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Past Filmmakers
Sugar
1) How did you come up with the idea for the film?
I had wanted to shoot something on film for some time. The lab costs were something I had the budget for but getting the equipment to shoot on was something I had to bide my time for. A short, weekend-long, window of opportunity presented itself where I got that access. I only had about three hundred feet of film to work with so I thought documenting my daughter's extremely entertaining play in the back yard would be the ticket. I thought it would be a nice introduction to filmmaking if she thought she'd want to pick it up down the road.
2) How long did the production process take?
Maybe one hour and fifteen minutes.
3) What challenges did you experience in the creation of the film?
Running around the back yard with a 45 lb camera and no video assist to know if I even had Yumi (my daughter) in the frame. Yumi forgetting to turn off the camera while rolling at high speed. Yumi's short attention span. My being a little rusty on how to read my own light meter. Forgetting to pick up after the dogs before starting principal photography.
4) What is your favorite memory from creating the film?
Yumi's interest in not only turning on the camera to film me, but also full-on operating it as well. She had fun making a movie.
5) When people have finished watching the film, what do you hope they take away from the experience?
Newfound energy; a sense of connection to what's right outside their own back door. I really hope they will want to play with their kids at the first opportunity. Also, that they might go out and buy a Pixies CD.
6) What type of reaction has your film received from viewers?
Mostly what I intended. Lots of laughter, quickened pulses, and the need to see it again just to take it all in.
7) What advice would you give to aspiring young filmmakers?
Get as involved as you can, get all the experience you can, and keep producing your own work. It's the only way to mature as a filmmaker.
8) Please tell us about the next film you plan to work on.
I have another music driven short in the works that will rely heavily on editing to help tell the story. It will be about how music touches everyone in different ways.
9) What are your thoughts on the film industry in NC?
More than Los Angeles or New York, it is a real community in this state. Speaking from the Wilmington, NC perspective, I've had at least eleven years of working with and hanging out with men and women like myself who love what we do and it shows. The film industry in this state is on par with any other in the world, so why wouldn't you want to support a great asset like that in it's time of need. We never have stopped doing what we do. And we're not about to dry up either.
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