September 10, 2024 • 15 mins
What drives a filmmaker to transform deeply personal pain into a powerful message for mental health awareness? Writer, director, producer, and lead actor Nadine Crocker opens up about her survival after a suicide attempt and how this harrowing experience led her to create the film Continue. Recorded live at the Mammoth Film Festival, this episode uncovers the heart and soul behind the project, showcasing the supportive environment Nadine cultivated on set and featuring an emotional story from Kat Foster about life-changing advice given to a former set PA.
Discover how every team member’s personal connection to mental health shaped the film, including insights from Rachel Bilson, Olivia Allen, and Shiloh Fernandez. Their involvement, along with Anthony Caravella’s contributions, emphasizes the vulnerability required to craft such an impactful narrative. Creating an independent film is no small feat, and Nadine, along with Anthony, shares the incredible journey behind Continue. Nadine’s unwavering authenticity and vision rallied a dedicated cast and crew, who often volunteered their time and talents, forming a familial bond throughout the process.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It is so organic how everyone gets on the same page
of this and the outcome is thatthese movies are deeply
impactful to their audiences.
These movies move peoplebecause everyone on set is
themselves moved, like we're allmoved.
(00:20):
We're moved in this process,and so that's it, and it's
because of Nadine, it's becauseof this, like she, just she
creates this environment.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
This is the Cinematography for Actors
podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
More than a podcast.
Cinematography for Actors is avibrant community devoted to
bridging the gap between talentand crew.
Each week, our show offerstransparent, insightful
conversations with industryleaders.
We unveil the magic behind thescenes, from candid discussions
about unique filmmakingprocesses to in-depth technical
exploration.
Join us in unraveling theintricacies of filmmaking, one
(00:57):
episode at a time.
It's more than just cameras andlenses we aim to inspire,
educate and empower as we peelback the curtain on the art of
effective storytelling.
Now on to the episode.
Hi guys, welcome to anotherspecial short episode of
Cinematography for Actorspodcast.
We are here on the couch atMammoth Film Festival with the
(01:17):
huge chunk of the working teamfrom Continue.
I have here Nadine Cro, crocker, writer, director, um, and then
Rachel Bilson, olivia Allen, um, this is Shiloh Fernandez, um.
Anthony Caravella and KatFoster who, before we start, uh,
our, our regular listeners knowthis story because I've talked
(01:41):
about it a few times.
Um, when I was a set PA, on theRookie there was an actor who
was on the first team who askedwhat I was doing and I said I
want to be an actor.
She pulled me aside and said youhave to stop being a set PA and
some other great advice, and itwas Kat Foster who changed my
life.
So thank you so much.
So this is a really cool fullcircle moment and I'm sorry to
(02:06):
make you start crying this isgonna make me cry, really,
because I was.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I gotta tell you I was having a really hard day
myself on set that day, and sothe fact that, like you, this I
was was able to offer anythingthat was of use to you in your
life, uh, is so beautiful andthank you for letting me know.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
It was wonderful and I will never be a set PA again.
Speaker 6 (02:28):
And.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I'm doing.
This is a story of mentalhealth and I think that, yeah,
you having a hard day and maybealso noticing that in me is
really cool.
It's a cool way of.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Well, also, by the way, I remember that you
actually sought, like you were,like you sought it out, Like you
sought that conversation out.
So there was a part of you thatknew like something needs to be
different.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Well, thank you so much, my pleasure, I really
appreciate it.
And then, nadine, can we get alittle logline and tell us about
your project?
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Yes, my project is Continue.
Yes, my project is Continue.
I'm writer, director, producerand one of the lead actors, and
Continue is based on my truestory of surviving a suicide
attempt in my 20s and finding myway to health and showing the
journey and the bumps along theway, and the entire mission for
(03:25):
this film is to elevate mentalhealth and suicide prevention
and to hopefully save lives fromsuicide and to open a bigger
conversation for mental healthand continue to chip away at the
stigma that I think cansurround mental health and
talking about how we're doingand how we're feeling, and being
okay with saying I'm not okay.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
So this is a very vulnerable story that you're
sharing.
How did you find people who youtrusted enough to collaborate
on this with you?
Speaker 6 (03:53):
The universe.
That was really like I had beensuch a fan of Shiloh and Kat
and, honestly, they took achance on me.
You know I I was a personwearing a thousand hats on this
film trying to just make itpossible.
You know I had heard a lotalong the way that no one wanted
(04:13):
to talk about mental health andit's a taboo subject and um,
and I break a lot of rules in myfilm, especially with the
ending and and a lot of like thejourney along the way, and
everyone told me I could not dothat and people would hate that,
and I think that's the coolestpart about the film, like
honestly.
So I'm so glad that I didn'tlisten to those people and I
(04:36):
stuck with my guns of what Iknow was important.
But, yeah, and my husband and Iproduced this and invested every
dime we had at the time andraised every dime of the
financing, and so it wasdefinitely a group effort, with
our producing partner, Jay Sealsas well that couldn't be here
because of the blizzard.
He was going to try and come upand then he was like, ok, so I
(04:59):
can't come.
Some of our other cast alsowere due to come in today and we
were like you're not coming in,I would like you to be safe.
But, honestly, everyone herewho came on to this film took a
shot on me and believed in whatwe were going to do, and almost
everyone attached to this filmhas a connection to mental
(05:20):
health and knew how important itwas to mental health and knew
how important it was and it washonestly.
I'll you know, I've directedother films now since and I'm
part of a lot of other projects,but nothing will ever feel like
continue again.
It was just like the mostvulnerable family dynamic and,
like you know, I probablyshouldn't say this, but like
(05:40):
even Shiloh would be like do youneed help?
Let me help you carry somethingLike, let me.
There was no, like we were allin it together, you know, and
and that's why it's like theright person comes to the right
project, and so I just feel likeit was the universe being like
here's a gift.
These people are going to be inyour life forever and they they
both are in my second film aswell.
So you know.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
So actually, maybe everyone can take a turn
speaking to this.
Something that we talk a lotabout is the importance of
knowing that you're working as ateam between all departments,
bridging that gap, not keepingthings separate between you know
talent and crew, or fromdepartment.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
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Speaker 3 (07:09):
The department, because sometimes that can cause
a breakdown and the storysuffers.
So how do you feel that in thisproject that was handled, was
that taken care of?
Well, it sounds like somethingthat was probably a priority.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
So here's what's so amazing about being in a movie
that Nadine has written anddirected or just directed her
last movie she just directed andshe's so like on the ground, in
the like, in every she's notlike sitting at Village, know
she's in there.
She's in there with us thewhole time.
And and also her passion forthe material, her clarity about
(07:50):
what the story is that we'retelling and why we're telling it
is so clear that it instantly,spontaneously enrolls the entire
crew, the entire cast, theentire production team.
It is so organic how everyonegets on the same page of this
and the outcome is that thesemovies are deeply impactful to
(08:16):
their audiences.
These movies move peoplebecause everyone on set is
themselves moved, like we're allmoved, we're moved in this
process and so that's it andit's because of Nadine, it's
because of this like she, justshe creates this environment.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
She's a very powerful gma Shiloh, would you like to
speak to that as well?
Speaker 7 (08:40):
uh, sure, yeah, I think, um, I really think it's
an interesting thing that you'retalking about in this podcast
or whatever we're doing here theinterview thing Because I know
that just separately.
You know, I didn't go to actingschool or to theater school and
so I really did learn how tosort of act on set, meaning that
I sort of did get anunderstanding of each sort of
(09:02):
department and how importantthat was.
With this movie.
Nadine was all of thosedepartments in a large sense and
I think her really like herfrom her deck to sort of meeting
her.
There was this understanding.
I think that for me, when I alot of movies that I see, the
sort of tone is wrong withactors, especially right Like
people feel like they're indifferent movies in some way,
(09:24):
and that's one of my biggestsort of hangups when I watch
things or when you know and Ithink that's really hard for
especially young or newerdirectors to grab a hold of
You're nervous to talk to thisactor, whatever.
So with this it was reallyspecial because she came in
exactly knowing what she wasmaking, what it was going to be,
and I think that the reallybeautiful thing was sort of
(09:45):
having yes, there's a messagethat sort of ultimately comes
out.
But that wasn't, it wasn't justa message movie, right, there's
, there's, so it's cinematic andthere's a lot of, I don't know,
beautiful, dramatic, sort ofelevated moments, and and so you
know, know, the thing is is,like Kat said, she is so
(10:06):
inspiring that of course youwant to do whatever you can to
help her, and the fact thatthey're laying their whole lives
on the line for this movie, youknow, is so just incredible.
Uh, how could you not applaudthat and sort of want to help,
however you could?
So, um, yeah, and it, you know,I mean it was, it was not a
huge movie, I mean budget wise.
(10:27):
So that means that you do haveto sort of get along and
everybody really does have towork together and those that
doesn't always happen, but withthis movie, because of Nadine
being the leader and Anthony,you know, sort of supporting her
in that incredible way, sort ofjust blown away, and you can't
help but want to be a part of itand help where you can.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Right, great Anthony, I would like to know from you
about how this process workedout from pre-production to now.
Speaker 8 (10:53):
Yeah, I'll just say this.
The entire process was so scarybecause at every turn we were
learning as we went.
Like I would literally go towork and come back to the office
and my wife's like, and wehired, um, a production designer
and the next day there'd be aproduction designer in the
(11:13):
office and it was like every daythis family was growing and it
felt like a family like I.
I would show up to set everymorning with her and she would
already have been there, um,because our dp and her carpooled
every day and they would goover their shot list and what
they were going to do that day.
And then you get to set andyou'd see people like kat and
(11:35):
shiloh and all the other actorsthere and they're like moving
chairs, they're like passing outwater bottles someday, like it
was so someday like it was socool and humbling to see
everybody show up for this movie, the way they did.
(11:55):
And it all really does go backto my wife.
Nadine is one of the mostauthentic people ever, ever and
she's so vulnerable and honestwith who she is and how she
lives that people meet that andhonest with who she is and how
she lives, that people meet thatand they can't help but be like
.
I want to help shine that lightthat you are and I want to help
illuminate the talent that youare.
(12:16):
And we had the best cast, thebest crew.
Everybody went so far above andbeyond what they were paid to
do that we would leave every daywith not just a sense of
gratitude, but it was more asense of how fortunate we are to
have found such incrediblecollaborators in the ultimate
(12:38):
collaborative medium and I justwant to say too and I, like my
crew and my dp cy turnbull, um,he worked for like a year and a
half with me for free.
Speaker 6 (12:50):
We lived on, both lived on Beachwood Canyon and
he'd walk up to my house and wewould just work and work and
he'd be doing commercial shootsin between and we shot lists of
this entire movie and like didall of this when there was no
money, like we were.
It was the dream of like okay,these are the dates we're going
to try and hit and we're notgoing to stop until those happen
.
And we were doing everythingpossible to hit those dates and
(13:13):
everyone was there showing upwhile there wasn't a paycheck to
receive, really yet they justreally believed in what we were
doing and, I guess, believedthat we were crazy, we would
make it happen.
Like we were crazy, we wouldmake it happen.
Like we were gonna do it andlike it's such long hours on low
, like indie, lower budget films, it is relentless work.
(13:36):
Like my production designer,monique is, was just like her
and her team worked tirelessly.
I mean, there was one day likeI I almost feel bad for saying
this, but like because they wereshopping at night and having to
take down the place from theday before, and like she was
like, can I?
I'm just going to rest my eyesfor like two seconds and I'm
like, please, just go.
Like you know, it's just likeeveryone was so tired and like
(13:58):
you didn't feel that you feltlike how much everybody wanted
this to happen.
Like they it didn't matter whatit was gonna take, like it was,
we were all working forsomething bigger than ourselves,
for the story, for what wewanted to do, what we thought we
could create together.
And like also the way that Ieven work as like an actor.
So, across from Shiloh, I'd belike all right, these are the
(14:20):
parameters.
I won't hurt you, I won't hityou with this bottle, but I'm
just gonna go apeshit and areyou in?
And?
And he's like okay, yeah, justdon't hit.
Like he's like I was like, isthere anything I'm not okay to
do?
He's like, please, just don'thit me with the bottle, please
don't break my nose with thatwhiskey bottle.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
And I'm like exactly Wonderful when you find the
project and the people and theenergy brings you with it,
almost um.
Unfortunately, I feel likethat's happening right now.
But I have to wrap this upbecause I promised you guys 10
minutes and it's not enough time.
I want to talk to you for anhour, um, but thank you so much
for being here with us.
Continue.
If we can't find it here atmammoth, if we're not here at
(14:58):
mammoth, where can we watch?
Continue?
Speaker 6 (15:01):
um, it is coming out later this year.
We're waiting for our releasedate from our distributor.
But you can go to continue thefilmcom.
You can go to continue the filmon social media.
You can go to any of ouraccounts.
We're always posting about itat Nadine Crocker.
And then we also have anonprofit we created, continue
on.
That is launching with the film.
(15:22):
You can get updates on continuethere, continue on.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
So it's yeah, so cool .
Thank you so much for sittinghere with me today, guys.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
And thanks for listening and watching.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
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It is so organic how everyone gets on the same page
of this and the outcome is thatthese movies are deeply
impactful to their audiences.
These movies move peoplebecause everyone on set is
themselves moved, like we're allmoved.
(00:20):
We're moved in this process,and so that's it, and it's
because of Nadine, it's becauseof this, like she, just she
creates this environment.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
This is the Cinematography for Actors
podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
More than a podcast.
Cinematography for Actors is avibrant community devoted to
bridging the gap between talentand crew.
Each week, our show offerstransparent, insightful
conversations with industryleaders.
We unveil the magic behind thescenes, from candid discussions
about unique filmmakingprocesses to in-depth technical
exploration.
Join us in unraveling theintricacies of filmmaking, one
(00:57):
episode at a time.
It's more than just cameras andlenses we aim to inspire,
educate and empower as we peelback the curtain on the art of
effective storytelling.
Now on to the episode.
Hi guys, welcome to anotherspecial short episode of
Cinematography for Actorspodcast.
We are here on the couch atMammoth Film Festival with the
(01:17):
huge chunk of the working teamfrom Continue.
I have here Nadine Cro, crocker, writer, director, um, and then
Rachel Bilson, olivia Allen, um, this is Shiloh Fernandez, um.
Anthony Caravella and KatFoster who, before we start, uh,
our, our regular listeners knowthis story because I've talked
(01:41):
about it a few times.
Um, when I was a set PA, on theRookie there was an actor who
was on the first team who askedwhat I was doing and I said I
want to be an actor.
She pulled me aside and said youhave to stop being a set PA and
some other great advice, and itwas Kat Foster who changed my
life.
So thank you so much.
So this is a really cool fullcircle moment and I'm sorry to
(02:06):
make you start crying this isgonna make me cry, really,
because I was.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
I gotta tell you I was having a really hard day
myself on set that day, and sothe fact that, like you, this I
was was able to offer anythingthat was of use to you in your
life, uh, is so beautiful andthank you for letting me know.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
It was wonderful and I will never be a set PA again.
Speaker 6 (02:28):
And.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
I'm doing.
This is a story of mentalhealth and I think that, yeah,
you having a hard day and maybealso noticing that in me is
really cool.
It's a cool way of.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
Well, also, by the way, I remember that you
actually sought, like you were,like you sought it out, Like you
sought that conversation out.
So there was a part of you thatknew like something needs to be
different.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Well, thank you so much, my pleasure, I really
appreciate it.
And then, nadine, can we get alittle logline and tell us about
your project?
Speaker 6 (03:00):
Yes, my project is Continue.
Yes, my project is Continue.
I'm writer, director, producerand one of the lead actors, and
Continue is based on my truestory of surviving a suicide
attempt in my 20s and finding myway to health and showing the
journey and the bumps along theway, and the entire mission for
(03:25):
this film is to elevate mentalhealth and suicide prevention
and to hopefully save lives fromsuicide and to open a bigger
conversation for mental healthand continue to chip away at the
stigma that I think cansurround mental health and
talking about how we're doingand how we're feeling, and being
okay with saying I'm not okay.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
So this is a very vulnerable story that you're
sharing.
How did you find people who youtrusted enough to collaborate
on this with you?
Speaker 6 (03:53):
The universe.
That was really like I had beensuch a fan of Shiloh and Kat
and, honestly, they took achance on me.
You know I I was a personwearing a thousand hats on this
film trying to just make itpossible.
You know I had heard a lotalong the way that no one wanted
(04:13):
to talk about mental health andit's a taboo subject and um,
and I break a lot of rules in myfilm, especially with the
ending and and a lot of like thejourney along the way, and
everyone told me I could not dothat and people would hate that,
and I think that's the coolestpart about the film, like
honestly.
So I'm so glad that I didn'tlisten to those people and I
(04:36):
stuck with my guns of what Iknow was important.
But, yeah, and my husband and Iproduced this and invested every
dime we had at the time andraised every dime of the
financing, and so it wasdefinitely a group effort, with
our producing partner, Jay Sealsas well that couldn't be here
because of the blizzard.
He was going to try and come upand then he was like, ok, so I
(04:59):
can't come.
Some of our other cast alsowere due to come in today and we
were like you're not coming in,I would like you to be safe.
But, honestly, everyone herewho came on to this film took a
shot on me and believed in whatwe were going to do, and almost
everyone attached to this filmhas a connection to mental
(05:20):
health and knew how important itwas to mental health and knew
how important it was and it washonestly.
I'll you know, I've directedother films now since and I'm
part of a lot of other projects,but nothing will ever feel like
continue again.
It was just like the mostvulnerable family dynamic and,
like you know, I probablyshouldn't say this, but like
(05:40):
even Shiloh would be like do youneed help?
Let me help you carry somethingLike, let me.
There was no, like we were allin it together, you know, and
and that's why it's like theright person comes to the right
project, and so I just feel likeit was the universe being like
here's a gift.
These people are going to be inyour life forever and they they
both are in my second film aswell.
So you know.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
So actually, maybe everyone can take a turn
speaking to this.
Something that we talk a lotabout is the importance of
knowing that you're working as ateam between all departments,
bridging that gap, not keepingthings separate between you know
talent and crew, or fromdepartment.
Speaker 5 (06:16):
Okay, we are stoked to shout out our audio sponsor,
deity Microphones.
Their S-Mic 2 Pro shotgun micshave impeccable sound clarity,
directionality, headphonemonitoring and a user-friendly
design, and we're proud tolaunch our studio with them.
Our goal is to bring youeducational gems every episode,
and with these mics, you canlisten to the best quality audio
(06:38):
possible wherever you are.
To learn more about using Deitymics for your own podcasting,
voiceover or filming needs, goto deitymiccom.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
We have some exciting news.
Cfa has teamed up with we MakeMovies to get you a discount on
production management services,including access to
comprehensive productioninsurance and workers comp.
For your next shoot, visitWeMakeMoviesorg.
Slash insurance and use codeCFA23 on your intake form for
10% off your quote.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
The department, because sometimes that can cause
a breakdown and the storysuffers.
So how do you feel that in thisproject that was handled, was
that taken care of?
Well, it sounds like somethingthat was probably a priority.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
So here's what's so amazing about being in a movie
that Nadine has written anddirected or just directed her
last movie she just directed andshe's so like on the ground, in
the like, in every she's notlike sitting at Village, know
she's in there.
She's in there with us thewhole time.
And and also her passion forthe material, her clarity about
(07:50):
what the story is that we'retelling and why we're telling it
is so clear that it instantly,spontaneously enrolls the entire
crew, the entire cast, theentire production team.
It is so organic how everyonegets on the same page of this
and the outcome is that thesemovies are deeply impactful to
(08:16):
their audiences.
These movies move peoplebecause everyone on set is
themselves moved, like we're allmoved, we're moved in this
process and so that's it andit's because of Nadine, it's
because of this like she, justshe creates this environment.
Speaker 3 (08:35):
She's a very powerful gma Shiloh, would you like to
speak to that as well?
Speaker 7 (08:40):
uh, sure, yeah, I think, um, I really think it's
an interesting thing that you'retalking about in this podcast
or whatever we're doing here theinterview thing Because I know
that just separately.
You know, I didn't go to actingschool or to theater school and
so I really did learn how tosort of act on set, meaning that
I sort of did get anunderstanding of each sort of
(09:02):
department and how importantthat was.
With this movie.
Nadine was all of thosedepartments in a large sense and
I think her really like herfrom her deck to sort of meeting
her.
There was this understanding.
I think that for me, when I alot of movies that I see, the
sort of tone is wrong withactors, especially right Like
people feel like they're indifferent movies in some way,
(09:24):
and that's one of my biggestsort of hangups when I watch
things or when you know and Ithink that's really hard for
especially young or newerdirectors to grab a hold of
You're nervous to talk to thisactor, whatever.
So with this it was reallyspecial because she came in
exactly knowing what she wasmaking, what it was going to be,
and I think that the reallybeautiful thing was sort of
(09:45):
having yes, there's a messagethat sort of ultimately comes
out.
But that wasn't, it wasn't justa message movie, right, there's
, there's, so it's cinematic andthere's a lot of, I don't know,
beautiful, dramatic, sort ofelevated moments, and and so you
know, know, the thing is is,like Kat said, she is so
(10:06):
inspiring that of course youwant to do whatever you can to
help her, and the fact thatthey're laying their whole lives
on the line for this movie, youknow, is so just incredible.
Uh, how could you not applaudthat and sort of want to help,
however you could?
So, um, yeah, and it, you know,I mean it was, it was not a
huge movie, I mean budget wise.
(10:27):
So that means that you do haveto sort of get along and
everybody really does have towork together and those that
doesn't always happen, but withthis movie, because of Nadine
being the leader and Anthony,you know, sort of supporting her
in that incredible way, sort ofjust blown away, and you can't
help but want to be a part of itand help where you can.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Right, great Anthony, I would like to know from you
about how this process workedout from pre-production to now.
Speaker 8 (10:53):
Yeah, I'll just say this.
The entire process was so scarybecause at every turn we were
learning as we went.
Like I would literally go towork and come back to the office
and my wife's like, and wehired, um, a production designer
and the next day there'd be aproduction designer in the
(11:13):
office and it was like every daythis family was growing and it
felt like a family like I.
I would show up to set everymorning with her and she would
already have been there, um,because our dp and her carpooled
every day and they would goover their shot list and what
they were going to do that day.
And then you get to set andyou'd see people like kat and
(11:35):
shiloh and all the other actorsthere and they're like moving
chairs, they're like passing outwater bottles someday, like it
was so someday like it was socool and humbling to see
everybody show up for this movie, the way they did.
(11:55):
And it all really does go backto my wife.
Nadine is one of the mostauthentic people ever, ever and
she's so vulnerable and honestwith who she is and how she
lives that people meet that andhonest with who she is and how
she lives, that people meet thatand they can't help but be like
.
I want to help shine that lightthat you are and I want to help
illuminate the talent that youare.
(12:16):
And we had the best cast, thebest crew.
Everybody went so far above andbeyond what they were paid to
do that we would leave every daywith not just a sense of
gratitude, but it was more asense of how fortunate we are to
have found such incrediblecollaborators in the ultimate
(12:38):
collaborative medium and I justwant to say too and I, like my
crew and my dp cy turnbull, um,he worked for like a year and a
half with me for free.
Speaker 6 (12:50):
We lived on, both lived on Beachwood Canyon and
he'd walk up to my house and wewould just work and work and
he'd be doing commercial shootsin between and we shot lists of
this entire movie and like didall of this when there was no
money, like we were.
It was the dream of like okay,these are the dates we're going
to try and hit and we're notgoing to stop until those happen
.
And we were doing everythingpossible to hit those dates and
(13:13):
everyone was there showing upwhile there wasn't a paycheck to
receive, really yet they justreally believed in what we were
doing and, I guess, believedthat we were crazy, we would
make it happen.
Like we were crazy, we wouldmake it happen.
Like we were gonna do it andlike it's such long hours on low
, like indie, lower budget films, it is relentless work.
(13:36):
Like my production designer,monique is, was just like her
and her team worked tirelessly.
I mean, there was one day likeI I almost feel bad for saying
this, but like because they wereshopping at night and having to
take down the place from theday before, and like she was
like, can I?
I'm just going to rest my eyesfor like two seconds and I'm
like, please, just go.
Like you know, it's just likeeveryone was so tired and like
(13:58):
you didn't feel that you feltlike how much everybody wanted
this to happen.
Like they it didn't matter whatit was gonna take, like it was,
we were all working forsomething bigger than ourselves,
for the story, for what wewanted to do, what we thought we
could create together.
And like also the way that Ieven work as like an actor.
So, across from Shiloh, I'd belike all right, these are the
(14:20):
parameters.
I won't hurt you, I won't hityou with this bottle, but I'm
just gonna go apeshit and areyou in?
And?
And he's like okay, yeah, justdon't hit.
Like he's like I was like, isthere anything I'm not okay to
do?
He's like, please, just don'thit me with the bottle, please
don't break my nose with thatwhiskey bottle.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
And I'm like exactly Wonderful when you find the
project and the people and theenergy brings you with it,
almost um.
Unfortunately, I feel likethat's happening right now.
But I have to wrap this upbecause I promised you guys 10
minutes and it's not enough time.
I want to talk to you for anhour, um, but thank you so much
for being here with us.
Continue.
If we can't find it here atmammoth, if we're not here at
(14:58):
mammoth, where can we watch?
Continue?
Speaker 6 (15:01):
um, it is coming out later this year.
We're waiting for our releasedate from our distributor.
But you can go to continue thefilmcom.
You can go to continue the filmon social media.
You can go to any of ouraccounts.
We're always posting about itat Nadine Crocker.
And then we also have anonprofit we created, continue
on.
That is launching with the film.
(15:22):
You can get updates on continuethere, continue on.
Speaker 3 (15:25):
So it's yeah, so cool .
Thank you so much for sittinghere with me today, guys.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (15:30):
And thanks for listening and watching.
Speaker 4 (15:32):
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