ZFarms Productions Presents "Amore"

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Alright I'm finally entering a fest. Figured, better late, than never.

Amore Link


Comments start on page 8, so if you don't want to be spoiled, don't read past page 7


The Recut Version


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Synopsis:

Steve is a junior in high school. He's smitten with the popular girl. He's admired her from a afar since freshman year. This is their story. Based on a true story.


Written and Directed by Dean Zarbaugh II

Director of Photography Andrew Brinkhaus

Production Designer- Tristan Garrison

Production Sound Mixer- Mark Sawa

Gaffer- Sean McClellan

Key Grip- Rob Gilpin

Assistant Director- Max Miller

Assistant Camera- Kevin Griffin

Behind the Scenes Photographer- Ben Kostelnik

Cast:

Kyle Piorkowski- Steve

Tom Keeling- Mark

John Sessoms- James

Kathrine Reyes- Katie


"Amore" was filmed using a Sony CineAlta F900 and a Panasonic HVX. Rode NTG-2 microphones were used for production.


Behind the Scenes:


Actor Kyle Piorkowski

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Kyle, John Sessoms, and Thomas Keeling with Sound Mixer Mark Sawa

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DP Andrew Brinkhaus with Me in the background

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Me working with the actors

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Rehearsing

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Andrew with the CineAlta :)

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Gaffer Sean McClellan

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Thanks Blaine. I'm really looking forward to this. We actually got that location we wanted so I'm super psyched about that.
 
Thanks TMNT. This project is different than my previous projects. It's more organized, and more like a film than all my other short films. It's a lot bigger in terms of cast/crew than all of my previous projects also.
 
Sounds good, that's what I would like to do - continually scale up production just to get used to directing in that situation.
 
I told Andrew to bear with me cause this was going to be a different experience for me. He was very understanding of me. He's got a LOT of great ideas for this film I'm really looking forward to using.
 
Thanks Tom! Casting is almost finished (i know, its cutting it close, but i had some people drop out). I'll update the cast list once casting is finished
 
Casting is getting so much closer. The actor I want for the film, needs to check his schedule to see if he can film on the day we're planning.

Plus, the waivers and releases we need to film at the location haven't been sent to me yet, and I'm getting kinda irritated, so I emailed the guy back and explained I needed them asap to give my crew enough time to fill them out and fax them back before the shoot. I put it a lot nicer than how I just explained it though. They're being very generous letting us film there.

So that's the update for now. Hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have everything confirmed, and ready to go for the shoot next weekend.
 
Doing the production stuff isn't the fun part... at least not for me. I'd rather have someone else do all that... but when you're doing low budget, sometimes you just have to do everything yourself.
 
Thanks for the kind words everyone.

This should be a fun little film. Dean approached me with a great script, and he's got a lot of organizational skills, which is important for a low budget shoot like this.

Should be a lot of fun, and I'll be posting some production stills after we wrap.
 
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