“Wreckage”
Video
DVD & video stream for web
Color
Runtime: Approximately 7 minutes
Purpose:
The
aim of “Wreckage” is to show the damaging effects of parental divorce on
children and young adults. I want
to engage the audience in a story that will get deeper into their hearts than a
logical argument might—to appeal to the emotional and compassionate part in
people and thereby challenge modern American assumptions about divorce. The goal is to make a piece of art that
depicts the devastation of a torn family by showing it in literal terms as well
as linking symbolically to footage of wreckage.
Summary:
“Wreckage”
is a short film that combines the story of three siblings with shots of
dreadful car crash. The film
starts out with the camera panning through the wreckage of a couple cars. The main title comes up, and then we
see Anna with her two little brothers, James and Stevie. Anna is a college student back on
summer break, James is a sophomore in high school, and Stevie is in late
elementary school. They are
sitting uncomfortably around the dinner table as their parents argue fiercely
in the next room. Stevie is trying
not to cry. Anna gathers her
brothers and brings them up stairs.
They start playing cards and seem to forget their troubles for a moment,
but they hear their parents arguing again and Stevie lays down his cards. Hearts is the most prominently
displayed suit. Next we see
divorce papers and the father packing.
Stevie looks overwhelmed and lost and James looks angry. Anna is trying to comfort Stevie. At
night, their mother is in the other room on their father is not around. The
three sit on the couch, Anna trying to comfort them. The TV is on and they are watching it absent-mindedly. On the news, footage of the car wreck
is playing. A montage follows of
the parents writing their vows (back in times) “in sickness & in health,
for better or for worse” and them signing the divorce papers. James walks down the hall at school
alone. Anna walks down the
sidewalk and there a lots of couples walking by. She keeps her emotions almost completely unseen. The three kids watch as their parents
drive separate ways, and as they do, the balloon in Stevie’s hand slips loose
and flies away. There is a shot of
the wreckage again. The mother
writes a letter to her pastor: “Dear Pastor Wade, I think that God would want
me to be happy…” Anna walks into her room (with the TV playing crash footage in
the background) and breaks down crying.
The scene fades to black.
Process:
Production
Team:
Writer:
Joe Faultersack
Director:
Joe Faultersack
Editor:
Joe Faultersack
Camera:
Carlos Sanchez
Music:
Jeremy Johnson
Producers:
Carlos Sanchez & Joe Faultersack
Tow
truck driver (for making moving the junk cars): Jeff Winger
Cast:
Emily
Rochester as “Anna”
Jake
Billing as “James”
Cam
McDossen as “Stevie”
Paul
Patton as “father”
Linda
Tesner as “mother”
Extras
Production
Schedule:
May
1st-9th = preproduction: location scouting,
writing/storyboarding, casting, etc.
May
10th = Wreckage scene shooting
May
11th = House scenes shooting
May
12th = Finish up shooting
May
14th-17th = Editing
Permissions
needed:
Two
wrecked cars from a junkyard, location permission (near a road) for the crash
footage, extras talent release forms, location permission for a high school,
actor contracts, and music composer contract.
Budget:
Actor
payment: $800
Composer
payment: $200
Tow
Truck & wrecked cars: $100
Camera
and other equipment (borrow or already own).
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