Steven and Maxene, the new film by Byron Conrad Erwin, is slated for October 2011. Starring Todd Denson and Kayla Jefferies, the movie centers around a abusive relationship. Produced by Mela Rayne and Ted Rubin of Melted Pictures.
The Story:
This movie is based on a true story about events that occurred in 1987. I was working in a sheet metal fabrication shop and there was one welder that never spoke. He kept to himself, completed his job tickets on time, and never said a word to anyone. One hot summer day, he came to work covered in blood. Not hard scabby dried blood, but wet dripping fresh blood. I asked my boss what was wrong with the guy and my boss told me not to bother with him. He said that guy was weird and to stay away from him.
So I walked over to him, saw his arms, neck and face covered with small razor slices and cigarette burns. I asked him straight up, “What happened?”
This is the story he told me that day.
After the script was completed, the storyboards were drawn up in 1988. The visuals were carefully designed to be as racy as possible (for that era) without being so sexually graphic that we would be excluded from the film festival circuit. Because we were shooting in 16mm and recording audio to mag track, we had to be cautious as to how much film we could shoot based on our minimal budget. After signing into the Video Art class my next semester, our team decided to take on a different project using the less expensive video cameras and editors we now had available to us. So the project went on the shelf and was forgotten.
Recently, I discovered the artwork in my storage closet, and created the animatics in Final Cut Pro. This way, investors can clearly see the idea for the film themselves, instead of listening to concept pitches from the producers.
