"Don Circles the Drain" Accepted into Driftless Film Fest

Our short, Don Circles the Drain--co-produced with Rick Richards of C Side Films-- has been accepted into the 2016 Driftless Film Festival in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. It will screen in the Shorts Showcase at 5:30 pm on Saturday, November 5.

Farmer's Market B-Roll for Documentary

We filmed additional b-roll yesterday for Benjamin's Ride. In looking for a few generic crowd shots, we let our camera roll at the Wednesday farmer's market in downtown Madison.

Reenactment Scenes for "Benjamin's Ride"

Ben Miles is the autistic boy who is the subject of our latest documentary, Benjamin's Ride. We've been following him and his unique story for over five years and have shot hours upon hours of video. Ben is now 22 years old. However, there are still sections of the film that require clips of him as a younger child--footage that doesn't exist. So we're recreating it with actors.

Today we met with a local child actor named Aiden, who will be playing an eight-year old version of Ben. We chatted with Aiden, ran through some brief character rehearsal, and went to it--shooting three different scenes. Because we weren't recording any audio, the production sped along.

Robert directed and ran camera, Nicholas Wootton was production manager on set, and executive producer Colin Camera did grip work and filled in wherever necessary.

Aiden only needed very brief direction before executing his part beautifully.

We took advantage of the overcast day by setting up the green screen to shoot another scene. Playing the role of Ben's mother was Aiden's sister, Megan. The footage was shot in such a way that it'll be composited in the edit with other clips to represent the time when Ben first set foot inside Walt Disney World.

Occasional wind gusts proved a little too much for our sandbags. So Nicholas, Colin, and Aiden's brother, Sean, took turns as human ballasts. 

Photos courtesy of Colin Cameron and Nicholas Wootton

Documentary Title - "Benjamin's Ride"

The edit on our latest documentary continues to progress. As the diverse elements of the film come more into focus, the refinement of the movie's title also continues to evolve. We credit Executive Producer Colin Cameron with this latest branding. This one we think will stick.

New title: Benjamin's Ride.

Tagline: An autistic boy and Snow White.

B-Roll & Interview for Snow White Doc

This past weekend, we made more progress on our Snow White documentary. We shot a couple b-roll scenes that called for a reenactment with a baby and a house cat. Lucky for us, our friends Michael and Andrea Holly are visiting from Brazil this month with their seven month-old son, Calvin, who was perfect for the role. The pet cat was wrangled up by fellow friend and filmmaker, Nicholas Wootton of Windmiller Media, who also acted as Production Manager during the shoot.

In addition, we did a short interview with Andrea about the immense popularity of Snow White in Brazil, and we asked her if she could name all Seven Dwarfs in Portuguese. She came through with flying colors.