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''Séance'' was [[Mark L. Smith]] 's directorial debut made by WindChill productions.<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=Fangoria|title=The Terror Teletype|page=20|date=May 2006|issue=253}}</ref> Describing the influences for the film, director and screenwriter Smith was approached by his daughter who would say that her room was haunted and that she saw a little girl who was behind her and then turn the corner and find that she wasn't there.{{sfn|Scapperatti|2006}} |
''Séance'' was [[Mark L. Smith]] 's directorial debut made by WindChill productions.<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=Fangoria|title=The Terror Teletype|page=20|date=May 2006|issue=253}}</ref> Describing the influences for the film, director and screenwriter Smith was approached by his daughter who would say that her room was haunted and that she saw a little girl who was behind her and then turn the corner and find that she wasn't there.{{sfn|Scapperatti|2006}} |
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''Séance'' had its casting dates between April 20 and May 3, 2006.{{sfn|Lyons|2012|p=87}} |
''Séance'' had its casting dates between April 20 and May 3, 2006.{{sfn|Lyons|2012|p=87}} |
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The film had a short 14-day shooting schedule and was shot at Cheyenne Studios, just north of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Scapperatti|2006}} Smith recalled they managed to shoot about 9 pages of script each day.{{sfn|Scapperatti|2006}} It was set to shot between late May and early June 2006.{{sfn|Lyons|2012|p=87}} |
The film had a short 14-day shooting schedule and was shot at Cheyenne Studios, just north of Los Angeles.{{sfn|Scapperatti|2006}} Smith recalled they managed to shoot about 9 pages of script each day.{{sfn|Scapperatti|2006}} It was set to shot between late May and early June 2006.{{sfn|Lyons|2012|p=87}} |
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Revision as of 16:01, 22 July 2022
| Sance | |
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| Directed by | Mark L. Smith |
| Written by | Mark L. Smith |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Schaaf |
| Music by | Vincent Gillioz |
Production company | WindChill Films |
| Distributed by | LionsGate |
Release date | 2006 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Séance is a 2006 American horror film written and directed by Mark L. Smith.
Plot
Five college students left alone at Thanksgiving in their dormitory, an old converted Manhattan building, decide to hold a séance. This eventually leads to spooky things happening around them.
Production
Séance was Mark L. Smith 's directorial debut made by WindChill productions.[1] Describing the influences for the film, director and screenwriter Smith was approached by his daughter who would say that her room was haunted and that she saw a little girl who was behind her and then turn the corner and find that she wasn't there.[2] Séance had its casting dates between April 20 and May 3, 2006.[3]
The film had a short 14-day shooting schedule and was shot at Cheyenne Studios, just north of Los Angeles.[2] Smith recalled they managed to shoot about 9 pages of script each day.[2] It was set to shot between late May and early June 2006.[3]
Release
The film was shown at the Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival where it won the award for Best Dramatic Feature and was nominated for Official Selection best Screenplaya nd Best Visual Effects and the Indy Horror Film Festival as well as being in the Offifical Selection for HorrorFest UK.[4] The film was released on April 22, 2008 by LionsGate on DVD.[5]
References
- ^ "The Terror Teletype". Fangoria. No. 253. May 2006. p. 20.
- ^ a b c Scapperatti 2006.
- ^ a b Lyons 2012, p. 87.
- ^ Lyons 2012, p. 214.
- ^ "Seance (2006)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
Sources
- Scapperatti, Dan (May 2006). "Monster Invasion". Fangoria. No. 273. p. 8.
- Lyons, Suzanne (2012). Indie Film Producing: The Carft of Low Budge Filmmaking. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0240817637.
External links
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