Folly, a distraught clown, travels alone on a train while reflecting on a mysterious passenger years prior.
This short film, directed by Willie Dixon and written by myself, was shot in 2023. It was shown at a local college screening, but otherwise remained entirely unreleased. I decided to take the time to finally upload this film, giving the world an opportunity to get a look at the hard work everyone put into it.
Full cast and crew credits below.
IMDb Page for "Folly":
www.imdb.com/title/tt26770798...
Produced at the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). Originally filmed and screened in 2023.
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CREDITS:
Directed by Willie Dixon III
Written by Nathan Lathroum
Produced by Alejandro Lucas Fritts
First Assistant Director
David Heiser
Unit Production Manager
Alexandra Archipov
Director of Photography
Eva McKeon
Production Designer
James Rice
Editor
Zoe Dion
Cast:
Folly - Sam Lee Baladejo
Young Folly - Johnny Yu
Fool - Joseph “Jerry” Hunter
Fib - Jax Gervasio
Train Conductor - Grant Gable
Extra #1 - Paula Alejandra Franco Cardenas
Extra #2 - Aidan Kinser
Sound Designer
Kat Schaer
Costume Designers
Maya Mills
Lillian Bradford
Hair and Makeup Designer
Faith Gilbert
Original Score by
Lucia Moreno
Casting by
Mary Louise Renegar
Producing Mentor - Maya Penna-Scheer
Camera Mentor - Hailey Port
Camera Operator - Ben Wanko
First Assistant Camera - Stewart Jeffers
Second Assistant Camera - Busola Adeboyejo
Camera Utility - Lydia Pope
Digital Loader - Busola Adeboyejo
Gaffer - Tucker Smith
Best Boy Electric - Carter Bailey
Electric - Summer Sierra
Key Grip - Franz Ciscione
Best Boy Grip - Alex Boge
Dolly Grip - Daniel Irvin
G&E Swings - K.K. Guttzeit and Neveah Middleton
Script Supervisors:
Maya Penna-Scheer
Jack Boals
Cassidy Scott
Scripty Shadow - Ben Choate
Production Coordinator - Erza Satici
Second Assistant Director - Ava Freeman
Second Second Assistant Director - Howard Affandi
Production Assistant - Jared Cook
On-Set Masseuse - Joseph Mohler
Location Manager - Alejandro Lucas Fritts
Art Director - Jonah Williams
Set Decorators- Nia Moneyhun and Walker Conger
Property Master - Henry Stanley
Leadperson - Max Robards
Swing Gang:
Thomas Getsey
Minh Ngo
Austin Snetsky
Emile Rizzo-Banks
Declan Connor-Schaefer
Art Department Coordinator - Howard Affandi
Graphics Designer - Taylor Barr
Additional Graphics - Bria Wright and Nate Roca-Avila
Environmental Designer - Sarah Loveland
Mechanical Volume Technician - Lucas Saunders
Assistant Mechanical Volume Technician - Bri Lanzen
LED Screen Technician - Asa Gordon
Production Sound Mixers - Kat Schaer and Matthew Valledor Cruz
Boom Operator - Nathan Lathroum
Wig and Makeup Assistant Designer - Tegan Hamel
Stills Photographer - Jason Leeper
Art Department Stills Photographer - Lauren Knight
Generator Truck Driver - Andrew Parkerton
Grip Truck Driver - Franz Ciscone
Camera Van Driver - Eva McKeon
Catering:
Panda Express
La Perlita
Publix
Post-Production Supervisor - Erza Satici
Assistant Editors:
Sophie Montgomery
Mary Claire Brewton
Kat Schaer
Supervising Sound Editor - Kat Schaer
Re-Recording Mixer - Zoe Dion
Music Engineer - Lucia Moreno
Colorist - Eva McKeon
Title Designer - Zoe Dion
Credits Designer - Cheyenne Oxendine
Special Thanks:
The Dixon Family
The Dion Family
Dagoberto Lucas Rodriguez
Robert Mulearn
Eloise Porter
Amy Pfeiffer
Derwin Hargrave
Leela Hoerschelmann
Deborah Levine
Tim McCann
Bob Gosse
Darren Miller
David Dunlap
Jeff Hammer
Burton Rencher
Clint Smith
Frazier Smith
Erwick D’Souza
Winston Salem Fairgrounds
Greensboro Headshots
The Alderman Company
Produced at the School of Filmmaking
Copyright 2023
University of North Carolina School of the Arts