@loveandhorrorprod
🩷Films made with a lot of love & a little horror.🦇 Always AI free. Support indie horror. https://loveandhorrorproductions.com/ Organizing member - @jamiealvey Producer - @lookingforferns Producer - @calliekirk
We wanted to kick off this month with a special message about what we aim to do as filmmakers and a company. Personally, I think we have done a decent job at living up to this thus far, but we do hope to continue growing and maintaining a safe environment for everyone we work with.
You can find a few of us here on BlueSky:
@jamiealvey.bsky.social
@lookingforferns.bsky.social
@calliekirk.bsky.social
To all of the women we’ve worked with and hope to work with in the future—tagged, pictured, or not—we are forever grateful and appreciative of all that you do.
We strive to keep our casts and crews as safe and comfortable as possible and to continually do better, affording those who work with us the humanity we ourselves have not always been granted, and establishing sustainable community bonds that will span our careers.
Pictured are photos of women associated with Love and Horror Productions. Top left: Callie Kirk applying makeup on Jamie Alvey Top middle: Emily Fabrizio on camera Middle left: Jamie Alvey and Petra Mulligan test where the frame is. Center: Abby Morton skates. Bottom left: Riley Norris sits in for test shots. Bottom middle: Lindsey Kibler waits for G&E setup. Far right background: Grayscale Jamie Alvey on the set of Bystanders Far right foreground: An outline of Jamie Alvey directing on The Second Circle in color.
March is Women’s History Month. As a production company founded and operated by women, we set out to make our sets as inclusive and as diverse as possible because we ourselves have been shutout, overlooked, harassed before in a variety of settings and by a variety of different people.
Congratulations to @jamiealvey.bsky.social for winning Best Actress at 13horror.com’s Short Film Contest for her role of Orla in “Your Husband Was a Good Man!”
The scene I discuss in depth specifically in the interview is this one.
This lovely interview came out last month. I talk a lot about working on “The Second Circle” and finding joy in collaboration.
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I’ve been meaning to share this here, but better late than never, right? I got to do a CanvasRebel interview recently. Catch me talking costuming and conceptuals for Bystanders and @loveandhorrorprod.bsky.social shorts, writing, body image, and more.
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I said dichotomy like sixty times while editing tonight.
@jamiealvey.bsky.social has a stunner on her hands. 💅🏼
La Morte d’Arthur on a side table with a gas lamp, pocket watch, rosary, and more.
Paul’s dog tags and Franny’s wedding rings with (fake) bloody bandages on a lace tablecloth
Franny stands amid a fraction of the mess of overturned furniture and (fake) blood
John and Franny exchange words on the porch, which is covered in old farm equipment
We’re finishing up another round of editing for “The Second Circle” soon. Everything is coming together beautifully. To celebrate, here’s a look at some of the production design.
@jamiealvey.bsky.social @lookingforferns.bsky.social
And a few more just for good measure.
We have been hard at work on editing “The Second Circle” but would like to share a sneak peek with you all.
We’re eternally proud of this little film and this amazing team we assembled to make it. Thank you all so much for the recognition! 🖤
We have a little bit of “Your Husband Was a Good Man” news today! We’ve won Best Horror Film in the Featurette category out of Wallachia International Film Festival! To say it’s a nice surprise to wake up to on a Sunday morning is an understatement.
You can find ticket/streaming information here:
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You can find YHWaGM and the other selections here:
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Catch @jamiealvey.bsky.social in “Your Husband Was a Good Man” online via LA Fantasy Fest starting tomorrow (November 19) and lasting through Friday, November 21. This is one of our last festival outings with our first born!
Jamie Alvey in “The Second Circle” as Franny. She has a melancholic and troubled look on her face. She is backlit and the color of the still is in black and white.
Jamie Alvey in “The Second Circle” as Franny. She has a melancholic and troubled look on her face. She is backlit and the color of the still is in black and white.
🖤 Franny Friday. 🖤 A little wide frame look at “The Second Circle” to kick off your weekend. The final format will be 4.3, and we filmed with a grid on the monitor to make sure that it would all line up as planned.
DoP/Colorist - Shay McCleavy
Gaffer/Grip - Charles Bruin
COME HOME And as your hips settle and your Breath slows, ask who you’re Breathing for. How long has it Been since you last stopped? Cracks in your lips lead to Scenic caves of age, and still You chase a child’s naïve and Sensitive skin. You are an Artifact beyond appraisal. You’ve walked through sweeping Museums to feel seen in your Imperfection, just to punish a Façade wholly and stunningly Your own. Come home. #poetry
a beautiful fan of my collection, BITE BACK, mentioned they liked this poem 🖤
Photos feature @jamiealvey.bsky.social and @calliekirk.bsky.social and others we don’t have on here
Photo credit: @lookingforferns.bsky.social
Here’s another glimpse from pm”The Second Circle” earlier this month.
In case you missed them. 🖤
Jamie standing at the monitor. Her face is partially obscured by her hair.
New favorite directing picture just dropped. 🖤
📸: @lookingforferns.bsky.social
An extreme Dutch-y angle of John (Douglas Dean Mitchell)
Bloodied Paul (Cedric Gegel) embraces Franny (Jamie Alvey)
Franny (Jamie Alvey) is backlit and in despair
Our DP did some color grade tests, and the stills are hauntingly beautiful. Here are a few to tide you over.
Cedric Gegel aggravates Jamie Alvey between takes.
Hyper specific set dressing
Callie Kirk applies makeup to Jamie’s face
DP Shay McCleavy and Jamie Alvey discuss a shot in a stable.
We spent this last weekend filming “The Second Circle,” and everything went as smoothly as it possibly could on a set. Great times and even greater people.
Photos featuring @jamiealvey.bsky.social & @calliekirk.bsky.social
Photos taken by @lookingforferns.bsky.social
@jamiealvey.bsky.social posted a little update regarding what we’ve been up to and the last week of funding! We hope you’ll take a look! 🖤
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We still have ten days left for our campaign on Seed & Spark, and any and all help (financially, sharing, following) make all the difference that we will greatly appreciate.
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