For the second straight 12 months, the parents at Looking ME are being honored for each their looking and movie-making prowess.
The group, headed by John Altman of Brooksville, produced their movie “The Present” as a part of a September moose looking journey to Wildlife Administration District 1 in northwestern Aroostook County. It chronicles the hunt of his older son William Altman, himself an avid hunter and veteran photographer, videographer and filmmaker.
The Looking ME crew is headed to Indianapolis, the place “The Present” will probably be proven together with the opposite nominated movies as a part of the 2023 Badlands Movie Pageant. The occasion is held along side the annual Archery Commerce Affiliation conference.
The winners within the Function Movie (10 minutes most) and Quick Movie (4 minutes) classes will probably be introduced on Thursday evening. The screenings start at 7:30 p.m.
“It’s form of an enormous shout-out for Maine and small Maine filmmakers,” John Altman mentioned of the nomination.
The group’s perspective on the competition after attending in 2022 for his or her nominated movie referred to as “The Dream,” which adopted John Altman’s profitable and dramatic moose hunt.
This time, Looking ME is much less involved about the opportunity of successful and hopes as an alternative to soak within the expertise whereas representing the state’s outside group.
“Being one of many six movies that they choose and displaying it in an enormous theater with plenty of folks, and watching all these folks watching your movie, it’s actually cool,” John Altman mentioned.
The tables have been turned barely for the 2022 hunt. A 12 months earlier, John Altman used a bow and arrow to reap his bull moose because the subpermittee to his spouse, Emma. This time, having been drawn himself, John Altman wished William, his subpermittee, to be the shooter.
“He’s 32 now and during the last 10 years, we’ve not had a whole lot of time to hunt collectively due to his work,” John Altman mentioned of William Altman, who travels the world documenting the pursuits of explorer, biologist, conservationist and sportsman Donnie Vincent.
Looking ME descended on The County with youthful son Rye Altman, good pal Josh Leach and videographers Forrest Rowe and Nik Weikert once more a part of the expedition.
This time round, Looking ME took a unique strategy to creating and selling its movie. Reasonably than create an extended model and releasing it to the general public, the group as an alternative developed its characteristic for the Badlands competition proper off the bat.
“We simply form of went to work on a 10-minute minimize. We simply didn’t really feel it was that necessary to get one thing out immediately,” mentioned John Altman, who confused the issue of paring final 12 months’s authentic 40-minute movie all the way down to lower than 10 minutes.
John Altman hasn’t given away many particulars about William Atlman’s moose hunt, but it surely appears fairly apparent that they have been profitable. Take a look at the connected trailer for “The Present” and determine for your self.
Looking ME plans, as a part of a fundraising effort for an as but unnamed group, to unveil an extended model of the movie later this 12 months.
You possibly can try Looking ME on Fb, Instagram and on YouTube.
