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The Words Left Unsaid - A Theatrical Experiment

Experimental serial film - The Words Left Unsaid - Follows Sandra, Ricky, Jill, Chris, Becca, Ryan, John, Sarah, Britney, Sean and MacKenzie as their lives collide and intertwine.

Several stories interweave during three days in Philadelphia. Eleven intertwined characters: A novelist with writers' block and his wife the office power player who looks down on her under-motivated husband. Two producers who are making a play for the success or failure of their business. A screen-writer who moved across the country for love, and the woman who won his heart before they ever met. An actor who can't get respect from her father or her boyfriend. A theater director facing the loss of her lover. A world traveler who finds herself thinking about settling down. A sheltered young woman and the man she can't break herself free from. Everyone finds themselves alone sometimes, even when they're surrounded by people, and at those moments you can find yourself feeling that the city is the biggest place on earth... in the next moment however, you often find you're in a much smaller place than you thought.

The experiment of this project is to reintroduce the concept of a serial to movie houses. We are excited to give our audience the opportunity to come spend an hour with us each weekend, and spend time outside the silver screen getting to know us as well! We will be socializing, facebook connecting, and tweeting about our lives even as the story unfolds every week.

The Words Left Unsaid - Full Promotional Video from James Jackson available in HD on Vimeo.

Originally written as a feature film we plan on making this project in to a 12 part serial for theatrical release. Featuring an ensemble cast of 11 main characters and several supporting roles.

The Words Left Unsaid is a film about examining the small moments that keep us separate and also bring us together.

Take a look at the kickstarter link to the right and support our production! By supporting us you will be helping us experiment with interactive movie going, and pop culture. So please contribute, spread the word, and come see "The Words Left Unsaid".

Get to know us - The characters

Sanrda: Sandra is in her heart a one man kinda girl, but she secretly revels in the power her office manager duties give her.

Ricky: Ricky is a romantic, and a lover. He has a soft heart that he wears on his sleeve. A prose writer in a slump, Ricky hasn't written another successful novel in a while.

Jill: Jill feels the power of the earth and aligns her chakra every morning with the north star. She senses things before others and knows people before she's met them.

Chris: Chris is a hard worker. Coming up from a lower middle class home, he's earned his nice suits, his expensive shirts, and his gambling habit. He works hard and he plays hard and he doesn't second guess himself. He's as comfortable in a high stakes poker game as he is loading a truck with a fork lift.

Becca: A trust fund baby, Becca is mentally younger than her peers but quite sure of herself. She's the kind of girl who always gets what she wants because someone will give it to her if she bats her eyelashes at the right person. Always perfectly coiffed and made up, she's the kind of girl that makes that sort of thing look effortless and as though she never touches makeup or musses with her hair.

Ryan: Ryan is someone who follows his own whims wherever they might take him. He doesn't pay attention to social rules. The son of a Senator he's never had to worry too much about his actions, and he's accustomed to a life on the road.

John: John doesn't do anything to excess, he doesn't live beyond his means, but he also hasn't been overly successful or had any breakthrough moments. His life has been a series of setups to meet expectations.

Sarah: Sarah is the type of free spirit that doesn’t feel the need to be held down. She believes in love knowing its out there, but isn’t one to put the time into someone she doesn’t feel is worth it. At the same time Sarah doesn't put a name or a face to love, she has no fantasy man or woman, and feels that love can come from anywhere at any time so long as you're open to it.

Britney: Britney is tough but fair. She will give anyone a chance. To look at her Britney is just an ordinary fun loving girl, maybe a little more amorous than most. Britney just loves to love, and be loved in return.

MacKenzie: Mackenzie is fighting to make a name... a difference... a life for herself. Acting is her only outlet. She's not great, but she feels some day she could be.

Sean: Sean doesn't do it for style, he does it for cred. In high school Sean was a geek and unpopular, and while in college found his niche with picking out the things that other people would find popular.

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The Grand Experiment!

This is long... if you're an Indie Film Maker and know you want your movie on a big screen, fill out the form at the bottom... If you want to know how I'm going to make that happen read the text:

If you're an independent filmmaker, you've probably been told, or heard, that there are very few ways to get out there and on to the big screen. Either you're going to "four wall" it and put it up in theaters you rent to small audiences, or you're going to have tour your movie through the festival circut and get it picked up by a distributor following all the rules of traditional distribution. At least that's what they say. There's a few problems with each of those options, and just to highlight the big ones I'll start with:

Festival Circut and Distribution Company:

Ok, so you've shot and edited a great film. Your beautiful shots and your actors' deliveries deserve the best presentation method that there is to offer. There's nothing better than the soft glow of a projected image in a darkened theater, right? But your movie is less than 90 minutes, or it wouldn't make it past the M.P.A.A. even with the backing of a giant studio (you've seen This Film Is Not Yet Rated right?), or even worse your film is designed to speak to an under represented section of society, to tell a story that is directed at a small audience, and so it wouldn't be worth it for a big firm to pick it up because they couldn't make back their money. You understand the problem they have but you still want to get your message out. Sometimes it is impossible to tell a story that would appear to be mass marketable.

Four Walling

"So we'll take it on the road!", you say to yourself. Problem here is the problem any artist faces, how do you find your audience, even when you know who your audience is? Once you've solved that problem, how do you get them to know when and where your film will be screened? Even assuming you've figured that out, how do you get enough people to any given screen to make it worth your while, or at least to break even? We're not all big names, with either disposable income or leigons of rabbid followers, or both. At the end of the day, you may have settled on the idea that the movie was shot for its own sake, and though you feel it is valuable you will let it sit on youtube, vimeo, or as a free download on your web site. While social media is a great tie in to these distribution channels, wouldn't it still be cool to put it up in theaters?

But what if we combined audiences? No matter how small of a filmmaker you are, you have an audience. Be it 1 person, or 100 people, or 1,000 fans on facebook, everyone has some level of audience for their creativity... and when you put all those small audiences together you end up with one giant set of film fanatics.

So here's the idea: In packaging Words for independent release I came to the realization there is a lot of work out there that hasn't seen more than a few thousand views on YouTube, and a lot of it is way better than that small of an audience can reward. So I'm asking other independent content producers, (film makers, directors, producers, etc...) to send me log lines, scripts, or trailers (even links to full pieces) of anything they'd like to see hit the big screen. What I'll be doing from there is creating twelve programming nights woven together by the narrative of the twelve episodes of The Words Left Unsaid and submitting them to independent theaters across the nation.

If any of you other independent film makers out there has anything at all, short, feature, series, any subject matter, already festival toured, already 1000 hits on youtube, never seen before anywhere, in your closet on your floor, whatever... Send me a link, or a log line, or a synopsis, or even if it is a piece you haven't completed yet but will be completed by September I'd love to see it.

You can catch me on twitter @thewordsleft or use this handy web form right here:

Name

Film Title

Film or Trailer URL

Log Line

Synopsis

Run time: (mmm:ss)

The fine print: By filling out and submitting this form, you are requesting that James Jackson view or read your film, trailer, log line, and/or script, and to consider it for inclusion in a programming lineup of multiple films to be promoted to cinemas both in the United States and internationally. You will at all times retain all copyrights to your film, but you permit James to represent your film as being interested in this screening by being included by name and/or trailer on the website of The Words Left Unsaid and in any promotional material sent to theater programming directors, project investors, and others. You are not guaranteed to be placed in the programming lineup nor are you guaranteed to be placed on the web site or in promotional material to be represented as interested in this screening method by filling out this form. You are not entering in to any form of contract by filling out this form.

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ALL THE VIDEO!

On this page you will find trailers, promos, and samples of series that are coming to theaters along with The Words Left Unsaid!

The Words Left Unsaid

Each of the twelve weeks of the project will have one episode of The Words Left Unsaid Run time: 60:00

The Words Left Unsaid - Full Promotional Video from James Jackson available in HD on Vimeo.

Kayla Kearney

Kayla Kearney's very powerful Martin Luther King Jr. day speech given at Maria Carrillo High School on January 13th & 14th, 2011 discusses growing up a as a gay teenager in a thought provoking way that resounds across all levels because it draws attention to the similarities between people of disparate backgrounds rather than highlighting them. Run time: 8:10

Dumh(fownd)

You're wearing half a shirt! From Metronome Pictures Dumh(fownd) is a short, witty comedy in a series of stories that follows a group of professionals along their road to understand our misconstrued societal rules and misguided business environment while overcoming some very common events in the most unusual ways. Run time: aprox 6:00 each episode

In The Hearts Of Men

From Award Winning Director Jared Pelletier and Introducing Director of Photography Erik Tallek, In The Hearts Of Men A combat cameraman struggles to find respect in a platoon which missed their drop zone on D-Day, 1944. Run time: 10:00

Last Minute

Also from Jared Pelletier: 9/11 Sort Film Last Minute Run time: 1:30

Band

From Schiffli Films comes Band - BLACKLISTED is the most famous band in the world. However, they don’t make music, they make movies. After several major successes in Hollywood and around the world, this group of “rock star” filmmakers enlists the help of a teenage artist in order to make an independent film that won’t cost the audience a cent. Taking a lesson from several famous musicians, the band attempts to bring down the movie industry the same way the music industry was brought down, making it about the music and not the money. However, the band’s strong passion for filmmaking clashes with their lives when their movie begins to mimic reality. Run time: 16:00

Catch Up - the animation short

From animator Mi Li comes Catch Up - the animation short - A story about a fries wants to kill a bag of ketchup just for its jam. Run time: 2:04

**SPOILER ALERT** Full video embeded here: don't spoil it for yourself :)

Small World Energy

From artist and filmmaker Niles Heckman, Small World Energy is a short that employs a combination of hand painting, photo collage, morphing, and texture projections along with the very old but extremely useful Ken Burns Effect to create as series of moving matte paintings. Run Time: 0:59

**SPOILER ALERT** Full video embeded here: don't spoil it for yourself :)

Blanc De Blanc

From acclaimed filmmaker Lucas McNelly ("gravida", "L'Attente") comes Blanc De Blanc - a mystery born out of a dare -- a jigsaw puzzle of a film that has confounded and delighted audiences around the world.

Shot and edited in just two weeks as part of the #2wkfilm Twitter challenge, "Blanc de Blanc" is the story of David (Jason Kirsch), a man who comes to Pittsburgh with nothing more than the contents of his backpack and falls in love with a benevolent nurse (Rachel Shaw) whom he meets on the street -- only there are elements of his past that aren't quite done with him yet.

What follows is a mesmerizing tale of paranoia and heartbreak. "A Hitchcockian thriller where it is clear that someone is a little nuts, but it is left to the viewer to decide who" -- filmmaker Sean Gillane.

Can you put it all together? Run time: 80:00

Everything is a Remix

From Kirby Ferguson, Everything is a Remix - Remixing is a folk art but the techniques involved — collecting material, combining it, transforming it — are the same ones used at any level of creation. You could even say that everything is a remix. Run Time: aprox. 10:00 per epiosode.

**SPOILER ALERT** Full video part 1 embeded here: don't spoil it for yourself :)

Snow takes over

From Jelle de Gier, Snow takes over - Philadelphia (University City) during the February snow storms. Run time: 3:41

**SPOILER ALERT** Full video embeded here: don't spoil it for yourself :)

Freight

From Omri Dornai, Freight - Is a short thriller about when life takes over. Run time: 12:47

**SPOILER ALERT** Full video embeded here: don't spoil it for yourself :)

The Dreamer

From Seth Archambault, The Dreamer - Part 1 of the 10 part series: 10 scenes that end in suicide. An exploration of fleeting beauty. Run time: 2:53

**SPOILER ALERT** Full video embeded here: don't spoil it for yourself :)

Tumaini

From Jeff Woodward & Matthew Orobko, Tumaini - Leave a little room for hope. A dedicated but disillusioned high school teacher struggles to find his place in the world in the face of mental health issues, a demanding partner and the needs of his students who rely on him for so much more than just grammar lessons. Run time: 98:00

Also coming soon - From Alex Zinzopoulos - Missed Connections

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Get to know us - The Cast

Chris Dalbey:
Playing John - Whether it be film, music, or writing, Chris always surges with a lion in his heart, with a canon of creativity that rivers through his art. His acting compositions are outlined in film, commercial, and music video. Recently, he has finished his third album "New Contemplations" and is nearing the end of his fourth feature script.

Vanessa Gall:
Playing Mackenzie - Art, music, and theatre were always strong influences in Vanessa's life so she left luxury retail management to pursue her acting and modeling dreams. Her acting experience includes TV, film, and music videos. Vanessa's most recent role was the lead in Missed Connections, an independent feature film.

Thomas Horsey:
Playing Ryan - Not satisfied with the norm Thomas decided to become a model while working through college. He has had success with print, runway, and spokes modeling. Still not satisfied Thomas began persuing acting which, he found, feels like home. He is now taking care of his family and pursuing acting full time.

Jenyae Jones:
Playing Britney - Having run amuck amongst the various crazed and creative arts ever since she can remember, Jenyae’s true passion lies in theatre - onstage, off stage, and on the page. Most recently she has lent her quirky spirit and various talents to modeling, film acting and voice acting. Ever the one to bite off more than she can chew, she also manages a blog on deviancy, and is currently finishing an ill-mannered memoir, amongst other assorted projects.

Gina Martino:
Playing Sandra - Gina has been acting on stage and screen for over ten years. She most recently worked on Federal Film Reserve's Smoke City: Non Servium and Romulus Productions' film adaptation of The Seagull. While film remains an important part of her repertoire, she recently rekindled her passion for the stage. In Philadelphia, she has appeared in Beyond the Pale, The New Light Theatre Festival, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Fefu and Her Friends at Plays & Players, and Won at Last at the Wilma Theatre.

Peter James Phillips:
Playing Ricky - Since begging his father to give him a role in the church Christmas pageant at age 4, Peter has dreamed of acting professionally. His acting experience includes film and theater. Most recently, he had a lead role in Clayton Prince's series, CREAM.

Matt Priaulx:
Playing Sean - Art and acting have been a constant in Matt's life since he was able to pick up a paint brush. Having earned his degree in Fine Art several years ago, it was at that point he began to focus on his acting career. Matt has traveled the country, acting in various independent short films, feature films, and theatrical productions. While preparing for his new role, Matt is maintaining his work in painting, management, and pre-production efforts with his west coast colleagues on a new original web series.

Sarah P Robinson:
Playing Sarah - is excited to be working on Words Left Unsaid! Most familiar with Philadelphia theater, Sarah most recently portrayed Amiga Gringa/Beauty in Allens Lane's production of In the Blood. Other credits include: All in the Timing (Allens Lane), Peter Pan (PuppeTyranny), Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (Ocelot on a Leash), Haunted Poe (Brat Productions), Rails (Stumble Goat Productions), 4x4 (PDC, Fringe 08), Rag and Bone (Vagabond), Under the Gaslight (PDC, Anonymous Theater 06). Selected Boston credits: The Bear (Iron Rail Stage Company), Possibilities (Whistler in the Dark). Much love to her family and JQM.

Melissa Anne Smed:
Playing Becca - From small town Iowa with dreams of the big screen, Melissa has always put her focus on the creative side of life. She fell in love with acting at a very young age. Her acting experience includes film, music videos, and theater. Additionally, she has been featured in magazines including the November 2010 edition of Hollywood Weekly.

Austin Young:
Playing Chris - Pursuing graduate courses focusing on teaching children the dramatic arts, Austin began questioning the possibility of pursuing a life in the arts. Teaching children to follow their dreams caused him to heed his own advice and follow his own dreams. Austin's most recent production is a short entitled "Waiting". "I have been blessed to be able to go on this journey and I am loving the adventure."

TBA:
Playing Jill

Get to know us - The Filmmakers

James Jackson: Directing this experiment is James Jackson. A life long visual artist, James works in any medium involving light.

Alex Zinzopoulos: Assistant directing and the primary writer of The Words Left unsaid is Alex Zinzopoulos. A proflific writer and imaginer from Boston, Alex brings voice and life to a pantheon of characters that speak to everyone.

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