Welcome to my info page for my latest short film undertaking, "The Sweater."
This is for my video production class this semester but is also a personal film. It represents a bonding experience I had with my dad while we were driving across the country together. During the many hours of driving time, we had to think of something to keep ourselves from getting too bored. My dad realized I could pretty much pull up any song out there on my smartphone's Youtube app so he started listing some of his old favorites from the 50s' and 60's and I started pulling them up and playing them. It was fun to see him so excited about all these songs that were nostalgic to him.
One song that I pulled up really stood out to me. It was called "Laurie (Strange Things Happen" by Dickey Lee...and strange it was, yet very intriguing. It had such a happy, catchy melody yet the subject matter was on the darker side. It stood out to me ever since I would play it, even on my own, periodically.
When I needed to think of a short film to create for this class, I couldn't think of any ideas for the longest time. The creative juices weren't flowing. However, almost at the last minute for when I needed to have my story pitch decided, it came to. A thought popped into my head, "a short film based on 'Strange Things Happen' would make a perfect short film." I pictured it in my head almost instantaneously and knew, even though it would be a bigger undertaking and a challenge, that I could make this film.
Since then, it has been on my mind almost 100% of the time consuming all my thoughts. Casting the lead actors was stressful, figuring out how I'm going to film each shot, writing the script, buying a new camera were all very stressful. Nothing though was as stressful as trying to find high schoolers for the school dance scene, wow. That was extremely difficult to the point I almost gave up.
This film is almost a direct adaptation of the song (with a more contemporary/modern feel) so don't listen to it if you're trying to avoid spoilers. If you'd like to listen though, of course, feel free.
Here are a couple of official screen shots from the film (but I don't want to give away the whole movie so I only chose two):
If you like what you see and would like to contact me, email me at: TaylorDan90@yahoo.com
Visit the official Facebook page here and read about the entire production from start to finish.
The premiere for this film will be at FatCats movie theater in Rexburg, ID on April 9th 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
UPDATE: You can now watch the full film on Youtube below:
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