Greg Chaney turned the movie-viewers into the movie stars — or at least high-profile cameos.<\/p>\n
Chaney’s short film, “The Quest For Lee” closed out the first night of the Juneau Underground Motion Picture Society Winter Film Festival, and alternative versions of it closed each screening of the collection of Juneau-related shorts.<\/p>\n
“I’ve made a baseline movie, and what I’m going to do is drop footage of audiences into it,” Chaney said. “Each movie will be different. It’s not quite interactive, but it’s quite similar to an interactive experience.”<\/p>\n
[Young filmmakers depict life around Alaska<\/a>]<\/ins><\/p>\n Early arrivals to the festival were asked if they would like to be involved in the making of the movie and willing participants were taken back to a green screen, outfitted in plastic viking helmets covered in re-writable discs and asked to deliver lines with minimal context and maximum emotion.<\/p>\n “We’re right at the action point,” Chaney said after shooting footage of festival attendee Karl Bausler. “I’m excited and a little bit nervous but hopeful.”<\/p>\n A crowd reaction shot was also filmed before the first short was shown.<\/p>\n Greg Chaney gets the last shot for his almost-interactive film at the opening night of the @JUMP_Society<\/a> Winter Film Festival. pic.twitter.com\/PYoY8WOOKT<\/a><\/p>\n — Ben Hohenstatt (@BenHohenstatt) January 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n