My second film “A Night in the Sunlight” is playing three weeks in a row beginning at the Washougal International Film Festival, followed by 1-Reel Film Festival, then finally the 2008 Schweitzer Lakedance Film Festival, September 7-14th.
My second film, “A Night in the Sunlight,” will play the 1 Reel Film Festival, a part of Bumbershoot, Seattle’s Music and Arts Festival which annually draws over 150,000 people to the grounds of the Seattle Center to celebrate the arts. Founded in 1995, 1 Reel is a Bumbershoot tradition, and is one of the nation’s best-attended short format festivals in the US, drawing over 20,000 filmgoers, filmmakers and industry members each year.
Yee-haw!
Good news, both of my short films, “Gimme Music, Gimme Shelter” and “A Night in the Sunlight” are headed to southern Washington for the fist ever Washougal International Film Festival.
Also known as the “crossroads to discovery,” Washougal is a quiet community on the banks of the Columbia, just a short drive from Portland, Oregon; this year is also the town’s 100th anniversary. The festival itself will take place between August 20-23. The screenings will be right in the center of old town, in the new Washougal Town Center — both inside and outside in the courtyard. Any overflow will go to Washougal High School.
Winning filmmakers will be honored with the Mayor’s Medal and prizes in respective categories at the closing night awards ceremony. Films will be valued on merits such as creativity, ingenuity, story, attention to detail, and the ability to challenge and inspire audiences.
More information on the Washougal International Film Festival here.
Be well. Do good work. Keep in touch.
Cheers
Shawn
My second short film “A Night in the Sunlight” will be screening publicly—FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER—at Rawstock’s “Light & Dark” event. If you haven’t been to a Rawstock Film Festival before, these are great opportunities to mingle with other filmmakers, actors, cinemafiles, hipsters and hippies but let’s be real… Rawstock is a bitchin’ party. Point in fact, this Rawstock happens to be co-sponsored by Bulleit Bourbon, who also unofficially sponsored my 2008 Kentucky Derby Party where we discovered that Bulleit also makes a great mint julep!
Sure, July 25th conflicts with the Capitol Hill Block Party, but “Light and Dark” doesn’t start until 8:45 in the eve. By then, you’ll be Block Partied out. So come on down to ACT Theatre, sit down, take a load off, get a beverage and enjoy 20 all new films, heavy with local filmmakers, including Calvin Reader’s Sundance short “Rambler.”
Tickets are $15 and available at the ACT box office or on-line at www.acttheatre.org. Doors open at 8, show starts 8:45.
More information right here!
See you soon
Cheers
Shawn
OK, OK, teasers have their place and perhaps by now, you’ve been teased. Say hello to the real deal.. The official “A Night in the Sunlight” trailer:
“A Night in the Sunlight” Trailer
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Today we locked the picture. That means that all of the shots that tell this story are arranged in the order that they need to be. From here on out, these won’t change. The music and audio, however, will change. The audio will get cleaned, sweetened, balanced and music will be added.
Yes, yes, yes, that obnoxious laugh coming from the sidewalk outside our location will be evicted from the film. Continue reading
My second film “A Night in the Sunlight” is quickly nearing completion. Presently, we’re less than a week from locking picture. After that, we’ll sweeten the sound, color correct all of the pictures and send a timecoded copy off to Kelli Rudick so that she can compose the score. To give an idea, or maybe just to tease, I’ve assembled two trailers for the film. One is called “Teaser 1,” the other, “Teaser 2.” Continue reading
Some good news: February 1st was the final deadline for the Seattle International Film Festival. On that day, I personally submitted a rough cut of “A Night in the Sunlight” to the festival offices where I asked if the submission fees could possibly be waived. The man who took my envelope and listened to my question furled his brow Continue reading
It finally happened!
I wrangled the crew, the actors, actresses and most difficult of all, a splendid location!
All together, these bits and pieces turned my short script “27 Questions” into a lovely film that now goes by the name, “A Night in the Sunlight” (after a certain cafe that proved to be too magical and too inspirational to ignore.)