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    Shifter Audio Diary #4 – The World Premiere

    March 5, 2020
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    After more than a year and a half of fundraising, pre-production, filming and, post-production VFX, The Cinematropolis co-founders Jacob Leighton Burns and Zachary Burns are premiering their new time-travel body horror film, Shifter, at the Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival in San Jose, California on Friday, March 6th.

    In part four of our ongoing Shifter Audio Diary series, found exclusively on The Cinematic Schematic podcast, we catch up with Jacob and Zachary about phase 2 of filming, applying VFX in post-production and preparing the film for its world premiere.

    Shifter was 100% funded through an IndieGoGo Campaign and filmed in Oklahoma locations including Guthrie, El Reno, and Oklahoma City. The official synopsis reads:

    A young woman struggles with the painful and gruesome side effects of an experiment with time travel gone wrong that causes her to lose control and shift through time at random.

    SHIFTER – Full Length Official Trailer from Planet Thunder Productions on Vimeo.

    The film stars Nicole Fancher, Ashley Mandanas, Leesa Neidel, Stephen Goodman, Ben Hall and, Paul T. Taylor (Hellraiser: Judgement). Shifter is also planned to play at the NoHo Cinefest Film Festival in North Hollywood later this spring.

    Listen to the entire Shifter filmmaking journey

    Shifter Audio Diary #1 – August 2018 – Crowdsourcing through IndieGoGo and casting the film

    Shifter Audio Diary #2 – October 2018 – Location scouting, casting, and starting production

    Shifter Audio Diary #3 – January 2019 – Phase 1 filming

    Shifter World Premiere Tickets available for the Cinequest Film and Innovation Festival

    • Hammer Theatre SJ – Fri, Mar 6 – 6:50 PM
    • Century 20 Redwood City – Screen 3 – Sat, Mar 7 – 6:55 PM
    • California Theatre, San Jose –  Tue, Mar 10 – 2:45 PM
    • Century 20 Redwood City – Screen 1 –  Sat, Mar 14 –  5:30 PM

    If you enjoy the episode, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or following the show on Spotify.

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    Caleb Masters
    Caleb Masters is a film critic, podcast host, and producer with more than fourteen years of experience in media and film criticism, fueled by a lifelong love of pop culture and a passion for media production. As editor-in-chief of The Cinematropolis, he oversees the site’s editorial direction while hosting and producing the podcast The Cinematic Schematic, where he reviews new releases, interviews filmmakers, and explores other prominent voices in entertainment alongside co-host Laron Chapman. He previously served as president of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (OFCC) and currently lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife and three dogs. Follow him on Letterboxd or Instagram @CMastersTalk
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