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1 BLUE DOOR FILMS :THE SITUATION *CHRIS DEL SORDO BRIAN LEVY BAILY HOPKINS OWEN THOMAS HALEY PALMER PRODUCTION STILLS MIKE MALAMENT SOUND DONAVAN SELL GRIP CHRIS GALDES GAFFFER DREW NELSON PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ARIELE SENARA ckenny WARREN WITH ERIC ORDAZ dkerri KERLS epeter HATHAWAY #LEONIE MEISSNER w KERRI KERLS g CLIFF TRAIMAN pchris DEL SORDO GARY M. PALMER PETER HATHAWAY j CHRIS DEL SORDO PETER HATHAWAY achris DEL SORDO GARY M. PALMER kchris DEL SORDO B r i a n L e v y B a i l y H o p k i n s O w e n T h o m a s H a l e y P a l m e r t h e s i t u a t i o n A f i l m b y C h r i s D e l S o r d o P R E S S K I T B L U E D O O R F I L M S, L L C P a c h e c o S t r e e t S a n F r a n c i s c o, C A C h r i s D e l S o r d o c h r i b l u e d o o r f i l m s. c o m P e t e r H a t h a w a y p e t e b l u e d o o r f i l m s. c o m G a r y M. P a l m e r g a r b l u e d o o r f i l m s. c o m

2 I N T R O D U C T I O N S P E C S C a m e r a : M o d i f i e d C a n o n 7 D. A l t e r e d t o r e s p o n d o n l y t o i n f r a r e d l i g h t. T h e i n f r a r e d e f f e c t i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h a L e n s b a b y C o m p o s e r a t a f a i r l y o p e n a p e r t u r e m a k e s f o r g r o u n d - b r e a k i n g c r e a t i v e i m a g e r y. L e n g t h : 4 : 4 2 S h o o t i n g L o c a t i o n s : P e t a l u m a, C A W e b s i t e : w w w. t h e s i t u a t i o n f i l m. c o m L O G L I N E A s c h e m e g o n e h o r r i b l y w r o n g l e a d s t h r e e c r i m i n a l s t o f i n d t h e m s e l v e s i n a d e s p e r a t e p r e d i c a m e n t. S Y N O P S I S A b o t c h e d k i d n a p p i n g f o r c e s t h r e e c r i m i n a l s i n t o a d e s p e r a t e s t a n d - o f f. C a l ( B r i a n L e v i ) i s t h e u n s p o k e n l e a d e r o f t h i s d y s f u n c t i o n a l g r o u p b u t h i s g r o s s m i s c a l c u l a t i o n f o r c e s t h e d e g e n e r a t e t r i o i n t o a c o m p r o m i s i n g d i l e m m a. H i s s h o r t t e m p e r a n d i t c h y t r i g g e r f i n g e r h e i g h t e n s t h e t e n s i o n t h a t s u r r o u n d s t h e m. R e g g i e ( O w e n T h o m a s ) i s a d e l i n q u e n t w i t h a h e a r t o f g o l d a n d t h i s p r o v e s c o s t l y a s h i s a c t i o n s d i s r u p t t h e t e m p o o f t h e j o b. A n d J e s s, ( B a i l y H o p k i n s ) a m i s c r e a n t c h i c k w i t h s e r i o u s a t t i t u d e, t r i e s t o t a k e c o n t r o l a s t h e i r d i s o r d e r d e t e r i o r a t e s r a p i d l y. T h i s s e l f - i n f l i c t e d m e s s w i l l e n d o n e w a y o r a n o t h e r. D I R E C T O R S S TAT E M E N T T h e p r e m i s e o f t h e T h e S i t u a t i o n i s b a s e d u p o n a s t o r y a b o u t c l o w n s t h a t C h r i s c r a f t e d w i t h f e l l o w w r i t e r G a r y M. P a l m e r. T h e s c e n e s t a r t s o f f i n a b a r - c a r o n a t r a i n p a c k e d w i t h t h i r t y p e o p l e d r e s s e d a s c l o w n s. J E N N I F E R U P S H A W ( 3 6 ), a t a l l, p r e t t y b r u n e t t e w i t h p o r c e l a i n s k i n, b u r s t s i n t o t h e c o m p a r t m e n t a n d s h o u t s, W h i c h o n e o f y o u c l o w n s i s m y h u s b a n d? Y o u c a n i m a g i n e w h e r e i t w e n t f r o m t h e r e. C h r i s w a s a l s o c r a f t i n g a c o n c e p t a b o u t t h r e e p e o p l e s t u c k i n a s i t u a t i o n t h a t w o u l d b e v e r y h a r d t o e s c a p e. A n d, o f c o u r s e, h e w a n t e d t o m a k e t h e m c l o w n s. B u t t h e c l o w n s h a d t o s e r v e a p u r p o s e t o t h e s t o r y. S o t h e f o c a l p o i n t b e c a m e w h y t h e s e g u y s a r e d r e s s e d l i k e c l o w n s. S o C h r i s a n d G a r y m a d e t h e c r i m i n a l s p o s e a s c l o w n s a t a b i r t h d a y p a r t y i n o r d e r t o k i d n a p o n e o f t h e r i c h c h i l d r e n. T h e c h a r a c t e r s a r e e d g y, r e a l, a n d r a w. A s t h e s t o r y d e v e l o p e d, t h e r e w a s a c o n c r e t e c o n n e c t i o n t o t h e w a y t h e s e c r i m i n a l s w o u l d s p e a k. B y d i v i n g i n t o t h e b a c k s t o r y, t h e w r i t e r s f e l t t h e s e c h a r a c t e r s h a d t o c o m e f r o m a s m a l l d y i n g t o w n w h e r e n o n e o f t h e m g r e w u p w i t h m o n e y o r h a d a n y r e a l o p p o r t u n i t i e s. T h e y k n e w c u r s i n g w o u l d b e i n g r a i n e d a s a c o m m o n v e r n a c u l a r f r o m a n e a r l y a g e. F r o m t h e b e g i n n i n g, C h r i s a l w a y s e n v i s i o n e d s t a r t i n g t h e f i l m w i t h t h e c l o w n s a l r e a d y i n t h e s i t u a t i o n, a n d a s t h e s t o r y e v o l v e d, t h e a u d i e n c e w o u l d p i e c e t o g e t h e r w h y a n d h o w t h e y g o t t h e r e. W h e n C i n e m a t o g r a p h e r, C l i f f T r a i m a n s u g g e s t e d s h o o t i n g t h i s w i t h a n i n f r a r e d l o o k C h r i s w a s e x t r e m e l y e x c i t e d. B u t o n c e y o u c h o o s e t o s h o o t a f i l m i n f r a r e d, y o u c a n t g o b a c k. A f t e r m a n y t e s t s, C h r i s d e c i d e d t o g o f o r i t. B u t h e d i d n t w a n t t o u s e t h e i n f r a r e d i d e a a s a g i m m i c k. N o r d i d h e w a n t i t t o b e v i e w e d a s s o m e k i n d o f F i n a l C u t f i l t e r. T h i s w a s a s t y l e c h o i c e t h a t f i t w i t h t h e c h a r a c t e r s a n d t h e s t o r y. T h e d e s i r e d e f f e c t i s a s u r r e a l d r e a m - l i k e q u a l i t y t h a t b e a u t i f u l l y c o n t r a s t s t h e d a r k a n d h e a v y b a s i s o f t h e s t o r y... a k i d n a p p i n g g o n e w r o n g a n d t h e s o l u t i o n i s t o g e t r i d o f t h e 9 - y e a r - o l d g i r l. T h e e n d r e s u l t i s a f i l m t h a t i s t r u l y u n i q u e.

3 D I R E C T O R S B I O C H R I S D E L S O R D O W R I T E R / D I R E C T O R / PA R T N E R - B L U E D O O R F I L M S L L C O U R P R O D U C E I S S O F R E S H, Y O U L L S L A P I T I N T H E F A C E C h r i s h a s a l m o s t t w e n t y y e a r s o f e x p e r i e n c e i n a d v e r t i s i n g a n d h a s w o r k e d w i t h l a r g e c o m p a n i e s s u c h a s C o m c a s t C a b l e C o m m u n i c a t i o n s, C o m c a s t S p o t l i g h t, E! E n t e r t a i n m e n t Te l e v i s i o n, D i r e c T V, a n d S o n y P l a y S t a t i o n. C h r i s w r i t e s a n d d i r e c t s f o r B l u e D o o r F i l m s o n a d a i l y b a s i s. T h e t r u e k e y t o h i s s u c c e s s a s a f i l m d i r e c t o r i s h i s c a r e e r i n a d v e r t i s i n g. C r e a t i v e v i s i o n a n d g r e a t s t o r y t e l l i n g a r e t h e n e c e s s i t i e s o f f i l m d i r e c t i o n b u t i t a l s o i n v o l v e s a r i g o r o u s m a n a g e m e n t o f b u d g e t s, r e s o u r c e s, a n d t a l e n t. A l l o f w h i c h a r e d i s c i p l i n e s C h r i s h a s m a s t e r e d i n h i s a d v e r t i s i n g c a r e e r. C h r i s i s c u r r e n t l y i n f u n d i n g f o r t h e F e a t u r e F i l m, P I N C H, w h i c h h e c o - w r o t e w i t h p a r t n e r, P e t e r H a t h a w a y. H O W D I D A N A S S H O L E L I K E B O B G E T S U C H A G R E A T K I T C H E N? T h e r e s a r e a s o n w h y h i s C h r i s f a v o r i t e m o v i e i s, B o t t l e R o c k e t, b y W e s A n d e r s o n. C h r i s a n d d i a l o g u e a r e a m a t c h m a d e i n h e a v e n. A s a w r i t e r, y o u e i t h e r h a v e i t o r y o u d o n t. A n d C h r i s h a s a s h a r p, m o d e r n, a n d c r i s p t o n e o f d i a l o g u e t h a t f i t s p e r f e c t l y t o t h e c h a r a c t e r s h e c r e a t e s. H e s p e n d s y e a r s c r a f t i n g e v e r y l i n e, l a y e r i n g e v e r y c h a r a c t e r, a n d m a k i n g s u r e h i s s t o r i e s a r e t h o u g h t o u t a n d m e m o r a b l e. I M T O O S E X Y F O R M Y F E D O R A A s a s e l f - p r o c l a i m e d h i p s t e r, C h r i s k n o w s w h a t l o o k s g o o d. H e d r a w s i n s p i r a t i o n f r o m o t h e r d i r e c t o r s, p a i n t e r s, p h o t o g r a p h e r s, a n d p o e t s i n o r d e r t o c r e a t e a u n i q u e a n d i n t e r e s t i n g s t y l e t h a t i s h i s o w n a n d t h a t a u d i e n c e s c a n c o n n e c t w i t h. H i s t a s t e i n m u s i c r e i n f o r c e s t h a t s e n s e o f s t y l e. M u s i c c a n e f f e c t h o w y o u f e e l a n d e v e n w h a t y o u w e a r. C r e a t i n g a m o o d t h r o u g h m u s i c i s o n e o f h i s g r e a t e s t s t r e n g t h s. V A N I T Y I S M Y F A V O R I T E S I N T h e S i t u a t i o n, s h o r t f i l m ( W r i t e r / D i r e c t o r / E x e c u t i v e P r o d u c e r ) S e m i - f i n a l i s t, S c r e e n p l a y : V i s i o n f e s t F i n a l i s t, S c r e e n p l a y : C r e a t i v e W o r l d A w a r d s F i n a l i s t, S c r e e n p l a y : G a r d e n S t a t e F i l m F e s t i v a l L a L a L o c o B a b y, s h o r t f i l m ( S p e c i a l T h a n k s ) W i n n e r, B e s t H o m e G r o w n S h o r t F i l m : G a r d e n S t a t e F i l m F e s t i v a l W i n n e r, S a n D i e g o F i l m m a k e r s : B r a n d c o m p e t i t i o n W i n n e r, B r o n z e A d d y A w a r d : T h e S a n D i e g o A d v e r t i s i n g C l u b W i n n e r, S i l v e r A d d y A w a r d : T h e P h i l a d e l p h i a A d v e r t i s i n g C l u b B o w m a n ( C o - P r o d u c e r, C r e a t i v e C o n s u l t a n t, a n d C a s t i n g D i r e c t o r ) 3 5 m m s h o r t f i l m L o v e r, Y o u S h o u l d v e C o m e O v e r, m u s i c v i d e o ( W r i t e r / D i r e c t o r ) O f f i c i a l S e l e c t i o n, T h e N e w Y o r k I n d e p e n d e n t F i l m a n d V i d e o F e s t i v a l OFFICIAL SELECTION Short Film: Lover, You Should ve Come Over New York IFV Festival FINALIST Garden State Film Festival WINNER Best Home Grown Short Film: Wondrous Woman Garden State Film Festival FINALIST Creative World Awards SEMI-FINALIST VisionFest R E M E M B E R W H A T Y O U V E B E E N T A U G H T A N D Y O U L L F I N D Y O U R S E L F W I T H A N E D U C A T I O N C h r i s s t u d i e d f i l m m a k i n g a t t h e U C L A F i l m S t u d i e s P r o g r a m a n d T h e L o s A n g e l e s F i l m S c h o o l. H e a l s o w o r k e d i n t e n s i v e D i r e c t o r l a b s w i t h J u d i t h W e s t o n a t T w o L i g h t s S t u d i o s. J u d i t h b r e a k s n e w g r o u n d i n t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p s b e t w e e n d i r e c t o r s a n d a c t o r s. H e a l s o m e t P r o f e s s o r E r i c S h e r m a n a t t h e L o s A n g e l e s F i l m S c h o o l a n d h a s b e e n w o r k i n g w i t h h i m e x c l u s i v e l y a s a p r e - p r o d u c t i o n c o n s u l t a n t f o r h i s u p c o m i n g f e a t u r e f i l m, D o G o o d e r. E r i c a t t e n d e d Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y a n d h a s b e e n a d i r e c t i n g a n d p r o d u c t i o n c o n s u l t a n t t o U n i v e r s a l S t u d i o s a n d P a r a m o u n t P i c t u r e s. C h r i s h o l d s a B a c h e l o r o f F i n e A r t s w i t h a m i n o r i n p h o t o g r a p h y. A r t a n d c o m p o s i t i o n h a v e b e e n a p a r t o f h i s l i f e s i n c e h e c a n r e m e m b e r.

4 K E Y C R E W P E T E R H A T H A W A Y W R I T E R / P R O D U C E R / PA R T N E R - B L U E D O O R F I L M S L L C W i t h 1 7 y e a r s o f c r e a t i v e a n d p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e i n p r o d u c t i o n, P e t e r s r e c o r d o f s u c c e s s f u l p r o j e c t m a n a g e m e n t a n d l e a d e r s h i p c o m e s f r o m a s o l i d f o u n d a t i o n i n b r o a d c a s t e d i t i n g a n d a t e c h n i c a l e d u c a t i o n i n c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e. P e t e r p r o d u c e s f o r B l u e D o o r F i l m s o n a d a i l y b a s i s a n d c u r r e n t l y w r i t e s a n d p r o d u c e s a b i - m o n t h l y n e w s s h o w f o r S o n y P l a y S t a t i o n c a l l e d P u l s e. C h r i s a n d P e t e r a r e c u r r e n t l y w r i t i n g t h e f e a t u r e f i l m, S u r r e n d e r M e. P E T E R S A C C O L A D E S T h e S i t u a t i o n ( P r o d u c e r / E x e c u t i v e P r o d u c e r ) S h o r t f i l m T h e F u l l P i c t u r e ( P r o d u c e r / E d i t o r ) F e a t u r e F i l m. G r a n d P r i z e W i n n e r, R h o d e I s l a n d I n t e r n a t i o n a l F i l m F e s t i v a l W o n d r o u s W o m a n ( P r o d u c e r ) W i n n e r, B e s t H o m e G r o w n S h o r t F i l m, G a r d e n S t a t e F i l m F e s t i v a l R a i d e r N a t i o n ( P r o d u c e r / E d i t o r ) D o c u m e n t a r y E r i c a n d A r a ( P r o d u c e r / E d i t o r ) D o c u m e n t a r y L o v e r Y o u S h o u l d H a v e C o m e O v e r ( E d i t o r ) S h o r t f i l m D o p a m i n e ( E d i t o r ) F e a t u r e F i l m B r o n z e A d d y a n d S i l v e r A d d y S a n F r a n c i s c o A d v e r t i s i n g OFFICIAL SELECTION Short Film: Lover, You Should ve Come Over New York IFV Festival WINNER Best Home Grown Short Film: Wondrous Woman Garden State Film Festival WINNER Rhode Island Film Festival Grand Prize Rhode Island Film Festival G A R Y PA L M E R W R I T E R - B L U E D O O R F I L M S L L C G a r y h a s o v e r 1 7 y e a r s o f p r o f e s s i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e i n a d v e r t i s i n g. H e h a s w o r k e d w i t h s o m e o f t h e b e s t c o p y w r i t e r s i n t h e b u s i n e s s a n d h e r e a l i z e d h e h a d a w r i t i n g g i f t a s w e l l. A f t e r m e e t i n g W r i t e r / D i r e c t o r C h r i s D e l S o r d o a t a n a d v e r t i s i n g a g e n c y t h e t w o h i t i t o f f i m m e d i a t e l y. G a r y j o i n e d B l u e D o o r F i l m s a s a s c r e e n p l a y w r i t e r a n d h i s f i r s t f e a t u r e c o l l a b o r a t i o n w i t h C h r i s e n t i t l e d U n e a r t h e d, l a n d e d f i n a l i s t p l a c e m e n t s i n n u m e r o u s w r i t i n g c o m p e t i t i o n s. G a r y c o - w r o t e T h e S i t u a t i o n a n d w a s t h e P r o d u c t i o n M a n a g e r d u r i n g t h e s h o o t i n g o f t h e f i l m. C h r i s a n d G a r y a r e c u r r e n t l y w r i t i n g t h e f e a t u r e f i l m, S u n n y S i d e U p. FINALIST Garden State Film Festival FINALIST Creative World Awards SEMI-FINALIST VisionFest C L I F F T R A I M A N C I N E M A T O G R A P H E R C l i f f o r d T r a i m a n w o r k s a s a D i r e c t o r o f P h o t o g r a p h y o n c o m m e r c i a l, i n d u s t r i a l a n d n a r r a t i v e p r o d u c t i o n s. H e h a s s h o t s e v e r a l f e a t u r e l e n g t h f i l m s i n c l u d i n g T h e V i l l a g e B a r b e r s h o p ( ), B r o k e n A r r o w s ( ), A p a r t m e n t ( ), a n d K u n g P h o o e y ( ), a s w e l l a s t h e s e a s o n o f t h e n a t i o n a l l y s y n d i c a t e d T V s h o w, U l t i m a t e L i v i n g. H i s C o m m e r c i a l & C o r p o r a t e c l i e n t e l e i n c l u d e s C o m c a s t, H o u r F i t n e s s, H o n d a, H e w l e t t P a c k a r d, A p p l e C o m p u t e r s, e B a y, G o o g l e, Y a h o o, S k y p e, F r i t o L a y, O r a c l e, C i s c o, a n d S a n F r a n c i s c o G i a n t s.

5 C A S T B R I A N L E V Y Brian has been a professional performer for over 20 years. He started out his career as a dancer, working with a wide range of both modern and ballet companies in New York City and Minneapolis. Near the turn of the millennium, Brian began to shift his focus to acting, first at Chanhassen Dinner Theater doing musicals, and then to stage plays when he moved to California. For the past five years, Brian has focused solely on film, appearing in over 40 productions in the bay area. B A I LY H O P K I N S Baily Hopkins has over thirty roles in films and plays since 2008, she was most recently cast in Paul Thomas Anderson s newest film that shot in the Bay Area this summer. In San Francisco, she s taken part in the San Francisco Green Film Festival (2011), and had a film premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival (2010), and in the 48 Hour Film Festival (2009, 2010). Baily also hosts videos for SFStation.com s new video series. O W E N T H O M A S Owen Thomas is a bay area native and full time voice actor. He is currently the main narrator for Leapfrog Toys, and can be heard in Back to the Future: The Game, and The Sims, Medeval. Owen currently lives in his hometown of Berkeley, California. H A L E Y PA L M E R At only 11-years-old, Haley Palmer already has a wealth of experience in the entertainment industry. She started modeling at an early age for companies such as T-Mobile, Gymboree, Pottery Barn, Merryl Lynch, Pizza Hut, Tostitos, and Mervyn s. Haley delivered a speaking part in the feature film MILK and recently had a role in the short film, The Situation. Haley Palmer is clearly a star on the rise.

6 P R O D U C T I O N S T I L L S

7 PRODUCTION PICTURES

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