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JD Moores, Founder

"At 32 years of age (as of May, 2011), I am dedicated to make a meaningful life out of what has thusfar been a string of lucky breaks and near-misses - having been born with an incurable congenital disease from which children still die today, but having survived its slings and arrows to get a decent education and a host of valuable experiences - all of which I plan to use in officially taking Woodlane Enterprises and its products into the marketplace.

With a degree in mass communication, an adequate education in public relations and, most significantly, a history of involvement in the dramatic and video arts, both before and behind the scenes, I've set forth for myself some personal goals, in terms of content, beginning with my book No Peace In Time and the follow-up movie I want to produce entitled Cain's Calling. With any success I might have, along with the invaluable support of friends and colleagues, I hope to leave behind a body of work that both embraces and bucks certain trends in filmmaking and the arts in general these days, both in terms of content and the approach that people such as myself generally take to their first independent feature film productions, etc.

For example, I see too many talented, yet first-time independent filmmakers that fail to take the WHOLE process into account when planning and producing their films. All too often, they think "development" simply means sitting alone, writing a script, then finding the money to produce it - when, in reality, it's a fundamentally important part of the process that ideally and, in Hollywood, often involves numerous people, with their input and takes on the things that go into planning a movie. Likewise, they assume that winning at any number of regional film festivals will give them the starts they need, and that the "digital revolution" should give them success on the cheap, as it were. None of this is either necessarily or often true, as only a few, very high profile festivals (i.e., Sundance, Cannes, New York, Los Angeles) are frequented by legitimate distributors out to buy films, and they require not just quality-produced entries but often what would seem, to us, exorbitant entrance fees, too boot - though it all goes into sustaining their reputations as trendsetters and windows into the industry's future.

Finally, while we've all heard the stories behind movies like Halloween, Clerks and The Blair Witch Project, allow me to say two things: First, these are great exceptions in the industry, and secondly, the numbers we often hear attached to the budgets of these films DO NOT take into account personal and corporate monies spent promoting the film, getting it noticed, and getting it into theaters and/or video stores, etc. Should this all work out, I wish to strike a blow to the preconception that first-time filmmakers MUST make and keep to the lowest budget possible, thus asking for as little as possible from contributors and investors. The term, "You get what you pay for," comes to mind here, and many a REPUTABLE/ACCREDITED film investor and/or distributor will tell you just how true that phrase is for them. This could, in fact, be what is perpetuating the MYTH that there is no money out there for first, independent films. Quite simply, most unaffiliated filmmakers are not coming to them with proposals of projects that have either the content or the budget to at least suggest a future, healthy return on investments.

In conclusion, I don't see filmmaking as just a business. "Business" had NOTHING to do with how or why I got into this in the first place. However, as a form of "Art," it needs the common business principles applied to production approaches in order for audiences to eventually be able to appreciate the end results. Only THEN can the artistry and vision of a film be appreciated by those in the general populous that can appreciate it and give it longevity and a valuable posterity.

Besides a short autobiography, I'm using this space to encourage you to explore the site, follow its links and check out the products, not just to ensure OUR success, but to truly usher in the age of independent and cost-conscious (not necessarily cost-cutting) film production that we all thought began in the nineties, but was quickly overshadowed and consumed by Hollywood's involvement and gradual influence. It doesn't take being buddies with the Weinsteins and having a filmmaking line-of-credit at Lion's Gate, Miramax or Dimension somewhere. It does, however, take hard work, patience, and above all, cooperation and solidarity amongst all involved. Thank you. - JD Moores, Feb. 2011...

Nicolas Delgado-Castro, Producer

Nicolas Delgado-Castro was born in Manhattan, New York and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied at the University of Puerto Rico and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in pre-Legal studies with a minor in Drama and Psychology. Although he is the son of prominent lawyer Nicolas Delgado Figueroa, Delgado-Castro chose a different path and received an Associate of Computer Science degree graduating Magna Cum Laude with a minor in Accounting and Finance.

Nicolas' passion has always been the arts. He has been involved in several major motion pictures and theatrical plays over the years in Jacksonville; Chicago, Illinois; and Tallahassee, Florida. His 20+ year career in acting, stunt performance and choreography and award-winning screenwriting is an invaluable asset to Woodlane and will enrich everything it does with the unique blend of creativity and humanity that Nicolas brings not only to his work, but to his work ethic, his life and his relationships, public and private.

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