Thanks to the dozens of people who came out and supported Starlight Productions at the premiere of our first feature film, Light! It was great to get most of the cast reunited and see the reactions from people all across Southwest Florida as the images played out on screen. If you were one of the few who missed the premiere, check out the great photos John Fernandez took of the event!
The time has finally come! We are proud to announce that Light will be coming to a film screen in Fort Myers, on Monday, August 8, 2011.
This past week, Starlight Productions was contacted by Eric Raddatz of the Fort Myers Film Festival about bringing “Light” to the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center as part of the Film Festival’s popular Summer Intellectualization Mondays.
Mark your calendars for Monday, August 8, 2011, at 6:30pm. Writer/Director Marty Wisher will be joined by Cinematographer & Special Effects Guru Tim Gunderman, along with the movie’s stars: Danny Rawley, Christian Kilian, Mitch Jacobs, and Keegan Shayne, as well as most of the cast at this special premiere.
Host Eric Raddatz will introduce the film and moderate the Q&A following the presentation. For more details, check out the invite on Facebook. We look forward to seeing you on the red carpet!
Christian Kilian, one of the child stars of our soon to be released independent film, Light, was interviewed by ABC News almost a year ago as part of a story on people who suffer from albinism and the tragedy that afflicts albinos in Africa, where they are killed because of a superstition about magical properties in their skin. Well, the show is finally going to air on ABC’s 20/20, tonight at 10pm, 9pm Central. Find more details on ABC’s website, and check your local listings for the episode you don’t want to miss! Light was written and directed by Marty Wisher.
First render of “The People Of the Light” at the end of the film. We utilized veteran actor and teacher Dick Westlake, as well as various members of United Film & Television Artists (UFTA) for these shots.
A scene from the independent teen sci-fi film, Light, written & directed by Marty Wisher.
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The first FX shots of “The People in the Light” are in.
A scene from the independent teen sci-fi film, Light, written & directed by Marty Wisher.
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Guy Noegel
Cape Coral singer/songwriter Guy Noegel, also of the bands KYDeity and Skindot, has been recruited by Starlight Productions’ Teresa Cobb to create a soundtrack/score for our almost completed film, Light. Guy’s bands have a great reputation and have received local radio airplay, but one of his dreams has always been to create music for films.
We’re thrilled to have Guy as part of the Light team, continuing to create an independent film using entirely local (Southwest Florida) assets.
Our hope is to have the movie completed by mid-July.
For weeks, we’ve talked about Max, Jake’s, so far unseen, pet that was created as a result of an explosion in science class. But for a variety of reasons, we kept Max under wraps so far. No longer. It is time that the world sees Max in all, okay, most of his glory. Thanks to some clever model work and a couple of long nights of puppeteering and compositing, we are now proud to show off the most unusual character from Light, Max:
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Jake goes with Lucas to Mr T’s with Max
A scene from Light
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Wow, what a busy week.
We finished the last of the principal photography for Light earlier this week at a really nice locally-owned pizza parlor I Rigazzi Pizza on Hancock Bridge. Christian and Danny were excellent as usual. UFTA President Al Quinn was perfect as the grumpy, Italian Pizza Parlor owner – some fine acting there. And we had the opportunity to bring Christian and Danny’s real life mothers, Angie and Susan into the background, along with our good friend, Deborah Ford, who was nice enough to let us borrow her camera for the shots below. (with a couple of extra shots from Sue’s phone) And they even let us eat the pizza!
Now we shift gears into promotion and post-production. We will be putting the final touches on Marty’s favorite, the one character not yet seen on film, then some second unit work and editing, editing, editing. Marty’s already working on ideas for the sequel. We’ll keep everyone updated on the progress of promoting the film as things happen.
Meanwhile, we’re putting the finishing touches on our project for Cape Movie Magic. Stop by this free concert with local high schools and the Gulf Coast Symphony, playing for the first time in Cape Coral, February 28th, from 11am on at Cultural Park, near City Hall. Stop by, listen to the music and get your picture taken with one of our movie impersonators:
We’ve also heard rumors that some of the fine men of the Fighting 501st will be joining us for the event.
And we have a second date set for our Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre at the Santa Barbara Clubhouse. Mark your calendars for March 21, when we perform “Clubhouse Murders.” More details to come.
In the meantime, enjoy the photos of our fun at I Rigazzi.