Pickles and Ice Cream - A Robert Eldon Film

Robert Eldon

Robert Eldon

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Pickles and Ice Cream​
"A valiant husband sets out to satisfy his wife's midnight cravings."​

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A pregnant wife asks her husband to go out and get ice cream... and pickles.
Being her hero, he sets out on a quest, fraught with struggle, disappointment, and danger.
Will he seize his prize and return home to his adoring wife?

Cast

Valiant Husband: Zac Leger
Pregnant Wife: Jane Michelle Heller
Store Cashier: Holly Owen
Impatient Customer: Gail M. Christie
Robber 1: Aaron Dayton
Robber 2: Matt Whittle

Crew

Written and Directed by: Robert Eldon
Edited by: Robert Eldon
Director of Photography: Jaron Eldon
Sound/Boom: Aaron Dayton, Matt Whittle
Script Supervisor: Ciarra Johnston
Craft Service: Kelly Eldon
 
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Production notes:

03.20.2009 Jason Ramsey polls for one of two fests. CrimeFest or QuestFest? I hadn't done a DVXUser fest in a while and thought QuestFest could be fun. Started thinking of ideas... just in case.

03.29.2009 After submitting the pitch, got the 'Go' from the 'Studio'. All I got was 'Go', so hopefully that's a good thing?

04.02.2009 Developed the story with scenes outline. Developing characters, locations, incidents.

04.03.2009 First Draft of the script in one night.

04.04.2009 Submitted script for review from trusted advisors. Got good feedback. Re-write, re-write, looking good.

04.05.2009 Calls for cast and crew. A little bit of location scouting today.

05.02.2009 Acquired one location. Not perfect for what I need, but will do in a pinch. Still looking for the lead male character.

04.17.2009 More location scouting. Finding it difficult to lock down a grocery store or market that will allow us to film. There are a couple of possibilities and I'm still hopeful.

05.09.2009 Still no poster. Waiting to lock down a location to shoot some stills for the poster. Storyboard and Shot List done today. Yay!

06.23.2009 Finished production today at 2:00am. Yesterday we filmed until 4:00am in the morning, but got all of the shots. The film gods were smiling on us. Now into post! Looks like we'll make it!

06.27.2009 Edit film down to 6 minutes exactly. Now on to sound. I'm still not 100 percent happy with the pacing of a few of the scenes, but it works for the 6 minute limit (which is still a good exercise by the way). Look for a little 'tribute' to one of the DVXUser Mods in a small scene. I'm know that working with some of the sound will be a huge challenge because we shot some scenes in a market with all of the freezer fans blowing. I had a similar challenge when I shot a short film in a florist shop with all of the coolers... and you can't ask the owners to turn them off. :)

06.29.2009 Sound finished. DVXUser leader added. Ready to upload, but it seems like there could be a little more fine tuning. I'll let it rest and upload in a day or so.

06.30.2009 It is done. Just uploaded the film successfully. Now, on to the 'Director's Cut' DVD version. I look forward to seeing everyone's film!
 
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Screen Grabs​

I won't be posting too many screen grabs that might give away the story.

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oH MAN! my kind of movie sound like this one is going to be fun!
good luck!
 
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This could prove to be one of the most harrowing quests of the entire fest!

Good luck and welcome to the fest.

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Tom Marshall said:
Robert! Good to see you entering this time around... Haven't seen you around here in a while...
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Hey Tom, good to hear from you. I entered a film for LoveFest and Co-produced with Justin for TimeFest.

Lately, trying to weather the economic storm, haven't spent much time at dvxuser, but this seems fun. I may do two movies.:)

Are you entering this round? Or acting in someones flick?
 
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I hear ya. I've been working a lot lately too... plus trying to get in shape. It's hard to make time for everything...

I'm trying to remember which one LoveFest was. They're all starting to blend together. :D

I'd like to do a bit of acting this time around. We'll see if it will happen or not. What I really need to do is do my own entry. I might have to...
 
Luis_ said:
oH MAN! my kind of movie sound like this one is going to be fun!
good luck!
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I'm looking forward to it! Is this your first fest with DVXUser?

puckthemad said:
welcome back into the madness...
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Yes, welcome to the 'puckthemadness'. Thanks for the welcome back.

mattspat said:
hahaha sounds wicked man. Can't wait.
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It should be fun!

fixitinpost said:
Hard to go wrong with a title and logline like that... awesome. Looking forward to seeing it.
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Yeah, title and logline says it all. The pitch went quick and easy. :)
 
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stinkpot said:
This could prove to be one of the most harrowing quests of the entire fest!

Good luck and welcome to the fest.

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I could have titled it "The Harrowing Quest for Pickles and Ice Cream".

We'll see. It may not be just a simple night out to the market.
 
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