“The Emerald City” is the short film I Produced, Directed, Co-Wrote and Edited for the 2013 Seattle 48 Hour Film Project.  This won the award for “best use of line” as well as an Audience Choice Award (my second year in a row winning the award).
61 teams had 48 hours to create a 4-7 minute short film. Each team had to include the following elements:
Prop:Â Cheese
Character:Â Gino/Gina Asplund, a Barista
Line of Dialogue:Â “There must be something in your ear”
The genre we picked out of a hat:Â Fantasy
Note:  Because this was for the Seattle 48 Hour Film Project, it is very heavy in Seattle-area humor. Bellevue is a city in the “Eastside” region of King County.  It is separated from Seattle by Lake Washington. Most commuters use the 520 bridge to travel between the two. Unfortunately, the weekend of the 48 Hour film project, the 520 bridge was closed.  This made it difficult for my team to get between the two cities that weekend, because our headquarters was at my home in Bellevue.  We thought it would be funny to include that in our film. Also, we were just poking fun at the fact that most of the time us Bellevue residents invite our Seattleite friends to visit, they cause a massive stink about traveling to the Eastside. “Nobody goes to the Eastside!”
Cast and Crew
Production Coordinator – Anthony Ward
Written By – David Kennedy, Daniel Dagris, Angela Herr, AJ Thompson, John McIntosh, Anthony Ward
CAST:
Judy – Ann Trigg
Party Guest – John McIntosh
Lolli – Anthony Ward
Urban Farmer Scarecrow – David Kennedy
Witch – Isabel Hartinger
Hipster Tin Man – Daniel Dagris
Raver Lion – AJ Thompson
Gino Asplund/Wizard – Patrick Tyler Quigley
CREW:
Director of Photography – David Kennedy
B-Camera Operator – John McIntosh
Second Unit Director – John McIntosh
Production Assistant – Jim Bracher
Editor – David Kennedy
Assistant Editor – AJ Thompson
Visual Effects Supervisor – John McIntosh
Script Supervisor – Daniel Dagris
Music Supervisor – Angela Herr
Costume and Makeup – Evelyn Gamage
Chief Lighting Technician – Jim Bracher
Audio Engineer – AJ Thompson
Best Boy – Kitty Tinney
Craft Services – Daniel Mentzer, Kitty Tinney
MUSIC:
Tenderfoot – “Go On & Go”
GLITTERBANG – “Constable”, “Witch Disco”, “RVRS”, “Excuse Us for Pirate Rocking”, “Tread Lightly”
Pony Time – “Geordie”