After writing several screenplays, and having one produced ("Blood Relations"), the goal was to direct one of them myself. And digital-video provided the opportunity.
Writing and directing the movie would be half the battle. But if I also meant to do the shooting and editing, I'd have to learn the technical aspects of the medium. The shooting lasted a month, but the editing took a couple years.
You can watch it on YouTube. If you've spent time in the Roaring Fork Valley, you'll recognize many of the locations. Here's the link. (The lead actress, Beth Malone, made it to Broadway and was nominated for Best Actress In A Musical, "Fun Home", at the Tony Awards in 2015))
Twist Of Faith
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Goin' back home ain't easy... especially when your dad's in a coma, and your stepmother -- a small-town cable-access-queen -- plans to use her TV show to
get the whole town praying for a miracle.
Complicating matters is an old boyfriend, a kid-sister with an attitude, and a sweet-talkin' worm-farmer who's digging up a skeleton in your closet.
Filmed on location in Aspen, Colorado
Title: "Twist of Faith"
Running Time: 1 hour, 42 minutes
Genre: Drama
Format: Digital Video
Cast: Beth Malone,
Meredith Nelson-Daniel, Tom Erickson, Kristin Walla
Producer/Director/Cameraman/Editor:
Steve Saylor
Written by: Steve Saylor and Richard
Hathaway
Composer: Larry Good
Titles and Artwork: Jackie Chenoweth
Production Company:
1-Man Studio Prods.
Contact: Steve
Saylor: (970) 963-1846