Movies You Made: “Capps Crossing”
March is Movies You Made month at Go Into The Story where we feature the work of some independent filmmakers.
Today: Capps Crossing.
Production notes from writer-director Mike Stahl:
Capps Crossing was shot over 8 days in the Tahoe National forest. The cast and crew put in extremely long days to make the short schedule work. Most of the cast and crew slept in tents the entire shoot enduring temperatures that dipped into the 30’s at night. The film is currently in post production.
Cast:
Ashley Sullivan
Alex Acosta
Quenya Tuck
Parker Alexander
Isabel Siragusa
Marcus Parker
Brian Cory
Gary Cooney
Sarah Leo
DJ Hale
David Peters
Troy Healy
Ryan Nelson
Damon Gomez
Crew:
Mike Stahl — Writer/Director/Producer
Rose Hernandez — 1st AD
Alejandro Guimoye — DP
Alexandria Montenero — Costume Supervisor/Set Decorator
Andrew Florio — Camera Op/Editor
Jason Borroel — Camera Op
Scott Pigg — Sound
Matt Martin — Prop master
Christy Martin — PA
Johnathen Henderson — PA
Krystina Mae — Script Supervisor
Heather Danger — Makeup
David Ainsworth — SFX
Plot summary: David has lost his girlfriend and his mind. Capps Crossing is his only refuge. When six hikers make the mistake of choosing Capps Crossing to spend the weekend, David will stop at nothing to make sure they never come back.
Here is the trailer for Capps Crossing:
I asked each of the filmmakers in this month’s series to answer this question: What inspired you about this particular story to make it a movie? Here is Mike’s answer:
The inspiration came from the many trips that a group of friends took to the same secluded campground every year. The campground has a historic bridge that is covered in graffiti. I saw some names that repeated over a number of years and visits. The story was crafted based on: Why did they stop coming?. I preferred to take the horror route and include elements of geocaching (which we often did on trips) into the story. Geocaching became a good device for theme in the film.
IMDB site here.
Twitter: @cappscrossing, @mikeastahl.
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Tomorrow: Another Movie You Made.
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