Captain Valedor
8 /10 1 Votes
Genre Short, Comedy, Drama Duration Director Kent Sanderson Music director Gavin Keese | 8/10 IMDb Writer Kent Sanderson Initial release April 9, 2006 Running time 16 minutes Screenplay Kent Sanderson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Dariusz M. Uczkowski, Ken Arnold, Todd Reichart, Kate LaRoss, David Ferrall Producers Kent Sanderson, Dave Richardson, Chris Golio, Kevin Hoyer |
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Captain Valedor is a 2006 American short film produced in and around New York. Taking place in the 1950s, it draws elements from both Douglas Sirk-era melodrama as well as Flash Gordon-like action serials.
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- Synopsis
- Production
- Post Production and Music
- Screenings Awards
- Cast
- References
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Synopsis
In early 1950s suburbia, a young boy reimagines a climactic family conflict as a rip-roaring black-and-white outer space serial. What begins as an escapist fantasy, however, begins to unravel as the lines that seemingly existed between the good guys and the bad begin to blur, and neither fantasy nor reality will ever be the same.
Production
Production of the "Yard" sequences, shot in 35mm, was completed in December 2004 in Old Westbury, Long Island. The 16mm special effects intensive black-and-white "Space" sequences were filmed the following April in a retrofitted NYU classroom.
A low-budget short, the film was produced while the filmmakers attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Post-Production and Music
The fairly extensive special effects animations required for the "space" sequences were completed by Steven Turnwall using World War II-era craft as inspiration for the look of the models. Backgrounds were replaced via greenscreen, and then turned to black and white.
The award-winning score, written and composed by Gavin Keese, was recorded by local musicians on an NYU stage. Many of the participants played multiple instruments which were then doubled up in order to simulate the sound of a far larger orchestra.
Screenings / Awards
On May 7, 2007, the film was made available online at its official site.
Cast
References
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