Summary: Welcome all to a bit of a different episode this week as we discuss the processes of independent short filmmaking. We welcome guest host Jay Cheel, director of the short horror/comedy film Colore Non Vedenti to discuss the challenges and motivations that lie behind producing indie shorts. From the equipment and software considerations through script development, casting, location scouting, shot composition, editing and of course budget - we try to cover off the elements of short films that the next Raimi of Scorsese listening to the podcast will need to consider as they hammer out those early projects. The difficulty in tackling indie shorts is the magnitude of catalogue available to discuss. As an exercise in scratching the surface, we cobbled together a brief film festival of recommendations including Raimi's original Evil Dead incarnation Within The Woods, the original James Wan short film Saw in which all the elements of the franchise can be found as well as some more obscure picks: The Life and Death of a Pumpkin , and Zombie Movie from New Zealand. The Aussie film festival rages on with this week's pick: Dead End Drive In (1986), and a new marathon of viewing may be getting started as Ted has begun to explore True Blood! We also drop a line to friend of the show Rodrigo Gudino, grand chief of Rue Morgue magazine and coordinator of the Festival of Fear horror convention to get a heads up on what to expect at the 2009 outing. Special thanks to our guests this week and please check out more of Jay Cheel's work via jaycheel.com and the great podcast filmjunk.com. Don't forget we have a contest underway: send in your feedback for episode 100 to enter. Please send us your comments to: horroretc@gmail.com WWW.HORRORETC.COM
