A New Independent Film - "Getting Caught" by JJCMedia.net

Burgeoning screenwriter, Christopher B. Flowers and screenwriter/director, Jerry J. Cunningham of JJCMedia.net are currently in the middle of production of their first independent short film, "Getting Caught". It's a bittersweet tale centered around Jenny Rivers, a seemingly innocent young woman hungry for love and her distant but workaholic boyfriend Mike Andrews, a Senior Account Executive at the JBJ Corporation. When Mike finds an elaborate man's ring in his apartment, Jenny trades her innocence for lies, deceit and the promise of fortune while putting Mike's life in jeopardy.

According to Christopher, he never thought about writing a screenplay, not since his undergraduate days as a Media Arts major at Jersey City State College. "Jerry came to me with a skeleton of a script. He knew I liked to write and wanted me to take a look at it. I agreed. Looking at the script, it seemed like a good story and what I remember from my dramatic scriptwriting classes at JCSC, I started asking him questions about the story, the characters, etc. etc. Thus began a five month period of intense writing, building characters, story & plot development, script format, checking for continuity and rewrite after rewrite after rewrite. This is my first joint writing project and I love working and writing with Jerry. He's so easy going, logical and simple, if something doesn't work, it doesn't work, no holding onto it. 'Next', he would say. We would write independently and then present what we have to each other. And, before he shoots it down (LOL), he would ask pertinent questions you wouldn't think of asking but you knew the answer in your head before you had a chance to respond. His brand of logic is so precise and 9 times of 10 he's right, " he explains.

Jerry gave Christopher his production schedule and began to post casting call ads on Mandy.com, a website dedicated to finding employment or looking for talent in the arts from Film, TV, Theater to Production. "That was a great experience," Christopher says. "The auditioning process was amazing. Listening to actors read lines from sides that's from your screenplay for an indie short film about to go to into production, I felt really good being there to take it all in. It was the same rush I got when I used to write lyrics and have them realized by my collective of singers I was working with, exhilarating!"

After much deliberation, the main cast was assembled, Amanda Yachechak (Jenny Rivers), CJ Maldonado (Mike Andrews), Derek Brantley (Dave Holmes) Vanessa Morales (Lisa Matthews), Renada Romain (Debbie Alford), Joey Mintz (Alex Roberts) and the first day of shooting began in late June. About the cast, Christopher comments on what a talented collective of actors, "They are fantastic! They are on point at all times and come across with ease and a refreshing brand of naturalness." He continues, "The first day of shooting was so exciting! I have to learn to adjust to getting up for these 'at-the-crack-of-dawn' shoots. That was the hard part, because the night before I didn't get any sleep thinking about the shoot in the morning. We were scheduled to film the lunch scene with Jenny and Lisa along with a host of extras. It was fun but grueling. I had to stay alert at all times, especially so because I was holding down the job as Script Supervisor who just happens to be the co-screenwriter, so I had to be on point and ready for any questions about the previous take and I was," he says.

Christopher also adds, "The seasoned production crew were wonderful. Cameramen, Gary Powell and Mr. "Got Jokes" Jeremy (LOL) both held down the title of "professional" without a hitch. Jerry hired a very close friend of mine, Carlton Rosebure of Lollipop Productions to do the sound that was so cool of him to do. Everyone was in great spirits and seemed just as excited as Jerry and I. Right now, we are midway in production and on schedule with shoots coming up at the end of August. Hopefully, we should be done filming by October and then task of post production begins, " he explains. Look for the release of "Getting Caught" sometime in 2010. Please feel free to leave any comments, they are welcomed. For information on JJCMedia.net contact: mailto:jjcfilms@gmail.com. Contact Christopher at bc22flowers@gmail.com.