FantasyTown

FantasyTown turned out spectacularly. John and Mike Frenden know how to make film, and the actors they choose to work with were uniformly good. No wonder that, for the second year in a row, John's film earned the "Audience Favorite Award!" It also got the overall award for costumes.

I played Hal Haynes, Court Clerk. Just a few lines, but character development was crucial. Of course I did what I usually like to do--select my own wardrobe: jeans, jacket, white shirt, string tie, cowboy boots, ten gallon hat and half-specs; as well as beard and hair parted crisply down the middle.


That's John Frenden to my right in the screen shot, and Jason Glick to my right.

The film included saloon girls, Indians (speaking in native language) on horseback, school kids, cowboys and one of the best swamp monsters in movie history (played by Jim Cernanec, Jr). It was shot on location at Fry Family Farms and Museum of Western Reserve Farms and Equipment in Richfield, Ohio.

See the movie here: (http://www.youtube.com/actorloganfry).

Swamp Thing I

Finished 48 Hour Film Project filming on Saturday. What a blast! Of course I can't post a comment until the screening on Thursday--just let me say that John Frenden, and his brother Mike, were superb; as were the cast and crew. Seven times better than last year--and it takes some mighty fine filmmaking to beat "Alien Robot Invasion." .