The Divorce

This is John T. Fisher's first film which was made his freshman year of college (back in 2001). It was shot on a 16mm Bolex using his favorite stock (yes that means film people) Kodak 7222 and was edited on a Steenbeck flatbed (the film was marked cut and taped by hand). Although far from perfect he still remains very proud of this first effort which was shot in one day using only 4 rolls of film (you can get roughly two and a half minutes out of each roll). It starred 3 of John's closest friends: James Theesfeld, Shawn Gray, and Elizabeth Norris and had only one other person on the crew: Adam Kaniper who also composed the score with John. What you are viewing above is a video transfer of the 16mm workprint so it's not as good image quality as it could be (that's also why you may see the jumps at the top of the frame from where the splices are) but there are plans to get a proper transfer in the near future. "I learned a lot of the filmmaking fundamentals I implement to this day while making The Divorce, including perhaps most importantly, the value of having great friends who believe in what you're doing even when you are covering them in fake blood." - John T. Fisher 2011

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I'm so glad this is on youtube. Man, so many fun memories from that day, this is like watching some twisted home movie. Great job John, I can't wait to show this to everyone. Skateboard one-shot next?