News & Links

Cecilia Rinn’s short film “Full Circle” plays at local screening of the traveling film Festival “Luna Fest” a festival of films about, by or for women sponsored by Luna Bar. Here is a great article that Boise Weekly did click HERE to read it.

Cecilia Rinn created a dance/video piece “Noose” for EXPERIMENT II: attention deficit theater

Directed By Andrew Ellis

8pm, Tickets are $10

Shows on Feb. 4, 5, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, and 25.

It is a great show! For more info click HERE

The "Half Ass Jig" is now for available for sale at

1) Book & Game Co. 906 W. Main, Boise, Idaho.

2) The Record Exchange,1105 W Idaho, Boise Idaho, along with copies of the "half Ass Jig" soundtrack

3) online at Bandtrax, also there is a downloadable MP3 of Author Chad A. Rinn reading excerpts from this twisted and wonderful novel, click HERE and scroll down to listen.

4) online at Cork Hill Press

5) directly thought FTB Productions, please contact us about getting your copy.

9/1/04

1) "Half Ass Jig", the 17 minute version will be playing at The Idaho International Film Festival opening for "Pizza man VS the Dude" in September.

also FTB's first "Work In Sanity" short "Breaking Cycles" will be premiering at the Idaho International Film festival. Check out these two links about the festival: The Idaho International Film Festival and Additional coverage of the festival.

2) FTB Collaborated with Wynn Productions to produce “Grey: The Assassins of Logos”. The short screened at the 2004 Fandemonium and won the award for “Best Concept”.

4) "Half Ass Jig" DVD soon to be available through Custom Flix. Collectable Half Ass Jig mini comics (1 of 2) will be included with your order

5) The first 8 pages of "Half Ass Jig" the comic book are being published in Midnight Ink a comic anthology out of Illinois. Books will be available in October of 2004. click HERE for more info.

6) FTB's newest comic book project "Fine Lines" ( a comic book anthology by Chad & Cecilia Rinn) was submitted for consideration for the Xeric grant. Everyone cross your fingers for us please. This grant would get us started on self publishing the first issue of our bimonthly comic book anthology :"Fine Lines", we also have intentions to have guests artist in the future.

Xeric Foundation

7) Cecilia Rinn won the Boise Weekly cover contest and winning artwork was published on 5/19/04 and ran through the week of 5/19-5/25.

8) FTB Participated and completed the i48 short film contest.

FTB had a great team for i48, the Idaho 48 hour film contest that happened 5/14-5/16. Teams had to write shoot and edit a short film in 48 hours. We were given a genre, line of dialogue, and a prop at the beginning of the 48 hours.

There was many difficult moments and some last minute technical disasters, but we did WIN with "Best use of dialogue" category!

9) A.C.T. Documentary completed and showed at May 27th Small Pond Screening.

Full Tilt Boogie was commissioned to film and edit and documentary for The A.C.T. (After-School Children's Theater) Pilot program at Taft elementary. A.C.T is under the direction of Cammie Pavesic, who also wrote, did voice over, and assistance in designing the A.C.T documentary. Cecilia Rinn & Chad Rinn, shot and edited, and did the graphics for the DVD, and Stephan Baldasarre composed original music.

10) FTB completed short film "Full Circle":

“Full Circle” is a narrative dance video that Cecilia Rinn wrote and directed as a tribute to the women in her family. “Full Circle” won third place at the Dead Eight TVTV film and video Festival in the professional category.

11) FTB shot new dance video "Spiral":

In June of 2004 FTB's Cecilia Rinn choreographed and directed a dance piece. Star 9, Bryan Deweese and Mika Bella did the cinematography, with Sidonia, Simera, Marissa, Molly, Chad, Chandani, & Cecilia working their dance magic. "Spiral" should be edited and ready for screening in early 2005.

12) Cecilia Rinn finished the "Taylor Family" picture quilt and won an "Honorable Mention" at the 2004 Western Idaho Fair.

The quilt has 49 restored Taylor Family pictures ranging form the early 1900's to today. Cecilia was commissioned by Robert and Monica Taylor in Jan 2004, the quilt was complete and up on display at the Western Idaho fair in time for their 40th wedding anniversary.

4/13/04

Full Tilt Boogie’s short film “Full Circle” to show at The Dead
Eight/TVTV Film and Video Festival:

SMALL POND FILMS
IS PROUD TO SUPPORT
THE DEAD8 PRODUCTIONS/TVTV
COMMUNITY FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

MARCH 31st @ 7:00 P.M.
BSU SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER
Admission: $2 general, $1 students.

COME ENJOY A FESTIVAL OF ORIGINAL FILMS
AND DOCUMENTARIES FROM AREA HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS, BSU STUDENTS AND DEAD8 PRODUCTIONS,
PRODUCERS @ TVTV, AND LOCAL AMATEUR AND
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION/FILM COMPANIES.

• “Full Circle” one 3rd place in the professional category

The “Half Ass Jig” comic strip in The Boise Weekly is coming to an end:

The “Half Ass Jig” comic strip will soon be over in the Boise Weekly.
The exciting last issue will be coming out on April 7th, 2004. Don’t
miss it!

Full Tilt Boogie’s website now has a message board:

The FTB website now has a message board. Please visit it and say hello.
Just go to “message board” link to the left.

Copies of the “Half Ass Jig” novel are soon to be available through
Cork Hill Press.

The novel that started it all is about to be available in trade
paperback though Cork Hill Press. WE have book signing planned for late May. More information will be posted when it comes available.

FTB to participate in i48, the Idaho Forty Eight Hour Film
Competition and Festival

i48 (the Idaho Forty Eight Hour Film Competition and Festival) is
a "go". The competition is set for Friday, May 14- Sunday, May 16, with
the films screening at the Flicks on Tuesday, May 18. Entry forms are
available starting March 26 at the Flicks, TVTV, BSU Comm Dept., and at
the DA Davidson office on the Grove, or by e-mailing me and need to
received by May 7.

In a nutshell, i48 is a competition where teams of filmmakers have 48
hours to write, cast, produce, shoot, and edit a short movie 4-10
minutes long. To insure that the films are made completely within the
48 hour competition period teams are assigned--at 6 p.m. on Friday--the
genre of their film, a prop, a line of dialogue and a character. The
films must include these elements.

Films are then turned in at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. The films are viewed
by a panel, who select films for awards such as "Best Picture", "Best
Actor" "Best Actress", "Best Use of Dialogue/Prop/Character" etc. The
films are then screened at the Flicks on Tuesday, May 18, with awards
to follow. Revival Pictures will be compiling the films onto a DVD
which will be available for purchase so folks can get copies of their
movie.

more info about i48 HERE

10/29/03

DVD and VHS copies of “Half Ass Jig” are now available for rent at Video Memories:

One of the he only locally owned and operated video store in Boise, Idaho. Rental fees are $2.00 with a % of the proceeds going to the Idaho Food Bank and are available at both locations 4504 Overland road (by the Reel Theater) & 10458 Fairview Ave.

Cecilia Rinn of FTB and Kris Buckingham, Video memories manager, has been working on creating a section for local filmmaker’s work to be available for rent. “Half Ass Jig” is the first of these. You can look forward to seeing films and short film compilations from local filmmakers like, Marshall Pictures, Owyhee Sound, North End Films, Revival Pictures, Chase Church, and other members of Small Pond films in the near future. Come support your local filmmaker and video store.

Half Ass Jig shop at Cafe Press

“Half Ass Jig” and “Full Tilt Boogie” t-shirts, clothing, and gift items are available through CafePress on our online store. All items were designed by Cecilia & Chad Rinn and has original art from “Half Ass Jig” movie and comic book. Click HERE check it out, there is some fun stuff.

9/17/03

Florida premiere of Half Ass Jig!

Full Tilt Boogie Productions executive producer, Jason Rinn Presents the premiere of Half Ass Jig Orlando, Florida. Show time is at 10:30 am on October 18th, 2003. For more information:

Enzian Theater
1300 South Orlando Avenue
Maitland, Florida 32751
Showtime Hotline 407 629-0054
Office 407 629-1088
E-mail: info@enzian.org
www.enzian.org

FTB and Small Pond Films Featured in the Idaho Statesman:

There will be a feature article in the LIFE section of the Idaho Statesman on September 21st about local filmmakers, including FTB productions.

Half Ass Jig’s Idaho Premiere in April 2003:

Half Ass Jig’s hometown premiere was a great success! Hosted by prairie Dog productions with amazing support from Small Pond Films, there was a full house for both showing!

Press coverage included:
* 4/21/03 “Six on You Side” evening news. They even showed some clips.
* The Boise Weekly ran an article about Half Ass Jig; they also sponsored us with discounted advertising space.
* 100.3 X did an interview with Chad A. Rinn, Writer and Director of Half Ass Jig during the “Bill and Doug Show”. Also Eva Marie mentioned the premiere on “the Morning Buzz”, and hourly news show.
* The Idaho Statesman had a picture and information about The Half Ass Jig on the front page of the LIFE section.
* The Half Ass Jig premiere was also mentioned in THRIVE!, ZIdaho, The Small Pond message website and message board, as well as Coldgrain website.
* We want to thank everyone who supported us and came to the Show.
Half Ass Jig, the comic, has been regularly been published in the Boise Weekly February 19th, 2003 and will run through early March 2004. Back issues of the Strip are available on the comics page (link)

Small Pond Films is a Community Film organization serving Boise and the entire Treasure Valley. It is a resource pool and venue open to movie makers of all skill levels whether they are novice, amateur, or professional, shooting with film or video.

So, if you or someone you know has an interest in any of the various aspect of movie making, contact Small Pond Films and get involved. Some of the areas you can participate in are music, art design, story writing, acting, costume design and fabrication, mechanical fabrication, photography, computer aided design, stunt choreography, or any of the many other fields involved in motion picture productions

FTB News 3/31/03

Full Tilt Boogie Productions & Small Pond Films

Present the long awaited Premiere of the movie

Half Ass Jig.

There will be a sneak preview on April 24^th at 7pm (doors open at 6:30)

The premiere will be April 26^th at 1pm (doors open at 12:30).

Both shows will be at The Alano (Home of Prairie Dog Productions) at 3820 Cassia, on the corner of Latah and Cassia.

Tickets are $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at he door.

Tickets can be purchased at the Kulture Klatsch (in the 8^th street market place)

And from us here at Full Tilt Boogie Productions-343-0320 or E-mail us at halfassjig@ftbproductions.com.

Seating and tickets are limited, so I will take phone or e-mail reservations for tickets as long as you purchase your ticket by April 20^th.

Hope to see you all there.

All proceeds go to pay the expenses of showing the movie. Please come and support your local filmmakers

There will be “Half Ass Jig” ashcan comics, soundtracks, stickers and other “Half Ass Jig” products for sale at both the Sneak Preview and the Premiere.

The “Half Ass Jig” comic is being published one page at a time as a weekly comic strip in the Boise Weekly. Pick one up and check it out

Also very important news. The indieclub/monthly film gatherings we have been doing have blossomed into a fine organization. We are now named Small Pond Films, and have a website at www.smallpondfilms.org . Small Pond Films is an organization dedicated to the support and promotion of local films and filmmakers. The Half Ass Jig premiere is going launch the first of monthly Small Pond screenings. Small Pond Films will debut it's first "public" Film Gathering at the Alano Club on Thursday, May 15. (Doors open at 7:00 p.m., movies start at 8:00) Currently slated to play are: Reeder/Lewis' "Ex Post Facto", "The Uninvited Guest" by Alberston College students Cristina Watson and Ron Torres, and North End Films' production "Five Stories". Please contact Andrew Ellis at andrew_nj_ellis@hotmail.com if you want to show something in May.

FTB News 08/30/02

We took a trip to southern CA a few weeks ago to promote Half Ass Jig the movie, and Half Ass Jig the comic book. Our trip was sponsored by Jason Rinn (Chad’s brother). Thank you Jason! We showed a clip at an IndieClub meeting at the LADV Expo, and got a great response from the other Indieclub filmmakers. If you can check out www.indieclub.com in our links section below. It is a great website and a wonderful community of people.

We also passed out some self-published Half Ass Jig comic books at the San Diego Comic Con. We met some people from Troma films, and met a lot of comic book artists and enthusiasts. It was our first year to attend and we learned a lot. We now feel confident that our movie and comic book Half Ass Jig will be a hit at the convention next year. We also learned that it is a long day at the convention and when we get a table and stay all four days next year, we NEED to stay in San Diego. The drive from Burbank would be too far every day.

News Archive

more info about i48 HERE 10/29/03