Putting in the Sky

Movie Synopsis:

Brought together in the wake of their father’s unexpected death, estranged siblings Wyndham and Miranda Tilney take on the overwhelming job of clearing out and selling their late father’s home in order to pay off his sizable debts. Miranda is eager to get the job done quickly and wash her hands of her family and all reminders of her childhood. Wyndham, on the other hand, is reluctant to let go of the home, which was purchased with money he earned as the star of a hit tv sitcom in the early 2000s. 

While cleaning out the attic, Miranda discovers a potentially valuable painting that has the power to change their fate. The siblings are forced to negotiate the conflicting versions of their collective history as they set out to discover the truth.

Your contributions to our campaign will go towards paying the team members, material expenses, travel expenses, food and contracted services. 

Once completed, we intend to submit the film into national film festivals, and hope to hold a public showing to share the work with our friends, family and community.

The screenplay, written by Julia Tadlock, is a celebration of art; exploring what it means to be a creator, an admirer and a devotee of the process of creating art.  As such, making this film will embody a reverence for creation, creativity and collaboration. 

The film will be shot in various locations throughout Windham County and will feature many people and places familiar to the Brattleboro-area community. Our team is composed of local actors, visual artists, musicians, designers and technicians who will collaborate throughout the pre-production, shooting and post-production of the film. Our hope is that the final product will reflect the depth and diversity of talent that exists in our community.

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The Team

Julia Tadlock : writer and director.

Julia Tadlock is a multi-disciplinary artist based in southern Vermont. She is a trained theater actor and an experienced director and teacher of theater and performing arts. She studied digital filmmaking and production at the Austin School of Film and has produced several narrative, experimental and documentary short films. Putting in The Sky will be Julia’s first feature length film. It will be her third collaboration with Fresh Show Films and her first output under Looky Here Film and Media, of which she is a core member.

Hannah Brookman : Art Director

Hannah Brookman is the president of Looky Here and the Art Director and Co Producer of Putting in the Sky. Hannah’s formative education in Stagecraft and Costume Design at Denver School of the Arts led her away from the theater and into fine arts at Bennington College. She has since established herself as a painter, sculptor, costume designer, printmaker, director, editor, teacher and gallerist. Her paintings, sculptures, prints and films have been shown internationally in galleries and parks, nationally in festivals, libraries and swamps, and locally in the newspaper and at her storefront, Looky Here. 

Director of Photography: Roland Boyden 

Produced by: Fresh Show Films and Looky Here Film and Media 

Music by : Chris Weisman and Kurt Weisman

Starring: Wyndham Maxwell and Julia Tadlock