(2009, 4 min.)
In 2009, the multi-award winning producer, writer, actor, director, video designer and filmmaker Andy Thompson brought together an independent local cast and crew to write, shoot, and edit a short film in 24 hours, as part of the 2009 Vancouver Film Race, produced by Film Racing.
The short film, “The Present”, was about “a disfigured man [who], in the not-too-distant future, gets more than he bargained for when he goes to the dentist to get his teeth whitened”.
I co-wrote the script along with the local filmmaker Bojan Bodruzic, local screenwriter, director and producer Jono Freedrix, and Andy Thompson (along with the help of the whole team–see credits on YouTube).
I also worked as an Audio Mixer and Boom Operator on the shoot.
The short film, directed and produced by Andy Thompson, was a Top-13 finalist, and winner of three awards: Best Costume Design (Enigma Arcana), Best Set Design (Enigma Arcana, credited as “Art Direction”) and Best Original Music Score (Jeff Tymoschuk)… and was a blast to work on.
The cinematography, editing and visual effects were by Bojan Bodruzic, too, and the score was by local composer Jeff Tymoschuk.
The little short comedy starred the local indie scene actors as well as non-professionals, such as:
Billy Marchenski – as Dr. Karl
Sasa Brown – as Helga
Michelle Christiaens as Lexi 1, 2, & 3
Jono Freedrix as Duncan
Sebastian Kroon as “Nicholson” wannabe
Brian Crosbie as “Bacon” wannabe
Michael Jamieson as “Tom Cruise”
The Production Manager was Heather Lindsay, and the Costume Design & Art Direction was by the local creative design company Enigma Arcana — Mr. Andy Thompson brought together quite the cast and crew!
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