Where is Annie Overby? - Short Film

The Overview:

Where is Annie Overby? is a snapshot into a family's struggle with trauma, loss, and betrayal. It is also a story about love-the love of older sister Rosalyn, desperate to preserve a home that is falling apart, and younger sister, Annie, who is looking for love in all the wrong places. Told through the eyes of Rosalyn, the film documents her plight with themes like heartbreak, betrayal, and, ultimately, hope and new beginnings.

 
The Synopsis:

            In rural Dixon, Georgia, the church is everything, and so is turning a blind eye to those who have strayed off the straight and narrow. In such a tight-knit town there is no such thing as secrets, and Rosalyn Overby has spent her entire life trying to escape her family’s. With an absent father and a mother recently deceased from cancer, Rosalyn has no choice but to raise her teenage sister as her own. Then she learns that not only has she run away with a much older man, she is also pregnant with his unborn child.  Sick with worry, Rosalyn is consumed with trying to find her baby sister. When she receives a fateful phone call in the dead of night, will she finally be able to answer, "Where is Annie Overby?"

 
The Film:

            Where is Annie Overby? is the senior capstone project for Brandon Adams, Tatianna Pangle, and Chase Yarbrough from the University of North Georgia. At the end of their senior year, students are required to complete a project of their choosing that showcases all they have learned in their four years of film school.

[This is our capstone! Chase Yarbrough, Tatianna Pangle, and Brandon Adams]

            Staffed with a crew of experienced young filmmakers, WIAO is expected to be one of the best projects to come out of the university. We students take pride in our hands-on and experienced-based film program that allows us to gain knowledge in every aspect of the industry whilst specializing in our areas of focus.

            Our Above-the-Line crew consists of Producer, Tatianna Pangle, Director, Brandon Adams, Writer and Assistant Director, Jeremy Thao, Director of Photography, Samantha Bishop, Co-Producer, Melissa Simpson, Production Coordinator, Taylor Banks, Casting Director, Creative Consultant, Associate Producer, Madeleine Pearson and Costume Designer, Heather Kane.

[Above-the-line: Brandon Adams, Jeremy Thao, Tatianna Pangle, and Samantha Bishop. Not pictured, Melissa Simpson, Taylor Banks, Madeleine Pearson, and Heather Kane]

            The crew of Where is Annie Overby? is passionate, dedicated, and more than ready to claim their spot in the rising film scene that is Atlanta, Georgia.

Shooting a film involves many moving parts, many long days, and sleepless nights: please like and follow our social media pages, and, if you are so led, donate to this project so we can make it the absolute best it can be. With the help of the resources provided by our school, the efforts of our crew, and your help, we can tell a story that resonates for years to come.

WIAO is happy to announce that we are now offering incentives for our supporters!

$5 donations will get you a haiku written by the writer of “Where is Annie Overby?”, Jeremy Thao

$10 donors receive a thank you card from the cast & crew.

$25 gets you an early release digital download of the film and a thank you card.

$50 gets you a digital download of the film, a poster signed by the cast and the crew of the film and a thank you card. 

$100 gets you a digital download, a movie poster signed by the crew, a thank you card AND an invitation for you and a guest to attend the wrap party with the crew!

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