DreamStalker Films

Hey everyone just a quick update.

“Down and Out” had it’s first premiere last night at the A3F One-Shot Film Festival.  Unfortunately as we did not make the top 20 our premiere was at 6:30 pm.  Not many people got notice of this and therefore missed it.  Nonetheless we had a very good turnout and the film seemed to have a positive response.  Since the top 20 were shown at 8, there was some time for some Q&A with the directors of the Honorable Mention films (the ones that did not make top 20).

I was the first up and answered some technical questions as well as some fun ones (like how many times did Derek get slapped?

The top 20 were very enjoyable for the most part and my hat is off to all the teams that made it into that group and to Minus Mitchell Productions for their much deserved best film award.  A3F will be posting those top twenty on their site in the next few days…

But you don’t have to wait for “Down and Out” because it is live now.  Click here to go to the “Down and Out” page and take a look.

Just a real quick update… The film that we shot for the A3F 48 Hour Film Challenge last weekend,”Down and Out,” will be premiering with the 26 other films that met the 48 hour deadline.  The Festival on Wednesday October 21st, 8pm, at AMC Arizona Center 24

565 North 3rd St.
Phoenix , AZ  85004

So if you’re going to be in the area, come by and bring your friends.  Tickets tend to sell out for this event so if you want to get your ticket early, purchase one on the A3F site here.  Tickets are $8 for an adult, $6 for a student.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Another weekend of filming completed, but this time, not on Slayer Wars.  This weekend we competed it A3F’s 48 hour One-Shot Film Challenge with 29 other teams.

The fun began with a mixer in Phoenix on Friday night.  At the end of the gathering they revealed the details for the 48 hour films.  They needed to be one continu0us shot of 1-3 minutes (that part we already knew), needed to have a specific line of dialogue, theme, and prop.

To make a long and sleepless story short, we did it!  We completed the film fulfilling all the requirements and actually with a few hours to spare.  I don’t think it is the best film we have ever done and I am somewhat concerned with whether or not it will be seen as a comedy when we were going more drama (you’ll understand when you see it), but I am extremely proud of all of the cast and crew for all of their hard work and support.

We should be hearing back on whether we got into the top 10 or not by the end of the week.  The top 10 will be screened on October 22nd at the A3F Festival.  If we make it, I hope everyone can try to make it, I know it’s a Thursday night…  But if not, the film will be available here on dreamstalkerfilms.com after the festival!  In the meantime you can check out some further details on the film, “Down and Out”  on it’s new page here.  Also, there are more pictures from the set on the DreamStalker Films page on Facebook.

Welcome back Slayer Wars fans!  Just recovering from a long, and very busy weekend of shooting Slayer Wars 3.  The weekend started with the final part of changing my hair for playing Jedu in the final film.   As has been always planned, Shannon (Buffy) shaved my head on Friday… and, well… it is WEIRD.  I’m getting used to it, but the look I was going for is great and thankfully I do not have some goofy shaped head, as it turns out.

Early Saturday morning began day three of production.  We began shooting a very early scene in the film that takes place in a cemetary.  We shot in a park with styrofoam gravestone stand-ins.  Thanks to Laura, Alanta, Shannon, and Scotty for getting up and out there so early so the lighting would be right as we are shooting this day for night.  This picture has been tweaked to look more like it was night time as will the footage we shot.

Moving on we completed the Jedu’s Nightmare sequence we began awhile back when I had all that hair.  Thanks Matt for showing up to stand in for Dark Jedu’s arm.  It seemed like you enjoyed strangling me a little too much, though.

After a nice nap, Scotty, Shannon, and myself went to Phoenix to shoot all of Jedu’s Place shots up at Scotty’s place.  After some shots and some reshots because I forgot I was supposed to not have a left hand in the third film, everything went off really well and we even got a few quick extra shots of Buffy and a vampire for a transition in Slayer Wars 2!  Thanks, Scott for letting us shoot there, the place was perfect.

Sunday, Shannon, Matt, and myself got up even earlier to get back to the park and film another scene in the cemetary that takes place after the one we started the day before.  This was my favorite scene to write and one of Jedu and Buffy’s only scenes together in Slayer Wars 3.  We completed the shoot in record time thanks to rehersal (Practice DOES make perfect!  Who knew?  Thanks Shannon for doing so well with the material.)  I am very pleased with how the footage has turned out for this so a big thanks to Shannon and Matt for getting up so early and doing that.

Now, I am working to get all of the recent footage backed up this week and catch up on some needed sleep as I am likely to not sleep very much next weekend.  Friday night is the kickoff for the 48 hour film competition DreamStalker Films is competing in.  I really hope everyone has remembered to keep themselves available for at least this coming Saturday (Oct 10) as that will be the day we will be shooting.  I’ll need as much help as possible both in front of and behind the camera.  Look forward to working with you all on it!