UP UNTIL NOW

film - live performance film. (2021)

USA, 11 minutes

During the fall of 2020, I was asked to participate in a loosely conceived film projected commissioned by beth morrison projects. there was a general arch of an idea but was intended as a devised process in which the film would be made with minimal preproduction as a reaction to the enviroment and ensemble involved.

I was hired as the director of photography, editor, and camera operator. i eventually took a co-director role as our working dynamic established. shooting took place in freedom, new hampshire. the film is about a person who transforms into a mermaid. during shooting, it became clear that the project would benefit from a live performance to complete the idea.

Themes include: dancing in the woods, transcendence, human touch. Inspired by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, heinrich heine, and derek jarman

STILLS

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BETH MORRISON PROJECTS presents
in Association with Up Until Now Collective
UpUnilNow

Created by Jecca Barry, Brandon Kazen-Maddox, Kevin Newbury & Marcus Shields
Featuring (in order of appearance): 
Brandon Kazen-Maddox:  Water
Kiebpoli Calnek:  The Oracle
Karim Sulayman:  Earth
John McGinty:  Air
Curtis Bannister:  Fire
Music:  Gregory Spears
Costume Design:  Matthew Solomon
Associate Costume Designer, Hair & Make-Up Designer:  Adrianna Covone
Production Design:  Up Until Now Collective
Director of Photography/Camera Operator: Marcus Shields
Editor: Marcus Shields 
Produced and Commissioned by:  Beth Morrison Projects
Co-Produced By:  Up Until Now Collective
Executive Producer:  Jecca Barry
Choreography by:  Brandon Kazen-Maddox
Written by Brandon Kazen-Maddox & Kevin Newbury
Directed by Kevin Newbury, Brandon Kazen-Maddox & Marcus Shields
ASL Interpreters: Jen Christen-Drew, Grace Cooney, Tyler Crysler, Nick Dionne
Production Assistants: Ron & Raylene Newbury, Sara Cross, Ollie Christen
"Prelude" from the opera "Paul's Case," Music by Gregory Spears, Libretto by Gregory Spears and Kathryn Walat; Robert Wood Conductor / Urban Arias / American Modern Ensemble
c:  2019 National Sawdust Tracks
Filmed on location in Freedom, NH, 2020.

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