Dan Kloch
Tyler Blythe
Sound Designer
Jimmy Guthrie
2nd Unit Director
Michael McDowell
Executive Producer
Carlo Olivares Paganoni
Art Director – Maria Meehan
Set Dresser – Adrienne Garcia
Prop Master – Wendy Durazo
Art Production Assistant – Jason Rios
Art Production Assistant – Alex Tong
Hair & Make-Up – Cynthia Lauran
1st Assistant Camera – Mego Lin
2nd Assistant Camera – Brian Fenner
2nd Assistant Camera – Mitch Anderson
Dolly Grip – Michael Subjack
Dolly Grip/P.A. – Tim Hendrix
Gaffer – Olaolu Jegede
Best Boy/Grip/2nd AC – Lars Lindstrom
Grip – Victor Amezcua
Grip – Lei Tao
Grip/Swing P.A. – Juan Carlos Castellanos
Grip/Swing P.A. – Esteban Serrano
Script Supervisors – Nichol Lovett, Montana Mann
and Gabriela Handal Safie
Fight Coordinator – Kimo Keoke
DIT/On Set Photographer – Cacá Santoro
2nd Assistant Director – Fuxiao (Alex) Bai
2nd Assistant Director – Vivek Ramanujam
2nd Assistant Director – Nicholas Campbell
Second Unit Production Assistant – Hae Ran Kang
Food & Catering – Lupita Paganoni, Adriana Sedano
and Leticia Espejel Arellano
Location Manager – Sylvia Moreno
Transportation – Pablo Torroella, Victor Amezcua
Studio Teachers by Stella Pacific Management
Studio Teachers – Frank Gieb, Phil Eisenhower
Supporting Cast
Stanley Schwartz – Blake Ferris
Alfonso López – Spencer Herb
Federica Chang – Cortney Yue
Extras
Mom #1 – Jennifer Viggiano
Mom #2 – Iliana Martinez
Mom #3 – Deborah Schober
Mom #4 – Tanya Brannon
Mom #5 – Kelly Parker
Mom #6 – Dorina Graeff
Mom #7 – Nancy Ferris
Dad # 1 – Fred Yue
Dad # 2 – Brett Hoag
Judge # 1 – Cynthia Lauran
Judge # 2 – Michael Long
Judge # 3 – Elizabeth Bagga
Girl # 1 – Breanna Ceballos
Girl # 2 – Emma Parkinson
Boy # 1 – Paul Viggiano, Jr.
Boy # 2 – Cole Parker
Boy # 3 – Jordon Presley
Boy # 4 – Antonio Graeff
Young Boy – Derek Bagga
Woman # 1 – Vanessa Gonzalez
Woman # 2 – Maria Meehan
Woman # 3 – Michelle Cho
Man # 1 – Adam Leeman
Man # 2 – Victor Amezcua
Man # 3 – Brian Fenner
Man # 4 – Alex Tong
Sound Design Assistant – Zachary Taylor
Additional Guitar Recording – George Cocchini
Colorist – Peter Swartz
Camera, lenses and equipment rental from Alan Gordon Enterprises, HD Pioneers, EVS Rentals and Tiffen.
Cardboard Camera Font by Maral Tashjian
Title Design by Lisa Chen
Special Thanks
Children’s Institute, Inc., their Children and Families as well as its Staff, Argelis A. Ortiz, Julio Cesar Ybarra, Joanna Colunga, Ken Louria, Zully Chan, Jean Rasenberger, Marcie Begleiter, Brad Saunders, Jean-Pierre Geuens, Jay Chapman, Victoria Hochberg, Stephanie Nash, Howard Heard, Affonso Beato, Eric Sherman, Bob Peterson, Carlos Olivares Vega, Lupita Paganoni, Mauricio Olivares Paganoni, Carolina Santoro Blengini, Francisco García Pérez, Maru Paganoni, Iliana Ortíz de Zárate, Arturo Bolaños Cacho, Jonathan Sargent, RGBtv, Sylvia Moreno, Fam. Jacobo Olivares, Aaron Kemp, Screen Actors Guild, FilmL.A., Aaron Lindquist, Arshag Dickranian, Nijo Watanabe, Joe Vidaurreta and everyone who donated at Kickstarter!
Shot on the RED Epic