I have to disagree on the kid party thing. People keep saying that there's something wrong with it when there isn't. Plenty of people say 'kid party', or even 'kiddy party'.

Been meaning to check this one out for a while.

Glad I got around to it.  It's fairly sick haha.

I love the decision to make Chris a woman, and wonder why you felt it necessary to change the gender later.

I thought the vibe you had going with the female clown was very distrubing -- and not only did the change in gender scale the story back into something more conventional and less interesting -- it did not even make any sense.

I would recommend that you abandon that angle and simply ramp up the menace with your original "Chris".

Happy to give this one another look -- and a bit more thought -- if you guys decide to actually move forward with filming.  Just let me know.  

Hey bert, thanks for reading.

This is a first draft, but I thought it was okay enough to post.

Last I heard from Dena, this one is still on. As far as the female clown changing to male goes, I'm surprised you didn't get that. Mindy is a woman who fears clowns. She sees the female friendly clown and decides it might not be that bad. Get over it. Just get in the elevator. What's the worst that can happen? The clown turns into a male because this is her hallucinations or whatever and to most women, not me, mind you, males are a little bit more intimidating/scary than women, so that's why Chris turns into a male clown. I had Twisty in mind there.   If Mindy was a male, I would probably have kept the clown female all the way through and done some horrible things to the poor male Mindy with the female clown...  

Thanks again. I'll keep you posted on the progress.  

Thanks Don! No idea why the images don't show on my computer when I try to post an image...

This one was rewritten and shot this past weekend. An elevator prop was built even! I guess we now have to shoot a few more elevator scripts.  

This is a picture from first day of editing.  

Very cool - look forward to seeing it

Ah, Pia. You and your clowns. You and Dena need to keep up the awesome work. =)

Thanks Sean!

Dena and I actually work VERY well together and we only live like two hours apart. I'm really really happy we connected.  

Both films should be ready by this weekend or so.

So, it's been posted in 2015. Don't remember a clown short from you. I'll read it before you post the film, it's funner this way. Good luck with editing!

Looking forward to seeing it!

Read it! It would be fun to watch. Can't wait...

This is the script we shot. https://www.dropbox.com/s/372brwomhhc141a/Coulrophobia_film.pdf?dl=0

It's shorter than the original, but nothing vital is missing.

It was really intense at the end. We had a GREAT actor play the evil clown.  

And yes, I forgot to add a cover page.  

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Looks like a nice shot. Who's the cinematographer?

Quoted from DustinBowcot Looks like a nice shot. Who's the cinematographer?

His name is Bernardo Santana. He's really great at making things look awesome. Something that I think has become more important these days. IMHO, when the cameras started to come down in prices and technology evolved, anyone, including me, could buy a camera and make their own films. Fast forward 10+ years and now the technology is such that it's no longer enough with just okay looking films. I think television shows have helped in this too. Films have to look amazing or people will often dismiss it as amateur immediately even if the story is good. In other words, I gave up a few years ago on filming stuff myself. A camera that was hot shit one year was obsolete a couple of years later. There was just no way that I could keep up with the tech side of things. The two films we shot last weekend were both filmed in 4k. That's why I use professionals when making films. If you have friends that can do it and do it for free, great, but if not, you're better off hiring a pro, IMHO.

Yeah, I've come to appreciate that the script is merely the start of something great. Everybody else needs to be great too. The DP, the Director, the actors, sound, the editor.... even art department, costumes, set design... so many talents required to make one great film. if just one of those aspects is weak then the whole thing can fail.

Good luck, Pia... and Dena.