"Two Sisters"

Working with mirrors is often a challenge because you're constantly working to keep the camera and lighting equipment out of the reflections. In this case we ended up finding a way around all the headaches by making the mirror work for us rathe

This frame was part of a long dolly shot that followed Anna (in the gray shirt) out the door, down the stairs to the mailbox and back toward the steps where she met with Betty (in the purple hat) and they took a look across the street at their

We didn't want to be constantly moving the camera just because we wanted to have as few shots as possible. In this situation, we placed the camera outside the kitchen window and let the whole scene play out, then we blocked the actors so that w

One of the great advantages of shooting in the middle of November was that we got to make use of the beautiful fall colors. We also had the softness and organic grain of 16mm film to help us achieve this look. We decided to go with a film workflow i

It was important for us to always find a camera angle that would evoke the character's mind state at all times. We felt that looking down at Anna in this lonely moment toward the end of the film helped to show how little relief she got from battling

This is the closing frame of the film and really encapsulates the heart of the movie. We end with the two sisters still pitted head to head, with all their mother's belongings packed away in a truck as they're getting ready to leave it all behi

Working with mirrors is often a challenge because you're constantly working to keep the camera and lighting equipment out of the reflections. In this case we ended up finding a way around all the headaches by making the mirror work for us rathe

This frame was part of a long dolly shot that followed Anna (in the gray shirt) out the door, down the stairs to the mailbox and back toward the steps where she met with Betty (in the purple hat) and they took a look across the street at their

We didn't want to be constantly moving the camera just because we wanted to have as few shots as possible. In this situation, we placed the camera outside the kitchen window and let the whole scene play out, then we blocked the actors so that w

One of the great advantages of shooting in the middle of November was that we got to make use of the beautiful fall colors. We also had the softness and organic grain of 16mm film to help us achieve this look. We decided to go with a film workflow i

It was important for us to always find a camera angle that would evoke the character's mind state at all times. We felt that looking down at Anna in this lonely moment toward the end of the film helped to show how little relief she got from battling

This is the closing frame of the film and really encapsulates the heart of the movie. We end with the two sisters still pitted head to head, with all their mother's belongings packed away in a truck as they're getting ready to leave it all behi

Directed by Zach Blaesi
Two sisters share a fragile relationship. When their mother dies and they inherit the family house, old problems rise to the surface.

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