Grey Branches completed!

Paul Foster's esoteric short film Grey Branches is now officially complete after months of post-production and a strange & wonderful workflow that involved the director, editor (myself), and the composer all working separately all over the country.  Yet somehow we managed to collaborate in such a way that the project is not only finished, but is also something we can all be proud of.

From its humble beginnings as a fun, weekend Halloween project to its current state... a haunting & visually stimulating art-house "short" that stands at an almost epic 40 minute run-time... this "little film that could" finally DID! And now the search for a festival begins.

grey branches

Paul Foster has finished principle photography in New Hampshire, so now the edit begins. He brought the footage down here to my office in Wilmington for a brief but intense few days of initial editing. So far so good. It's a thoughtful and dream-like story about a man dealing with tragedy, inspired by foreign films like The Spirit of the Beehive, Ratcatcher, and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser. In other words, heavy on mood and imagery... light on plot and action... which makes the editing even more important than usual. It looks to be a very interesting project to work on, so stay tuned...