#WedEdHappyNess : Two Films and a Wedding!
Status: in addition to its debut at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, this film has screened at the prestigious Adirondack Film Festival (October 2020), the Women's Comedy Film Festival in Atlanta (August 2019) where it was nominated for "Best Funny Music Video"; and, it screened and was nominated for "Funniest Music Video" at both the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival (September 2020), the Portland Comedy Film Festival (November 2019)!
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Concept: Elisabeth Ness and Ed Nescot. Direction: Kevin Sebastian.
Lyrics: Elisabeth Ness and Ed Nescot. Musical arrangement: Keiji Ishiguri. Sound mixing/engineering: Christopher Gilroy. Vocal coaching: Laura Bergquist.
Camera: Ed Nescot, Kevin Sebastian, Elisabeth Ness, Andrew Schmertz. Editing: Ed Nescot.
Wedding Emcee/Gentleman of Honor: Kevin Sebastian. Film Cameos: Andrew Schmertz, David Flowers.
Taxi Driver: Billy Kimmig. Airplane: Hopscotch Air.
Film Hair and PA: Mary Linehan. Bouquet: Sarah Carner. Film Wedding Dress: costume from a film gig.
Actual Wedding Dress (on stage): Stella York, Say I Do Bridal. Actual Hair/Makeup (on stage): J. Kinford Beauty Group.
Actual Groom's Suit (on stage): Le Chateau
Special Thanks: Audra Petrucelli and David Flowers, Palace Theater
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COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE...
The guests are assembled, the Gentleman of Honor is ready...
but where are the bride and groom?
(And why are they singing?)
Running Time: 3 minutes 2 seconds
Musical Parody
Status: This film has had quite a life following its premiere at the Palace Theater!
It won awards for "Best Music Video" and "Best Wedding Film" (FFTG); was nominated at the Women's Comedy Film Festival in Atlanta for "Best Funny Music Video"; was nominated for "Funniest Music Video" at both the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival and Portland Comedy Film Festival; and screened at the prestigious Adirondack Film Festival.
Not too shabby for something we made to get us down the "aisle"!
Concept: Elisabeth Ness and Ed Nescot.
Direction: Kevin Sebastian.
Lyrics: Elisabeth Ness and Ed Nescot.
Musical arrangement: Keiji Ishiguri.
Sound mixing/engineering: Christopher Gilroy.
Vocal coaching: Laura Bergquist.
Camera: Ed Nescot, Kevin Sebastian, Elisabeth Ness, Andrew Schmertz. Editing: Ed Nescot.
Wedding Emcee/Gentleman of Honor: Kevin Sebastian.
Film Cameos: Andrew Schmertz, David Flowers.
Taxi Driver: Billy Kimmig.
Airplane: Hopscotch Air.
Film Hair and PA: Mary Linehan.
Bouquet: Sarah Carner.
Film Wedding Dress: costume from a film gig.
Actual Wedding Dress (on stage): Stella York, Say I Do Bridal.
Actual Hair/Makeup (on stage): J. Kinford Beauty Group.
Actual Groom's Suit (on stage): Le Chateau
Special Thanks: Audra Petrucelli and David Flowers, Palace Theater
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THE WEDDING
TRAILER
A humorous look at two differing perspectives on the evolution of a relationship, as a bride and groom come closer to the ultimate test: The Wedding.
Running Time: 3 minutes 44 seconds
Comedy
Editing: Dan Melius. Animations/Graphics: Dan Melius. Music Supervising: Dan Melius.
Script: Elisabeth Ness, Ed Nescot, Dan Melius, Kevin Sebastian
Camera/Sound: Ed Nescot, Kevin Sebastian, Dan Melius, Elisabeth Ness
Voice of God Announcer: Ben Dawson
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