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The Process
January 2008, I was the writer, director and cinematographer on "Of Dreams and Glory". It was shot in High Definition, entirely on location in Buffalo, NY with local cast and crew, with virtually no budget. It’s a suspense thriller paying homage to Hitchcock.
DVD Menu screen shot
The idea for “Of Dreams and Glory” came from working on the Paramount feature film “Cloverfield” (Additional Photography) and shooting 20% of the movie with a Panasonic pro-sumer camera HVX-200. As a matter of fact, in the March 2008 issue of American Cinematographer Magazine the director does make reference to me solving a technical problem and executing it on the film. After it wrapped, I met a filmmaker in Buffalo that owns the Panasonic HVX-200 and offered to let me use it.
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What Next?
As a result, I wrote the screenplay, as a tribute to the storytelling of Rod Serling, the suspense of Alfred Hitchcock and the visual composition of Stanley Kubrick. The original name of the hotel was “ The Willoughby” as a reference to the Twilight Zone, episode: “A Stop at Willoughby”, a town where time stood still and still remains in the final script, registered with the WGA (West).
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Result
I also directed, was the cinematographer and shot 16 pages in 1 night on location in Buffalo, NY with a 3-man crew. I edited some of it myself in Final Cut Pro and After Effects, rendered and exported on a MacBook computer (and yes it took forever), authored, burned and did all the artwork for the DVD (disc and box), as well the poster, flyer, post cards and brochure.
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