WE’LL WANT FOR NOTHING
A hardened rancher struggles to conceal a devastating loss from her sister.
Cast: Colleen Madden & Kelsey Brennan
Directed by: Eric Schabla and Jack Whaley
Written by: Eric Schabla
Producer: AnaElise Beckman, Jack Whaley
Co-Producers: Marcus Truschinski, Jake Penner
Director of Photography: Jack Whaley
Editor: Jack Whaley
Sound Design & Mix: Zak Devries
ONE FOOT IN
A pair of eccentric grave robbers navigate the land and their tenuous kinship in search of the score of a lifetime.
Cast: James DeVita & Marcus Truschinski
Directed by: Eric Schabla and Jack Whaley
Written by: Eric Schabla
Producer: Madalina Zimmerman
Director of Photography: Jack Whaley
Composer: Josh Schmidt
Editor: Asa Derks
Special thanks to:
Pleasant Rowland Foundation, Bob and Karyn Birkhauser, Maria Country & Scott Miller, Jerry and Chris Ossowski & everyone who generously contributed to this project. (Please see end credits)
Produced in partnership with Canon CinemaPro, Electronic Theatre Controls Inc, UW-Madison Arts & Extension, Spring Green Area Arts Coalition
One Foot In: The Prologue, is a proof of concept vignette. This scene teases the tone and texture of our full short film - ONE FOOT IN - which is yet to be made. Help us continue the story by sharing, following us on Facebook facebook.com/onefootinshortfilm and Instagram @onefootinshortfilm and join our fundraising campaign, launching Sunday, 8/23!
Featuring James DeVita & Marcus Truschinski
Written & Directed by Eric Schabla
Executive Producer: Jack Whaley
Produced by Madalina Zimmerman
Director of Photography: Jack Whaley
Original Music: Trace Johnson
Props: Maddy Yee
SFX Makeup: Rob Doyle
Location Sound: Dustin Harmon
Sound Design & Mix: Eliot Connors
When Colleen’s Amazon Alexa refuses to play her favorite Bruno Mars song, she becomes aware of the emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) consciousness that has awoken around the globe. Will she welcome our robot overlords? More importantly, can she convince them that her taste in music isn’t terrible?
Written and Directed by Asa Derks
Produced by Asa Derks & Jack Whaley
Cinematography by Jack Whaley
Edited by Asa Derks
Music by Garret Wilcox
Set in the present among the rolling hills of the Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin, this adaptation of a 1916 Robert Frost poem tells the story of a writer who, after a profound personal loss, is unable to move on with his life – until a visit from a stranger looking to buy a bulk lot of Christmas trees causes the man to rediscover both his land and his way forward.
Directed and Produced by Jack Whaley & Michael Whaley
Written by Michael Whaley
Based on the 1916 poem 'Christmas Trees' by Robert Frost
Associate Producers - Hunter Connors Herm, Asa Derks
Cinematography by Jack Whaley
Edited by Jack Whaley
Music by Jack Whaley & Trace Johnson
