In His Own Way, Lance Fairchild may be the most dangerous man who ever lived...
High School Student Lance Fairchild sets out on a quest for revenge to defeat the people he blames for his failure on a French test, but before he can face his adversaries he must first prove himself worthy to wield the swords of Silent Dragon. A blatant send-up of modern action movies, The Useless Swords of Silent Dragon features action, adventure, suspense, musical numbers and a keen sense of the ridiculous.
The film effort was spearheaded by Kody Krapf, Ben Campbell and Daniel Jacobs. The group began making amateur home movies after Campbell bought a camcorder, Krapf explained. However, they wanted to take it a step further.
The group was thrilled when Tyson Vick, a film school graduate, agreed to assist the group. This talented director recently attended the New York Film Academy and has already enjoyed success in the industry. "The boys asked me if I could show them how to make a real movie with one of these things," Vick said, holding up a movie slate.
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Because of the low-budget nature of this short film, music was created largely from royalty free clips and "out of copyright" scores. One interesting result occurred when the local choir director, Brenda Shilling, was asked to do a song for the film. She ended up singing all 5 tracks herself, including the main voice, backup voices and chants. What the audience hears as a small choir, is in reality accomplished by a single person! Hats off to Brenda Schilling and the sound folks at 49 North.
Listen to the Mrs. McCranky song here!
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