Blue Citrus Hearts ***WORLD PREMIERE***
a sawed-off collaboration w/ the Memphis Digital Arts Co-operative
2003 100min
This is a local production shot entirely in Memphis, in production from March 2002 until April 2003. Using such locations as The Tennessee Goldcrest Brewery, White Station Highschool, the HiTone, Java Cabana, Otherlands, MidTown Food Co-op, Square Foods, the Map room, and residential areaÕs in Downtown and MidTown, etc..etc...
WRITTEN, DIRECTED, CAMERA/SOUND, & PRODUCED-morgan jon fox
ASST DIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHY, SOUND-suzie cyanide
2ND ASST DIRECTOR-joshua laurenzi
CO-PRODUCED-mark jones, ben peacock, jacque patterson, j.p. laurenzi
WITH: joshua peter laurenzi, paul foster, alex booth, lee ann roberts, mark pergolizzi, emily fry, jason booth, morgan stewart, dzevad visca, caroline fourmy, brandon croft, taylor woods, chirelle jefferson, john malloy, zasha hankins, helen bowman, aerin ellis, suzie cyanide...
WITH SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY: cristina mendoza, sami qreini, and sonny wahpapa
screening information: May 27th 7:30 Malco Studio on the Square
May 28th-31st 8:00 First Congo Arthouse Theatre
***May31st screening will be followed by a special screening: Òthe making ofÓ documentary by Ben Siler, as well as full cast/crew Q&A, and a reception
***a special SNEAK PREVIEW/advancement fundraiser for Blue Citrus Hearts at Cielo in early May
Blue Citrus Hearts is a digital film production from the Memphis Digital Arts Cooperative and Sawed-Off Collaboratory. It is an independent film in almost an absolute sense, in that the majority of the production budget has come independently from the pockets of Morgan Jon Fox, director, writer, and cinematographer. Morgan earns this money buy working at a coffee shop in the midtown area of Memphis. ( thank you who have donated your money and time to us to help with this film/life. we love yous) Morgan, along with Joshua Laurenzi and Caledonia Allen made a digital film called Three Minutes Based upon the Revolution of the Sun. It is a movie about themselves, but it is not necessarily a selfish movie. If you perhaps want to see this movie you can email us at josh@mediaco-op.org or morgan@mediaco-op.org
Blue Citrus Hearts has been in production since June of 2002. Much of the cast is made of "non-actors" aka real people. Most of the "acting" in the film is improvisational, based upon a loose guideline of emotional expressions and physical actions presented to the actors in order to help them communicate where to take the scenes. The actors and other crew members take part in such steering of scenes as they see fit. Every one helps with numerous aspects of the creation of the film. It is a collaborative effort. (many of the cast has had to do sound during this production, just as an example of our humbleness) We are seeking help with funding for the distribution/film festival submission of this film. If you are interested helping us with this venture you can email us at morgan@mediaco-op.org
Blue Ctirus Hearts is shot primarily on a Canon GL-1 and edited on an Apple G4 with Final Cut Pro
