MYSTIC SWIRL

Concrete Dream Pictures' first dramatic short movie.

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MYSTIC SWIRL - VITAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS

Camera – Canon XL-2
Shoot format - Mini-DV
Shoot days - 7 days
Cool equipment we used – a slider & dolly & fake bucket of ice cream
Catering Budget – approx $1700
Length of Movie – 34 minutes and 43 seconds.
Post production - 425 hours
Editing System – Final Cut Pro 5
Cool Locations – Gonce home on historic Wood Avenue in Florence, Alabama & The Palace Ice Cream shop in Tuscumbia, Alabama

MYSTIC SWIRL - THREE LINE SYNOPSIS

An uplifting story about a family recovering from the loss of a child.

MYSTIC SWIRL - TAG LINE

Find the magic… again.

WATCH MYSTIC SWIRL TRAILER HERE

Approx. 1 minute forty five seconds long

MYSTIC SWIRL - DIRECTORS STATEMENT

When I was 9 years old a childhood friend named Freddie got sick. He had Leukemia. He was a good kid and generously shared his love of magic tricks with me. In fact, he gave me a plastic magic hat that I played with for hours on end. We had fun playing and doing tricks together too. My family eventually moved away and I lost touch with Freddie... but I never stopped thinking about him. Over the years, my interest in magic tricks grew. I studied theater and became a nationally known touring magician www.stevetrash.com. Through my profession I've been lucky enough to visit many children’s hospitals and I've always been amazed by the incredible strength of sick children. Whether it's a kid on dialysis or in the Cancer ward. They're always so emotionally strong. Eventually all this thinking about them threw me into writing, producing and directing a short movie called Mystic Swirl. It's the uplifting story of a family dealing with the loss of a child to Cancer. It's a very good low budget movie that I believe might heal the grieving pain families who've lost children may feel. Hope so. Steve :)

MYSTIC SWIRL - PRODUCTION NOTES

My wife and I wrote the story for Mystic Swirl on a road trip to see my grandchildren in South Carolina. I had the basic outline of what I wanted to say, but I hadn’t been able to put it in a form that seemed to work. In fact, I’ve sat on the story for almost 10 years. So Dianne and I hammered it out driving north on Interstate 75. I got back home and started writing and creating storyboards for the story we’d developed. I am dyslexic and tend to think in pictures anyway, so that was the fun part. We got lucky and Teddy Champion – our producer – who has a Masters in Film read the script and made some really terrific story suggestions. I wrote those in as well and they made the story better - for sure. I began passing the script around town and our cast and crew quickly started to get on board. Because people liked the script and wanted us to do a good movie as much as we did, they stepped up and said “just let us know when and we’ll be there”.

CAST & CREW LIST

Written and Directed by
Steve Richerson

Produced by
Teddy Champion
Corey Hannah

Director of Photography
William Schweikert

Edited by
Steve Richerson

Production Design by
Dianne Richerson

Original Music by
Steve Richerson

Assistant Director
Teddy Champion

Gaffer
Robert Duke

Key Grip
Ernie Wann

Grips
John "Ringo" Holcomb
Keith Simms

Camera Assistant
Eric Herron

Still Photographers
Patrick Hood
Abraham Rowe

Script Supervisor
Kathryn Hirschfeld

Sound Mixer
Allan Beckloff

Boom Operator
Shireen Matar

Continuity
Kathryn Hirschfeld

Visual Effects
Steve Richerson

Production Assistants
Anthony A.B. Brooks
Charlene Carter
Bryan Willingham
Bradley Woods

Catering by
Coffeeology
Sodexho

Color Correction by
Jim Torres

CAST

Michael - MICHAEL JENNINGS
Dad - KYLE WEIR
Mom - MARY KATHERINE ROWE
Jeff the Angel - JEFF MILLER
Megan - LOGAN HILL
Ice Cream Lady - JAN INGLE

EXTRAS

Aiden Johnston
Anneliese Schweikert
Anthony Brooks
Arthur D. Bircheat
Ursula Ellis
Ashley Jennings
Ashok M. Patel
Bradley Woods
Brian Felber
Brian Johnson
Bryan Willingham
Callie Brewton
Christie Connolly
Colin Brooks
Daniel MacMullin
David Lee
Dennis Bircheat
Dianne Richerson
Drew Colston
Elizabeth Jennings
Eric Herron
Erik Piper
Ernie Wann
Ethan Hood
Evan M. Tidwell
Gena Ellis
Grant Walden
Haley E. Henslee
Heather Clark
Jack Dressler
Jamie Connolly
Jan Clemons
Jared South
Jeff Miller
Jerri Brooks
John “Ringo” Holcomb
Josh Stidham
Juli Martin
Katie Martin
Laura Connolly
Laura Martin
Leigh Carl McElyea
Mallory Chandler
Mary Ann Inman
Mathhew Mallard
Maya Champion
Michael Fowlkes
Michelle Johnston
Peter Carrow
Rhiannon Clarke
Robin K. Welch
Russell Quinn
Samantha Creasy
Tyesha Waters

Special Thanks to
Gas Studios
Robert Rausch
Franks Italian Restaurant
The Palace - Tuscumbia AL
The City of Tuscumbia, AL
The City of Florence, AL
Mayor Shoemaker
Mayor Irons

Very Special Thanks to
Mary Ann Inman
Harvey Robbins
Bret Jennings
Nancy & Robert Gonce

This movie is dedicated to
my Mom, my Dad, Sabina, and Freddie.

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