Circuit screening in Lowell, MA

While we continue to send Circuit across the country to various film festivals, we're happy to announce that we're doing another local Massachusetts screening of the film.

Here are the details:

Where: Lowell National Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street, Lowell, MA

When: Tuesday, June 2nd @ 7PM

The screening is free, so come on by and see what everyone has been talking about! 

Andrew at Emerson & Celebration Photo

Andrew will be a guest today at Emerson College, talking to students about the process behind Circuit. He'll also be screening a portion of the film for discussion.

Also, here's a photo from the post-MassArt screening celebration. From left to right: Jason Hoagland (who appears briefly in the film and who also designed the fake comic book that appears in the Sight story), me (looking really awful), Andrew, Alex McDougall (who played Christine), and Jeremy Lassetter (who played Pete).

 

- Ben

Successful screening

The MassArt screening went great. Thanks to everyone who packed the house. We're looking forward to having more showings around New England (and the world) over the next few months.

- Ben

Circuit screening at MassArt

Circuit will be screened at the Massachusetts College of Art this Wednesday, April 8th, as part of the school's ongoing Film Society series. The show starts at 8 p.m. and will be in Screening Room 1 of the film department.

For directions, visit: http://massart.edu/x474.xml

This is a great chance to see Circuit before it begins its long journey through the world of film festivals.

Hope some of you can make it!

Circuit on Facebook

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Festival entries begin

The time has finally arrived. Circuit is beginning to make it out into the world. The first festival entries have been mailed, with many, many more to come.

Though technically entered thus far as a "work in progress," the film is essentially complete, with only minor sound design and tiny edits left to be made.

This is getting exciting.

Almost finished . . .

It has been a long time since our last update. However, don't let that fool you into thinking Circuit had dropped off the planet. No, the film has been moving in high gear over recent months, with everything from title credits to visual effects to sound mixing and scoring taking place. We're getting close to the finish line. Roughly 50% of visual effects are complete, and they are looking great. 

All signs point to a mid-November completion. Then, the fun begins . . . festival entries.

At long last . . . a new trailer

Hi everyone,

Well, it's a few months late, but we finally got the new trailer up on the website. We've been so focused on cutting the actual movie that the trailer got back-burnered a bit. But, it's now up and ready to be viewed. Click on the headline above to go directly to the website.

That's all for now.

-Ben

Post-production update

Hi everyone,

We have been really bad at updating. That's what editing does. Many apologies . . .

We've burned the movie out to DVD a couple times at this point. Just for us to watch outside the editing booth. It makes a world of difference to sit in the comfort of your own home and watch the project. You see a lot of different things you wouldn't catch in the edit suite. At the moment, we're at roughly the 1 hour, 42 minute mark for the finished film. Much leaner than the 2 hour version we began with. We'll cut it down a bit more, most likely. It's amazing what cutting a single line here and there does to a scene.

We shot a couple of pick-ups for the Douglas "Sight" storyline this past weekend. Nothing too major, just little inserts that we failed to get on our original shoot. We'll probably have another day or two of these as we tighten up the edit.

Still no new trailer. It is coming, we promise. We're waiting on one final FX shot to be finished.

Until next time . . .

-Ben

Interview online

The interview Andrew and I did for the Bulletin newspaper is now online. We will be archiving it on our press page on the whatiscircuit.com website. Click the headline above to read it.

- Ben

Bulletin Interview

Andrew and I were fortunate enough to be interviewed by Scott Wachtler from The Bulletin newspaper this weekend about our progress on the project. Scott did a piece on Circuit about a year ago, back when we were all involved in shooting the Sound storyline, and was interested in following up with us.

As always, we truly appreciate these opportunities which help get the project out to a bigger audience. Thanks, Scott.

-Ben

Assembled

We have a basic assembly cut of the film finished. It clocks in at about 2 hours, which is longer than we expected. We anticipate getting it down to between 90 and 105 minutes.

On the trailer front, we said we'd have a new one up by now. Well, we lied. Jeremy, who played Pete in the film, is helping us create some pretty cool special effects, so we're waiting to get some back to insert in the trailer before we post anything.

-Ben

Editing

Editing has been going full force for the past few weeks. I'm happy to say we've finished laying out Touch and we've begun Sight. We're at roughly the thirty minute mark. Hopefully, the rough cut will be done by the end of the year.

A new trailer should be up in about a month. We'll keep you all posted.

-Ben

Set Photos

Tim O'Connor, who played "Circuit Man" in the project, provided us with some snapshots from our shoot at the Midway Cafe last weekend. Enjoy!

- Ben

That's a wrap!

Circuit has finished principal photography. Now we need to piece it all together.

Being the co-writer and now editor on the project, I can't wait to see how everyone involved helped translate the script into a visual story. Words cannot capture how grateful I am for the amount of hard work and creativity put in by everyone involved. We wouldn't have been able to accomplish this massive goal without each and every person involved.

So, about that wrap party . . . ? Any thoughts? If so, let me know at ben@whatiscircuit.com.

- Ben

the very last casting call!

HOW TO AUDITION
Open call, Thursday, April 26 at Mass College of Art, Tower Building Auditorium, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston MA, 6:30-8:30 PM. Actors can prepare their own monologue, or read from sides and/or monologue available at auditions. If you are planning on attending the audition, it is strongly encouraged that you reply to CircuitTalent@gmail.com with a resume and headshot. Due to limited staffing we cannot reply to all messages.

PETE, Lead Role in Ensemble Piece

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Caucasian, Male, early to mid 20s, attractive, slim to medium build, medium height. Blue eyes a plus. Generally mistrusting of others but a good friend to his roommate, Pete is a complex character--charming, self-interested, and cynical.

REQUIREMENTS
Must be local to the Boston area or have ability to travel / stay in Boston for rehearsals (Apr/May) and filming (at least 6 days between May 10-17).

PAYMENT
Modest payment. Low-budget project. Meals fully covered.

LUCIAN, Lead Role in Ensemble Piece

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Asian Male in his early 20's to play a shy college student who experiences an odd and baffling mental condition. Lucian believes he is losing his mind while trying to maintain a normal disposition in social situations and at his work environment.

REQUIREMENTS
Must be local to the Boston area or have ability to travel / stay in Boston for rehearsals (Apr/May) and filming (at least 6 days between May 10-17).

PAYMENT
Modest payment. Low-budget project. Meals fully covered.

MINOR ROLES

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
[1] Old Man –70-80 years old. Grumpy, talkative character
[2] Old Woman – 70-80 years old. Sweet, funny, talkative character.
[3] Young Man – 18-30 to play a loving boyfriend
[4] Young Woman – 18-30 to play loving girlfriend
[5] Evil Man – White Male 40-60, tall bald man, interesting, eerie small but important part.

REQUIREMENTS
Must be local to the Boston area or have ability to travel / stay in Boston for filming (at least 1 day between May 10-17).

PAYMENT
Unpaid. Low-budget project. Meals fully covered.

art auction success!

we are so grateful to all who chose to spend a rainy monday night with us-- what a fantastic turn-out and show of support! our gratitude for your great energy and endless support for our project.

[thank you]
the artists / the alchemist / the video underground /jamaica hill realty / the weekly dig / stanhope framers / felton street studios / picture place / sam adams / central productions / harvest co-op / cobwebs / eye-Q / petal and leaf / the boston bulletin

[and more thanks]
cory woolman / holly salmon / chris aldrich / jen martin / jay hoagland / tom ryan / martha johnson / molly hoisington

[want more?]
online auction coming soon! email becky at whatiscircuit dot com to learn how to contribute or buy local and not-so-local artwork starting at 50% of market value. proceeds benefit circuit and artists.

[some pics]

Benefit Art Auction + New Trailer Live

////////////// BENEFIT ART AUCTION ////////////////////
We are thrilled to announce that the Alchemist Lounge in Jamaica Plain will be hosting the Circuit Benefit Silent Art Auction on Monday, March 26th! We hope you can join us at this event to support both independent filmmakers and local artists. To purchase tickets and to learn more about the event, please visit our event website.

////////////// NEW TRAILER NOW LIVE ///////////////////
Check out the NEW Circuit trailer featuring footage from the storylines Sight, Smell, Taste and Touch here.

brunch (album 3 of 3)

photography by jessika davis

more breakfast

photography by jessika davis