You heard that correctly: we are shooting a short film based on the first 15 pages of the feature film. As first time feature filmmakers, it is imperative that we find a way to demonstrate our vision and our ability as filmmakers to bring Cecily's story to life on the screen. It has become increasingly clear that this "proof of concept" is necessary for us to move forward with the feature film. Many feature films started as short films including Beasts of the Southern Wild, S

When I set out to create a marketing plan for The Extraordinary World of Cecily Blinkstop, I quickly discovered that there are not a lot of online materials related to creating a marketing plan for an indie film. People are understandably protective of their intellectual property, making it difficult to find good examples to refer to when creating this plan. While I already had experience marking one indie film, we made most decisions for that project on the fly. With The Ext

I wrote The Extraordinary World of Cecily Blinkstop during my first semester at graduate school and, from the moment I completed the first draft, I knew that this would be the first feature film I would tackle as a director. While creating Cecily's world, I pulled from my own life experiences to develop the characters and basic plot, but then something truly magical happened: my characters came to life. They took over and told the story for me. The Extraordinary World of Ceci