386 Films will showcase short and feature length films. The combined powers of Joops Fragale and Michael Long aim to bring their unique cinematic vision to the small and big screen. The duo strive to bring large scale storytelling with a lo-scale budget.

JOOPS FRAGALE
Director . Producer . Writer

Joops (aka Jason), has been playing movie maker since junior high running around his New York home town with the giant VHS cameras and it has never stopped. With an education in Illustration, Advertising Design, and Film/TV production, he brings his unique visionary style to all his projects. Joops has worked in front and behind the camera, wearing many hats, on many varied projects from short films, TV pilots, to an award winning national commercial. Through his creative design company, HazyHead Studios, he has also been honored for his design work in print and web sites. He is also creative director for Irreverant Greetings, a greeting card company. When it comes to film making, it's the challenge of bringing script to screen that he finds most thrilling. Once the project is completed, it has a very short shelf life before he's looking for the next big adventure.


MICHAEL LONG
Director . Producer . Director of Photography

Mike, a Florida native, has been interested in film since an early age. In 1991 he attended film school in Daytona Beach, and has not stopped since. Working off and on for the last 20 years on various short films, commercials and instructional videos, he continues to grow his craft. After a 10-year stint as a police officer, Mike traded in his service gun to continue in the field of filmmaking and started Glideshot Industries, a manufacturer of camera dollies and track. His company has since catered to professional and indie filmmakers all over the world. With all this wealth of equipment at his finger tips he decided it was time to put it to use. Mike hosts a Low/No budget oriented chat forum: Pennyflix.com. Now with multiple projects scheduled into the future he continues to pursue the life of a filmmaker.

THE COLLABORATION

The duo filmmakers met when Mike posted a listing on Craigslist looking for fellow filmmakers in the Daytona area. The first meeting brought nine folks out to discuss the possibilities of a project. With each weekly meeting the numbers dwindled until Mike and Joops forged ahead creating their company and adding other key members to their crew. Nicole Long as Executive Producer / Costume Design / Hair and Make Up, Tony Ionno as Executive Producer and Sound Design, and Eric Freudenthal as Executive Producer, Super Grip and all around Best Boy. The team set out with enthusiasm to plan and produce their first project together and have never looked back. 386 Films now works out of their production office and studio in Port Orange, Florida.