'Welkin's Gate'

'Welkin's Gate' is finished and up on Vimeo! Two months of hard work finally paid off. Although, the original concept for 'Welkin's Gate' came about a year ago and was supposed to be a comedy about how Heaven is a socialist society. That idea was scrapped because it would be too similar to 'Citizen's Prophet'.

As mentioned in previous blogs, 'Welkin's Gate' is based off a poem I wrote in High School called 'I'll Be Waiting in Heaven' and is dedicated to my friend, Trevor, who passed away this year. When I came to the University of Iowa, I was exposed to a lot of avant garde/experimental films so I decided to attempt one for my final project in my Intro to Film Theory class. It isn't really my specialty, but I managed to produce something worthwhile. Avant garde is a fancy way of saying that nobody will get this film, but they'll assume it is a masterpiece that they can't understand because they're not sophisticated enough. They are typically made by people who pray for subtitled, non-linear films that personify objects and emotion.

I asked my dear friend, Zach Bird, to be in 'Welkin's Gate' and he did a great job with his expressions and fake crying. Stephen Hueholt helped record the car crash scene and I forgot to put him in the credits but I suppose this makes us even--since he broke one of my swirly, florescent light bulb.

Now all I have to do is write a paper about why this film exemplifies theories we learned in class. That should be fun.

Watch 'Welkin's Gate'

Welkin's Gate from Zachary Hayes on Vimeo.