Probably the most popular question I am asked is, “How did you get involved with making a film about the Peoria State Hospital?” The answer is: completely by chance. I grew up about an hour and a half from the Peoria State Hospital and never heard a peep about it. Read more…
FRIDAY: DAY 5 10a- Interview with clinical psychologist & author, Dr. Joseph Mehr 12:30p- Quick Lunch Break & change locations 1p- Interview with author & folk historian, Michael Kleen 3p- Last minute cancellation Interview with author, Stephanie McCarthy 3p- Rescheduled b-roll Cemetery III shoot from Monday: Day 1’s fog 4:30/dusk: Final Read more…
Late 2012, I held the first preliminary private screening for the interviewees of the documentary… to let them see what I had been working on for the entire year since we had first met. From the very beginning of my research, ultimately, I knew that the film would be too Read more…
After receiving my Cinema degree, it quickly became apparent that I needed to work to survive. No time was allowed to work on the projects I wanted to work on. There was laundry to do, errands to run, jobs to work… absolutely no time to even begin the beginnings of Read more…
The narration sessions for the film proved to be much more work than expected. Of course, I put way more on my plate than I should have… but I knew I wanted to get as much material as possible to work with. We were on a tight schedule and had Read more…