Nameinuse Productions

I recently sent a few films out to festivals to give them a second chance. Motion Portrait Film was one of them. As you can see from another post…it’s very much still alive in everything I do as I head into graduate school. BUT, this was different. I got accepted to a film festival. It’s played at several gallery openings; small venues of people, often half of the crowd was made up of half the participants, BUT now it’s “international”. Now it has a chance for a larger audience. The Maine International Film Festival takes place in July of every year and has a great selection of films and guests. (Hell, my favorite directors, Terrence Malick came there a while back…if only to have been there in the early 2000′s) I can’t fucking wait. Half of it has to do with the location. I love Maine…half of the film was shot there. It holds some of the fondest memories, with some of the best people I’ve had the pleasure of knowing. I miss it…in my soul I often miss the place. I was a kid who grew up on Stephen King novels and bi-annual trips to Maine…it’s a part of my blood. I tend to want a lot out of life, but for all the places I want to travel in my life, it’s always on top of my places to end up if things need fixing, or if life has calmed. I want to finish a long career of film making and image making there. Okay…you get the point.:-) But there’s something you don’t know…

Motion Portrait Film from John W. Yost on Vimeo.

I made another film in Maine. It was also the last time I experienced something paranormal. Since then I seem to have adopted an attitude of logic. (not a crack on people who believe…I promise.) The house we lived in was full of spooky rooms; the sounds of footsteps, creaking, and breathing. One evening I woke up to see what looked like an older woman watching me sleep. Needless to say I was terrified and as I kicked at the empty air while rubbing my eyes, she diappeared. I haven’t experienced anything like that since, and I wonder if it was just the stress of leaving school, moving to Maine, and the built up Stephen King like feeling to New England. I soon after came up with the idea for Fog. The film is about regret, friendship, and finding your place in the world. The Radiohead song makes it a tough film to get out into the world because of copyright, but I’ve never done anything but show it to people for free…so I think I’m in the clear. The song is about regret as well, and I could think of a better ending/fit. “Baby alligators in the sewers grow up fast.”

John

Fog from John W. Yost on Vimeo.

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