Between all the chaos of trying to make a living as a videographer, I have been working hard for the past 2 years on my first feature film called “We Are Friends.” I wrote it over the course of 2008 while living in Vancouver, BC, and managed to finish it while working in central MA as a projectionist at a local movie theater. While writing the film I constantly consulted with a very close friend named Trevor Moore – a Cornell graduate turned Manhattan real estate agent. He helped me though all the blank spots I hit and was a great outside mind on the whole project. He is now in the process of revising our 3rd draft before we send it out to our editor on the other side of the country for a far more literary stance on the matter.

Without giving too much away about it, the film centers around a close group of friends who take a trip to Canada and find themselves in a horrible situation. Without any bearings they are forced to deal with the situation as best they know how. Ever since I started making shorts in college I always gravitated towards making dramatic films. To me, comedies, horrors, and fantasy films are too simple to make believable. Well made dramatic films grab the heart of the viewer and don’t just make them laugh or scream, they can actually reach deep inside someone and trigger something so deep that is brings out an entire cluster of emotions. My film aims to bring every single emotion to the table: humor, anger, saddness, love, hate… all within the confines of an hour and a half. We shall see how it goes.

With a great team building behind this, I am confident that we will be able to make something that can be enjoyed by many people. Trevor Moore will be by my side as my co-director, co-writer and co-actor, while Jenna Rivers of Future Craft Studio will be the lead wardrobe stylist and my partner in crime and photographer Justin Keena will be my co-Director of Photography (cinematographer). I really look forward to taking the big leap into this and I can’t wait for all of the amazing adventures to come in 2010!

Don’t forget to check out all of the concept photography we have done so far and check back in mid March for a whole new set of images!

We Are Friends