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Your new movie Kill
Me in the Moonlight - in a few words, what is it about?
Kill
Me in the Moonlight
is about a cop haunted by the vision of a dead woman.
What were your sources of inspiration when writing Kill
Me in the Moonlight? Gabrielle:
We had a dead skeleton in the trunk of my car that we wanted to use.
Kris:
A prop dead skeleton.
Gabrielle: Right. A prop dead skeleton.
Kris: And we had locations that we wanted to use, and Gabby had a camera, and we had
all the time in the world to come up with something, so we did. You two made Kill
Me in the Moonlight completely without any additional cast and
crew - so what was the idea behind this, and what are the challenges but
maybe also advantages filming that way?
Gabrielle: We wanted to make a movie using the principles of social distancing.
Kris: It was hard because we didn’t have a full crew, but we were able to use that
to our advantage.
Gabrielle: Having a two person cast and crew allowed us to have complete creative freedom
and control.
Kris: We were in control by being out of control. I started out doing films this way
in college with no crew, no big cast, 2-3 people max, and we based our stories
on the locations that we had available to us. And that was always a lot of
fun. So what was the
collaboration between the two of you like on Kill
Me in the Moonlight?
Gabrielle: We collaborated on Salvation and that was a great experience, so I didn’t
have any reservations about working together again.
Kris: It was fun, it's always fun. It's always fun working with Gabrielle Rosson she
seems to be one of the few people who actually knows where I'm coming from, and
she was willing to let our creativity grow together. Gabrielle is like two
sticks that you rub together to make fire. Do talk about Kill
Me in the Moonlight approach to horror for a bit!
Kris: We didn’t set out to make a horror film, we set out to make a film with
certain imagery and certain themes that just so happen to evoke horror when
it’s all put together. We were going for artsy black and white noir.
Gabrielle: And I think that’s why it turned out the way it did—we weren’t trying to
scare people. We were going for creepy, sure, but we just wanted to tell a
good story.
Kris: I guess you could say it's a noir film disguised as horror film. You
of course have to talk about your locations for a bit, and what was it
like filming there?
Kris: Our locations were dark, damp, muddy and semi-dangerous, and we wouldn’t
have had it any other way.
Gabrielle: It was especially gross for me because I was barefoot throughout the film. But
Kris selected the locations, mostly. I’m not sure how he knew about the dump
location because that was pretty remote and creepy… but, I’m glad he did.
Kris: Garbage will often hang out with other garbage.
Gabrielle: Hahah. What can you tell us about your
directorial approach to your story at hand?
Gabrielle: Because we didn’t have a crew and we were acting in it, we aimed for basic
coverage of every scene. The extra stuff, like the creative shots or the shots
of statues etc was all thought of on the spot.
Kris: It was all made up on the spot, she’s lying.
Gabrielle: We winged it. But I also think that’s what made it good, we let the
locations speak to us. You both
also appear in front of the camera in Kill
Me in the Moonlight - so do talk about your respective characters,
and what did you draw upon to bring them to life?
Gabrielle: I was a ghost and knew that my character wanted his character to find my body
in the unmarked grave, so I knew my motivation. Then I just set out to be
calmly creepy. I didn’t have to act so much, I just had to be present— and
that was creepy enough—that she just keeps popping up.
Kris: We discussed what our characters would be but we didn’t talk about who they
were or where they were going or what their lives were like. There was no real
backstory. I just tried to be in the moment as well. I knew what my character
wanted but didn’t know where he was gonna go from there and I still don't.
A few
words about the shoot as such, and the on-set atmosphere?
Gabrielle: That’s easy. Hilarious. In a word, the on-set atmosphere was hilarious. Kris
made me laugh the whole time.
Kris: The atmosphere was creepy and delectable. The
$64-question of course, where can Kill
Me in the Moonlight be seen?
You
can watch Kill
Me in the Moonlight on our Facebook page and on Vimeo. Here’s the link: https://vimeo.com/412558608 Anything you can
tell us about audience and critical reception of Kill
Me in the Moonlight? Gabrielle: I feel like people like this movie more than some of the other stuff I’ve
made - which is crazy because it is by far the easiest film I’ve ever made
start to finish.
Kris: People seem to be responding to it and that’s good.
Gabrielle: People have a lot of interpretations, and we just love that. Based on your experiences
with Kill Me in
the Moonlight, could you ever be persuaded to do another movie
completely between yourselves? And/or any other future projects you'd like
to share?
Kris: Yeah absolutely. We’re doing another one soon and hopefully another one
after that.
Gabrielle: I will work with Kris any day. He is my favorite person in the world. Your/your movie's website, social media,
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Kris: Keep an eye on our personal Facebook pages, we post a lot of our upcoming work
there, so keep your eyes open.
Gabrielle: Kill Me in
the Moonlight has it’s own Facebook page, too. Anything else you're dying to mention and
I have merely forgotten to ask?
Kris: I want to shout out Michael Lapore for making our movie poster.
Gabrielle: And a huge shout out to (re)Search my Trash for having us! Ever
so welcome, and thanks for the
interview!
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