BIG COWBOY

Our latest short comedy film is called BIG COWBOY.

BIG COWBOY VITAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS -

Shoot Format Mini DV
Shoot Camera - Canon XL-2
Shoot Days two days
Donuts Consumed 12 - left over from BIG COWBOY shoot ate it for good luck.
Subway Sandwiches consumed 46
Bottle Waters Consumed - 37
SAG Actors - 1 - Dan Beene
Other Great Actors - 18

BIG COWBOY THREE LINE SYNOPSIS

Another in the Steve Richerson's COSMIC COMEDY SERIES, Big Cowboy starring Dan Beene - is a slapstick retelling of an African folktale. The trickster comes to town to confound and confuse the local villagers.

BIG COWBOY TAG LINE

A comic western fairy tale.

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Big Cowboy - 41MB

BIG COWBOY - DIRECTORS STATEMENT

Once again I set out to marry spirit/soul questions with broad slapstick comedy and at the same time try to teach myself the skills needed to be a good movie maker. I chose terrific actors that were good at broad physical humor, because I'm a HUGE fan of Buster Keaton and many of the other silent era film comedians, and that was the feel I wanted in this movie. There's a little voice over work done by Dan Beene, but mostly it's silent with cartoony sound effect accents here and there. I also chose to use a deep sepia tone filter over the entire movie and a film projector flicker to give it a strange/not real feeling. This is a folk tale and I wanted to stress the metaphor aspect of the characters as much as possible. These aren't real people - they're representative of all peoples, everywhere, at all times.

BIG COWBOY - PRODUCTION NOTES

We had beautiful weather on both shoot days, but the sun kept disappearing behind the clouds. We'd get a big group shot set up and ready to roll and BAM the sun would vanish. So we took to pointing one of those big MEGA WATT spotlight/flashlights at the actors faces. It worked great! The key actors faces were always lit and those big flashlights don't require an electrical outlet. Which is cool, because we didn't have any on the dirt road we were on.

CAST LIST -

Written & Directed & Edited & Music by Steve Richerson
Producer - Corey Hannah
Gaffer - R. Todd Campbell
Best Boy Mr. Ringnell
Costumes Dianne "You want it when" Richerson
Stilts Amy and Quent Downs
Dan Beene - BIG COWBOY
Big Boss #1 Terry Pace
Big Boss #2 Kyle Weir
Sneaker Jeff Miller
Scout #1 Anthony A.B. Brooks
Scout #2 Michael Green
Arah Ringnell angelic cowgirl
John "Ringo" Holcomb maniacal cowboy
Joy Warmbrod getting punched cowpuncher
Natalie Quinn dust kick'n cowgirl
Mary Katherine Rowe tiny blue hat cowboy mommy to be cowgirl
Megan Warmbrod punchin cowgirl
Jan Ingle stick chew'n cowgirl
Christie Connolly fight n chick #1
Jamie Connolly fight'n chick #2
Susan Grissom I love wood cowgirl
Anita Pace I love wood more cowgirl
Jennifer Kilpatrick slappin and droppin cowgirl