Be Near Me

A short love story in 1 minute 20 seconds based on Tennyson verse. A film about talking to those you've lost and finding solace in their memory.

Shot over the course of four days in Los Angeles as my thesis project from film school.

Writer/Director/Editor/Sound/Visual Effects: JOHN X. CAREY -- JOHNXCAREY.COM

Featuring: ANA VALVERDE, ADRIANO ARAGON, and CHARLES SOLL
Narrator: Tom O'Bedlam -- youtube/SpokenVerse
Based On: 'Be Near Me When My Light Is Low' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Producers: JOHN X. CAREY, JORGE GARDUNO, PAVAN OJAH.
Director of Photography: JUSTIN GURNARI
Production Designer/Wardrobe/Hair & Makeup: BRITNEY HOPPER-ROBLEDO
Art: KEVIN WANSA, WILL KINDRICK
1st Assistant Director: PAVAN OJAH
2nd Assistant Director/Wardrobe: JUSTIN PICHETRUNGSI
1st AC: MIKE REYES, MIKE MITCHELL, ARMEN PERIAN
Colorist: JEREMY SAWYER
Line Producer: ERIK ANDERSON
Grip: MATTHEW ALCORN
Extras: RAFFAELE RINALDI, NICK MAZZONE, SEAN KEEHAN, ALTHA SPANN, BIANCA LEMAIRE, JENNIFER YOUNG, JESSICA NAGEL, SANDRA MONTEON, ANDREA MARTINEZ, MANDI JOHN.

Thanks: Ana Valverde, Ted Marcus, Ian Kammer, Dan Bartolucci, Adriano Aragon, and Company 3.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Art Center College of Design
• Short Film
• Thesis Film
• 35mm
• Kodak Vision 3
• Gothic
• Grief
• HD
• Recovery
• Alfred
• Lord Tennyson
• John X. Carey
• Film
• Ghosts
• Loss
• Cinematography
• Ethereal
• Romantic
• Romanticism
• Love
• poem
• poetry
• movie
• art

[lansingmanor]

Excellent! A+++

[atothhu]

A++ :-)

[jcbradbury]

Made me cry more than once.

[MightyTabooTiki]

Stunning. So much in short a short time. Well done John.

[chr15t11an]

A+