The Eastside (working title) (in post production)
Total Run Time: 3 minutes (estimated)
A short fiction film about finding resilience within oneself.
Starring Sam McDevitt, DP - Ryan Hedley, Sound - Tatum Fox & Rajahne Witcher: Producers - Allison Lee Craft & Charles Dye, Co-Producer - Sophie Page. Also starring Will Spann. Directed by Charles Dye
Mostly produced during 4.5 hours on a Blacksburg Transit bus on a dark night in December 2022. Awesome! (But never, ever, again.)
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…except you (2022)
Total Run Time: 1 frame under 2 minutes
A micro rom-com.
Shout out to actor/co-producer, Will Spann, for making made this project possible via his constancy and determination. Kudos also to actor Laura Schneider for her good cheer and adaptability.
Thanks as well to this project’s all volunteer crew: to Maxwell Mandell for learning a new camera system; to Kaliegh Miller for standing in and holding the bounce and boom; to Jack Allen for recording sound.
/ c. e. dye (writer/camera/director/producer/editor)
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splits (2020)
Total Run Time: 4 minutes, 44 seconds
A short film about film, aka media—and America. SPLITS is a crystalline disruption of expectation and meaning framed, with outsized implications.
An original, zero-budget, short fiction/experimental film created with a wonderful, all-volunteer cast-n-crew, SPLITS demonstrates how short films, outside of any course or contest, can be made efficiently and enjoyably—with the help of a motivated producer (thanks Allison Lee!), a broad seeing associate producer (thanks Karl!), a talented, quick-working editor (thanks Jimmy!), a willing-to-take-risks composer (thanks James!), and of course an extremely generous, committed, talented cast (thank you Pegah, Isaac and Greg!), and crew (thanks Nadia!).
Official Selection of the 2021 Richmond International Film Festival! https://riff.eventive.org/films/60d4e625bde272003751f0f4
Credits:
PEGAH SERAJEH: Finds the Money
ISAAC HYLTON: Drives Away
GREG JUSTICE: Switches Places
NADIA DAWSON: Location Sound
ALLISON LEE CRAFT: Producer
KARL PRECODA: Associate Producer
JAMES JAFFEE: Editor
JAMES GILCHRIST: Music
c. e. dye: writer/camera/director/co-producer
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UNCLE’S CAR (2019)
Total Run Time: 7 minutes, 11 seconds
An original, nano-budget, short fiction film created by an all-volunteer cast-n-crew, UNCLE’S CAR was supposed to be a quick learning project. But sourcing a Porsche took awhile. Then I found an ideal location—which those who navigated via phone could not locate. Eventually we got everything shot in RAW. But, uhm, this editor is slightly color-blind…Two years later, everything came out exactly right… or close enough.
UNCLE’S CAR celebrates rolling with life's incongruities.
Awards and selections:
2019 Spotlight Gold Award, Spotlight Film Awards, Atlanta, GA (Dec 21)
2019 James River Short Film Showcase, Richmond, VA (Nov 8)
2019 Clifton Film Celebration, Clifton, VA (Nov 8~10)
2019 Southeastern International Film Festival, Nashville, TN (Nov 8~10)
2019 Peak City International Film Festival, Apex, NC (Sep 21~22)
2019 Judge’s Award, Fifteen Minute Film Festival, Wheeling, WV (July 7)
Credits:
CHRISTINA HASTINGS: The Drive In Gal
KARAN KUMAR: The Nephew
DR. STEPHEN PRINCE: The Doctor
ANDREW HUANG: Camera
JOHN CROWDER IV: Location Sound
ZACH CORTEZ: A.D. & 2nd Camera
C.DYE, K.KUMAR & Z. CORTEZ: Story
DIEN VO & RACHEL WEAVER: Assistant Editors
COLM DYE: Colorist
CHARLES DYE: Writer, Producer, Director, Editor
Special Thanks to:
ANN MCDONALD & FAMILY at JIMS DRIVE IN, in Dublin, VA
JACKSON NASR for the Porsche
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