Rainbow Around the Sun. Perhaps the culmination of Team Awesome’s aggressively rapid production rate. The first time we had worked together was in February of 2006, and by November of the same year we were already shooting our first feature film. Kevin Ely, Matt Brown and myself had been developing this project over the summer, and held numerous meetings trying to get it off the ground. We needed someone to help us produce. I quickly latched on to my friend Kim Haywood. She would continue to serve as our producer, with Kevin and I co-directing, and myself editing.
Though it sounds cliché, this film was a labor of love, and very personal to Matt, whose debut concept album the film is based. An insanely talented crew, including the production design of Rebecca McCauley and the cinematography of Alan Novey of NoveyCo, made this film larger than life. Rainbow was accepted into the third annual IFP Narrative Rough Cut Lab put on by the Independent Feature Project which is literally a once and a lifetime opportunity. It debuted on the festival circuit at South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, and has since played in festivals all over the country, and in Athens, Greece. We are currently planning our distribution strategy.