In the tradition of movies whose stories have taken place over the course of a day such as “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, “Dog Day Afternoon”, “Do The Right Thing”, and “Training Day”, “The Deadlines” takes place in one house over the span of a single night.
The most interesting thing about this particular production is that Florida native Blake Hooks, and his co-director, Jason Sanders plan to shoot the entire film in 24 hours!
“The main reason we decided to attempt the 24-hour thing is because most of us have been on sets where you sit around more than you shoot,” Hooks said. “It becomes aggravating and you become less motivated on the project when you spend an entire day shooting one scene. So we started thinking there had to be a way to do ‘guerrilla’ film making with quality.”
Hooks said his life was changed by a TV production class he took at George Jenkins High School. In 2003, Hooks moved to California after attending college in Tallahassee and studied film production at Los Angeles City College.
Shooting on the 90-minute horror movie “The Deadlines” will both open and wrap on Aug. 8. Filming will take place in in Bakersfield, California.
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