In the spring of 2018, 6 friends drove over 6000 miles in a massive RV to shoot a no-budget feature film. We filmed in 6 states, 2 Canadian provinces, with zero permits. We stole almost every location, filmed inside the Space Needle illegally, got on stage at a music festival, slept in a graveyard, drove over a mountain and nearly went off a cliff, snuck gear into the Cosmopolitan Casino, filmed on the Vegas strip, dealt with a copious amount of security guards, and just narrowly escaped getting sued by the RV rental company. This is how we made Summerland. Packing Our Bags Kurtis: Back in 2013, I had written the first draft of the script with a friend Dylan Griffiths. It has always been a dream of mine to make a road trip movie, so we set out to make a love letter to early 2000 road trip films. We wanted it to feel like the films we grew up with, but we wanted it to relate to kids today. That's when we came up with the idea of a gay teenager who pretends to be his best friend's girlfriend online to help him meet guys. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 1 September, 2020