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Germanity


SYNOPSIS

 Erik Klein is a dying German. George Callahan is a dead American.
Both men fought courageously in World War II during the Battle of the Bulge.
One left breathing. One left bleeding. Erik killed George with his bare hands.

Years later, afflicted with cancer, a bed-ridden Erik seeks redemption in his final
hours through a series of visions inspired by a small token he had stolen from George
only moments after taking his life. As Erik muses about what might have been had their
fates been reversed, we are forced to take a startling look at empathy as it attempts to
overcome cultural barriers. Germanity seeks to blend tasteful surrealism with a silent, pensive
stream of conscious narrative about human irony.


CREW

Matt Fuller - Co Writer/Director
Andy McNeil - Co Writer/Director
Lynn Steiner - Technical Director
Mark Kramer - Director of Photography
Luke Kramer - Lighting/Set Director
Bill Moore - Secondary Director of Photography
Mat Schmidt - Production

Cast
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Adult Erik Klein (Daniel Mandehr)
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Young Erik Klein (Nathan Hollabaugh)
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Erik Klein's Daughter (Katie Jensen)

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Young George Callahan (In Talks)

Score
Original music performed by "The Pax Cecilia".

SCHEDULE

 December 20th - 31st
-Complete Script

January 1st - 7th
-Lock Locations
-Lock Talent

January 7th - 21st
-Shooting

January 21st - 30th
- Edit and finalize


*So there you have it. Questions/Comments welcome.

Progress
- December 29th, first draft of script is complete.

- January 3rd. The two lead actors are locked. Daniel
Mandehr casted as the adult Erik Klein and Nathan
Hollabaugh casted as the young Erik Klein.

- Meeting set up tomorrow - January 4th with Katie Jensen
for discussion on the role of Erik Klein's daughter.

- January 13. Day 1 of shooting is complete. Amazing shots.
Tomorrow is the Church scene and will update with pictures...



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Thanks, We are going to try out some new styles with this project. It will be very chaotic especially on the tight schedule. No room for errors. This should be interesting. HAHA
 
* Updated *

We are currently in discussion with Daniel Mandehr for our lead. Some of his past acting work is as follows. White Oleander, Swat, Murder by Numbers, Jag, X-Files, Frasier. Pretty exciting stuff and we are lucky to be in current discussions with Mr. Mandehr.

- Will be adding a teaser poster soon. Keep checking for updates.

Thanks guys.
 
great poster! checkout the one I did for Horror-fest. BTW, I have
German 98K (bb) that I can sell ya. I have no need for it right now.
There's no scope but, it does eject shell casings.
 
It is always good to get a seasoned actor. It helps move things along so much faster while shooting. I hope that works out for you. I like the story and look forward to checking it out. Phycological Dramas are always cool. Good luck.
 
*Update*

1st draft of the script is completed. I also changed the teaser poster. For now I am sticking with that for it is not that big of deal. Also 2 of the actors are most likely locked for the roles of Older Erik Klein and Younger Erik Klein. The role for the young American soldier is in the works.

Thanks.
Will update soon.

Matt
 
Hope everyone had a great Holiday.

Things are getting down to the nitty gritty. We finalized and locked one of out main actors "Daniel Mandehr". Pretty excited about that. Tomorrow we are meeting with another possible lead "Nathan Hollabaugh". Kinda worried about the actual shoot within the next 2 weekends. But hopefully everything goes smooth. Hope everyone elses films are going smooth as well.
 
*Just some updates for those who are interested.

Tomorrow, Jan. 13th, is the first day of shooting. I will update some BTS photos of the set/location hopefully tomorrow evening.
 
First day of shooting went extremely well. We stood in the rain for about 8 hours straight. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It definately set the mood we wanted to achieve.

Our DP, Mark Kramer, did a phenomenal job with getting the shots we needed. Much thanks to him. His brother, Luke, also did a great job with the lighting even while hobbling along with a cane.

Our Technical Director, Lynn Steiner, was dead on with the authenticity of the uniforms, props, and weapons.

Here are a few pictures of the set we snapped with a digital camera. We are keeping it very minimal, not including any actual screen shots, so it doesn't ruin the surprise.


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Bloody Steve!

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Down by the river.

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The set. (Homemade)

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About 4 hours into the shoot + rain.
 
Awesome location and I love that still of the soldier and the fog bank behind him. This looks like an exciting project.
 
Wow! Looks great! The weather probably couldn't have been any better. Fog/rain, really adds to the mood IMO. The set looks awesome - reminds me of the scenes in Call of Duty 3. Can't wait to see this one either!
Take Care,
Steph
 
Day 2 of shooting is complete. We shot most of the day in Punxsy and are quite pleased of the progress. Here are just a few quick snaps from a digital camera of the set. Our DP and lighting director did an amazing job and can't thank them enough. Within the next day or two I will post screen caps of the past week instead of showing these digi camera shots.


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Interior Church sceen with my DP.

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set.

http://www.punxsutawneyspirit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2196

we made the paper. oh joy.
 
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