{"id":11682,"date":"2012-10-09T11:17:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T11:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=11682"},"modified":"2013-04-20T11:53:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T11:53:56","slug":"rising-star-director-rob-savage-on-strings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2012\/10\/09\/rising-star-director-rob-savage-on-strings\/","title":{"rendered":"RISING STAR: Director Rob Savage on Strings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The word \u2018wunderkind\u2019 is thrown around a lot. But it's pretty understandable in director Rob Savage's case, seeing as the 20-year-old's film Strings was made when he was only 18 and was nominated for Best Debut Feature at Raindance film festival. Wonderland<\/em> talked to him about visual inspirations and going out there and making it \u2013 blood, sweat and tears included.<\/p>\n

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\"Rob<\/a><\/p>\n

How did Raindance come about? And how does it feel your debut feature up there in front of an audience?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2028\u2028I actually submitted a really rough cut of the film, along with a handwritten letter scribbled on a crumpled bit of paper explaining that I had been toiling on the film since I was 18 – I asked that they look at my completed short films and promised that the film would be finished to that standard. They must have trusted me, and loved the film, because they premiered the film on the largest screen of the festival on the first day and nominated the film for Best Debut Feature. Fortunately we managed to repay that trust and our first screening sold out to a wonderful audience who gasped and laughed in all the right places. I had a double whiskey before the screening to calm the terror, but by the end I was almost enjoying watching the film! But so far the strangest and most wonderful moment was seeing a “sold out” sign next to the name of my first film. Very surreal.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n