Boxed and ready for the after party
Mar/100
After the debut screening of A Country Wedding, we’re getting together with the cast and crew to say thanks and to pass out screeners and have a little country wedding cake, pizza and libations.
A Country Wedding has been boxed and is ready
Alice Tucker hits the stage
Feb/100
Alice Tucker (center) played the role of "Alice" in A Country Wedding.
A Country Wedding actress Alice Tucker will be appearing in the Albany Civic Theater production of Paul Osborn’s Morning’s at Seven* in March.
Anyone involved with the film knows what a talented actress and all-around great person Alice is, so we’re thrilled to see her on the stage in a major role.
Here are the details:
Morning’s at Seven
by Paul Osborn Directed by Leigh Matthews Bock
March 5, 6, 12, 13, 14(m), 18 19, 20, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Sunday matinees (m) 2:30 p.m
“Morning’s at Seven” is a comedy about the intertwined relationships of the four aging Gibbs sisters. The quiet lives these women share with their husbands start to unravel as they begin to question what to do with their remaining years. Tensions rise when Ida’s 40year-old son brings his fiancée of 12 years to the house for the first time.
This charming portrait of small town America in 1938 was revived on Broadway in 1980 and in 2002 to critical acclaim. What makes this beautifully colored, sharply etched family portrait so delightful is the understanding that laughter and tears go hand-in-hand as responses to everyday life.
Tickets – $11/$8 under 18 over 60, available for reservation or purchase at:
Sid Stevens Jewelers (541) 967-8140 140 SW 1st Avenue, Albany
Rice’s Pharmacy (541) 752-7760 910 NW Kings Blvd., Corvallis
The theater box office, at 111 SW First Ave. in downtown Albany, 45 minutes before curtain time
*The possessive apostrophe in “Morning’s” is actually correct…I checked.
Da Vinci Film Fest screening
Feb/100
We’ve got a date and time for the premiere of A Country Wedding. It will be Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the LaSells Stewart Center on the OSU campus. It’s a big auditorium, so there should be plenty of room.
Make sure you follow the DaVFF on Facebook so you can find out the latest details on the event. We’re lucky to be in a town that supports independent films.
Great location
Feb/100
It seems that we weren’t the only ones to latch on the Fiechter House in the Finley Wildlife Refuge as an amazing location to shoot a film. A Portland Filmmaker, Edward Davee, set his film there, too. The old farm house is perfect for his early 1900’s period piece, shot in 16mm in black and white. Looks like it should be a fantastic film when it’s finished.
And here’s a still of the Fiechter house from when we were scouting locations for a place to use as Jake’s house. Of course, we decked it quite differently than Davee’s film, with empty cans of Pabst strewn across the porch, broken lawn chairs, a cooler and pairs of old boots. Not to mention Rhett the dog.
More set stills
Jan/100
I’m pulling together some images for the program at the Da Vinci Film Festival, where A Country Wedding will be premiering, and I thought I’d drop them onto the blog. This is one of my favorite scenes. We hit the bridge at the right time of the evening, and everything had a soft, golden light.
A Country Wedding…Icelandic Style
Jan/100
This old grange hall was one of the locations we initially considered for A Country Wedding, and it's wide open sight lines reminds me of the churches in the trailer for the Icelandic film "Country Wedding"
Just noticed the site for this film, a product of Iceland called Country Wedding. Watching the trailer, I thought it not only looks amazing, but it has some resonance with our film. The isolated church in an open field is the spitting image of what I had in mind when we were scouting locations.
We ended up shooting a church in town, an amazing location, but when I saw the location in this trailer I had to do a double-take. That’s exactly what I was seeing in my head.
I’m going to try to catch the Icelandic feature because it looks fantastic. And I’ll also ship them a copy of our film as soon as it’s available.
Help us choose a poster/postcard
Dec/0922
We’re working on marketing materials now and we’ve got a few options for the poster, DVD screen, postcards and other collateral. What do you think? Have any favorites among the three we’re showing here? If so, let us know your thoughts in the comments of this blog post.
(click on the posters to see a larger version)
We’d like you to help make the decision. So if you’re a member of the cast or crew, friends, family or curious bystanders, share your thoughts in the comments. You get to choose!
Be sure to keep several things in mind:
- Which design are you most likely to remember a day later? How about a month later?
- Which one truly makes you wonder what the film is about?
- Which one makes you curious enough to buy a ticket or to at least check out the website?
- Which one is the most likely to stand out on a wall with posters from many different movies from different genres?
- Which is the most professional?
First official trailer
Nov/090
And check out our new site for the project at countryweddingfilm.com.
Music for A Country Wedding
Nov/091
The musicians we're working with include Jared Mees and the Grown Children
We’re thrilled to be working with several musicians on the soundtrack for A Country Wedding. Our own sound guru, Kevin Elmore, is as versatile in the studio as he is on set. Kevin is a sound designer, musician, composer, engineer and handy to have on a film project.
We’re also working with Jared Mees and the Grown Children, whose critically lauded music is a chaotic blend of folksy poetry: their work is thoughtful, textured and hard to pin down, qualities we’re hoping to achieve in this film.
Finally, we can’t forget David Jones, who has composed some pieces that capture the heart of our film.
I can’t wait to pull all of this together in our finished short. Right now we’ve got a rough cut that’s almost ready to go out to the first round of festivals, and our first trailer should be up shortly.
Country Wedding Audio Remix
Sep/090
We were able to show a preview of A Country Wedding at our wrap party on Saturday night, and it was a huge hit with the albeit biased audience. Wrapping production on the film is a huge step, but now we’ve got several months of post to get it into shape. We’ll be releasing trailers soon.
In the interim, check out this audio remix that Kevin Elmore, our boom operator and sound designer put together. Hilarious stuff.
