High Point meets Hollywood; one director's big dream comes to life on the big screen
Alyssa Wiley
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: News
It's A Wrap!
The actors take their places. The cinematographer adjusts his camera angle, and the make-up artist grooms a few of the actors' unruly tresses.
"Rolling sound…dollie…action!"
The set of "Elephant Sighs," a film written and directed by High Point University theater professor Ed Simpson, teamed with tangible excitement on Saturday, Jan. 23, the final day of shooting.
Simpson and his crew began filming in an old warehouse in High Point about three weeks ago and, with the help of a
hard-working crew and set designers, they transformed the old warehouse and office space into a quaint, Pennsylvania community center.
The film "Elephant Sighs" deals with themes of loss, loneliness and friendship. "It has a lot of good things to say about people," says Simpson.
Simpson sums up the process of the film's production as both "exciting and exhausting." With 14-15 hour shooting-days, six days a week, it is no wonder that the two, large, silver coffee containers on set were a popular hang-out spot for the crew.
The Cast
Simpson's film, which has been described as a "bromance," stars seven-time-Emmy-winner Ed Asner, who plays the part of Leo.
Asner is best known for playing Lou Grant on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show." His more recent credits, though, include the voice of Carl Fredricksen in "UP" and Santa Claus in "Elf."
Simpson and others pursued Asner for the role, which, according to the News and Record, he accepted because "It was a boy flick. I was busy in it. I had some interesting things to say."
Fellow cast-member, David Wells, raves about Asner, "Ed is fantastic!"
Asner, though, is not the only Hollywood actor featured in this film. The cast of "Elephant Sighs" boasts several star-powered resumes.
It includes John Cariani, who has appeared in "Numb3rs" and "Law and Order," Jack Kehler, pictured in films "The Big Lebowski" and "Men in Black II," and Mark Fite, who has been on sitcoms "Friends" and "Seinfeld."
The actors take their places. The cinematographer adjusts his camera angle, and the make-up artist grooms a few of the actors' unruly tresses.
"Rolling sound…dollie…action!"
The set of "Elephant Sighs," a film written and directed by High Point University theater professor Ed Simpson, teamed with tangible excitement on Saturday, Jan. 23, the final day of shooting.
Simpson and his crew began filming in an old warehouse in High Point about three weeks ago and, with the help of a
hard-working crew and set designers, they transformed the old warehouse and office space into a quaint, Pennsylvania community center.
The film "Elephant Sighs" deals with themes of loss, loneliness and friendship. "It has a lot of good things to say about people," says Simpson.
Simpson sums up the process of the film's production as both "exciting and exhausting." With 14-15 hour shooting-days, six days a week, it is no wonder that the two, large, silver coffee containers on set were a popular hang-out spot for the crew.
The Cast
Simpson's film, which has been described as a "bromance," stars seven-time-Emmy-winner Ed Asner, who plays the part of Leo.
Asner is best known for playing Lou Grant on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show." His more recent credits, though, include the voice of Carl Fredricksen in "UP" and Santa Claus in "Elf."
Simpson and others pursued Asner for the role, which, according to the News and Record, he accepted because "It was a boy flick. I was busy in it. I had some interesting things to say."
Fellow cast-member, David Wells, raves about Asner, "Ed is fantastic!"
Asner, though, is not the only Hollywood actor featured in this film. The cast of "Elephant Sighs" boasts several star-powered resumes.
It includes John Cariani, who has appeared in "Numb3rs" and "Law and Order," Jack Kehler, pictured in films "The Big Lebowski" and "Men in Black II," and Mark Fite, who has been on sitcoms "Friends" and "Seinfeld."
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