About this project
Olive is the first full length feature film shot completely on a smart phone. A 35 mm lens adapter was fabricated to fit the smart phone in order to achieve a shallow depth of field. The film stars two time Academy Award nominated actress Gena Rowlands (the Notebook, A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria). The film simply put is about a little girl that goes into the lives of three people — an old lonely woman, a foreigner having a hard time acclimating in the United States, and an obese man — and transforms their lives without saying one word!
The financing of Olive was done independently of any corporation. The goal now is to be the first film to not only be shot on a cell phone but to also be the first independently financed feature film on 2,000+ theaters across the United States without the backing of a Major Studio.
The Film also stars John Scurti, Chris Maher, and Ruby Alexander. Other names affiliated with the project include Ben Lear, Randi Zuckerberg, and Skywalker Sound did the sound design.
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I'm a San Francisco morning show radio personality on Alice Radio 97.3 FM. I've been part of the Sarah and Vinnie morning show for the past 12 years. My job at the station encompasses: phone screening, movie reviews, and celebrity interviews.
I had one line in the Pixar animated movie “Cars.” I created the #1 most viewed non partisan video to get the youth of America to vote in the presidential election. The video received 5.1 million views on YouTube and ended up in the museum of Radio and Television in NYC. I'm a supporter of many organizations and charities including: Symphonix (SF Symphony), Bravo (SF Opera), Encore (SF Ballet), Engender Health, Aneurysm foundation, The Junior League of San Francisco, Eco Fabulous, City Church of San Francisco, City Team Ministries, Providence House, San Francisco SPCA Trap Neuter and Fix Feral Cats, SF Opera Guild, JDRF, The Iranian.com, Scleroderma Foundation, Global Green, The Associates benefiting St. Francis Hospital, Care.org, SFCASA.org, Camp Okizu, Global Yoga in San Francisco, Be Human, Teach with Africa, The Guardsman - San Francisco, BuildOn, and especially The Gerson Institute.
