Thanks guys.
Fireproof Gloves is low, low, budget feature I shot two and a half years ago and am only now waiting on the first sound mix. I don’t have many expectations for the flick as it’s quite a strange little movie and it’s the dreaded indie no-no… a drama with all no-name actors.
It’s the story of a dude in his mid-thirties who gets in trouble for allegedly getting a teenage kid drunk and stoned. It’s fairly dark material, but there’s some comedy if you keep an eye out for it and don’t let the horrible nature of the main guy overwhelm you. That’s one of many ways I may get burned – unlikable lead character. I’ve had some very good and some very bad test screenings depending on the audience. Hopefully at least one festival programmer will empathize. We’ll see I guess.
I’m happy with the look of the movie. I went for an extreme stylized, dark, sort of striking look for a number of reasons (the story being number one), but also to stand out next to all the no-budget indie handy-cam style movies flooding festivals these days. Plus, I just like that stuff.
In the meantime, I’ve actually been trying my hand at building a commercial reel.
But, the most important project to me is the feature version of Divorce Lemonade I’ve been feverously writing for the past three years or so. Basically it’s the story of a little girl being destroyed emotionally by her own parents. It’s a big project, so I’m trying not to think about how I’m going to get it made, but just getting it written the best it can be.
