After a dismal defeat at the hands of their York Academy rivals at the semi-annual swim meet, Bruno uncovers that MacDonald Hall is perilously close to losing several top students to York (including his best pal Boots) thanks to MacDonald Hall's less than impressive sports facilities. Despite their ongoing pranks, Bruno and Boots LOVE their school and are willing to do anything to protect it. Bruno, the brains behind the operation, has managed without fail to convince Boots to tag along on his countless prank operations whether it includes stealing a rival school's mascot, switching the school's flag or invading Miss Scrimmage's Academy for Girls Education and Awakening across the road. To not buy something at face value, and to maybe look a little deeper sometimes instead of believing what is said but not shown.Bruno Walton and Melvin "Boots" O'Neal are the most infamous troublemakers at MacDonald Hall - a supposedly prestigious school for boys. What always shines definitely ain’t gold. We held auditions for those 50 and Courtney Morse (18 years old) became the clear choice by the end of the week, due to her age, look and delivery- all fit the character in a way we thought would be most effective. I put up a casting call and narrowed about 300 submissions down to 100, then down to 50. The scene works well enough, thankfully, though flexibility with the final result was a must.įinding the right Marilyn was obviously essential. The solution was to simply over-shoot and do as many takes as possible, which I then used to find the final scene in the edit.
Shooting on Hollywood Boulevard with a 3-person crew (myself included) and with no way of controlling foot traffic/sounds etc was just plain difficult for everyone. Great energy and positivity which goes a very long way in the process of making a film.
Working with writer/exec producer Andrew Kolo was a joy because he supported the project financially and also trusted me and my creative decisions the whole way through. I felt this simple structure would make a nice, little short. Her continued struggle with the two and 3.
A young girls love affair with Hollywood and older boyfriend Sonnet, and her resistance to her Mother’s concerns, 2. A glimpse into a young, impressionable girls life, new to Hollywood from her small middle America bubble. We felt a short was a perfect way to tell this story- engaging enough while also not wearing out our welcome with the audience.
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The icon that is Marilyn Monroe plus Hollywood itself are things I know many people respond to and that in itself was a motivating factor for me to begin developing the script into an engaging short film. Once I read his initial script, I responded to the themes of persona, the allure of Hollywood etc. He loved my reel/past work and we just hit it off moment one. Meeting with writer/exec producer Andrew Kolo, who was looking for a Director/Producer to get the project going, was the beginning for myself. such as "21 Jump Street" and "Dark Places", Marcus is a technical minded, story-first director with emphasis on strong performance and theme within an engaging framework. With 7 years in the lighting and camera department on over 50 major productions across the U.S. Among several other projects, Marcus is now in development on his next feature film "Chameleon", a crime thriller. Other past work includes over 30 short films including the award-winning comedies "The Reliever" and "The Buck Johnson Story" and award winning crime comedy feature "Half Empty". Producer of the upcoming film "Three Skeleton Key" and Director of music videos for G-Eazy, Aloe Blacc, Kevin Gates, Skizzy Mars, Roach Gigz, Kreayshawn, Poet of the Black Eyed Peas and more. The film premiered at the historic Chinese Theatre in Hollywood with Dances With Films 18. Film Festival North Hollywood - Best Narrative WINNER, Orlando Film Festival - Best Ensemble WINNER, Temecula Independent Film Festival - Best Comedy WINNER, Laugh Or Die Comedy Festival - Best Music WINNER & Director/Feature/Actor nom, HollyShorts - Best Narrative Monthly Screening WINNER, Other Venice Film Festival - Best Narrative nom and The Valley Film Festival - Best Narrative Jury Award nom. Notable Accolades include: Virginia Film Festival - Narrative Staff Pick WINNER, Audience Award nom, Int. Multi faceted LA based film Director, Writer, Producer, DP and Editor, most recently of feature satire "Actor For Hire"- now being distributed by Gravitas Ventures after a 25 screen tour and much press in outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Indiewire, NoFilmSchool and more.
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