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Your movie Witches Night -
in a few words, what is it about?
Witches Night
is a small film/avant video project between myself and Andy Van
Scoyoc
[Andrea
Dean Van Scoyoc interview - click here]. I guess it's a traditional Halloween-themed
festive film about a
small collection of witches and their tales.
What were your sources of inspiration when writing
Witches Night?
It
was coming up to Halloween, so feeling in the spirit felt important, and
Scoyoc made a brilliant host and writer, too. I had Andrea Rose in mind
too for a video monologue as she was a scare actress and warmed to reading
lines of such nature.
You have written and directed
Witches Night
together with Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - so what was your
collaboration like?
Always
an eye-opening experience, and the tones are normally set to create
something avant-garde. She had a writing and spiritual background. She
loves that dark poetry stuff.
Witches Night
wasn't the first time you've worked with Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc - so what can
you tell us about your previous collaborations, and how did you first meet
even?
It's
been about five years now, I think? Ever since I met Andrea through social
media, she always supported what I was doing on YouTube. It's very much
appreciated and yes, we have done a few projects together before and
since. She was always up for writing and doing voiceover work, which is
appreciated. I remember her doing an ab-lib for A Mr Shelton Christmas
Special (2016) as well, back in the day.
Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc |
Back to Witches Night,
it's a film that's rather abstract and associative in narrative - so what
can you tell us about the film's approach to storytelling?
If
it wasn't for Andrea Rose and Andrea Scoyoc's storytelling and delivering,
then I don't think it would be as finished. Just that the visuals were
important with the poetry/monologues. It
was a fun project and one to set the tone for Halloween. The two Andreas
know their stuff and bring things to life from the writing page.
Do
also talk about the poem that's the backbone of your movie!
Scoyoc
and I wrote different sections. I guess my lines were primitive, but
Scoyoc wrote the monologue poem for Andrea Rose to recite. The
poetry was there to hopefully help the short visual film flow and - touch
wood - keep it interesting to anybody watching.
What
can you tell us about Witches Night's
cast, and why exactly these people?
Andrea
Rose was lovely, she was a scare actress and always seemed to be in a
hood, outfit, or willing to make the monologue come to life - a blessing. To
work with Andrea Van Scoyoc again felt natural, too. Creatively, things
were just slow at the time and I needed to get back to basics.
The $64-question of
course, where can Witches Night be
seen?
If
you go to http://www.youtube.com/MrSheltonTV2
and search for Witches Night
on the channel - it's there.
Andrea Rose |
Anything you can tell us about audience and critical
reception of Witches Night?
I
think it was positive. It was for Halloween and the season at the time, so
I hope they enjoyed or appreciated the efforts made.
Any future projects you'd like to share? Nothing
too in-depth as we speak. I've been working on my Amazon e-book 15
Poems this month and festive YouTube videos.
Your/your
movie's website, social media, whatever else? Please
go visit my main YouTube channel MrSheltonTV2.
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else you're dying to mention and I have merely forgotten to ask?
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I
would just like to say a massive thank you to Andrea Scoyoc and Andrea
Rose on projects and for helping to keep things creative and inspired.
Massive thanks also to Sofia Frasz a.k.a. Exiled Hope, a very taltented
musician from the US, who did the score for Witches Night,
and to Mario Xavier, who shot some of the stock footage.
Thanks
for the interview! Thanks
for having me, Michael.
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