It has come to our attention that some faulty information has been circulating the Internet concerning the budget of this film. Some reputable movie news sites have estimated the budget of "The Scam Artist" at half a million U.S. dollars. Boy, do we WISH we had that kind of money to work with! The unfortunate truth is, we didn't. Because we believe in the right of our customers to make informed decisions about any product, we do not want these inaccurate statements to create inappropriate expectations of the film. The truth of it is, "The Scam Artist" is an ultra-low budget independent feature film, made by a dedicated team who were determined to get their film made even if they had nothing to work with but a camera. This entire sci-fi character drama was shot with LESS THAN ONE TENTH THE PRODUCTION BUDGET OF "THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT", as estimated by the Internet Movie Database. Now, that's a far cry from half a million dollars! It is our belief that working with such economic restraints fueled the creativity and passion of everyone involved. "The Scam Artist" was a movie made for the pure love of making a movie, and getting it made was a minor miracle. Thank you to all the fans of "The Scam Artist" for your continued support.

As promised, the Scam Artist DVD is now shipping to customers. Unfortunately, for the pre-order customers who will receive an autographed copy, there will be a delay in shipment as the DVDs have to be signed first!

As an extra way of saying thank you to our customers in addition to the offerings of our preorder package, the first twenty-five copies of the DVD sold will be autographed by Kimberly and Dallas Page. Twenty-five random copies will also be autographed, for a total of 50 autographed DVDs in circulation.

Act now for a shot at getting your hands on one of these rare collectible items!

The competition results have been announced for the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, and "The Scam Artist" earned a solid win in the feature film competition: Best Director, for filmmaker Cliff Hensley. This is the second win for "The Scam Artist", and its third nomination. The film has received prior recognition by the 2003 DV Awards, where it took home "Best Drama" and placed as a finalist for "Achievement in Videography". It is also Mr. Hensley's first win, and second nomination. He received prior recognition as a finalist for the aforementioned 2003 DV Awards videography award, for his work as cinematographer.

This recognition comes on the eve of the announcement of The Scam Artist's July 2004 DVD release. For more information on the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, as well as a complete list of contest winners, visit www.nyfilmvideo.com. For more information on the DV Awards, visit www.dvawards.com.

Now in the media/trailer section reside 47 still photographs taken during the production of The Scam Artist, 9 photographs taken at the premier of The Scam Artist in LA and 6 scores written specifically for the Scam Artist, by popular demand of screening participants!

As mentioned previously, "The Scam Artist" will be screening at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. The film screening will be held at the Los Angeles Fairfax Laemmle theatre on Wednesday March 10th, 2004 at 2:00 PM. The best part is, admission is free! We hope to see you there!

"The Scam Artist" was recently ranked among the best digital video productions in the world by the Fall 2003 DV Awards. The production won in the category of Best Long Format Drama, and was an Outstanding Achievement in Videography finalist.

The DV Awards is a new and unique international competition celebrating outstanding creative and technical achievements in the emerging world of digital video production.

Competing with hundreds of talented individuals from around the world, entries were judged by industry professionals. All works were graded on creativity, technical merit and execution of ideas based on their own merits within the standards of their respective category.

Categories representing independent films, commercials, corporate communications and industrial videos to 3D animation, special effects and event videography, were among the entries.

"With the advent and increasing affordability of digital video, a rising number of outstanding productions are created at small desktop studios, manned by a growing number of creative individuals," said Martin Rhodes, DV Awards founder and president. "The DV Awards was created because these talented individuals deserve to be recognized for their work." Rhodes said.

"With each competition, we are seeing more and more entries that are truly impressive and worthy of the merit of this peer recognition. Our judges feel many of these works are as professionally done and often more creative than those works of substantially larger budgeted film and television companies."

DV Awards is based in Park City, Utah. For more information about the DV Awards, and for a complete list of winners go to: dvawards.com

The Scam Artist has been invited to screen at the International Independent Film and Video Festival, to be held March 4-14 in Los Angeles. The screening will occur at the Laemmle Fairfax Theater in West Hollywood (7907 Beverly Blvd.). Stay tuned for announcement of screening days and times, ticket sales, and additional info.

We have released two interviews with Kimberly Page and added more character biographies!

Enough said!

Cast biographies for Dallas Page, Kimberly Page, and Michael Larson have been added.

The Corporate News Network has released an interview with Shelby Hutchins, head of Dynamic Technologies legal staff.

Globedat corporation has compiled new character screamsheets.

A new mailing list feature has been added - sign up now! Also, the site schedule has been overhauled. The trailer is coming soon!
Revised schedule of things to do:
- Add more character bios (2/21/03)
- Add an audio interview news clip (2/22/03)
- Add the move Trailer (2/24/03)!
- Additional media updated when available!

While information on the film is being added incrementally, structure for the media section is now available.
Schedule of things to do:
- Finish web-site structure (2/20/03).
- Add a contact script for the webmaster and director (2/21/03).
- Add screen shots from the film (2/22/03).
- Add biographies of the cast (approx. 1 week).
- Add interview with Kimberly Page (approx 1-2 weeks).
- Additional media updated when available!

Information on the SCAM ARTIST setting has been added. Corporate information and character biographies have leaked.

That's right, this thrilling character espionage drama has it's own home on the web. Stay tuned for trailers, still images, info, and other features!