Heart and Fire Productions

Here is some test footage from the upcoming 7 Min short film I plan to shoot. You'll notice the footage is pretty dark, this was due to a harsh lighting error on my end. As I explore the best way to clearly show the make up to Hannah's alter, the lighting issue will be fixed come the final the film. A thanks to Natalie for adding the cool spot light effect!


"Hannah is a troubled woman diagnosed with MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) after suffering from a trauma as a child. It's not until her adult hood that she suddenly develops her alter due to her MPD. Her alter torments her trying to convince Hannah that she killed her father."

These personalities are emphasized through three segments sprinkled through out the short film as seen in the test video above. Hannah is being played by the extremely talented Natalie Salazar Waldrip.

Saturday October 20th, 2012

Quick update! I have been going through the footage from day 1 of shooting and there is a lot of great footage. I'm excited to share with everyone a teaser trailer I put together for the film introducing Young Clancy. The trailer is titled "A Killer is Born".  Shooting will continue in November for the film. Enjoy the trailer everyone!

 

Monday October 8th, 2012

As always I like to welcome a new member of our team. Mitch Kerzic and his mother Nikki Kerzic. Mitch will be playing Young Clancy. Mitch is currently filming another horror movie called The House That Wept Blood. Welcome aboard =)

Also, we will be filming our first scenes this Saturday involving Young Clancy and Abigail. I'm very excited to be working with Mitch and Irene for these scenes, I think there chemistry is going to be really great! Stay tuned for pics from the set.

Monday October 1st, 2012

Here is the list of my insanely talented cast & crew so far whom I'm very privileged and excited to be working with.

Cast

James Russell- The Candy Corn Killer/Older Clancy Harrington
Irene Leonard- Abigail Harrington
Mitch Kerzic- Young Clancy
Jimmy Lee Combs- Detective John Reese
Jackson Carter Combs- Braiden Reese
Robyn Dennis- Sarah Reese
Seymour Muchmore- Captain Elliot Goldstein
Laura Baukol- Madelyn Brown
Natalia Romo- Kyra Jones
Natalie Waldrip- Victim 1
Z- Victim 2

Crew

Writer, director, producer- Jimmy Lee Combs
Director of Photography- Jim Harper
Boom Operator- Tim Cadillac. Phil Mirabito.
SFX Artist- Stefan Knowles
Script Supervisor, Production Assistant- Olga Naroditskaya

Monday September 24th, 2012

Here are some mock up teeth the The Candy Corn Killer will be wearing in the movie. Fantastic job Stefan, thanks man!

Thursday September 20th, 2012

So the script is near completion and will clock in around 20 pages... yes I had a little too much fun with the story and characters hehe ;) I need to do some proof reading and such so I will have the script sent to everyone by Saturday night. It has taken a little longer than I anticipated with the script but the words just keep coming lol and the story will be a lot more solid having some extra pages.
 
Jim and I are meeting up Friday to go over visuals and shots for the film.

Tuesday September 18th, 2012

I'm excited out of my mind for the SFX work Stefan Knowles is providing for The Candy Corn Killer. Below is concept art for the Candy Corn Killer's teeth and the other is a picture of a sculpted heart that will be used (when the movie is finished you will see how the heart comes into play) ;) Dynamite job Stefan, thank you again!
 
So as I'm writing the script I'm finding it may be necessary to make it longer than 10 mins/10 pages to give the story and characters justice, so I will be extending the script to 15 pages for a 15 to 20 min short film =) That being said I need a couple extra days to finish up the script, currently it is halfway finished. I think you're all going to really like this script and I can't wait to hear your reactions from those read it.

Wednesday September 12th, 2012

Just in time for Halloween, production will begin on October 4th for my next film called The Candy Corn Killer. I'm excited and privileged to be working with a majority of my cast & crew from the 48 Hour Film Project on my first horror film. Here is the synopsis and teaser poster below:

When Clancy Harrington was a kid he always loved when Halloween came around, however, his strict religious mother who does not believe in Halloween forbid him from taking any part in Hallows’ Eve festivities especially eating Halloween candy. One Halloween, he was caught by his mother eating his favorite treat, Candy Corn. As a punishment, she force fed him Candy Corn on a regular basis causing him to become a diabetic. Over the years he developed a psychological obsession for Candy Corn as a result of his mother continuing to force feed him. Finally he snapped! One Halloween he yanked out his teeth replacing them with Candy Corn, tied his mother to her bed and force fed her Candy Corn until she died. For 10 years there has been no sign of Clancy Harrington.

10 years later….

John Reese used to be a Detective for the Craven Police Department but quite when he failed to save the life of a woman held hostage and murdered by a serial killer. His stellar track record with CPD landed him a job as a Headhunter, recruiting the finest candidates with the best potential to be a cop.  When a string of random murders begin happening in the town of Craven, all involving death by Candy Corn, the CPD wants to reinstate John as Detective to apprehend who they are calling The Candy Corn Killer. John’s wife, Sarah, does not want John returning to the police force because she does not want to see him go through what he did before and stresses the fact that he is now a father.

Going against his wife, John accepts knowing that if he can put a stop to these murders, then he may be able to make peace with him-self over what happened in the past to that woman he couldn’t save. He begins pursing the Candy Corn Killer with the assistance of his psych therapist, Madelyn. Things get personal when the Candy Corn Killer murders John’s wife and kidnaps his son. Now Detective John Reese will stop at nothing to find his son and avenge the death of his wife by putting an end to the Candy Corn Killer.

Saturday August 18th, 2012

Heart and Fire Productions in association with JHP Films entered it's first year in the 48 Hour Film Project http://www.48hourfilm.com/ and what an amazing experience it was. We drew the romance genre which I was personally excited for since I'm a huge fan of romance movies and books with of course a big inspiration of mine being Nicholas Sparks. Our film premiered at the Gothic Theater on August 12, 2012.

Genre: Romance
Prop: Straw
Line of Dialogue: Let's Keep it in the Group
Character: Rhoda Powers-Coach

Beautiful Scar tells the story of Theresa, a woman who always seems to pick the really bad guys. After walking in on her abusive boyfriend cheating on her and the guidance of her best friend and life coach, Theresa is persuaded to take a vacation to take her mind off things.

While waiting for her train, Theresa encounters Logan, a real estate agent with a deal gone sour. As fate would have it these two troubled souls have been brought together. Beautiful Scar is a timeless love story following the pain love can bring and also the joys.

From a scarred past to love everlasting.

I want to thank my extremely talented and devoted cast & crew for all their hard work during the 48 Hours.

Tuesday August 14th, 2012

I have spoke with some of our team about our screening Sunday night and I was so happy to hear from several of them that our film received the loudest applause! I'm confident our team will win an award of some sort but I want everyone on my team to know that above any award, I am so damn proud of the work everyone put into Beautiful Scar, by far my best experience working with a cast & crew. I'm deeply saddened I was unable to make the screening but everyone applauded so loud that I heard it in Vegas ;)
 
From the start of entering the 48 Hour Project I told myself that I wanted to give this film the best 7 mins of my life! With our team, we accomplished that goal! It feels awesome and I know everyone will look back on Beautiful Scar knowing they gave the best 7mins too!
 
From here Beautiful Scar will continue to be polished to best it can be and will be ready when Jim (our Cinematographer and Editor) gives the okay on the editing side. That being said, I will no longer be distributing the film until it is the best it can be. Once Beautiful Scar is the best it can be, I will post the film on Youtube and all the social networks. Also, mark your calendars now, Septembers 7th will be the After Party. I'm planning it now and really want it to be a huge turn out from the Colorado film community. More details to follow.
 
In addition, I will be touring Colorado with the film at local festivals and screenings, I will of course keep in touch with everyone and those who want to join me at these upcoming festivals/screenings are more than welcome and encouraged too. Beautiful Scar will also be entered into bigger festivals across the United States and I'm gonna contact women's shelters for abused women to show the film if they are interested. Last but not least IMDB credits, we should meet all requirements for all cast & crew involved to receive an IMDB credit =D

Sunday August 5th, 2012

I never got around to officially saying it but after 48 Hours running on only 3 hours of sleep, it is officially a WRAP for team Heart and Fire Productions on our film "Beautiful Scar" for the 48 Hour Film Festival. The film was officially submitted with time to spare at 6:59pm on August 5th, 2012 which means "Yo team, we did it!" Thanks team, it couldn't have been done without your passion and devotion for the project. Stay tuned for tons of behind the scenes pictures, a 48 second trailer, stories from the shoot and more.

Monday July 30, 2012

Owen's photographer, Laura Rangel, took pictures at the team meet & greet. Here is a group photo from our incredibly fun team meet & greet.

 
The two gentlemen standing in the back are: Mark Stratford and Jim Harper
 
From left to right: Owen Hisle, Seymour Muchmore, Scott Foshag, Ashley Grae, Christopher Henry, Mary Cates, Irene Leonard, Jimmy Lee Combs.
 
I will of course be getting a complete team photo of all of us during the shoot ;) Thanks team!

Saturday July 28, 2012

Loosing my Uncle Bobby to cancer has left me deeply saddened and a piece of me has broken away. Mending that broken piece will always be a special place holding the memories I have of my Uncle. In my heart I have an eternal candle always lit for my Uncle Bobby, it has has been placed right by my Grandpa's candle.

They're millions of horrible people living and breathing, animals like James Holmes, why good honorable people like my Uncle Bobby have to pass away instead will always baffle me until the day I die.

You were taken from us much to soon but you're in a better place now. Your memory will live on and your spirit will always be with us. I love you Uncle Bobby, see you on the other side.

Sunday July 22, 2012

Our own Owen Hisle and his fiance Thesa were kind enough to put together this mural that is signed by those on our 48 Hour team. This mural will be updated as more of our cast & crew sign it. Thanks everyone who has signed so far and for honoring the victims and families of the movie theater tragedy.

Friday July 20, 2012

By now everyone has heard about the horrible tragedy that took place at one of the midnight showings of the Dark Knight Rises here in Colorado at the Aurora Century 16 Theater. On behalf of myself and Heart and Fire Productions, I want to send out my deepest condolences to the victims and families who have lost their loved ones in this horrendous shooting. The Columbine shooting brought Colorado so much pain and sorrow, it breaks my heart to see it happen all over again with this movie theater massacre. With the severity of what has happened, I have faith the courts will punish James Holmes to the fullest extent of the law and bring justice to those have been affected by this tragic event. Stay strong everyone!

Saturday July 14, 2012

I want to welcome aboard three new members of our team! First up D.J. Berry who is a very talented sound engineer and boom operator. He will be assisting Kevin with sound. Thanks for coming aboard D.J.

Also, two new actresses join our team! Julie DeLuna who I met with the other day has some martial arts experience which could come in handy depending on the genre. She is also a diverse actress. Ginny Hill I spoke with today and she is very excited to be apart of the project and open to a variety of rolls. She goes to the same acting school I went to years back. I'm excited to see what characters I come up with for our actors. Thanks for joining our team Julie and Ginny, this is going to be a blast!

So at this point I think casting is at a cap, I may bring on one more actor who I really liked during an audition. We have a very strong team in place and I couldn't be more excited to start filming! I have literally been loosing sleep every night thinking about the project, I can't wait to get started!  

Monday July 9, 2012

I met with both my sound mixer, Kevin, and our director of photography, Jim Harper. During our meeting this evening we worked out how the audio will be set up and I can tell you all our movie is going to sound and look fantastic! Our DP, Jim, will be filming on a Canon 5D Mark II camera which takes astonishing video quality and will compliment the high end audio very nicely. Jim and I will also be collaborating on the editing once the film is finished shooting. Stay tuned for more updates!

Thursday July 5th, 2012

Hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th of July. I wanted to let everyone know that I created a page dedicated to our 48 Hour Film Project. This page will feature updates to cast & crew in addition to videos, photos, etc. related to our 48 Hour Film Project. Check it out here: http://www.heartandfireproductions.webs.com/48hourfilmproject.htm

Monday July 2, 2012

Hello everyone,

Monday June 11, 2012

Hello everyone, 

Wow, it has been way to long since I have last updated the site! A lot of personal things have happened in the last couple years including the greatest thing to ever happen to me, the birth of my son Jackson Carter Combs who was born on March 17, 2012 (St. Patty's Baby, which is awesome since he is part Irish). In my absence I never made the proper updates on my last film Samantha, for that I apologize. I also apologize to my cast & crew for the lack of updates. Samantha is in rough cut form which everyone involved will get a copy of at the very least but I want to polish it and send out a final finished version as well! In the mean time though, I am very excited to be back at it making movies and with that comes my newest project, Scar. I'm currently in the writing stages and the movie will be a drama which I plan to have a run time of 30 mins. Scar is scheduled to film this September and casting calls will be sent out soon. Stay tuned.

Here is the synopsis:

"Joseph Bodean has always had a knack for fixing things which he discovered from having free time on his parent's land as a kid during vacations. Joseph falls in love with Juliana who is having an affair and never tells him she is married. When her husband Malcolm Hoffman, a well respected Pediatrician with a hidden dark side finds out his wife is cheating, he disfigures Joseph and breaks his hands hindering his passion for fixing things.

Disfigured, Joseph copes with the difficulties of being judged not only by the people who stare at him but by the women he dates searching for true love. Crippled and discouraged, Joseph confides in his family for support and is even introduced to a woman who does not judge him and genuinely likes him. With a new woman in his life, things are looking up, that is until Juliana pops back up and Malcolm's jealous rage continues." 

Monday November 15, 2010

Today marked an official wrap for the lovely Terri Lombardi (Samantha) as well as the film.... wahoo!!! It has been a long haul but it's official and was totally worth it which is also sad at the same time cause we have been having one hell of a fun time filming Samantha. Today I grabbed the HD Cam and filmed some of the last scenes we needed for the shoot which included Jackson's Nightmare sequence where his Niece, Holly, pays him a haunting visit. Now the editing process begins and I will examine which Pick Up shots and Reshoots are needed. I want to personally thank my DP Aaron Radcliffe and Terri Lombardi for there hard work and dedication to film, without them hanging in there and seeing this production through to the end, we would not have the awesome revenge story that is about to be told Thanks everyone and stay tuned!

-Jimmy Lee

Wednesday October 27, 2010

We have almost finished filming Samantha, we are currently gearing up the final scene of the movie where Samantha faces off with the murderer of her child. We have some excited things planned for the final fight. In the mean time, be sure to check out the official trailer I put together for Samantha:

Tuesday October 19th, 2010

Hello everyone,

I do apologize for the lack in updates, I've been super busy with filming Samantha but I can tell you, I think you are all gonna be extremely pleased with the final movie. We have shot some awesome footage so far, our DP Aaron, is fantastic with the camera! Terri has been delivering an outstanding performance as Samantha, her range of emotions have me very excited for audience reactions. Seymour and Brock, two bad guys in the film, where simply amazing and extremely believable in their roles. Tonight we filmed Samantha's second kill of the movie as well some other really cool establishing shots! The film is almost wrapped. Stay tuned for more updates

Jimmy Lee

Friday October 8th, 2010

Hello everyone,

So after our third day of shooting, I figured I'd whip together a quick little teaser trailer to share with you all! This has been quite an interesting and raw shoot! It has me very excited for the finished film ;) In the mean time, please enjoy the teaser trailer to Samantha:

Saturday October 2nd, 2010

Breaking News on the Samantha Carter Case. Action 7 News Reporter, Brooke Wood, brings us the latest on the recent murders in the city. Samantha Carter, who's daughter was murdered five years ago, is a suspect and wanted for questioning.

Wednesday September 29th, 2010

Sadly I had to cancel production on Streets of Rage for the time being, however, it's time to bounce back and like my moto "Never give up and never stop believing" that being said I'm excited to officially announce my next film titled "Samantha" starring Kimberly Hawks and yours truly. More details are sure to follow including a synopsis. In the mean time here is a Teaser Poster I put together:

Hello everyone,

 

I regret to inform you all that the production on Streets of Rage has been canceled. There has been many scheduling conflicts and with our main lead no longer able to make the film, it is just to short of notice to try and find a replacement. I even debated jumping in there as Axel but I just don't fully look the part and being that this is a fan film, I don't want to disappoint the huge fan base. I do have plans to restart the production again in the future but in the mean time I'm shifting gears to another script that I will be working with Kimberly on. I would love to work with as many of you as possible on this alternate film I'm cooking up so I will be in contact with you on an individual basis. Thanks again everyone for all your time and devotion.

 

Monday September 19, 2010

Another one of my old acting buddies, Rachael Weinstein, will be playing the News Lady in the film. She reports on all the criminal activity in the city. Welcome aboard Rachael and Tyler =D

Sunday September 19, 2010

I'm excited! Today I casted an old acting buddy of mine, Tyler Haynes, who was also in my first film Betrayed Heart. Tyler will be playing Antonio, one of the Syndicate bad guys who sports a Boomerang as his weapon. Antonio is also sent in to pay off the Police Captain and has a fight against our vigilantes.

Saturday September 18, 2010

Today I casted Shonda Mackey as Nora, a whip wielding enemy from the Streets of Rage video game! Welcome aboard Shonda.

Tuesday September 14, 2010

Check out this concept poster I whipped together real quick of Zahir Abdullahi as Adam Hunter!

Saturday September 11, 2010

Today I met up with Zahir to start piecing together his outfit! Check this out out, my man Zahir who is playing Adam Hunter is in outfit. I still have to paint the shoulder pads. Zahir makes the perfect Adam!

Zahir doing an Adam Hunter Pose from Sega Genesis Title Screen:


Zahir as Adam Hunter slipping the jab:

Saturday September 4th, 2010

I am very excited to announce that I have my three actors casted to play Axel Stone, Adam Hunter and Blaze Fielding. I also have other actors casted as well which are all listed below. They are all very passionate and resemble there characters very closely. I will post some photos of the actors in the coming days.

Andrew Katers- Axel Stone

Zahir Abdullahi- Adam Hunter
 
Kimberly Hawks- Blaze Fielding

Check out Kimberly's website here: www.kimberlthawks.webs.com
JT Richardson-Police Captain Wyndam

Steve Coe- Mr. X

Dusty Hatch- Murphey
Mark Kasper- Garcia

Thursday September 2nd, 2010

Hello everyone,

I had auditions today for my Streets of Rage short film! It went great and I met a lot of really talented actors. I've been reviewing the audition footage and will be making my casting decisions by Sunday evening. I have a couple more auditions in the mean time. Thanks again to everyone who auditioned today, it was a real pleasure meeting all of you.

Jimmy Lee

Thursday August 26, 2010

Hello everyone, it's that time once again to get behind the camera and film another flick! This time I'm doing a short film based off a video game called Streets of Rage! As most people know, video games are my number one passion so it is going to be awesome to create a fan film based off a video game. I have done some test shots and created a teaser trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPCyCq1My_U. Stay tuned for more updates!

 

 

Tuesday July 14th, 2009

Hello ladies and gents. I wanted to share with you a pic of my brother Brandon Carrillo who is playing Samson in my fourth film titled Karaoke Nights. The pic below shows him in costume lol.

 

Monday July 13th, 2009

Hello everyone,

Here is a trailer to my upcoming fourth film "Karaoke Nights" which is a comedy/mockumentary on Karaoke. I have done a lot of drama films and have decided to break away for a while and start producing some other generes. Enjoy =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbtZrcj_Axo

Wednesday May 13th, 2009

Here is a Teaser Poster for Blind Without a Love.

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 13th 2009

Here are some more set pics from day 2 of shooting: http://blindwithoutalove.shutterfly.com/

Monday May 11th, 2009

Here is a reveal picture of the Mystical Guitar Player played by Kevin Ryan:

Monday May 11th, 2009

That's a wrap! Filming has officially wraped on my third film "Blind Without a Love". The production went fantastic. I want to personally thank everyone involved. Now comes the exciting and fun part, editing this baby =) I'm gonna put together a ruff cut of the film at which point I will hold a screening for the cast and crew to come check out and offer me any feedback on the film that I can apply to the final cut that will be entered into film festivals =) Kevin and Audrey, I am very pleased with your performances, you brought so much to the characters and really brought them to life. I appreciate your commitment and dedication to the characters. Thomas, you da man. I can't thank you enough for your professionalism and beautiful cinematography. Lindsey and Marie, you both rocked as my assistants =) Also, Thomas be sure to thank your girl friend for her assistance as well. As a film maker, I'm learning something new all the time and I'm fixing old mistakes only to make new ones. It comes with the job I guess but that is part of the fun is learning from your mistakes and being put to the challenge. I had an absolute blast working with all of you and I know the future will bring us back together again on one of my shoots or another film makers'. In any case, I can't wait to work with you all again. The story is very close and personal to me, I am excited to see the finished product when I am done editing =) Thank you all again, I will be in touch with all future progress on the film. Have a great night.

Here is a set pic from todays' last day of shooting:

 

Friday May 8th, 2009

Here is a Ruff Cut scene from my upcoming film Blind Without a Love. It is a flash back scene and will under go some color corrections for a flash back vibe as well formated to the correct 16:9 aspect ratio.

Thursday April 30th, 2009

Here is the second Teaser Trailer to Blind Without a Love

Sunday April 26th, 2009

Here it is ladies and gentleman, I am excited to announce the first official Teaser Trailer to my upcoming film Blind Without a Love. Enjoy everyone!

Thursday April 23rd, 2009

Here is a cool compositing shot produced by our DP Thomas Tamura http://www.dailymotion.com/user/heartandfireproductions/video/x92ozb_blind-without-a-love-test-composite_shortfilms It is two scenes from the movie, the Car Accident Scene and a really cool under the blankets shot of Lee and Ann conversing. Please note that their is no sound. Enjoy.

 

 

Wednesday April 22nd, 2009

Here are more pictures from the set of Blind Without a Love taken by our lovely Production Photographer, Lindsey Harris. http://cmd.shutterfly.com/commands/pictures/slideshow?site=blindwithoutalove&page=blindwithoutalove&album=23 or if you would like to see them individually you can click here http://blindwithoutalove.shutterfly.com/

Tuesday April 21st, 2009

Hello everyone,

Wednesday April 15th, 2009

Here are a story boards to the opening scene of Blind Without a Love. My drawings looks really bad and storyboarding is not in my future lol. Enjoy.

 

Monday April 13th, 2009

The cast is in place and filming is about to begin. Here are the actors for Blind Without a Love:

Audrey Walters- Ann

Kevin Ryan- The Mystical Guitar Player

Jimmy Lee Combs- Lee

Monday April 13th, 2009

Monday March 16th, 2009

Hello everybody, I am excited to announce that Blind Without a Love is in Pre-Production and filming will begin in May. I will be writing, directing, editing, producing and acting in the film. Here is the synopsis of the film:

Saturday October 24th, 2008

Hello everyone,

I do apologize for the lack of updates on my end but it is for good reason =) With "Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt" complete (now all I have to do is promote and hold a screening), I have been able to focus more on and bring one of my dreams to life, my own video game tv show. I have started a new production company called "For Love of the Game Productions" to along with Heart and Fire Productions. For of Love the Game will be my video game company and Heart and Fire will remain my filmmaking company. Now since my true passion in life is video games, everything I do involving video games, truly is for love of the game (which is where the name comes from). So with all the experience I have learned from making movies, I have been able to carry that experience over into my video game lifestyle and bring my vision of a video game tv show to life.

It all started 5 years ago when a TV station devoted to video games called G4TV launched, I was drooling when I found out about this new gaming station, so out of excitement, I decided to write and put together a video game tv show concept that I could host to submit to G4TV for consideration for a new program as a part of their line up. They expressed great interest, they where sending me confidintional forms to sign and where arranging to send me out to LA for a meeting. Unfortunitly, when they got the final word from Tom Zitto (Founder of G4TV) that they where not greenlighting anymore shows for the network, things did not go further. So, for the past years I have been sitting on my video game show concept. But thanks to my knowledge of filmmaking and writing for a classic gaming publication called Video Game Trader Magazine www.videogametrader.com I have decedied to team up with the editor of the magazine and finally make my show a reality. By combining portions of the magazine along with my ideas for the show, I have been able to create an exciting new video game tv show dedicated to hard core classic gamers. I have two finished episodes including the pilot which can be found on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw_mkH-VGEk Please be sure to check it out and let me know what ya think =)

With this exciting new endevour, I have been dedicating a lot of time to it and will continue to do so. However, I will be filming my third film "Blind Without a Love" here shortly and I am very excited for the script. It will have a powerful message and story that I hope you all will enjoy. Stay tuned.

Wednesday September, 10th 2008

Alrighty everyone,

Sunday August, 24th 2008

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let everyone know I am leaving for San Francisco tomorrow morning and will be back on Wednesday. I want to share with you all some exciting news, I have "Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt" edited and in ruff cut form. Now at this point I just need to clean up the sound, add some music and get a couple extra scenes filmed (if I end up needing them that is) and I will have a finished product here soon at which point I will be throwing a premiere party. I will also try to set up a ruff cut viewing of the film to get all your feedback. Thanks again everyone, I am most pleased with all the footage and acting. Amazing job! Right on! I'll talk to you all when I get back. God Bless.

Thursday August 14th, 2008

Hello everyone,

So things are starting to get a little better on my end and I have been able to focus on editing more. As a little treat, I wanted to share with you all a Ruff Cut of the opening of the film. I hope you all like it and it is still a work in progress, their is a couple missing scenes that I will add as I finish editing the movie. A very special thanks to The Toad Tavern for letting me film at their bar and a big shout out to my boy Hypnautic for letting me film his awesome performance at The Toad Tavern. Also, please be warned that their is some strong language in this film, mainly during the opening of the film. Thanks again, I look forward to hearing what you all think. Take care and God Bless.

Tuesday August 5th, 2008

Here is a Poem I wrote and read for my Grandpa at his Funeral:

              "Grandpa my Hero"

        By: James Clyde Combs

Grandpa not only where you a war hero, you are my hero.

I never realized how much I really admired and looked up to you,

until our final hours where sadly to conclude.

 

You where brought into this world with a bang and lived it with

spunk, stubbornness and love and you fought bravely for our country

with honor, pride and might, you left this world with a peaceful fight.

 

I grew up with you, oh how the years fly by

but I remember when I was little standing to your knee,

whenever I got in trouble, to you I would flee.

 

I will never forget our talks about the women in Paris or your times

in Jolly Ol England, for our conversations I will always have

an eternal appreciation.

 

There is so much I admire about you, especially how you stopped

years of heavily drinking and smokin, if only more people had

your devotion.

 

Even though you are gone, I know you will be watching over

and guiding me, whenever I am sad or down I know I can look up

to heaven and smile happily.

 

I am filled with honor, dignity and pride to be named after such

an amazing man, I will continue to make you and the family proud

with all my heart can.

 

Now that your not here, who’s gonna be the one to tie my ties when

I have a special occasion or hot date, I guess their comes a time when every

man must breakaway and carry his own weight.

 

I miss seeing you sit outside, every time I walked by you always had something

to say or a nice compliment to pay, when I think of you I know it’s gonna

be a beautiful day.

 

I miss your nicknames that you gave me, when I went to Karate you called

me the Karate Kid, when I dressed like a gangster I was Al Capone,

in our final hours I stayed by your side and I made sure you

where not going out of this world alone.

You will be sorely missed and forever loved, you will live on through stories

told and your spirit remains with us all as you watch from above. I miss

and love you dearly but it is a comfort to know the pearly gates are open

and god is holding you sincerely.

In my mind engraved with flowers, is our final hours. I love you Grandpa.

Sunday July 27th, 2008

Here is a behind the scenes picture from the set of "Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt" it is a picture of Thomas Wright played by Keith Wright, coming back into his wife and daughter's life after 8 years. He "bears" a gift for his daughter. Will they forgive him?

Friday July 25th, 2008

Here it is Ladies and Gentlemen, the second trailer to my new film "Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt" I hope you enjoy:

Wednesday July 23rd, 2008

Tuesday July 1st, 2008

Here it is ladies and gentleman, the first Trailer to my upcoming film, "Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt" I hope you all enjoy it! As I get more footage I will put together another Trailer. The guitar you hear playing in trailer is done by me, as I learn the guitar better, I am excited to score some of the movie. Stay tuned.

Sunday June, 22nd 2008

Auditions went great, I met a lot of very talented actors/actresses. I almost have all the characters cast. I am pleased to announce that Ashley Henkle will be playing the wife, Joan Wright. Check out her head shot below and stay tuned as I post more headshots and Bios for all the actors cast in "Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt."

June 6th, 2008

Hey everyone, here is the first Teaser Trailer to "Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt", my second short film. I was messing around on my Guitar and put together the guitar riff that you will hear playing through out, it is nothing fancy and I just thought it fit pretty good. Also, the music is only temporally until I have the song that is being performed specially for the movie by the very talented Heather Wiggins from Nashville, Tennessee. Heather contributed her beautiful song, Real Live Angel, for my first film "Betrayed Heart" so I am very excited to be working with her and her band again. I hope you enjoy the trailer. Stay tuned for more updates.

Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt Teaser link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bgkC-4Uuds

 

January 31st, 2007

Great news! I passed the Field Production Classes at Denver Open Media (www.denveropenmedia.com), I'm now officially certified to use their equipment. What this means is now I have access to a Canon XL 1 or a Sony PD-170 DV Cam, lighting and sound equipment. The content that I film with their equipment will be aired on their reserved Comcast Cable channels which will be great exposure for Actors and Crew.  All that being said, I can now start pre-production on "Daughter's Pain, Father's Guilt" which I will be writing, directing, producing and editing. This is will be my first film that I'm Director of Photographing which is going to be very exciting and a great learning experience as well. I can't wait to start filming, this is awesome. Stay Tuned everyone.

Jimmy Lee- Heart and Fire Productions

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor 

January 24th, 2007

 

January 12th, 2008

 Hey everyone,

I regret to inform you all that I am post poning the shoot of "A Parent's Fear" until a future date. I just have not been able to get this film to take off. Their was a lot of scheduling conflicts with cast and crew and unfortunately now is just not the time. I do apologize for any inconvenience this has caused those who where involved and I want to thank all of you personally for believing in this project just as strongly as I have. I will take full responsibility for the lack of unprofessionalism on my end and part of the reason for not getting this movie filmed at this time. 

I updated the website with a new section called "Inspirations and Philosophies" which has videos, writings, book recommendations, philosophies, etc., that I hope will inspire those who check it out.

I'm very excited for 2008, it's gonna be an awesome year for movies and filmmaking.

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM HEART AND FIRE PRODUCTIONS!

 

Never give up and never stop believing,

Jimmy Lee- Heart and Fire Productions

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

 

December 12th, 2007

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share with you a concept Poster for A Parent's Fear. A very special thanks to my Make Up Artist/Photographer, Sarah Gotschall, for her awesome job on the pictures.

Poster 2

Poster 1

December 9th, 2007

I just added a Pictures section to the left to view pics from A Parent's Fear. On that note, I had to push back filming till January, which will give me more time to make A Parent's Fear the best movie it can be. I'm very ciked and it's gonna be awesome. Here are some pics of the characters:

Jack, Gloria and Ethan Slade. A very happy family.

Street Cop Jack Slade.

Street Cop Jack Slade

November 26th, 2007

Hey everyone, I just whipped together a Teaser Trailer for "A Parent's Fear," you can find it to the left under the A Parent's Fear link. Things are coming along great, please stay tuned for more updates.

Never give up and never stop believing,
Jimmy Lee Combs- Heart and Fire Productions
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

November 22nd, 2007

As a tie in to my next movie, "A Parent's Fear," here are some links I think you all should check out:

http://www.missingkids.com

www.americasmostwanted.com

http://www.amw.com/missing_children/resources.cfm

Thanks everyone and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Never give up and never stop beliving,

Jimmy Lee Combs- Heart and Fire Productions

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

November 18th, 2007

October 21st, 2007

 

Hey everyone,

It's official, the Premiere Party is on, the amazingly talented music artist Hypnautic, who's music is featured in the film, just confirmed he will perform a live show during the party. This is also a meet and greet with the cast and crew, so whatever press can make it will be able to meet as many of you as possible, I truly hope you all can make it =) Please write me back as soon as you can to let me know if you will be able to attend, I greatly appreciate it and it will be one bad ass party. Here is the Press Release with all the info:

October 10th, 2007

Hello everyone,

So I'm finally done... whew lol It's been a long road but I think it will all pay off. The movie is 40 mins and will be rated R for Violence and Language. I'm also releasing it as a Two disc set. Disc 1 will be the movie itself and Disc 2 will be the movie with Audio Commentary, Behind the Scenes Footage, Deleted Scenes & Outtakes.

 

October 5th, 2007

I'm very excited to announce that Country singer Heather Wiggins, a very talented young lady out of Cashville, Tennessee and her Co-Writer Chad Mitchell will be providing the opening song called "Real Live Angel" for my film, Betrayed Heart, from her album "Heather Wiggins". Please stop by her Myspace and show her some luv www.myspace.com/heatherwiggins. The lyrics are truly beautiful and capture the essence of what these two characters are about in the beginning.  Take care everyone and thanks.

Jimmy Lee- Heart and Fire Productions

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

October 3rd, 2007

Oh my god, exciting news. I was able to get the license for a song that fits perfectly with one of my scenes. The band is called Etro Anime and the song is called "Let it Go" from their album "See The Sound" I fell in love with this band about three years ago when I heard a song they did called "Danger" for an amazing RPG video game called Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga, I love this game. Etro Anime has very unique music, its like R&B meets Jazz meets Techno, it is excellent music. Please check out their Myspace page and drop them some luv: www.myspace.com/etroanime. Also you can buy their CD at: http://www.amazon.com/See-Sound-Etro-Anime/dp/B00008CQOZ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5258837-2984940?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1191642980&sr=8-1 Take care everyone.

Hello all,

I just added a bad ass song that will be featured in the film to the Soundtrack page to the left. The song is called "Aint NO Sunshine" performed by Hypnautic feat Apostasy please check out his site at www.myspace.com/hypnautictr I will also be featuring another song of his called "God gave me a reason" in the film. Take care everyone and the movie is almost finished =)

 

Jimmy Lee- Heart and Fire Productions

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

September 24th, 2007

I added a Ruff Cut clip from my film Betrayed Heart, the character I play, Travis Stone, is gearing up for a street fight. A very special thanks to Hypnautic and Apostasy for their bad ass version of Aint NO Sunshine. Take care all.

September 22nd, 2007

I have just finished the Ruff Cut of Betrayed Heart, which means the film is in the order I want it from start to finish and I am so damn pleased =) At this point, I have to clean it up, add in the sound effects, soundtrack (which is killer so far) etc. The only thing I might have to do which I was trying to avoid at all costs, is some ADR. I want to thank you all again for your hard work, you all came together to make this film awesome and I greatly appreciate it. I will keep you updated when I have the final version of Betrayed Heart ready to go at which point I will have a premiere party. I'm actually thinking about having two parties, a Ruff Cut party to see the movie now in kinda raw form and then the official party which I want to try to go all out for and hope you all can attend. Also, I'm gonna start shooting my next film in about a month or two which I'm very ciked for. Take care.

September 16, 2007

I'm very excited and honored to announce that the very talented Hypnautic will be providing some of his songs including "God gave me a reason" Hypnautic feat Robin for my film, Betrayed Heart, from his album Hypnautic: "God gave me a reason". Please stop by his Myspace and show him some luv www.myspace.com/Hypnautictr. If you would like to buy his Album, you can do so by going to the following link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr  Take care everyone and thanks.

Jimmy Lee- Heart and Fire Productions

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor

September 11th, 2007

I'm excited to announce that RiverSeed has partnered with Heart and Fire Productions on my film, Betrayed Heart, and they have provided the awesome song in the trailer, "SoulKnot", which will also be featured in the film from their Album: "Situations Rising" coming Spring 08. If you have a chance please drop by their websites and give them some mad props at : www.myspace.com/riverseedband and www.riverseedband.com. I'm so excited for this film and can't wait to finish editing and seeing the final film =)

P.S. As of right now, you can view the Betrayed Heart trailer at www.myspace.com/heartandfireproductions I will have it up on this site soon. Take Care.

September 7th, 2007

Here it is ladies and gentlemen... the first Heart and Fire Productions logo. It is a work in progress but very similar to what I will be using to represent my company with. You can check out the logo on the Myspace site as well www.myspace.com/heartandfireproductions ... I will also have an alternate logo as well posted soon on the site.

 

September 3rd, 2007

Editing is coming along nicely, I'm learning the editing program as I go and I'm estimating to be finshed in about two weeks. Also, please check out my Myspace Film page at www.myspace.com/heartandfireproductions.