Clark in the Daytona Beach International FIlm Festival

Clark is in it's first film festival

The Daytona Beach International Film Festival.

Sunday October 11th at 5 p.m.

The Bookstore Cafe

410 S Nova Road

Ormond Beach, Florida 32174

Admission: $8, $6 members

Matinee: $6, $4 members

Clark Cast and Crew Screening

The Cast and Crew screening was presented at the beautiful Athens Theatre in Deland. This is where we shot an important scene in the movie so it was fitting that we screened here. We had over two hundred people turn out for the films showing. The Q&A afterwards was a huge success. Now...onto the festivals!

CLARK SHOOTING IS 100% COMPLETE!

We wrapped our final day of shooting! Pick up shots were completed on April 26th 2009. We shot some new footage that looks awesome! We are now off to digitize that footage and then do a final edit. Then we're going to sound design and audio mix as well as composition. Then Max will do the final effects and color correction and we'll be 100% finished!

Director Kevin O'Neill working with actor Garrett Boyle

Lee Riley on board for Sound design and Mix for Clark.

Lee Riley, of Anything Audible, has signed on to do the sound design and final mix for Clark. Lee was brought up in England raised on Benny Hill, Fawlty Towers, crooning Welsh balladeers, British classic rock and 80's synth-pop.  Being a keyboard player, he gravitated towards the electronic scene and quickly involved himself with local bands.  Through the next few years Lee played keyboards, composed songs with fellow musicians and was an Audio Engineer in Spain and the U.S.  He ended up at the beginning of 2001 at Full sail in Winter Park, Florida, where he is still teaching today as Course Director of Audio Post Production for the Film Bachelor's Degree.  Full Sail is where he met and started working with Steve Cox. We are thrilled to have Lee onboard!

CLARK PICK UP SHOTS

Clark will begin pick up shots on the 25th of April. After over a hundred hours of editing my editor and I have created the final shot list for Clark. They are wonderul scenes that will bring the film to a new level. More to come....

Clark Trailer

The final trailer/teaser for our film Clark.

I grew up in Roseville California on a little two lane road called Olive Ranch Road. The memories and happy times I shared their were unforgettable. It was the 1950's and TV was in it's infancy, there were no reruns. Reading books was bigger than movies. It was at this time in my life that I began creating the imagination that would help me as a writer later in life. I always said that if I ever had a production company that I'd name it after my favorite place to live. And so, here I am, many years later writing and directing. So it only seems fit that I finally tag my memories as a production company name. The logo you see here was put together by Pete Wesenberg of 45 Audio. I think it looks awesome! 

Clark Feature Film

Randy Molnar and Melissa Gruver of ReelDreams productions have agreed to produce the feature length version of Clark. At this point we are gearing up to meet with an investor interested in financing the full length film from our short story. Kevin O'Neill will direct and write and will be bringing back many of the original cast and crew from the short. More to follow. 

Dani Donadi our composer.

Dani Donadi is an Award-Winning film composer and record producer. His style features the fusion of traditional orchestral scoring techniques with modern technological methods.We are we are proud to have Dani on our team. 

FIRST PASS AND WE'RE HALF WAY DONE!

I met with the producers, the editor and our composer on Saturday and we watched the first pass of half the movie. It's really coming together. It's very good and the footage is really looking good. We talked about an inverstor that's interested in producing a feature on CLARK! More to follow.

Composition has Begun!

I was in Dani Donadi's beautiful studio a week ago with actor John Kyle to record new Voice Overs for the trailer. This week we finalized the placement of the VO's and Dani gave me a sneak peak at the theme music he's composing for both young Clark and older Clark. His music is going to take this film to heights we never imagined. I can't wait to see what he'll bring to the film!

Composer Dani Donadi on board to compose!

Composer Dani Donadi is now attached to Clark! Dani Donadi is an accomplished composer who will take Clark to the next level. We are excited to have Dani with us!

To learn more about Dani and his music visit his web page below.

http://www.danidonadi.com/HOME.html

The Story

Clark is a powerful and poignant story of a young boy growing up in 1952 who has a strong loving bond with his mother, but must find a way to survive an abusive father.  To escape reality, he is drawn further into his own world of believing he can be Superman.  Follow his journey to present day as a man who must find himself and his place in the world.

Poster created by Pete Wesenberg

Press release by Randy Molnar

Footage digitized.

The footage (all eight tapes and  six hours worth) is officially digitized and being moved to the hard drive. Next step, my editor begins synching sound to the footage.

Production

The production days for Clark were December 20th and 21st and January 3rd and 4th. We were very lucky, despite a couple of issues, to run on schedule. The film is now in post production with my editor Max Miller. I will post the progress here....stay tuned.

The Cast

          

Garrett Boyle as "Young Clark"

 

John Kyle as "Clark"

Doc Kirby as "Cleat"

Melissa Gruver as "Faith"

Producers

Producers Melissa Gruver and Randy Molnar

I don't know who I met first, it doesn't matter. They are quite a team capable of multi tasking and making productions a very smooth process. I met Randy as an actor on a NYU film.  We became friends and we've worked on several projects together.  

1st AD

1st AD 

Nathan McMahan

Nathan and I met years ago as actors on a short film. I've worked with him as an actor on pro shoots when he was 1st AD. When it came time to look for a  1st he was my first choice. 

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Jose Cassella

Jose cast me as "Mr. Hand" in a feature film called Delivery. He's DP'd several features that I've been cast in and his work is outstanding. 

He brings a lot to the table with his work in Clark.

Audio

Sound Mixer

Pete Wesenberg

I met Pete when we were instructors at Full Sail. He's been sound mixer on several films that I've worked on. He started his own company with John "Claudio" called 45 audio. I had a headset as director and for the first time heard the "chatter" that goes on between Pete and John. I am forever changed.

John Statzell

Boom operator

John and I met years ago at Full Sail when I first started working on Full Sail films. He was actually one of my first acting students. Great guy.

Gaffer

Gaffer

Brandon Nevius or "Sideshow." 

I met Brandon as a student at Full Sail. He has boundless energy and I rarely see him complain. He's always working and comes to the set full throttle. 

Thank you

Cast and Crew

Written and Directed by

Kevin J. O’Neill

 

Produced by

Randy Molnar and Melissa Gruver

 

Director of Photography

Jose Zambrano Cassella

 

Cast

 

Young Clark                                              Garrett Boyle

Adult Clark                                                John Kyle

Faith                                                           Melissa Gruver

Cleat                                                            Doc Kirby

Detective Landon                                    Kevin J. O’Neill

Theatre Lady                                            Annie Kidwell

Tommy                                                       Jarrett Brunk

Susie                                                           Amanda McRae

Lenny                                                         Joel Spector

Barber                                                        Phil Boyle

Book Store Clerk                                     Nils Taranger II

Dog                                                            Spencer

Thugs                                                        Patrick Mulroney

                                                                    Clint Betzel

                                                                    Michael S. Kirby

                                                                    Dennis Kirby

Sidewalk  Bum                                        Randy Molnar

 

 

1^st Assistant Director                           Nathan McMahan

1^st AC                                                        Andy Patania

Gaffer                                                        Brandon Nevius

Sound Mixer                                           Pete Wesenberg

Boom Operator                                      John Statzell

Art Director                                            Bobby Monahan

Key Makeup/Special Effects Makeup  Maria Gallagher

Wardrobe Supervisor                           Carolann Voltarel

Script Supervisor                                    Amanda Weekley

Best Boy                                                    Bryan P. Jones

Key Grip                                                    Lani Wasserman

                                                    Brady Kimball

Electrician/Special Effects                  Jeffrey Moll

Grip                                                           Christian Kyle

Dolly Grip                                                Brandon Nevius

Catering/Craft Services                        Nils Taranger II

Audio Utility                                            Dan Williams

Assistant Art Director                           Clare Forsthoefel

Still Photography                                    Pete Wesenberg

                                                                      Bobby Monahan

                                                                      Al Hubbs

Behind the scenes footage                     Randy Molnar

Animal Trainer                                        Therese Dickinson

                                                                      Dogs-Unlimited

Editor       Max Miller

Post Visual Effects                                   Kenny Pederson