Episode 55 – A New Promise to talk about A Second Story
A New Promise – A young woman at the crossroads of major decision makes a innocent mistake while trying to navigate the process of figuring out what is best for her.
Second Story – She is running late while trying to keep working, as usual. He has his hands full with a surprise, as usual. Also, The four walls of the elevator force the pair of them to interact. After each of them gets the opportunity to help the other, they’ll leave the elevator different than when they entered.
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A New Promise/Second Story
A New Promise and Second Story are the films that we made in 2017 and 2020, written and directed by Christina M. Dodge and Michael W. Dodge. Additionally, A New Promise was awarded the Best Short Film prize at the Oregon Independent Film Festival in 2017. Also, second story was selected to appear in ten film festivals from all over the country and internationally. We share our experience and process of independent filmmaking here in Oregon. Please enjoy our films on YouTube then come listen to us chat about them. Thank you for viewing them.
Film Links:
A New Promise (2017) Written and directed by Christina M. Dodge
Second Story (2020) Written and directed by Michael W. Dodge (If you liked the film please shoot Mike an email and let him know you liked it: mike@dodgemediaproductions.com
Karyn Ann song, Stop Wasting Time featured in the film video available on YouTube
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Second Story was awarded the following prizes at the following film festivals:
Independent Shorts Awards:
Gold Award Best Acting Duo: Katie Prentiss and James Sweet for Second Story (USA)
Silver Award Best Romantic Short: Second Story by Michael W. Dodge (USA)
Bronze Award Best Production Design: Second Story (USA)
IndieX Film Festival:
Best Actress: Katie Prentiss for Second Story (USA)
Best Actor: James Sweet for Second Story (USA)
Indie Short Fest:
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Second Story by Michael W. Dodge (USA)
Best Shorts Competition:
Award of Merit for Best Short
Special thanks to our editor Geoff Vrijmoet for this episode and Melissa Villagrana for helping out with our social media posts.
Next week’s film will be My Darling Clementine available on many streaming services with ads or Amazon for $2.99
