LeJon Woods will play the lead role of Jerry Harris in the short film Safety Net.
LeJon has worked in film for 6 years and is known for his work in Old Fashioned, Tomorrow You’re Gone, and Homemakers. LeJon will play the role of JERRY in Safety Net. We're very excited to have LeJon on board in this key role.
0 Comments
Safety Net was competitively chosen for one of the six development slots in the Cleveland Indie Film Incubator this past March. Six weeks of mentoring, development, coaching, workshops and networking focused on script, pre-production, directing, auditioning, pre-visualization and best practices in production. As if that wasn't enough, we're super grateful that the sponsoring Cleveland Camera Rental also provided grants to underwrite rentals and consulting to Safety Net. In this photograph, you see us on set at Creative House in Cleveland, all six of the winners for the Incubator. These new friends have been generous with their feedback and provided essential links at key moments to help Safety Net move forward. This moment when George Bailey and good ol' Mary first stood in front of 320 Sycamore, that Drafty Old Granville house, the connection between the American Dream, Homeownership and the Movies became solidly linked together.
In many ways this house becomes a way that the film braids together the Individual Ideal (George Bailey's talents and sacrifice make it possible to turn this haunted house into a homey haven), the Civic Ideal (the house is rooted in George & Mary's commitment to build better houses for everybody in Bedford Falls) and the Material Ideal (that success provides the basic human needs for people's well being). There are ways that Jerry's quest to save his house is like George's quest to save The Savings & Loan. Both of these movies invite us into the human experience of striving and losing and hoping and fearing. Especially as those emotions relate to a house. When movies give us a storied way of thinking about problems and solutions? Our tolerance, our understanding, our empathy and our effort all expand just a little bit. Jerry Harris left his job in Corrections over a year ago. He’s been working hard to find another job, but times aren’t good. The story opens when he gets a call letting him know that he has a week to make an emergency payment or the foreclosure process on his house begins. His pregnant wife Felicia is supportive but also fearful. The baby is coming and they’ve already used a debt recovery program; if Jerry is going to save their house? It’s going to take a lot of work, faith, luck and help.
|
AuthorAndrew Rudd writes the Safety Net blog found here. He is also the writer / director / producer of Safety Net & $107 A Day. Archives
April 2018
Categories |