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Death by Design V2
87 minutes Action & Adventure / Animation / Cult
At what point does killing become justified?
Intended Audience: Mature
Detective Carmen Lapeen(Claudia Kawar) has a personal vendetta with a reemerged serial killer. Against all suggestion she pursues the killer and is lead into an intricate web of deceit, corrupt cops, hit men, mob bosses and drug rings. A film student (Lou Mifsud) meets with a Hollywood director (Lee Harden) to discuss a script based on the serial killer. When the student knows too much, the teacher realizes he’s in for more than he’s bargained for. Someone isn’t who they pretend to be, or maybe no one is who they pretend to be. A spine tingling surprise ending. Be prepared for anything.
This project was a learning experience for me, as a student. You can learn all there is to know, but until you get out there and do it wrong, over and over again, you really haven’t learned anything.
I played the writer, director, producer, editor, coordinator, actor, special effects technician, set designer, etc., etc. While this was more than a headache, it has helped me to more understand the whole process of how a film comes together, and how it does need to truly be a collaborative art.
I was able to venture into some new territory in postproduction. We did ADR, green screening, and used Photoshop and After Effects intensively. We also combined effects on the set with effects in post, like where Thug#3 gets shot in the head. We used compressed air hits as well as After Effects magic.
When I began writing, I thought to myself, what are some of the cooler things I can integrate into this story to make it hot and give it marketable production value, then worked backwards and asked myself if and how I could do them. What I found was that almost anything was possible with a little ingenuity and finesse.
I did it because I wanted it more than anything else. From school I walked a mile carrying 5 plastic cases: Two Audio mixer setups, three cameras, as well as three tripods. I actually enjoyed the exercise.
The success is due to all the people who got involved and believed we were going to make some magic.
- Directed by: Lou Mifsud
- Written by: Lou Mifsud
- Produced by: Lou Mifsud
- Run Time: 87 minutes
- Release Date: 2006
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Country:
United States of America
- Intended Audience: mature
- Website Death by Design V2
Written by Lou Mifsud
Produced by Lou Mifsud
Cast
Claudia Kawar:
Lee Harden:
Edwin Henry:
Julie Avila:
Stewart Willison:
William Maberry:
Jessica Walker:
Lee Aaron:
Lou S. Mifsud:
Lou M. Mifsud:
Amit Gobel:
Ben Kientz:
Reality:
Brian McEntire:
Philip Saginario:
Nick Saginario:
Lou S. Mifsud:
Steve Mifsud:
Michelle Kusto:
Mark Steinwert:
Allison Gottlieb:
Jessica Walker:
Matt Smith:
Hal Carlton-Ford:
Aaron Rosem:
Amanda Emmons:
Katie Ashto:
Peter Dray:
Sheena Natali:
Hal Carlton-Ford:
Alison Gottlieb:
Matt Smith:
Justin Cavanaugh:
Nick Kerul:
Osman Ansari:
Mike Cuzzone:
Amanda Emmons:
Zac Moore:
Julie Mifsud:
Yvonne von Mach:
June Bizage:
Mazen Nayfeh:
John Schwartz:
Yashar Ghomri:
Will Mallin:
Omar Mansour:
Lee Harden:
Jason Bullock:
Brad Tokarsky:
John Gill:
Ken Allen:
Andy Schuster:
Jamie Oligee:
Jackie Ortman:
John Ashton:
Shawn Baird:
Deshawn Raimey:
Cathrine Evans:
Matt Pezzula:
Thomas Quaglieri:
Tim Stetson:
Chris Terzian:
Bob Boberton:
Bethany Mifsud:
Ken Allen:
Henning Roche:
William Cooke:
Shawn Baird:
Eric Hintz:
Dan Roark:
Rou King:
Hal Carlton-Ford:
Lou M. Mifsud:
Mike Cuzzone:
Sydney Funnel:
Justin Cavanaugh:
Matt Pezzula: