Go to www.facebook.com/dthfilms to leave your review when it's over and like the page! Or be sure to like, comment, and subscribe here! A lonely young man finds out he has undergone a medical treatment known as Illumination, a process that rebuilds past memories. But when aspects from his Illumination start to reappear in his daily life, he begins to question reality. In the vein of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Vanilla Sky, Her, About Time, The Adjustment Bureau, and other romantic sci-fi films! Illumination's inception was in April of 2013. I had a vague idea about a story about a couple that I wanted to tell. When I heard the songs "Blue Ocean Floor" by Justin Timberlake and "Touch" by Daft Punk, the pieces of the puzzle all came together. I let the idea sit all summer, and then one night in late September, I wrote the opening monologue. In early October, I decided to finish it up before I began UCR. Less than a month later, we held auditions to find out that many were excited to be apart of the project. In mid-November, we had our cast, and on December 8th, we shot most of the opening sequence in Riverside and Santa Monica. We took a hiatus so the holiday season could disappear and give the rest of the film a different look, as if an entire year had gone by through the relationship. We resumed filming in mid-January with the rest of the cast, went to locations such as Fiesta Village in Colton and Burger Boss in Riverside, and filled in the blanks of the opening sequence at various locations in Anaheim and Moreno Valley. Filming ended on March 2nd, the night of the Academy Awards. We watched the Oscars and slated the final shot, a bittersweet feeling. The movie went into post-production for three months, as we did extensive editing, sound design and color correction. Now, the film is yours to see. Hopefully our passion shows in this project and my hope is the film will be at least a fraction as special to you as it is to us. This is a student film after all. And even if the film isn't your fancy, we hope you can respect the fact that we did this with zero resources and only spent $200 on it (which was ALL food for the cast & crew) -- everyone involved did this as a favor and for the love of the project. We formed a lot of friendships and memories in the making of this film, and it's a wonderful feeling to know this is just the beginning of where we're headed. Enjoy. - Dallas Harden CAST: Christopher Park as Wesley Cali Fleming as Jane George Herpick as Dr. Clive Clemens Rachael Johnson as Dr. Lisa Miller Hassan Alshar as Pat Gema Trujillo as Estephanie Ruth Acosta as Kim Kara Grimes as Date 1 Hedyeh Lafaurie as Date 2 Ashley Hernandez as Date 3 Salvador Cachu as Man on Pier Eric Chaney as Wesley's Friend Jennifer Correa as Kissing Girl Anthony Guerrero as Kissing Boy Dallas Harden as Wesley's Other Friend CREW: Written, Produced, and Directed by Dallas Harden (DTH Films) Produced by Richard Rodriguez (Solitude Films) Executive Producer - Hedyeh Lafaurie Cinematography by Salvador Cachu Chief Lighting Technician - Ben Chambers Music by Nessa Tinez Sound Mix by Johnnie Gordon Edited by Dallas Harden Casting by Danae West First Assistant Director - Miranda Mainez Second Assistant Director - Jeremy Garcia Wardrobe by Michelle Jared Additional Photography by Ben Chambers & Richard Rodriguez Color Correction and Editing Supervised by Richard Rodriguez Assistant Camera - Hedyeh Lafaurie Assistant to the DP - Arthur Ortega Boom Operators - Ashley Hernandez, Hedyeh Lafaurie, Jeremy Garcia, Hassan Alshar Sound Mixer's Assistant - David Gordon Set Decoration by Cali Fleming, Ashley Hernandez & Hedyeh Lafaurie Casting Consultant - Reanna Marth-Grisso Script Supervisors - Miranda Mainez and Brandon Dickson Stand In for Cali Fleming - Miranda Mainez Special Thanks and Partially Filmed on Location at Fiesta Village Family Fun Park in Colton, California Burger Boss in Riverside, California fiestavillage.com burgerbossonline.com Budget: Approximately $200 Filmed on a Canon Rebel T3i IMDb page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3752556/ Director, Writer, Producer and Editor Dallas Harden's page - DTH Films: https://www.youtube.com/dthfilms1 Producer Richard Rodriguez's page - Solitude Films: https://www.youtube.com/vengance14 Cinematographer Salvador Cachu & Arthur Ortega's page - The Huntsmen: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZNbapfNqzaOKFQ42g89kfA Frank Hagen's page, whose songs "I Believe" and "The Man" appear in the film - Frank Hagen Music: https://www.youtube.com/frankhagenmusic

• published: 24 Jun 2014
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