Britany Sparrow has been writing her whole life. Her first short story came to be at the age of seven, an adventure story about a killer whale and dolphin best-friend duo.
Her passion for storytelling carried through her youth and into adulthood, and her stories grew and matured alongside her. As she put it, she wrote more 91裸聊视频渁ngsty91裸聊视频� things in high school, and has now settled into the relationship genre. Sparrow writes about both romantic and non-romantic relationships in all forms, covering the human element of what it means to have a place in the world.
Now, two decades after she first began applying her story-telling passion to film, she is making her first full-length movie.
A Vernon native, Sparrow began her post-secondary journey at Okanagan University College (now Okanagan College) where she studied creative writing for two years and eventually landed at the University of New Brunswick in 2004, when she was 20. Switching coasts cemented her passion. While studying in N.B., she took a film course as an elective and discovered film was what she wanted to do.
In 2006, when she was done university, she joined the New Brunswick Filmmakers91裸聊视频� Cooperative, an organization for filmmakers and creatives to collaborate. The first film she worked on was, ironically, a no-budget feature film.
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The first film Sparrow directed herself was titled The Perfect Cliche, a story commenting on how, as a person figures out their life, their relationships change.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 the story of a young couple. They91裸聊视频檙e childhood best friends and then they fall in love, and it91裸聊视频檚 as the relationship sort of progresses and then falls apart,91裸聊视频� Sparrow said.
When she isn91裸聊视频檛 on set, Sparrow works as an archivist for the province of New Brunswick. Her day job doesn91裸聊视频檛 put any brakes on her passion though, and definitely hasn91裸聊视频檛 stopped her from starting up her own feature film, a movie operating on approximately $10,000 in raised funds currently shooting at locations across Fredericton.
Sparrow91裸聊视频檚 film is called Still Your Song, taking inspiration from the Goo Goo Dolls91裸聊视频� song sharing the same title. The song is about a man singing about a past relationship in which he made mistakes. Though he isn91裸聊视频檛 seeking forgiveness, the song is still for his past love.
The idea for the plot line was largely inspired by a night of drinks and catch-up Sparrow had with some friends. That night, they discussed art being made about art, such as a movie about making a movie.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e always loved that idea of art about art, and I started thinking it would be cool to write something about a band. I91裸聊视频檝e also always wanted to write something about a high school reunion, but I91裸聊视频檝e just never found the story in the idea. Those two things came together in my brain and when I got home I just started writing.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 about five young people who were in a band in high school, and now they91裸聊视频檝e come back to their small town for a high school reunion, and they have drama that has carried over. They have adult drama that is unresolved, and there91裸聊视频檚 a lot of conflict within the band and their families. It91裸聊视频檚 all sort of about who they are, who they were, who they want to be and how they can reconcile all of that,91裸聊视频� Sparrow said.
Sparrow said filming is expected to finish in September, and the post-production process is expected to be lengthy.
When asked what she would tell her seven-year-old self now that she91裸聊视频檚 found her place in the film world, Sparrow offered a simple sentiment.
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91裸聊视频淧eople have asked me, saying 91裸聊视频業 wanna make a movie but I don91裸聊视频檛 know what to do,91裸聊视频� I always say 91裸聊视频榡ust do it.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
Sparrow hopes to do what she calls a 91裸聊视频渉ometown tour,91裸聊视频� of her film once it91裸聊视频檚 finished, stopping in Vernon and Winnipeg, Man., the hometown of her producer.
Eventually she wants to enter it into film festivals across Atlantic Canada.
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