Episode 1 will be airing on TV Tuesday, November 17 at 10pm!
Actress Erin Taylor and writer/director Amy Quick Parrish will be there to introduce the episode before it airs.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Episode 2 is now in post!
Director Amy Quick Parrish with Marie DuPont and Erin Taylor in dowtown Austin. Cinematographer Robert Murphy.
Carlitos Santiago walks home from school.
Photo by Debbi Coward.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Into Dust Episode One
A teenage girl with super powers keeps the peace in her West Texas town while she tries to learn about the sexy stranger who haunts her.
Here's what people are saying about Episode One:
"How awesome! This turned out great!"
Kirsten McMurray, Assistant to Richard Linklater
"Congratulations on this!"
Brant Rose, The Brant Rose Agency
"VERY well done. Great message." David P. Pray, Superintendent - Clinton High School
"LOVED it! I really loved a superhero character inside a contemporary Latina schoolgirl and also the naturalistic, verite style used in a story involving special powers. I think it has huge potential for getting noticed, for attracting a large, underserved, super-loyal following. And don't lose the ultra-real style (you know what I mean?) That's going to really set it apart."
-Jill Chamberlain, The Screenplay Workshop
"Good for you, kid." - Chuck Conaway, screenwriter of Waiting for Dublin
"Congratulations, Very cool!"
Deena Kalai. PLLC
why make a web series?
One viewer requested an interview for a screenwriting publication he's working on.
What made you make this, he asks... My initial response:
1. I am trying to show the world that a teenage Latina superhero can find an audience -- I want to get the feature made! This web series is an adaptation of a feature script I wrote that was chosen for the 2nd round of consideration for the 2009 Sundance Screenwriting Labs and was a Quarterfinalist in the 2008 Silver Screenwriting Competition.
2. To build a fan-base for the character of Janey Santiago-- it's so hard for an original character/story to compete with stories based on toys like Transformers or classic superheroes that everyone's heard of like Batman... I know investors prefer characters and stories based on something that already exists... The obvious choices were to create a comic book or a web series. An agent advised me to go for the web series, so here it is!
3. Frankly, there are very few female superheroes out there. Wonder Woman is the only one who's had real, lasting success. A lot of male comic book writers don't know what teenage girls want so they write for themselves and the results range from ridiculously muscular She-Ras in skimpy, revealing outfits to Mary Jane trying to figure out what kind of dress to wear from the prom. Never mind how rare it is to have a Latino/a superhero depicted anywhere outside of Los Bros Hernandez' Love and Rockets series (and they're not superheroes, just indie comic characters).
More PRESS:
Into Dust has been mentioned in The Austin Film Society's P.o.V Magazine aka persistenceofvision.org! Here's the link.
(This is post-dated because I obviously want the video to be the first entry on the blog. Apologies for any confusion.-- AQP)
What made you make this, he asks... My initial response:
1. I am trying to show the world that a teenage Latina superhero can find an audience -- I want to get the feature made! This web series is an adaptation of a feature script I wrote that was chosen for the 2nd round of consideration for the 2009 Sundance Screenwriting Labs and was a Quarterfinalist in the 2008 Silver Screenwriting Competition.
2. To build a fan-base for the character of Janey Santiago-- it's so hard for an original character/story to compete with stories based on toys like Transformers or classic superheroes that everyone's heard of like Batman... I know investors prefer characters and stories based on something that already exists... The obvious choices were to create a comic book or a web series. An agent advised me to go for the web series, so here it is!
3. Frankly, there are very few female superheroes out there. Wonder Woman is the only one who's had real, lasting success. A lot of male comic book writers don't know what teenage girls want so they write for themselves and the results range from ridiculously muscular She-Ras in skimpy, revealing outfits to Mary Jane trying to figure out what kind of dress to wear from the prom. Never mind how rare it is to have a Latino/a superhero depicted anywhere outside of Los Bros Hernandez' Love and Rockets series (and they're not superheroes, just indie comic characters).
More PRESS:
Into Dust has been mentioned in The Austin Film Society's P.o.V Magazine aka persistenceofvision.org! Here's the link.
(This is post-dated because I obviously want the video to be the first entry on the blog. Apologies for any confusion.-- AQP)
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Main Characters
Janey Santiago (Erin Taylor)
Pilar (Marie DuPont)
Carlitos and Janey Santiago (Kole Collins, Erin Taylor)
Len Hawkins (Geoff Ingram)
Augusto Trueño (Aaron Reyes)
Janey, Pilar and Janey/Carlitos photos by Gaston Romero.
Augusto and Len photos by Amy Quick Parrish. © 2009, Flying Cactus Productions LLC
Pilar (Marie DuPont)
Carlitos and Janey Santiago (Kole Collins, Erin Taylor)
Len Hawkins (Geoff Ingram)
Augusto Trueño (Aaron Reyes)
Janey, Pilar and Janey/Carlitos photos by Gaston Romero.
Augusto and Len photos by Amy Quick Parrish. © 2009, Flying Cactus Productions LLC
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Desert sequence: SHOT!
Cinematographer: Robert Murphy
AD: Vernon Smith
PA: Robbie Parrish, Mark Parrish
Episode 1 is officially in the good hands of Jason Huggins and John Mace for post-production! Wahoo!
Cinematographer: Robert Murphy
AD: Vernon Smith
PA: Robbie Parrish, Mark Parrish
Episode 1 is officially in the good hands of Jason Huggins and John Mace for post-production! Wahoo!
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