expecting (2007, 17 mins)

EXPECTING | 2007 | 17 MINS | DV | COLOR

SYNOPSIS:
Blake comes home to find Kate waiting to tell him something that will change his life. Within a single scene, the two nuanced performances illuminate the twists and turns of an entire relationship. (synopsis from Rooftop Films 2009 Summer Series Catalog)

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SELECT CREDITS:
kate – kate roberts
blake – blake delong
produced & directed by chris ohlson
co-produced by gregory collins
written by chris ohlson & blake delong and kate roberts
shot by jim eastburn & david waingarten
cut by austen menges
color & titles – mike nicholson
sound editor – robert kellough
makeup artist – lilian ojeda
sound recordist – buckner cooke
boom operator – kai mantsch
extra special thanks to kai mantsch, jay deuby, john bryant, gregory collins, kevin triplett and david waingarten

NOTES:
Director’s Choice Award Winner – ACE AWARD (Dallas Video Festival 2008)
from the awards program:
“I loved everything about this film. I love that it is a bare bones production that abandons the luxuries other films have at their disposal – high def cameras, elaborate art direction, fancy camera moves – and hinges itself on raw performance. I love that its story is told on a static set, yet you are totally involved with these two characters on a totally real emotional level. I love that the subject of the film is expertly crafted around the drastic changes in the emotional underbelly of a conversation. And it isn’t boring – it’s great – almost riveting. It’s as though Chris Ohlson can see humanness so clearly and in his films he hovers a magnifying glass over the human condition, then whispers for us to come take a look. I think he is a true artist in every sense of the word.” —Festival Director A.C. Abbott

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