For nearly three years, I've been working on a passion project. I wrote the first draft of the script back in October of 2011 and continued tweaking it through January of 2013. I pitched it as a senior capstone film, which is a pretty difficult thing to pull off in the first place. Only four capstone films get produced every year, so it's an exclusive and prestigious honor. The film I wanted to make is a rock climbing movie, which brought with it several challenges. When I pitched it to the faculty the first time, they immediately rejected it, saying it would be far too dangerous to produce. After a lot of research and time, we were able to convince them otherwise. In March of 2013, we began shooting.
Nearly a year later, the film is FINISHED! It didn't quite turn out how I wanted it to, but you can't really expect phenomenal things when you're dealing with a $7,000 budget and a crew that has to balance school, work, significant others (if they're lucky), church and life's other demands. Here's a trailer for it, which highlights some of the reasons this project seemed to be impossible. It really was a total miracle that we pulled this thing off.
Without A Rope -- Trailer from Nick Dixon on Vimeo.
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