All of us working on the film are proud and excited to release our film, The Family Name. This film was an assignment for our Film Analysis class at our school. The film stars Drew Jackson as Martin, a son coping with his father’s (played by Ben Welder) problems with the mob and his indifferent brother, played by me, Dustin Bachrach.

The film was directed by me with Will Hurd as our Director of Photography. You can watch the movie here (140 MB). The film is in iPod format so you can even put it on your new iPod and watch it on the go.

Some information about the film: The movie is provided in 16×9 at 640 by 426 pixels and is 12 minutes and 19 seconds long. We shot on digital using a Sony DCR P101 camera. The film contains 3 songs: La Femme d’Argent by Air, Take Me Somewhere Nice by Mogwai, and Keeping the Blade by Coheed & Cambria. The film was shot using a maximum of 4 people on location with only 3 people people sometimes. We recorded audio from a shotgun mic directly into a Powerbook. All footage was captured and edited on a Mac using Final Cut Express. The film was shot over a period of 1 month.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the film, and stay tuned for a few tutorials on film making and future movies.