Saturday, February 15, 2014

Watchworks Studios Presents "The Money" the "The Offer"

At the end of last May, Christopher Steinberger began production on his feature film Iris. With the film getting closer to being finished he along with his company Watchworks Studios began releasing a series of short films that will lead up to the release of Iris. Each short film will explore the characters and backstory behind the plot of Iris. 

Thus far two of the six short films have been released. The first is entitled The Money which introduces us to a character named Edward West who appears to be a notorious figure in the crime underworld. The short is brilliantly shot and edited together so as to appear as one long single take and it really puts the viewer right into the action. Steinberger's approach to blocking the scene is excellent and the results are some very strong and interesting visuals. His writing isn't as strong as his direction and some of the characters actions and dialogue come across a bit contrived rather than natural, but none the less this is a very strong short.

The second short film which was just released on Wednesday is The Offer. In this one we are introduced to another interesting character named Sigmund and a sort of ominous organization/company called "Scarlet". I personally really liked this short and the tone it set visually with the use of low key lighting. I'm highly anticipate the rest of the short films a long with the feature film.

To stay up to date on the remaining four shorts make sure you check out Watchworks Studios on Facebook and check out The Cinema Outlaw on Facebook