2014 year review: The 30th anniversery of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET

2014 was the year of NIGHTMARES lol, well the production of my fan film THE BEGINNING OF A NIGHTMARE was a ride from start to finish. Principal photography began on Wes Craven's birthday August, 2, 2013 and wrapping up in Feb, 28th 2014. Post production was completed June 1st, 2014. The film was screened along with the original NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET on Oct 28th 2014 at the Garneau theater. This was an awesome event for me, That is why it made it in my year in review.

Production was tough but I'm happy I survived the process. This film evolved me as a filmmaker.
I was engrossed by all the stages of the film process from cinematography, make up, set design and editing. I also wrote the script for NIGHTMARE with ideas from working with cinematographer Arthur Mah. The crew that stuck through the turmoil held the film together, their determination and hard work elevated this project. The locations were a gift to have, the Ortona was a beautiful location creating a cold and haunting place. The creative clubhouse created the sinister home of the nightmarish Freddy Krueger. I stayed faithful to the origins of Freddy, but I wanted his mother Amanda Krueger to feel the pain delivering the evil bastard to the world.

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The undertone of the film was masochistic fetish for knives and blood. Freddy's characteristic was pain onto himself and others.  Even the way he was brought into the world was a gruesome delivery from hell. The maniacs are the cornerstone of Freddy's psychotic rage and blood lust.