Post by MJ Ferruzza on Jun 24, 2007 11:28:55 GMT -5
Rumplestilskin: 15 years later!
In 1992, a good friend of mine and cameraman (Jon Gerard) proposed doing a video for ABC's America's Funniest People TV show. I just wanted to shoot a short film.
About the same time a levee broke on the White River in Indianapolis flooding the lowland areas around Butler University. After visiting the damage, I found some great woods to film a short video in which I envisioned gnomes, dwarves and princesses. I came up with the idea of a twist on the Rumplestilskin tale.
John shot the film and Mo English came up with costumes. Michelle Steele played the Princess, Ben Cauger (the baby) was the son of my childhood best friend, and Mark Bosler (as Rumplestilskin) was a good friend since high school.
I incorporated the forest shots with a few shots from the old Civic Theater's set from Cinderella. (They had closed their show on a Saturday and weren't going to tear down the set until Monday. I had all Sunday afternoon to shoot the castle interior.)
The finished video had outstanding color but like many amateur videos out there it lacked in any good sound quality. It sat on a shelf for 15 years.
Since I have recently been in editing mode for my Creative Kids Talent Workshop film class projects, I decided to see if I could do something with the old video footage.
I switched it to B&W, turned it into a silent movie using a continuous soundtrack (one I had originally had chosen for the opening forest scene), and tweaked film speed at certain places in the video. I like the result.
So after 15 years, I now unveil and premiere Rumplestilskin to you!
Movie Link: Rumplestilskin
In 1992, a good friend of mine and cameraman (Jon Gerard) proposed doing a video for ABC's America's Funniest People TV show. I just wanted to shoot a short film.
About the same time a levee broke on the White River in Indianapolis flooding the lowland areas around Butler University. After visiting the damage, I found some great woods to film a short video in which I envisioned gnomes, dwarves and princesses. I came up with the idea of a twist on the Rumplestilskin tale.
John shot the film and Mo English came up with costumes. Michelle Steele played the Princess, Ben Cauger (the baby) was the son of my childhood best friend, and Mark Bosler (as Rumplestilskin) was a good friend since high school.
I incorporated the forest shots with a few shots from the old Civic Theater's set from Cinderella. (They had closed their show on a Saturday and weren't going to tear down the set until Monday. I had all Sunday afternoon to shoot the castle interior.)
The finished video had outstanding color but like many amateur videos out there it lacked in any good sound quality. It sat on a shelf for 15 years.
Since I have recently been in editing mode for my Creative Kids Talent Workshop film class projects, I decided to see if I could do something with the old video footage.
I switched it to B&W, turned it into a silent movie using a continuous soundtrack (one I had originally had chosen for the opening forest scene), and tweaked film speed at certain places in the video. I like the result.
So after 15 years, I now unveil and premiere Rumplestilskin to you!
Movie Link: Rumplestilskin