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SK8 OR DIE

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DIRECTOR

Alyssa Pearson & Scot Gordon

RUNTIME

6 Minutes

COUNTRY

USA

SYNOPSIS

A killer skater hunts a small group of corporate suits trying to turn his skate park into a parking lot and megaplex commercial entity.

DIRECTOR STATEMENT
SK8 or DIE! was born from the required elements of the 48 Hour Film Project. We were given a genre (slasher), character (skater), prop (band aid), and line of dialogue ("I learned this secret long ago"). From thence came a marathon weekend of filmmaking that resulted in the masterpiece presented here.

DIRECTTOR BIOS
Alyssa Pearson is from small-town Nowheresville, Ohio, a background that influences her vision and sense of storytelling. Alyssa studied film for many years, receiving two degrees in the field before finally working in it. She has since worked in film production for nearly two decades as a producer, director, writer, editor, 1st AD, Art PA, and script supervisor all across the US. Alyssa currently lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA with her son, where she makes weird crafts and horror shorts after baby-bedtime.

Scot Gordon is a man in his 40s. He grunts when he gets up.

CAST and CREW

Writer/Producer/Director - Alyssa Pearson & Scot Gordon

Production manager - Henry Walther
Director of Photography - Zach Tapolci

1st Assistant Camera
- Farzeen Ghavam
- Scott Benning

Sound Recordist - Steph Scalamogna
Audio Tech Advisor - Nathaniel Robinson
Gaffer - Nathaniel Peters
Key PA - Trip Peters
Color Grading - Zach Tapolci
Music and Audio Post - Alder Kelly

Editors
- Alyssa Pearson
- Scot Gordon

CAST
Lindsey Briant
Victor Gariseb
Mike Psenick
Nathaniel Peters
Scot Gordon