0:01  

Doing well? How are you doing? Good, good worry for Cremino


0:09  

fine, I think.


0:11  

Okay.


0:13  

I do apologize for cutting it short with the credits earlier. 


0:18  

Oh, no, it's okay. 


0:20  

I should have known about the issues they, you know, the franchise has trained me well, I guess. Lovely and very endearing movie. 


0:34  

Thank you.


0:34  

It's nice to actually see a different perspective and see how Peter Parker's life is actually going rather just spider man always running off to save the day. And I was actually getting worried because I was I was thinking like, Oh, no are you actually going to play off on that comic scene where like spider man actually dies? Because like he was beaten up at the end, like, you know, you see Gwen Stacy, like, just being concerned for him. And I'm like, you know, okay, is this it? Is this it? because like, it was like that drama that that was actually, you know, pulling me in and thank god it wasn't it wasn't like Well, yeah, like really? 


1:25  

Yeah, we we originally had like a whole scene planned where it was just like a whole cutaway where it would show Spider Man and Human Torch kind of like going after this thug. And Human Torch was just, kind of like he's playing dodgeball says that he just loves a fireball the guy. And I was like, that's funny. But I don't know if it fits in the story like to show it. So we'll just let the audience fill it in. 


1:49  

Okay. That's awesome.


1:53  

So what inspired you to do this romance, like, you know, rom-com movie for Peter Parker and Gwen Stacey?


2:04  

It's not anything we've ever seen before. Like on this sort of focus, like we we've seen in The Amazing Spider Man movies, how Gwen Stacy knows his identity. And then just like a few things happen here and there. And I wanted to dive into what would happen if this is a world where Gwen Stacy blames Peter Parker for the death of a parent, kind of like in the comic books. So I switched it up with which parent it was. And that Peter would be like, Okay, maybe it's time that I let her see the real me if she's really wanting to get married. And so we kind of have to deal with the, the whole fallout of that. 


2:43  

Okay. Okay. 


2:45  

So is this, well, I wish it was the same concept, it was a concept of, you know, like, what if, let's face it, took the fall and all that. But if this this Gwen Stacey that we are seeing she really does seem like the dirty science girl. That's how it works. And you know, with that, it just makes it make me feel like oh my gosh, like this girl. You know, I'm like, feeling it. I see why Peter Parker actually is with her, and, you know, it just felt it just felt sad that he just didn't propose, like, I'm seeing the potential. 


3:28  

She's so excited, yeah


3:30  

Yeah! Come on, man , do it! But also, so with that idea in my head, I'm like, so what are you trying to actually portray? I guess, like, a certain type of, you know, like, style of Peter Parker, I know that there have been like many different tropes of him in the past, but any, you know, anything that actually resonated with you that actually influenced this Peter Parker.


4:02  

My biggest inspirations were Andrew Garfield, Peter Parker and the PlayStation, Peter Parker. They're just so I think they're the most relatable versions of the character that are, I guess, within similar age groups where you're dealing with a Peter Parker that's gone through high school, gone through college, he's on the next part of his life getting ready to kind of settle down, if that makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. And so I took a lot of inspiration from those two versions of the character. 


4:32  

Okay. That's wonderful. Wonderful. And why Johnny Storm?


4:40  

He, he's a no brainer to me because in the comic books, Peter Parker and Johnny Storm have such like a good back and forth dynamic. And so I think it was like, "Hey, this is representative of this era of spider man. This is what it's indicative of. This is like, you know, what I want people to see. And I wanted to be there first before the MCU could do it.


5:02  

I enjoyed this. The angles you actually used to kind of allow Peter and Gwen actually interact and maybe even wait, especially when that last see where she's like, you know, telling her like, let's just beat the for dance. And it was just so, so endearing. It was so good. I love the pace. It was just perfect. So 


5:35  

thank you! 


5:37  

Of course, of course, what challenges did you actually find yourself in making this film? 


5:45  

Making a Spider Man film in the pandemic was I think the biggest one because I was like, Okay, I can't really go anywhere. And I don't have access to a lot of people. And so that's what inspired it to be, you know, one apartment complex, not really any sort of Spider Man shenanigans. Peter Parker, Johnny Storm, Gwen Stacy, the animals in the apartment, that's it.


6:08  

Okay. Okay. And in the editing process, were you alone with that? 


6:16  

I edited the entire film myself. But the credit sequence, especially with the little v n title card, was done by a good friend of mine. And he had a lot of good input. He used to watch the different drafts of the movie Back to back to back to back and be like, Okay, how's this change? Or how's this change? And I feel for the guy here to watch that, like seven different times.


6:45  

That's awesome. That's awesome. All right, let's see editing process, obviously, gonna have to watch it over and over again.


6:52  

Yeah, yeah.


6:56  

But when, I guess, working with your partner, you know, the romantic scene? What what's it called, like? Who was holding the camera, I felt like you guys were like exchanging, you know, spaces to actually, like, get both of you in each shot. 


7:18  

So it was myself it was her. And then we had a few other camera operators Johnny Storm helped at the camera at one point. And then we didn't even include the he shot. But most of it was my one roommate, Alex, who was the guy in the hallway. And so he's he's kind of like a perfectionist, and he really wanted to help out in the cinematography. And so I think I wouldn't have been able to do the film it all without him. Just because like, he had such good ideas for shots. And just an eye for camera work. It was it was wonderful having him help out.


7:58  

Which one was your favorite scene to work on? 


8:04  

My favorite scene to work on would probably have been the conversation where Peter goes and gets the costume and comes back out. Because it was a lot of fun coming up with oh, what would Glenn be doing while he's going to get the costume? Is she excited? Is she scared and so it's, it's a lot of fun, kind of like playing that up. Because in the script, it was maybe just a few sentences where she was able to get a whole performance out of it. Just with the ideas that she was able to come up with.


8:37  

um, in the process, in writing the script did you go through 20 drafts, or?


8:46  

I wouldn't say so I we originally had this idea for what this movie used to be. It was this whole huge thing where Spider Man gets the symbiote suit, he fights the spot. And like a few other villains like tarantula, and it was this whole huge big thing. And eventually it got to be like a little too much. And so you know, scaled it back. And then right until we figure we feel it's the right way to have them film. So it had quite a few drafts before it because a lot of the times it felt like hey, maybe we're leaning a little too much into telling and not showing. 


9:25  

Right. Okay so when filming the whole movie out, did you use multiple cameras? Is it just one camera? What camera did you use? 


9:39  

We used one camera it was the Panasonic Lumix g7


9:43  

Nice. Nice 


9:45  

Was lighting hard?


9:47  

It was very hard because we just had like a typical apartment lighting setup where it was a little too dim on camera. And then we had some like extra lights but it was way too sterile compared to the rest of the lights, right? But we tried to make use of a lot of natural lighting where we could.


10:10  

And as for sound, was that tricky? 


10:13  

It was a little tricky. I don't have any external microphones that I purchased. So for the most part, what I would do is I would just take my phone put it somewhere nearby and record. 


10:25  

okay. Smart idea. All right. And lastly, was the Spider Man costume just that apron?


10:36  

Oh, no, no, no, the apron was like a separate thing I bought years ago, but the Spider Man costume. It's a full costume that I like the one that I designed myself and then got printed at the same place that spider man 100 guys did.


10:53  

Oh, fantastic. Okay, okay. Any words of encouragement for filmmakers that want to be with your, your spots?


11:04  

Biggest thing is just write what you want to write. And then writing is the I think the biggest part of creating a fan project because we're working with limited budget limited resources. So find a way to think outside of the box, working with them and being a little bit ambitious, where you can. But But writing I think is what saves a lot of fan films. It's what it's what makes them so resonant with people.


11:37  

Eddie, any last words before you head out? Where can we actually find more of your work? 


11:44  

The other one is on YouTube under the channel, tough cookie media. I have a whole series of these fan films. This is actually the fourth one in the series. Yeah.


11:55  

Okay. Well, please leave it in the chat so others can actually follow you. And we'll do so much.


12:02  

Thank you for your time.


12:04  

Have a good day, and enjoy the festival.


12:08  

I will! Thank you so much.