Shades

This piece was shot in response to a film I was shooting for someone
else. I said to myself that I could make a better film than what I was
working on, so after his film wrapped, I gathered the crew, my trusty
Super 16mm Aaton, and 800 feet of Kodachrome that I had been planning
to do some tests with. I wrote a script based on a poem I had written,
and shot the film M.O.S. There was really no budget for this film, but
everyone got fed well, and received transportation, and we only shot 10
hours on each day. On the second shoot day I went to pick up the art
director, who was not home, I discovered as I walked into the apartment
building and into her apartment past her two debilitated roomates who
were not used to seeing the sun. I never did see the art director
again, although she called me a few days later to let me know she was
alive. Ahh the life of independent film. It took a few months to find
someone who would be willing to score the film, as the budget was nil.
However after I just about had given up and was going to try to make
the music, Robbie Pittelman called me. He told me that he could not get
the film out of his head, and it would be a fine project for his last
freebie. He wrote a tremendous score I felt, and we only argued about
the scratchy phongraph sound over the credits. Finally he let me have
my way on that. From a cinmematographers standpoint, Kodachrome just
kicked my butt. It is so slow, that getting enough light for exposure
required a lot of tweaking. It is a beautiful film, and the color
pallatte is exquisite. I miss it now that it is gone. Hope you enjoy
the film. For more information go to http://www.gladstonefilms.com/shades...

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