It's the most wonderful time of the year—Halloween, which always presents a platform for some of the indie film community's most unique and fun projects. Just a week ago, the Austin Horror Film Festival came through town with a great lineup, including one fun and colorful short, "When Shadows Lay Darkest."Written and directed by Jacob Leighton Burns, the short is a contained story about a character who arrives home just in time to catch a low-budget scary movie on TV, which features your new favorite slasher villain. What would happen if that killer were able to escape the screen and hunt down the viewer?"When Shadows Lay Darkest" premiered at the Chattanooga Film Festival, and was later nominated for Best Thriller Short at NoHo CineFest, won Best Actress (Leah N.H. Philpott) at Red Brick Film Festival, and most recently won Audience Choice at the Austin Horror Film Festival.We chatted with Burns about the project just in time for Halloween to get some insight on the team's process and learned that he and his crew hope to film a feature-length version of the project soon. When Shadows Lay DarkestPlanet ThunderNo Film School: How did you approach this story, knowing it would be a proof-of-concept? Jacob Burns: It was a process to figure out exactly what shape this film was going to take. Since we were designing it as a fundraising tool, we wanted to create something that captured the overall aesthetic and vibe of the feature-length version, but in a short, easily...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Yesterday