The Birch

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Webby: Drama: Individual Short or Episode — 2017 People’s Voice

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Synopsis: A bullied schoolboy takes drastic measures against his tormenter, summoning an ancient being in the woods using a spellbound book passed down through the generations of his family.

“The Birch”

Crew:
Directors/Writers: Ben Franklin, Anthony Melton
Producers: Cliff Wallace (story), Ben Franklin, Anthony Melton
Set Decoration: Emma Franklin
Film Editing: Ben Franklin, Anthony Melton
Cinematography: Jonny Franklin
Music by: Patrick Jonsson

Property Master: Natalie Barett
Production Manager: Rob Jowers

Special Effects (SFX) by:
Special Effect (SFX) Makeup: Cliff Wallace
Special Effects (SFX) Assistant: Jessica Taylor

Makeup Department:
Makeup Artist: Christabel Franklin

Visual Effects (VFX) by:
Digital Compositor: Ryan J. Thompson, Anthony Melton

Second Assistant Camera: Adam Green
First Assistant Camera: James Hills
Harvey Walton: Assistant Camera

Casting Department:
Casting Assistant: Lewis Osborne

Costume and Wardrobe Department:
Wardrobe: Charlotte Barrett

Editorial Department:
Colorist: Patrick Inhofer

Starring:
Aaron Thomas Ward: Shaun
Corinna Marlowe: Grandma
Charlie Venables: Kris
Dee Sherwood Wallace: The Birch

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SB Thoughts:

00: getting straight to the point

:35 is this a trailer for the new Mormon version of Blair Witch?

:53 Ima go ahead and make the claim that people who just want to chat don’t start by calling someone “pig boy”

1:05 like, why, tho?

3:24 “sup, bitch? you about to get tree beat.”

3:29 “time to run to home to the father who’s approval I desperately strive to attain.”

4:07

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Lesson: Don’t fuck with mother nature or her children.

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ✩✩✩✩

Rake

Description: After graduating college, seven friends go camping in the desert, only to be terrorized by a vicious monster. Inspired by the popular Creepypasta, “The Rake.”

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Directed by Tony Delgadillo
Written by Alexander Crews
Produced by Guy Iorio

Jodi Lynn Moore as AUDREY
Amber Bela Muse as DR. BENSON
Nathan Turner as SCOTT
Kelly Vrooman as KATIE
Mike Bash as RYAN
Jacob Chattman as JASON
Rachel Adams as MEGHAN
Hawk Dnofrio as TANNER

Music
Luke Sanchez

Editor
Roy Arwas

Sound Design / Mix
Alfonso Cano
Omar Perez

Casting
Michael Minto at Minto Casting

1st AD
Roy Arwas

Director of Photography
Alexander Crews

Script Supervisor
Eric Castillo

Production Design
Chris Barkman

Gaffer
Graham

Key Grip
Brandon Case

Makeup Prosthetic Design & Fabrication
Jonathan Castile (Runes Picture Company)

Head Makeup / SFX Makeup
Stefania Medeiros

Production Sound
Alfonso Cano
Omar Perez

Foley Artist
Alfonso Cano
Omar Perez

ADR
Alfonso Cano
Omar Perez

Dialogue Editor
Alfonso Cano
Omar Perez

Story based on ‘The Rake’ as written on Creepypasta:
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/The…

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SB Thoughts:

2:23 I think they forgot something –

3:50 “oh, we’re just gonna go die respective horrible deaths”

4:30 “oh thank god she came over — I actually don’t know how to play the guitar.”

5:35 “…like we gone die right now.”

7:13 who are they fooling…these people are all almost 30.

8:18 “…so I took his leg so he couldn’t”

9:07 “i’ll get in..but i’ll go at a sad guy pace”

9:45 attack hug

10:47 let’s scared make-out

10:49 wait..so uh..what?

12:56 that’s some straight horror movie logic tho

13:06 yoink

13:37 salad fingers, god damnit.

13:48 slenderman’s nudist cousin

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Lesson: Slenderman has a family.

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars ✩✩✩✩

Curve

Youtube Trailer:

Full Movie on Vimeo:

Description: Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a girl tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.

from Lodestone Films

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SB Thoughts:

:43 this has a Neverending Story vibe to it

1:14 sweaty palms

1:54 oh yeah, that leg is DEFINITELY broken

2:08 “this is fine. I’m fine.”

3:12 if you die, I die too. this weightlessness is deafening

3:51 “reallllly don’t need your shit right now fingers”

4:33 survey says: those will not bend

5:15 don’t do it.

6:10 I’m sure those body-less blood shapes mean nothing. Don’t read into it so much.

6:40 EVERYBODY JUST STAY COOL; We [the collective viewership] have got this under control

7:10 now you’re just being negative.

7:27 gravity, please don’t.

7:33 is somebody just finger-painting over there now? this is getting more elaborate

8:09 oh no, OH, [OHHH NOOO.] NOOOOOOO OHNOOOOOOOO

8:24 Nature, you are a cruel mistress.

9:00 now is not the time to get our hands all tangled in a chain, my dear

9:12 or maybe I know nothing of friction

9:21 ugh

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Lesson: The relentlessly hopeful human spirit haunts us all.

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars ✩✩✩✩✩