West 2nd Productions

West 2nd Productions
West 2nd Productions is a video production company based in Macungie, PA. We produce everything from feature films to music videos and commercials. We also shoot sporting events, wedding, and anything else under the sun. If you need a video done for any occasion let us know!

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Today, I am incredibly happy to announce that our LOOOOONNNNGGG awaited film, Under the Rainbow is FINISHED! It only took 6 years to finish my first feature film! In all seriousness, this film was a flat-out endurance test of patience and perseverance. First let me tell you what the film is about. It centers around a drug-addicted and suicidal teen named Vivi, who runs away from home. She soon finds herself lost in a strange, foreign world where it is unclear whether she is dead, hallucinating, or something worse. All the while she is being hunted by the mysterious and ruthless Queen and her henchmen, including the sadistic Jester. Under the Rainbow is a dark fairy tale, sort of like a twisted Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland. I started writing this film when I was 24 (I am now 32) and it went through many different incarnations before it finally went before the cameras. Filming took place over the course of two summers until everything was shot, thirteen days total. The shoots themselves went very well, we got everything filmed that we needed, and moved on to post-production (editing). This is where things became a nightmare. I did not have the proper equipment or knowledge at the time to edit this film myself. Other editors volunteered to work on the project, but one editor came down with cancer, and another moved to the Philippines. So for quite awhile this film sat on the proverbial shelf, collecting digital dust. Finally, I hired a new editor to finish the film. Life tends to get in the way, and it took years before that final edit came together. When we began shooting this way back 6 years ago, I lived at home with my parents. Since then I have moved numerous times, got married, had a son, changed jobs, put out other films, etc. I am basically a totally different person than I was when I decided to direct this little micro-feature. Being that I was fairly inexperienced, I learned a TON from this film in so many ways. I consider the process of this film to be as valuable an experience as anything I learned in film courses and programs. Anyway, here we are all this time later. I am sure most people, even cast and crew, doubted this film would ever see the light of day. Hell, even I had my doubts more than a couple times, but now it is finally done, finished, wrapped, in the can and ready to be seen. Being that it was my first attempt at making a feature, there are obviously strengths and weaknesses to the film, but overall I think it is a truly unique, fun and twisted film that will appeal to anyone who enjoys dark fantasy, horror, or just a plain old fashioned weird tale. Now I just have to cut together a trailer for it, plan a premiere, burn some DVDs and maybe some BluRays, and maybe put this thing up online On Demand. Lastly, I just wanted to say a sincere and giant THANK YOU to everyone involved...cast, crew, and everyone who has heard me blather on about this film and seen pictures, posts, etc...Thank you all for being so patient and so great for all these years, at least this little feature length flick will finally be out there and you can see all your handwork and patience pay off a little bit.