Basketball, food, and music brought my short film to life.
This post was written by Donavan Myles Edwards.
Before I joined the Utah Jazz, I focused a lot on narrative filmmaking. I directed a short film, wrote a bunch of scripts, and I worked on a feature film as well. So once I got to Utah and spent a couple of weeks settling in, I started to think of possible ways we could do a short film at the Jazz.
Luckily, the opportunity came early in the form of Black History Month.
A couple of hours before a BHM brainstorm meeting, I came up with the idea of Sunday Dinner. It was a combination of missing my family back home and listening to slowed and reverb R&B music. Music has always been a huge inspiration for me when I write my films. So when I started listening to these songs, it really brought back a lot of prior thoughts and feelings. When it was time for the meeting, I pitched the idea, and everyone loved it. Then I just had to write the script, and that took a couple of weeks just to ensure it was the best story possible.
Author: Guest Author
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
