Watch the Musical Short Empire Vampire Featuring The Goodnight Darlings
Debi Moore
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Maybe I’m in the minority these days, but I still get excited about any new project that features vampires so when an email about Empire Vampire, a musical short film, landed in my inbox, of course I wanted to share it with you guys. If it sounds like something you’d be interested in as well, read on for more details, an overflowing image gallery, and to see the film in its entirety!
From the Press Release:
Close Up Experience and The Goodnight Darlings (Kat Auster and Wilson Jaramillo) announce their new short musical film EMPIRE VAMPIRE. The innovative fantasy-thriller is blazing a trail, paving the way for a new genre that tells a story within a song, on screen, seamlessly intermingled with a vibrant array of performance and fine art.
EMPIRE VAMPIRE is directed by Sundance alumnus Roger Ingraham (Moonshine, As the Dust Settles, Matter Out of Place) and is produced by Isis Masoud. The team is further bolstered by art director and stylist Joey Bevan and his Glam Squad (“America’s Next Top Model,” “The X Factor”) and onscreen featured performers who include members of Cirque de Soleil and the Orlando Ballet as well as magicians, dancers, and circus performers from across the globe.
This collaboration is the first of its kind, bridging the gap between the artist, the audience, and the marketplace via an intimate creative workshop cultivated by Close Up Experience. The result is an electrifying, multi-talented state-of-the-art product that catapults the artist from breakthrough to big screen.
In the film, bandleader and Juilliard actress Kat Auster is depicted as a Divine Goddess, who hosts a crowd of vampire performers, displaying their various skills to win her attention and receive her transformational blessing.
From talented dancers of all genres moving rhythmically around the court to jugglers, knife throwers, sword swallowers, magicians, contortionists, and acrobats, each approaches Her Majesty, aiming to win her favor. At the end, the lead Vampire, Wilson Jaramillo, engages in a face-off with the Goddess. She overpowers him through a psychic blast of insight. The mansion lights on fire, the lovers dance, and transformation is on the horizon.
At the helm of Close Up Experience is Creative Director and Choreographer Isis Masoud. Masoud studied at the renowned Feldenkrais Movement Institute, earned a degree in Theatre from University of Miami, and was on faculty at Steps and Broadway Dance Center in NYC.
“Close Up Experience is all about creating a space for creative expression, collaboration, and learning so artists can reach their full potential in a variety of different mediums,” said Masoud. “By creating a studio that integrates education and collaboration through project-based learning, it allows all different forms of artistry to work toward a common goal. While young dancers and performers have the opportunity to learn on a real set, a breakout band like The Goodnight Darlings get a chance to explore a new artistic avenue.”
“The whole experience was far bigger and more magical than we could have imagined,” said Auster and Jaramillo. “Isis has a supreme gift for connecting the right artists at exactly the right time. Then she works tirelessly to create the best vision possible so as to glean the most talent out of everyone involved. We are honored to see EMPIRE VAMPIRE so fully realized.”
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