Budgets are out of control. Bureaucracy and marketing drive the creative process. Productions no longer make money during their initial release, but depend on ancillary markets to put them into the black, and that gap grows wider every day.
Digital production is here, and it is the wave of the future. HD cameras are becoming more cost effective by the hour, epics can be composed on a home computer, and electronic images are now virtually indistinguishable from film.
Pirate Pictures is dedicated to bringing experienced production to the Midwest and we are riding that digital wave. Trained in Los Angeles, our St. Louis-based production company is creating shorts, music videos, multi-media projects and features with astonishing quality and production value. We can tackle anything, big or small, and if you want it to fly or explode, we can do that, too.
Drawing on crew and disciplines from all areas, we approach production with a flexible attitude and an open mind - as well as a love of films. They can be fun, profitable, and engage the mind. They can also be made in a less stressful, user-friendly environment, not a pressure cooker.
Come aboard Pirate Pictures and set sail for creative horizons you haven't dreamt of since you were a kid.• {mar 2009} "SHADOWLAND" DVD (Special Festival Edition) available for sale here.
• {mar 2009} "SHADOWLAND" to screens in the Athens International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival. [more]
• {feb 2009} "SHADOWLAND" to screen in the Heart of England Film Festival in UK [more]
• {feb 2009} "SHADOWLAND" screens to enthusiastic audiences at the Sedona International Film Festival [more]
• {feb 2009} Pirate Pictures wins two awards in the Mayor Slay Re-election campaign video contest [more]
• {jan 2009} "SHADOWLAND" accepted into the Sedona International Film Festival [more]
• {nov 2008} "SHADOWLAND" screens in the St. Louis Int'l Film Fest [more]
• {nov 2008} Pirates take "SHADOWLAND" to American FIlm Market in Los Angeles.[more]
• {nov 2008} "SHADOWLAND" invited to screen in the Bourne To Die Weekend of Horror in UK [more]
•• past news stories [more]
