Shawn Burkett, an intuitive, guerilla, keen, recursive director; those are only some adjectives I could name to describe Mr Burkett, Oh I was forgetting, an Indie Filmmaker (very important). Burkett released last year DON'T FUCK IN THE WOODS and gained with it a great acceptance in the audience, started that project via Crowdfunding website...So well he went out last time that decided fund his upcoming movie by the same method using an INDIEGOGO campaign, and his upcoming movie is... Yes! DON´T FUCK IN THE WOODS 2, renovated, reloaded and even better than first one. Well, Burket and I had a small talk and he told me some news about this project... I hope you like it.
EFF: Hello Mr Burkett
First off, thanks for accepting this interview. Let me start with, where are
you from?
SB: I'm from
Brookville, Ohio which is a suburb of Dayton, Ohio.
EFF: When and how you
realized you wanted to be a filmmaker?
SB: I didn't
have any siblings so I grew up with movies and always though about making one,
but it wasn't until 2006, and I had just watched the film "Hard
Candy" and was blown away by how minimal it was but still shocking.
Shawn Burkett
EFF: You have your own
company, right? Tell us what is "Concept Media"?
SB: Yes, Concept
Media was founded by Ryan Stacy and myself in 2011, and it basically started
because Joe Bob Briggs was having a script competition, but we ended up just
making the film ourselves.
EFF: Don't fuck in the
woods 1, we can say is your burst movie the one that people expect on and liked
it a lot, right, what do you think people liked about your movie?
SB: I know a lot of
people appreciate the fact that we used practical effects and paid homage to
the classic horror films. But I can't lie and say that the nudity doesn't
factor in lol.
EFF: When and how you
had the idea for this film and what influences we can watch in the film?
SB: I wanted to make
something different. A lot of films at the time were masked slasher films. But
the reason for the title is that I got clocked on a title for a film being
"misleading" so I wanted to be 100% upfront. If you fuck in the woods
you die.
EFF: You decided to
appeal for a crowdfunding campaign, in fact I found three of them, in
order to get the budget for your movie, how was that process?
SB: It was the
longest 2 years of my life lol. But I get how people could be in the fence with
the title.
EFF:Talking about the
budget, how much it was? On Imdb appears 10,000 dollars. And from that budget
how did you split it?
SB: It actually cost
$7,500 to make the film, but IMDB required a minimum of 10K to launch the page.
EFF: Obviously in an
indie film, well, in all the films exists setbacks that starts to appear
according the project goes moving in, but in an indie film is more notorious
and proclive to that, tell us what setbacks you had during the shooting?
SB: Well one night we
disturbed a nest of yellow jackets and an actress was sent to the hospital .
Rain delays and just bad weather lol. Mainly Ohio didn't want us in the woods
lol.
Scenes from "Don't fuck in the woods"
EFF: How was the
casting process, what things you were looking for the characters?
SB: The main thing I
look for in actors and actresses are there reaction abilities and to sound
natural.
EFF: Now, I see you
have in mind make a sequel of the movie, right? You already have an indiegogo
campaign now. How is that, tell us about that and how people can help (The campaign was successfully completed)
SB: Yes we just
launched a fundraising campaign via indiegogo and we plan to blow the first
film completely out of the water. Below is a link to the fundraiser and every
dollar helps! LINK: INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN
EFF: Watching the
first DFITW I hope in the sequel we can know more about the monster, are we gonna
see that? What fans can expect from this upcoming film?
SB: You can expect
more creatures in different stages of evolution as well as a more in depth
understanding of the creatures .
EFF: The monster, make
a creature movie in low budget I think it's complicated, how did you do to
create the creature, speaking of art, money and other aspects?
SB: Well we spent
about $1,500 before we came up with the final creature, and that one cost under
$200 and lots of silicone.
Monster in "Don't fuck in the woods"
EFF: You had a
specific type of audience when you made this movie, because a movie called DFITW you have to know
that will have a lot of sex scenes and in fact it had it and explicit nudity,
maybe that, don't let other kind of
audience watch it in theaters, kids for instance?
SB: I knew what
audience would appreciate the film for sure, but yea I wouldn't recommend it
for family night with the kids lol.
EFF: Locations a
cursed word for indie films, how was that stage? And for the sequel obviously
will be in the woods but are we gonna watch more locations?
SB: Yes, we will
still have the woods, but we will also be at a summer camp that's being renovated
by a small group of counselors.
EFF: You are producing
an upcoming film called "Angel" directed by Tory Jones, what can you
tell us about it?
SB: Angel is about a
complex story about a town that fell to ruins and calmed a lot of lives before
and after it was abandoned. It's defiant got some thrills and action that at
this level of independent film is not really seen.
EFF: What would you
say to those people who wants to immersed into this industry as filmmakers? And
those who are undecided in how to make their first films?
SB: I feel there's a
stigmata to being an indie filmmaker these days and most people look at it as
just a step to a possible "dream" career. I look at it differently
lol. Being an independent filmmaker means you can create things that are
"out of the box" and different, without needing a studio or producers
approval. You have more control over your film and how you want it to turn out.
But as far as advise, know that story trumps camera quality. Good audio is a
plus, and always spend as much time as you can lighting.
EFF: What
cameras, equipments and edition softwares did you used in this film?
SB: We use a
Blackmagic Pocket Camera as well as the standard Blackmagic cinema camera and
Final Cut Pro X
EFF: Do you see
yourself making horror films always? Or do you have inquietude to make
another genres?
SB: I love horror and
thriller films, and will always be more at home here, but I want to venture out
of the genre and experience others.
Shawn Burkett
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