My First Film will be Screened at a Film Festival!

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Sunday April 05, 2009 · 7:06 AM PDT

2009/04/05 · 07:06

I am so jacked. I made a short horror film last summer, and entered in about 11 festivals, and
finally I didn't get rejected. It will be screening at the Bare Bones Festival in Muskogee, Oklahoma
on April 22, at the Roxy and on April 26, at the Civic Center.

I won't be able to attend the Festival, but if any of you Kossacks are at The Bare Bones, the name
of the film is Dover Lake. I filmed it on a private lake, and it was about 90 degrees but felt like
a hundred, and we were all just dying out there.

I tried to warn everyone to wear a hat, because if you stand in the Alabama sun too long
in the summer your brain starts too cook and sizzle.

Plus I had to work with a couple of 11 year olds, and man were they a pain. Next film
I attempt, I am sticking to teenagers or young adults.

The film making is just a hobby, I gave up expecting to win any awards, I just wanted
to get screened somewhere. And in Muskogee, Oklahoma of all places. So, I am
happy it will get a screening, at a cool old theater like The Roxy.

It just makes me think of the Merle Haggard song Muskogee " We don't smoke marijuana
in Muskogee " but yet I do. I think that is ironic. I have a lame listing on IMDB too.
You know the best part of making a film for me was the actual filming, it feels like
a family when you are working out in the field. But then, I am more of a theatre
person, so I have directed quite a few productions, but stepping into film has been a real
learning experience.

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