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62 THE QUEENS COURIER • BUZZ • JULY 23, 2015 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com Images courtesy of Slo Light Film Summer Savings! ONSITE DOCTORS • EYE EXAMS • CONTACTS • 1 HOUR SERVICE • VISION PLANS ACCEPTED • SUNGLASSES • LOWEST PRICES FLEX SPENDING  Use it or lose it! $99 DISPOSABLE CONTACTS Includes: EYE EXAM, 2 Boxes of Lenses Clear Soft brand clear spherical Lenses/ *Contact lens fitting additional. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Some restrictions apply. See store for details. *FREE Expires 9/3/15 Eye Exam QC QC QC QC 2 PAIR OF EYEGLASSES $99 Includes: EYE EXAM, Frames & Lenses Select frames with clear plastic, single vision lenses+/- 4 sph., 2 cyl. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Expires 9/3/15 NO-LINE BIFOCAL EYEGLASSES $99 Includes: EYE EXAM, No-Line Bifocal Lenses & Frame Select frame with select clear plastic no-line bifocal lenses +/- 4 sph., 2 cyl up to 2.50 add. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Offer valid at this location only. Expires 9/3/15 BAY TERRACE SHOPPING CENTER  211-51 26 AVENUE • BAYSIDE, NY 11360 718.631.3699 $100 OFF A FREE Pair of Sunglasses or Spare Pair Includes FREE EYE EXAM st Second pair frame from select group with plastic, single vision lenses ‘+/- 4 sph, 2 cyl. Dilation & contact lens exam additional. Not valid with any other offers, sales, vision plans or packages. Must present prior to purchase. Expires 9/3/15 of the 2013 THE QUEENS QueensCourier.com Place with the purchase of glasses. Contact Lens Exam and fitting add’l. *See store for details. buzz Astoria fi lmmakers turn to Kickstarter to fund ‘dialogue-free,’ 12-part fi lm BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO said Angel, whose dream has been to produce her aaltamirano@queenscourier.com/@aaltamirano28 own fi lm. “We’re really excited and happy to be able to reach an audience and make it happen. The story Two Astoria fi lmmakers are hoping to reach their is going to be really cool.” goal that will allow them to set The trio fi rst came together when an acclaimed music producer’s working on “Dark Universe” – in debut solo album to fi lm. which Lahiff was the director/writer, Cynthia Angel and Dominic Angel was the producer, and Davidge Lahiff, the minds behind D L A was the music producer – for the Films, are coming together with American Natural History Museum. producer Neil Davidge – known The short fi lm is narrated by Neil for his work with Massive Attack, Degrasse Tyson and is still on view and the “Halo 4” video game – to at the Hayden Planetarium at the create the mystery revenge thriller museum. audiovisual fi lm “Slo Light.” After this project, Angel and Lahiff They turned to Kickstarter, with were asked to work on a music video a goal of $70,000, to raise funds for Davidge and while working on needed for the preproduction, the video developed the idea for a production and post-production cinematic album. For the next year, of the fi lm. Lahiff worked on a story for the fi lm Since launching on July 16, and the two fi lmmakers then got back the campaign has already raised together with Davidge. $5,156. “Our visions are aligned and we “It’s been a really interesting process. We’ve been working on it for two years,” have the same taste and like working together, and from there stems the idea to make a fi lm together,” Angel said about working with Lahiff. The fi lm will be divided into 12 chapters, which will be released online during the course of 12 weeks. Each chapter will be set to a track from Davidge’s debut album, “Slo Light.” It will have no dialogue and will be shot in 35mm fi lm. “We want to keep that 35mm format alive. A lot of times people think fi lm is too expensive so we want to prove that it can still be done and make a beautiful fi lm,” Angel said. For Angel, creating this fi lm is a dream come true because she always hoped to be able to produce her own fi lm. “It feels amazing, it’s kind of terrifying but really exciting at the same time but it feels really good. I feel all the experiences I’ve gained throughout the years have led up to this moment,” Angel said. If their project is fully funded, the plans are to shoot the fi lm in the fall, with a slated release date for early spring of 2016. For more information or to donate to the Kickstarter campaign, visit https://www.kickstarter. com/projects/dlafi lms/slo-light-fi lm. To stay updated on the project visit twitter.com/slolightfi lm, facebook.com/slolightfi lm or dlafi lms.com.


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