Ghost Player: Relive the Magic

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Ghost Players in Japan

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Budget

Raised to date: $344,000.00
Estimate to complete: $56,000.00
Total Estimated Budget: $400,000.00
The budget numbers above are accurate as of 05/13/2009

Key Personnel

joe scherrman
producer/director

Joe Scherrman is the owner of DreamCatcher ProductionLLC.  DreamCatcher is a small video production company experienced inshooting, editing and production of quality video. Mr. Scherrman belongsto the Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) and the Iowa ScreenwritersAssociation. DreamCatcher Production was the recipient of the Award ofExcellence from the IMPA for a corporate video production.  Besides the video production companyMr. Scherrman has over 30 years experience in sales, promotions andmarketing.   This experience comes from managing the retail sales andservice division of Scherrman’s Implement and Appliance Inc in Dyersville,Iowa.  He is a stockholder and board member of this tightly heldcorporation.   Joe is a past board member of the Dyersville AreaChamber of Commerce and the Dyersville Commercial Club Park.  Mr.Scherrman received the Wizard of Oz Award for his behind the scene support ofthe local communities.  JoeScherrman has worked on many productions including ESPN’s 50/50 and 262 FiveProduction of NetFlix Night at the Movies with Kevin Costner and The GrandExcursion in Dubuque, Iowa. Mr. Scherrman has worked with producers BeckySmith’s “Duck Farm #13” and Francesca Soans’ “Rebirth”, films shot in Iowa.  

Aaron Spears
Associate Producer/Editor
Aaronbegan his career in Broadcast Television in 1996 at WSIU and graduated fromSouthern Illinois University. After launching the WB network start-up, KWKB-TV Iowa City, and servingas Creative Director for 7 years he joined our team here at Metro Studios.  With a background that includes avariety of production skills including script writing, camera operation,directing and graphic design his true talent & passion lies within theworld of video editing.  Whilecurrently working within the Final Cut Studio 2 platform he has worked on avariety of long & short form projects for clients such as John Deere, 3M,Aegon, Konami, Bridgestone, Yellow Book & the University of Iowa.

Gerard Estella
Musical Score
Gerard has toured extensively worldwide as a musician/audioengineer with acts as diverse as Sting, the Grand Ole Opry, Michelle Branch,Styx, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Phil Collins and numerous others.  Having spent some time in the orchestrapits of musical theatre he has had the opportunity to music direct shows likeRocky Horror Picture Show , Revolution 1963-1973, Christmas Hans ChristianAnderson among others.

As a composer/producer/engineer has been involved in therecording of over 50 albums, has written 4 musicals, which were staged, scoredover 100 television commercials/promotional ads ranging from attack helicoptersfor Hughes to the cities of Waterloo, IA with stops in most categories andmarkets in-between as well as scored numerous independent and documentaryfilms.

A partner and the Director of Creative Experience with NorthForty, a creative solutions company located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa establishedin 2003.

A founding partner and producer with SPT Theatre Company a401c3 non-profit arts organization located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa established in2002.

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