About this project
THE STORY:
CHESS MOVIE is an independent, feature documentary that goes inside I.S. 318, a public junior high school in Brooklyn, New York, home to one of the best scholastic chess programs in the nation. The I.S 318 chess team has won over 26 national titles in the last 10 years and they work hard for it. I.S. 318 is a Title 1 school which means that over 60% of its students are below the poverty level. While most families struggle to meet their financial needs and the school wrestles with tightening budgets, the chess team finds a way to stay on top. CHESS MOVIE will follow the 318 chess team for one season as they prepare for the 2010 USCF National Championships. Viewers will go inside the lives of these young players at home and at school to understand how chess inspires them to succeed. Why is this Brooklyn team so successful year after year? What is it about this ancient game that moves people to do great things? Thru energized, artful visuals and intimate character stories, CHESS MOVIE reveals the timeless beauty of 32 carved pieces and a checkered board as seen thru the eyes of these junior high school champions.
STATUS: IN DEVELOPMENT
We are currently shooting and editing a pitch reel to raise money for production. We've been using a borrowed camera up to this point but now we need to buy our own. The camera we want to purchase is the Sony EX1..
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To see what we've been doing so far with the borrowed cam check out this video:
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pledged of $6,000 goal
Funding Canceled
Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on June 27, 2009.
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Brooklyn Castle is made by Rescued Media, a Brooklyn based production company started by husband and wife team Katie Dellamaggiore and Nelson Dellamaggiore.
Katie is a documentary producer and director whose work has appeared on MTV, A&E, HBO/Cinemax and VH1. She has held various production and outreach roles on award-winning documentaries including 39 Pounds of Love, To Die in Jerusalem, 51 Birch Street and American Teen. Katie co-produced After the Storm, a nonprofit theater and film project that used art to revitalize the lives of young people in post-Katrina New Orleans, and directed, produced and shot UR Life Online, a documentary about cyber bullying, for A&E Classroom.
Nelson is a three-time Emmy Award Nominated Editor, most notably for Single Camera Editing on A&E’s UR Life Online. He was also nominated for his work on Super Bowl XLI and The Wizard at 95 for ESPN. He’s worked on a wide variety of formats, from MTV’s TRL to The Tony Awards and The Beijing Olympic Games. Nelson is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.
Katie's brother Brian Schulz is Director of Photography/Producer. Brian is a three-time New York Emmy Award winning cinematographer for Major League Baseball Productions. As one of MLB’s lead cinematographers he is dispatched across the country to capture the game’s most dramatic images. His work behind the camera can be found in network promos and specials, World Series DVDs and the EMMY winning YES Yankeeography series. Brian is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.
It's a family affair.
