“A high school senior girl finds that there’s more value to her than meets the eye after being photographed by one of her classmates”
by David Miller
Loveland, Ohio – Dean Parker beams while talking about his new short film, Images. He is very happy with how it turned out and the accolades so far.
Accolades indeed! Images has been accepted into the 2016 All-American High School Film Festival.
Accolades X 2: SEMI-FINALIST: Los Angeles CineFest
Accolades X 3: Dean’s previous film, Regret has also been accepted into the 2016 All-American High School Film Festival. Look at these accolades for Regret:
BEST OF SHOW: 2016 Golden Lion Awards
GOLDEN LION AWARD: Narrative Film, 2016 Golden Lion Awards
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 2016 Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: All-American High School Film Festival
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Golden Lion Awards
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Hoosierdance International Film Festival
Sam Smith is a junior at Loveland High School where he and Parker founded a film club.
Guess what? Sam’s short film, String has also been accepted into the 2016 All-American High School Film Festival. It is a two-minute animated love story about the “complexity and interconnectedness of humanity.”
Acceptance into the festival means Parker’s and Smith’s films will run on the big screen in Times Square, shown at the AMC Empire theater with other films from around the world, judged by renown icons of the film industry ,and compete for scholarships and prizes.
The 2016 All-American High School Film Festival will be October 7 – 9 at “The Crossroads of the World”, “The Center of the Universe”, in Midtown Manhattan, but August 15, at Loveland High School you get the chance to see the “World Premier” of Parker’s latest award-winning film, Images, and meet the cast and crew. There will be a Q&A as well as a bloopers reel.
ABOUT IMAGES
World Premier is 7 PM, Monday, August 15 at Loveland High School, #1 Tiger Trail.
Dean Parker is the Writer and Director of Images. Sam Smith is the Cinematographer. Steve Carver is the Production Assistant.
Images stars Allison Edwards, Jon Parker and Will Reverman. It was written, produced and directed by Dean Parker. a 2016 graduate of Loveland High School who will further his filmmaking career at Ohio University this fall. Parker is a videographer and video editor for Loveland Magazine. Recently, both Parker and Smith shot most of the video in the highlight reel of the 2016 Amazing Charity Race: VIDEO: The delightful spectacle of the 2016 Amazing Charity Race
Parental Guide for Images
About String by Sam Smith
A short film about the complexity and interconnectedness of humanity.
All American High School Film Festival Official selection
2016 Part of an Overture Awards Winning portfolio
2016 Golden Lions winner of category
Official selection of VidCon Intermix 2016
About Regret
In Regret, a teenage boy helps the girl of his dreams pack before she moves away. As he struggles to find the words to confess his love, he pictures what life would be like if he had her.
BEST OF SHOW: 2016 Golden Lion Awards
GOLDEN LION AWARD: Narrative Film, 2016 Golden Lion Awards
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 2016 Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: All-American High School Film Festival
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Golden Lion Awards
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION: Hoosierdance International Film Festival
Starring:
David Easton as Ethan
Victoria Shields as Joy
