BUFFALO NIAGARA FILM FESTIVAL

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THE MAKING OF UNCLE LOUIE: entry 13

Making a movie is hard work. Don’t let anybody tell you different. The work is long and repetitive and can get tedious when mistakes are made. When there is little money in the coffers, mistakes, miscues are more apt to occur. On Uncle Louie, we had our share of problems. On our second weekend of shooting, we dropped an entire day of work. A tiny glitch with the camera turned into a major beat down. In hindsight it proved better to redo the scenes, but it sure didn’t feel good when it happened.

THE MAKING OF UNCLE LOUIE: URBAN CHICKENS

LA FABBRICAZIONE DI ZIO LOUIE
Louie di zio ritorna dai morti per rivelare i segreti dell'universo. controllare http://www.unclelouiethemovie.com

Craig Ward

THE MAKING OF UNCLE LOUIE: entry 12

Bringing Uncle Louie back from he grave was no easy task. If we didn’t make the “how he came back” believable, nobody would buy it. We turned to the supernatural for help and were able to raise him from the dead with ease and credibility. When it came to casting the role of the voodoo priest, I turned to my friend Craig Ward, known on FB as Mustapha Craig. He used to teach music to my students at Bill Wilson. Seeing his face made it easy to write his parts and his dialogue. You’ll see.

THE MAKING OF UNCLE LOUIE: entry 11

One of the challenges in writing scripts is developing characters that live and breathe and speak in voices of everyday man. It takes a good ear and a willingness to listen to all sorts of conversations from intelligent to ridiculous. Being teachers as well as writers gave Joe and I the opportunity to hear every manner of dialogue. Colleagues and students all had something to say. And we listened.

THE MAKING OF UNCLE LOUIE: entry 10

THE MAKING OF UNCLE LOUIE (Entry 10)
Every script needs a sprinkle of star dust. Mechanisms that stitch the story together with compelling transitions. Most of all, the story must roll swiftly or nobody will pay attention. You've got to keep people asking " what's going to happen next." Our sprinkles of star dust came in the form of Fidel, our chihuahua, and Tight Lites. These two additions accelerated the plot of Uncle Louie.