Njira ya wochita sewero popanga munthu ndi yosangalatsa, yapadera kwa iwo eni komanso imapangidwa ndi zomwe wakumana nazo. Ochita zisudzo abwino amapanga munthu yemwe amapangitsa chidwi cha nkhani. Zisudzo zazikulu zimasowa kwathunthu mu chikhalidwe chawo. Timawakonda; timawada, koma koposa zonse amakhala enieni kwa ife. Nditakhala pansi kuti ndilankhule ndi Tristan McKinnon kuchokera mufilimu yayifupi "Alfred J. Hemlock" zomwe posachedwapa zipanga dera la chikondwerero, ndinali ndi lingaliro la yemwe ndinali pafupi kukumana naye, koma sindikanatha kukhala wolakwa kwambiri ndipo sizimandivutitsa pang'ono.

Inali 8:00 pm Loweruka usiku kuno ku Texas, koma dzuŵa linali kuwala kwambiri ku Australia pamene kuyitana kwathu kulumikizidwa pa Skype. Panakhala Tristan McKinnon mchipinda chochezera chokongoletsedwa bwino. Mchimwene wake ndi mlongo wake anali kumbuyo akumwetulira ndikugwedeza dzanja ndipo adandidziwitsa, ndikulongosola kuti banja lawo lidabwereketsa nyumbayo kuti azikhala ndi nthawi yabwino.

Tsopano, ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti ndinadabwa kwambiri. McKinnon ndi wosavuta, wachinyamata wokongola komanso wosavuta, wopatsirana kuseka komanso wotsogola wowoneka bwino. Iye ndi wodzaza ndi moyo ndipo amawonetsa mphamvu pafupifupi ya kinetic pamene akukamba za ntchito yake yaposachedwa. Mwachidule, iye ali chirichonse khalidwe lake sanali ndipo mpamene ndinazindikira mmene wamkulu wosewera wamng'ono uyu anali.

Titacheza kwa mphindi zingapo ndikudziwana pang'ono, tidafika pabizinesi yolankhula za Alfred yemwe adasintha, ndi momwe adadzapangira cholengedwa cholusachi chomwe chimadya miyoyo ya otayika komanso osungulumwa.

Zonse zidayamba ndi uthenga wa Facebook. McKinnon adawona kuti Edward Lyons akugwira ntchito pafilimu ina ndipo adamutumizira uthenga woyamikira. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, Lyons adayankha kumuthokoza koma adamuuzanso kuti ali ndi filimu ina yomwe akugwira ntchitoyo ndipo akuganiza kuti McKinnon angakhale woyenera kutsogolera. Sipanapite nthawi yaitali kuti wosewerayo anali ndi script ndipo anali kudumphira mozama kuti adziwe yemwe Alfred J. Hemlock anali.

Wosewerayo adakhudzidwa nthawi yomweyo ndi mfundo yakuti panali nkhani yeniyeni yoti afotokoze popanda kuchitapo kanthu, ndipo anali pamwamba pa mwezi.

"Mwina inali filimu yoyamba yachidule yomwe ndidapanga pomwe inali nkhani yoyendetsedwa ndi zokambirana," adatero. "Zonse zidakhazikika mumsewu. Anali anthu awiri ofotokoza nkhani. Kuchokera ku zisudzo komanso kukhala wosewera wa zisudzo zomwe zinali zabwino kwambiri kwa ine. Ndipo apa Hemlock ndi ine timayamba kufufuza kuti iye ndi ndani komanso chifukwa chiyani komanso momwe adakhalira mzimu kapena chiwanda chomwe iye ali.

“Alfred J. Hemlock” inachitikadi mumsewu umodzi usiku wina. Emily (Renaye Loryman) wasiyidwa ndi chibwenzi chake, Guy (Christian Charisiou), atamuimba mlandu wokopana ndi amuna ena paphwando. Pamene Emily wosweka mtima akuyenda mumsewu, amakumana ndi Alfred J. Hemlock woipa, cholengedwa chofuna kutenga moyo wa Emily wamng'ono.

Lyons adapereka Alfred kwathunthu kwa McKinnon, kumulola kuti afufuze umunthu wa fiend, kusaka mawu ake, ndipo pamapeto pake amubweretse ku moyo wasatana. Sipanapite mpaka pamene anali mu zovala ndi zodzikongoletsera, komabe, adazindikira zomwe adalenga.

“Ndikukumbukira kuti ndinatuluka ndikunena kuti, ‘Ndikuganiza kuti ndapeza mwana wachikondi wa Beetlejuice ndi Captain Jack Sparrow,’” McKinnon anaseka. “Sindinali kuyesera kuchita zimenezo, koma ndikuganiza kuti zinangotuluka. Ndikuganiza kuti umunthu wanga ndi wofanana ndi Jack Sparrow poyambira ndipo udatuluka magazi.

Panali zinthu zomwe ziyenera kuwonjezeredwa, komabe, ndipo zambiri zinagwera m'malo mwatsoka.

Iwo adasungidwiratu kuwombera kwakumapeto kwa sabata. Masiku awiri amafunikira kujambula zazifupi ndipo sabata yoyamba ija, chilengedwe chinalowa ndikugwetsa mvula. Osakhumudwitsidwa, Lyons adasungitsa sabata yachiwiri. Iwo amayenera kubweretsa wotsogolera wina wojambula zithunzi monga woyamba amayenera kukhala pazithunzi zamalonda. Chilengedwe chinali kumbali yawo nthawi ino koma chifukwa cha zolakwika zamakina, kuwombera kulikonse kunali kowonekera komanso kwakuda kwambiri kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito. Tsopano inali nkhani yofunikira kwa Lyons ndi osewera ndi ogwira nawo ntchito. Kujambula kwachitatu kumapeto kwa sabata kunasungidwa, ochita masewerawo adabwera ndipo DoP yachitatu inabweretsedwa. Chilengedwe ndi makaniko adatsatira nthawiyi ndipo ndondomeko yonse yowombera inatha popanda vuto limodzi.

Ngakhale zinali zokhumudwitsa, McKinnon akuwonetsa kuti zidamupatsa nthawi yochulukirapo kuti akhale ndi ubale wapamtima ndi Alfred ndi momwe adawonetsera. Zinapangitsanso Lyons kubweretsa mania ochulukirapo ku gawo la filimu yomwe Alfred amazunza ndikuzunza Emily poyesa kumuphwanya.

"Pali mbali iyi ya filimu yomwe ndikuganiza kuti Ed adaganiza zongochita zankhanza. Adapereka ulemu kwa Kubrick ndi Saw ndipo zonse zidangochitika mwangozi. Zinali zabwino kwambiri ngati kuzunzidwa kwa Emily. Anandipezera njingayi kuti ndiikwere ndipo inagwira ntchito bwino kwambiri ndi umunthu wa Hemlock. Ndipo zili ngati kunja uko, komanso zimalozeranso mafilimu awa omwe tonse timawadziwa komanso kuwakonda. "

McKinnon adadandaula kumapeto kwa kuwombera ndipo akuti abwereranso kwa munthuyu ngati atapatsidwa mwayi.

“N’zoseketsa,” iye akutero, “koma umafuna kuti apambane, ngakhale kuti ali munthu woipa kwenikweni. Zingakhale zosangalatsa kufika mu mbiri yake ndikupeza zambiri za iye. Kodi anatembereredwa? Kodi iye ndi chiwanda? Kodi amayankha kwa wina? M’maganizo mwanga, iye angakhale chiŵanda chimene chinagwa pamene Satana anali kumenyana ndi kumwamba. Iye wachotsedwa kwa izo. Ndipo kotero iye amamva njala ya kuunika kumene iye atsekeredwako, ndipo iye amadana nako kuunikako monga momwe iye akumvera njala nako. Chotero amachifunafuna m’njira yokhayo imene angathe. Amapeza anthu omwe miyoyo yawo ikuyaka kwambiri ndikuchotsa kwa iwo. Vuto sikokwanira. Pali zambiri zoti tifufuze kumeneko.”

Ndili nawe pa izi, Tristan. Ndipo mwamwayi, mwina tiwona zambiri za Alfred J. Hemlock m'tsogolomu.

Kuti mumve zambiri za filimuyo komanso kuti mukhale ndi chidziwitso paziwonetsero zamaphwando, mutha kuwatsata Facebook, awo webusaiti, ndi pa Twitter ndi Instagram pa @AlfredJHemlock. Pakadali pano, ikuyenera kuti iwonetsedwe koyamba ku Academy Award yoyenerera Bermuda International Film Festival mu Meyi 2017.

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