Destiny: A Short Film


	Project Notes


Liza Case as 'Margaret'	Rich Madelung as 'Greg'


Max as 'Max'	The Monkey as 'Priscilla'

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About	Destiny is a very short narrative film. It has been screened at festivals and was licensed for broadcast for "The Short List" on PBS as well as WE: Womens Entertainment. It's a classic New York love story of two people who are perfect for each other. Two narrative threads. Two young professionals. Two dogs. Two actors. Two (or so) days of shooting. Two thousand dollar cash budget. The main action takes place pretty much in two minutes. Destiny is all about twos.
The Filmakers	The film was shot and directed by David Tamés and produced by Liza Case, David Chachere and David Tamés. Liza Case wrote the screenplay. Nelson Ryland spent many hours in a dark Media Composer suite as the editor. We had many enthusiastic and talented people join our crew for production, We wish we could include them all here. Balazs Nyari of Cineric made things possible behind the scenes as Executive Producer. The filmmakers include everyone who made the film possible through their geneosity and support. Rich Madelung (Greg), David Tamés (Director), and Liza Case (Margaret)
Script	You may read a copy of Liza's delightful script which is available for download here: Destiny1.pdf (PDF format, 25K bytes).
Production	We shot Destiny in 35mm using an Aaton 35-III, a small and lightweight camera. It is a delight working with this camera, it offers practically the same mobility and ease of use of a Super 16 camera (it's only four pounds heavier than the Aaton XTR and lighter than a professional camcorder) with the spectacular image quality and optical characteristics of 35mm. Even though the final film exists as a video, the spectacular quality of 35mm aquisition comes through.
Motivation	The journey is the reward. There is nothing quite like the intense collaborative process of filmmaking.
Credits	Cast Margaret: Liza Case; Greg: Rich Madelung; Big Guy: Christopher Hardwick; Skateboarder: Dermot Walsh; Max: Himself; Priscilla: Monkey; Diners: Lorna Brooks, David Marguiles, David Knappe, Elizabeth Maynard Executive Producers: Balazs Nyari, Monitor Films; Producer: David Chachere; Co-Producers: David Tamés, Liza Case; Director and Cinematographer: David Tamés; Writer: Liza Case, Based Upon Her Play; Unit Production Manager: Anita Sum; Location Manage: Bob Fois; Art Director (Wardrobe and Selected Jewelry): Kate Katomski; Make-Up And Hair Design: Susie Kim; First Assistant Director: Daniel Fischer-Pask; Continuity: Laurence Moulin; Gaffer: James Bishop; 1st Assistant Camera: Joseph Bondulich; 2nd Assistant Camera: Pixie Alexander; Botfly: Stephen Jobes; Production Assistant: Dermot Walsh; Editor: Nelson Ryland; Music: "Just a Holler Away" Written by Trevor Jackson, Recorded at Trevor's Place, Valhalla, NY and Gig Lizzy Studios, NYC, Mixed by Stephen Tjaden at The Fun House, NYC, Trumpets by Erik Jekabson, Vocals and All Other Instruments by Trevor Jackson Music Special Thanks Joseph Correia, Berkely Catering, Screen Actors Guild, Joanne Morelli, Artist Linda Lee,John Lynch, Shay, Meridiana Restaurant, Peter Abel, Abel Cine Tech, Hot Lights, Cineric, New York City Mayor's Office, Jonathan Shoemaker, Martha Braunfield, Luna Films, 104 Broadway Farm, Broadway Convenience Center, Mohammad Anwar, Irmina Tamés
Producer Bios	David Chachere (Producer) David founded and is Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of the New York Independent Film Monitor, the only independent film trade-paper in New York. His film credits include Producer on the micro-budget feature Jose Jones and Associate Producer on The Lost Artist, a documentary about New York City subway musicians. He is a graduate of Columbia University. David Tamés (Co-Producer, Director, Cinematographer) David is a cinematographer and media technologist whose feature film credits include Stephen Kijak's award winning Never Met Picasso. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and completed his graduate studies at the M.I.T. Media Laboratory where he produced Two Viewpoints, an experimental interactive multiple point of view narrative and co-produced CyberBELT, an interactive documentary on the history of cybernetics. Liza Case (Co-Producer, Writer, Actor) Liza trained as an actress at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and with Michael Shurtleff and Stephen Jobes in New York. She played the female lead in the independent film No Justice and was featured in Nashville Beat with Garth Brooks, Martin Milner and Kent McCord. She appears as often as possible on the Off-Off Broadway stage in New York. Liza is Publisher and Senior Editor of the New York Independent Film Monitor. In 1995 her short play, Destiny, (on which this film is based) was produced twice in New York to sold-out houses. Liza recently completed To Live is to Fly, her first feature-length screenplay.
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