Don’t Wake The Children
Credits:
Directed by Austin Azar and Matt Rapozo
Written by Austin Azar and Matt Rapozo
Produced by Jackson Ingraham, Austin Azar, Matt Rapozo
Starring Avery Mayo as Santa Claus
Alex Kerendi as Robber #1
Frank (Cuatro) Santos as Robber #2
Gregory Estrera as Robber #3/Andrew Young
Director of Photography Jackson Ingraham
Editor Jackson Ingraham
Assistant Director PJ Losciale
Audio Engineer/Boom Operator Mia Grimes
Gaffer Bobby Fredrickson
Key Grip Travis Rainford
1st Assistant Camera Sarah Foster
Makeup/Costume Grace Abell
Production Assistants Jack Speer
Directed by Austin Azar and Matt Rapozo
Written by Austin Azar and Matt Rapozo
Produced by Jackson Ingraham, Austin Azar, Matt Rapozo
Starring Avery Mayo as Santa Claus
Alex Kerendi as Robber #1
Frank (Cuatro) Santos as Robber #2
Gregory Estrera as Robber #3/Andrew Young
Director of Photography Jackson Ingraham
Editor Jackson Ingraham
Assistant Director PJ Losciale
Audio Engineer/Boom Operator Mia Grimes
Gaffer Bobby Fredrickson
Key Grip Travis Rainford
1st Assistant Camera Sarah Foster
Makeup/Costume Grace Abell
Production Assistants Jack Speer
Location: Austin, Texas
December 24th, 2020
Category: Short Film
Camera: Digital
Accolades: Winner of the Austin Under the Stars Student Short Award
Selected for the Texas Union Film Festival
Selected for the Hollywood Verge Awards
Selected for the Texas Union Film Festival
Selected for the Hollywood Verge Awards
I produced this film with my good friends Austin Azar and Matt Rapozo in 2019. They started developing the script that year around June, and in the fall Austin and I decided to go with it for our Narrative class at UT. They workshopped the script while I handled most of the other aspects of production, as well as developing the visuals.
We cast a few friends for all of the parts, most with no acting experience (except for Santa), and started rehearsing different lines and action sequences. We shot it over two days, with one day to dress the set. It was a small crew and a lot of jumping around and scrappy filmmaking. Years later, there are a lot of things I would have done differently, nonetheless, I am incredibly proud of how it turned out and the passion our team had through the entire process.
