Camera
COMPLETED POST PRODUCTION
The Story
CAMERA is the heartwarming story of loss, hope, and healing, following a mute 9-year-old — OSCAR — who just moved with his widowed mom to a struggling fishing town. Picked on and bullied, nobody realizes that Oscar sees great beauty where others only see despair. Nobody, that is, until a broken camera brings him together with ERIC, an eccentric old repairman, and an unlikely friendship develops. Under Eric’s mentorship, Oscar finds his voice through photography, and in doing so, heals a wounded community.
FEATURETTE: Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Cast
Starring Beau Bridges, Jessica Kennedy Parker, Bruce Davison, Scotty Tovar, Ross Partridge, Ayinde Howell, Jorge-Luis Pallo, and introducing Miguel Gabriel as ‘Oscar’
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Director’s Statement
“While my experience as a photographer convinced me to pick up the script, it was my experience as a father that kept me turning the page, and moved me beyond words. Having raised a daughter born with impaired speech it was easy for me to relate to the story’s young protagonist, Oscar, and the older man who sees his artistic potential and dedicates himself to sharing it with the world. Their friendship is the beating heart of CAMERA - and at a time when I - like so many of us - feel socially isolated and disconnected, this script restored my faith that life doesn’t have to be this way, and that positive change may come from the least assuming amongst us. Through the interplay between still images and moving ones, I want CAMERA to come alive, to be as real to the audience as a thinking, feeling organism, and for it to move them towards a brighter future after the picture fades to black.” - Jay Silverman
“A single photograph has the power to significantly impact a person’s life. Not just the viewer, but the artist who captures it.”