Chattanooga Is Home

I was looking at a past issue of The Pulse and found this great article on the filming of a local indie project by Ben Keith.

According to the article, the film 20 Questions is a mockumentary short film going straight to video (you can preoder the DVD on the official site). It stars Victoria Jackson (a distant classmate of my sister’s at Palm Beach Atlantic University) and local talent like fourth grader Felicion McMillon.

Here is what Victoria Jackson had to say about Chattanooga, from the Pulse article:

It’s amazing how many opportunities exist in a town this small. In Miami, there’s only one theater! And, of course, I only speak a little Spanish, which is pretty much a prerequisite to so many things there.

Here there’s talent, and something to do with it. I don’t know why more filmmakers aren’t shooting here; it’s amazingly cheap, compared to many cities, and there are people here who can do anything.

I remember in 2001 Robert Loggia was here filming the movie, All Over Again. It was filmed in three weeks here in Chattanooga and there were several scenes shot downtown on Broad Street, between 4th and 5th Streets. Apparently one of the major problems of the production were the very loud birds that were hanging out in the Bradford Pear trees in the median.

All Over Again was written by Tennessee Temple University graduate, Cleve Nettle.  I never saw the film, but apparently it won in the 2001 Santa Clarita International Film Festival. I think I have something I need to add to my Blockbuster All Access pass.

Film making in Chattanooga isn’t anything new, but I hope that it becomes more frequent.