Reposted from the TV Segment “Crews Begin Production On 10 Year Screenwriter’s Short Film” Reported by David Ade of WICD on April 29th, 2013

URBANA–A group of children in Champaign-Urbana are getting the experience of a lifetime because of a new competition started by the Champaign-Urbana Film Society.
Nine scripts written by students throughout Champaign-Urbana are being turned into short films.

This weekend, one of those films, written by 10 year old Iona Sofia Hopping, began shooting.

Program organizers say they went through about 120 script entries.

They say, this program could encourage children to explore new avenues of creativity.

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Reposted from the article “Hollywood made local“ by Allison Copenbarger Vance of the Commerce Connection on January 28, 2013

Shatterglass Studios has arrived.

The new media development, film and video production company has made quite a name for themselves in Champaign County.

Shatterglass has worked on a number of projects in the community with such prestigious clients as Ebertfest, The Illinois Connection, Carle, Gillette and more. The company has been featured in numerous film festivals, including the Sonoma International Film Festival and screened at the Cannes Independent Film Festival, winning several awards and accolades along the way.

While Brett Hays and Luke Boyce are happy to share the secret to their success, it is a trait uniquely theirs – their partnership.

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Reposted from the article “An interview with Luke Boyce: Local Creative Pro“ by Paul Young of Smile Politely on January 23, 2013

When did Champaign-Urbana morph into the movie capital of central Illinois? At last count, we’ve got Ebertfest, the CU Film Society, Champaign Movie Makers, CU Confidential (and Micro-Film), and of course, Shatterglass Studios all right here in our little town. We’re even mentioned in more than a few major motion pictures. Have we caught some filmmaking bug and is it contagious?

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Reposted from the article “The Producers“ by Joyce Famakinwa of Buzz Magazine on January 17, 2013

Shatterglass Studios will have quite the 2013; between putting together local workshops where people can learn about some of the more technical aspects of filmmaking and hosting a screening that includes a meet and greet with the filmmaker, the film production company plays an active part in engaging with the local film scene. Buzz recently caught up with co-owners Brett Hays and Luke Boyce.

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Today (October 26, 2012) we have been blown away by such incredible recognition from the community we live in and serve. We were awarded the Champaign Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award. It seemed to come out of nowhere for us and is truly and absolutely humbling and we want to give a massive thank you to the Chamber and this incredible community for what they’ve given us. We’re in the process of posting some of the press and media from the event including articles, pictures from the event and video, so stay tuned to this post for more.

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Throughout the years we’ve experienced some pretty amazing milestones. All of our films, getting one of the first RED ONE’s, getting asked to film Ebertfest and in 2010 when we moved in to our very first offices at the M2 building in Downtown Champaign. That was truly a seminal moment for us and we’ve absolutely cherished every last second we’ve been in those offices over the past couple of years. We truly feel that that opportunity really caused a ton of growth in our company.

A couple of months ago, we discovered that a vacancy would soon be occurring in a building that we’ve long dreamt about but had never considered a real possibility to be in. But, just as it tends to happen sometimes, destiny took it’s course. In May, a few different conversations took place that suddenly made our dream a very possible reality. Without hesitation, we started to pursue it, and on July 1st, we officially moved into 309 S. Neil St., where we’ve spent the past couple of weeks creating our dream space, and while it’s still a work-in-progress, we’d like to take this moment to give you a brief tour of the new Shatterglass “Studio,” if you will. Read more →

Reposted from the article “Local Shatterglass Studios tells stories through ads” by Zefan Araya  of The Daily Illini on April 2, 2012 – 10:08 PM