Use-Me-Up film

"Use Me Up"

Vicarious Films and Captain Purple Productions introduce, "Use Me Up", a short film. Shot 4/12 in LA. See the trailer HERE.

Love takes many forms, no matter how uncomfortable that makes your friends and family. 'Use Me Up' is a nice family film about an interracial Dom/Sub relationship.

Description

After studying feminist film criticism, we came up with the idea of consciously shooting a film from the Female Gaze, as opposed to the Male Gaze that dominates film making in Hollywood and around the world. Written by a woman, directed by a woman, and shot with an all-female crew, this movie will truly be the work of women's hands and minds.

Plot Outline

Inspired by Bill Withers' song "Use Me," this short film looks at the difficulties an inter-racial dom/sub couple have winning support from their friends and family.

CREATIVE TEAM

DAWN ALDEN (director/story/co-producer)

Vicarious Films

Los Angeles

Founder of Babes With Blades theater Co in Chicago, Ill.The first

all-female stage combat theater co. in the US.

DawnAlden.com

TAMAR KUMMEL (writer/co-producer/actor)

Captain Purple Productions

Producer Initial Stages and Raw Meat comedy show in NYC

Los Angeles/New York

TamarKummel.com

CAST:

Tamar Kummel (see above)

Kenny Cooper and Delpaneaux Adetunji Wills

CREW:

DP: Leslie Bumgarner

Leslie studied cinematography and graduated with an MFA at the American Film Institute Conservatory. She received her BS in Film from the University of Texas at Austin, and began working across Texas as a cinematographer shooting features, commercials, and documentaries. In Houston she shot promos for CBS before moving to Los Angeles. Leslie continues to work in Texas frequently, but now travels across the country to pursue narrative storytelling. Her commercial work is currently being aired on television and the internet.

LeslieBumgarner.com

PRODUCTION STILLS by Eleanora Barna