All Wounds is Funded!

Comme Le Vin Productions is proud to partner with Weird Sisters Productions to bring All Wounds to life. Shooting will take place this summer. Stay tuned for more news as we head into production.

BTS Suspended

The BTS photos are up on the Suspended page in the menu. Huge thank you to Brandy Fabian, makeup artist. Here’s the one shot I took of Brandy in action.

Suspended

We wrapped principal photography on Suspended this past Sunday. It was both thrilling and exhausting. While filming at the school on Saturday, the AC wasn’t working properly and the principals, 16 extras, and the hardy crew were cooking for hours on end. From that low, came the high of doing my first car scene, which was fraught with the usual difficulty, and then the most emotional scenes of the movie, probably inappropriately saved for last (due to location reasons, not my innate insanity).

Everyone did a fabulous job. I couldn’t have done it without a single one of them. My producer Leslie Ben Hamilton, who was always ready to jump in and tackle any task, my DP, Robert Matthews Wynne, who contributed many great ideas and herculean efforts in tiny spaces, my script supervisor Susan Henson, who saved me more than once, and my amazing actors, who surprised me every scene with their wonderful ideas, ability to turn on a dime, and sheer tenacity in the face of AC issues and overtime.

I was far too busy concentrating on the tasks at hand to take many BTS photos. My fabulous makeup artist, Brandy Fabian, took hundreds, but I don’t yet have access to them. So stay tuned for more!

Directorial Debut!

Day 1 of Shoot

I wanted to do one day of shooting while school was in session to get B roll. We also shot two of the scenes that didn’t contain dialogue with a few of the principal actors. It was a fabulous day, and the DP, Robert Wynne, brought so much to the table. Doing a happy dance.

Besher Garcia (David), me looking frazzled after a long shoot day!, Teagan Jai Boyd (Ava)
Robert Wynne, DP, and Teagan Jai Boyd (Ava) getting set for an incredible dolly shot
Setting up with Ashley Sullivan, First AC
Three of the four incredible teen stars of the film! Jessica Brynn Cohen (Stacey) goofing around.

That’s a Wrap!

We just wrapped principal photography on Call Waiting! I feel so blessed to have worked with this caliber of talent in front of and behind the camera. The entire cast and crew were amazingly gifted and great people. Thank you!!!

Yeah, baby!

I couldn’t imagine better collaborators. Dino Maglaris, director, and Marcus Taplin, cinematographer.

Marcus Taplin (left, in grey), Dino Maglaris (right, in black)

So thankful for the brilliant cast!!!

John Noble as Jeffrey.
Monique Straw as Claire.
Sanjay Rao as Sid.