Friday, December 03, 2010

THE CERULEAN

Long-Time JimSmash Reader ALLEN ETTER is making a film entitled "CERULEAN". He posts on the Cerulean blog:
So what is CERULEAN about, you ask? Keeping it simple, the plot revolves around five individuals (mercenaries) who escape from their prison ship and have to get to a rescue ship on a hostile world. Two days into the journey, they have already turned on each other.

The original story was a project I shot back in 1988. We had a super 8mm camera and no budget...not much different from today. The main difference is that in the original LOCK 304 the characters were all scientists and the threat was a ship's engine about to go nuke. The team had to work together to get to safety. The film, however did not work as all of the shots were either long or medium. No close ups. I was naive and working with someone as new as me on the project. In fact, the only close ups were shot when I was behind the camera. So...always loved the idea of racing against time (added pressure to an already tense situation) but now I have characters who are deceitful, backstabbing and murderous. FUN! --Allen Etter
Click HERE to see updates on the film's process!

Allen, I want a copy when you're done! :)

------------
CAST:

Cerulean - Allegra White
Ryan - Luke Hathaway
Maddy - Maggie Dye
Dillard - James Baker
Bisc - Josh Adams
X - Debbie Ngo

Writer, Director, Producer - Allen Etter
SPFX coordinator - Josh Adams
Modeler and animator - Chenyi Lin
3D Model Advisor - Andres Montinegro
Camera - Wally and Sergio (that's right, they only need first names!)

3 comments:

allen etter said...

Dude, thanks for the post! We'll be uploading a lot of photos tomorrow night after the shoot.

ps. I used the Greg Land posts in my History of Graphic Design lecture this week. Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Check it out! It's a sci-fi version of "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!" They're in front of the big W!!!! ;)

allen etter said...

Big w? That's a well placed weed, bozo.

And Jimsmash, of course you will get a copy of the movie. I'll send a care package with the DVD and posters. Thanks for the publicity.