No Day at the Spa, one of two films produced last weekend by the River Run Production Team for The 48 Hour Film Program in Des Moines. (Click 720p HD settings—not 360p— at the bottom of the screen to watch best version.)
The genre that was picked at random and for which we had to make a film of was Film de Femme (a strong female character) and the elements we (and all the other filmmakers) had to have were:
—Character: Carl or Carla Ross, Plumber
—Prop: Coin
—Line of Dialogue: “Who came up with that?”
CAST
Erin (The Director)—Emily Stortz
Kathryn (The Editor)—Tory Flack
Michelle (Director of Photography)—Emily Rozniek
Amelia (Writer)—Cassandra Milbrandt
Carl “The Plumber” Ross—Nigel Brown
CREW
Executive Producer—Marc Reifenrath
Executive Producer—Adam Lewis
Executive Producer—Cory Schmidt
Producer/Director/Writer—Scott W. Smith
Director/Editor/Writer—Josh McCabe
Director of Photography—Stephen Holm
Key Grip/Lighting—Jon Van Allen
Assistant Director/Editor—Tara McCready
B Camera—Zach Everman
Production Manager—Joel Laneville
Compositor/Graphics—Calvin Johannsen
Production Assistant/Audio—Alex Welsh
Production Assistant/Audio—William Byrne
SPECIAL THANKS
Spinutech
Galleria De Paco
The Blackhawk Hotel, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Dan Tindall
Cherrie Zempel
Paco Rosic
Amy Anderson
Dale Lindquist
Linda Alexandres
MUSIC
“Stuck On You”
Digital Juice
Stack Traxx – Positive Aspirations [Disc 2]
“Together We Can”
Digital Juice
Stack Traxx – Groovy Stacks [Disc 4]
“Decision Maker”
Digital Juice
Stack Traxx – Corporate Stacks [Disc 1]
(Note: The second film we produced in the same 48 Hour period, The Masks We Wear, will be posted at a later date.)
Screenwriting from Iowa 
[…] Video for the 48 Hour FIlm No Day at the Spa coming late tonight or early in the morning. In the meantime…here are the credits on the film: CAST Erin—Emily Stortz Kathryn—Tory Flack Michelle—Emily Rozniek Amelia—Cassandra Milbrandt Carl “The Plumber” Ross—Nigel Brown CREW Executive Producer—Marc Reifenrath Executive Producer—Adam Lewis Executive Producer—Cory Schmidt Producer/Director/Writer—Scott W. Smith […] Original Source… […]
[…] No Day at the Spa, one of two films produced last weekend by the River Run Production Team for The 48 Hour Film Program in Des Moines. (Click 720p HD settings—not 360p— at the bottom of the screen to watch best version.) The genre that we chose and for which we had to make a […] Original Source… […]
No one’s commented on this yet? What’s up with that?
Solid production value. Beautiful cast. I especially loved the actress who played the editor. She’s a natural comic.
Since Erin is the only character that’s ever named, maybe you can update the cast list so we can figure out who’s who? Something like…
Erin “The Director”: Emily Stortz
? “The Editor”: ?
? “The Writer”: ?
? “The DP”: ?
Carl “The Plumber”: Nigel Brown
Nice work for having only 48 hours. Looked like a lot of fun to make.
Good point—changes made so it’s easier to figure out who is who.
We had a great team of people who pulled off not only making one film, but two films in one 48 hour period. And it was fun—if you like chaos, or at least seeing two films come out of chaos.
The editor was Tory Flack who just graduated with a theater degree from the University of Iowa and only a few days ago landed in Chicago to further pursue a career in acting. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her pop up at Second City soon.
There was a lot of fresh young talent in the cast and crew that helped make the two films and it will be fun to watch them all grow as they spread their wings.
Cool, thanks Scott. I look forward to following their careers. Wow, two films in 48 hours! Very impressive.
Is the second film online?