5Q's w/: Luke Salewski "The Lights Above" Director, Writer, Producer
QUESTION#1: What about your film excites you the most?: It's hard to pick one thing, but I love history and getting to share a unique time in American history and adding a sci-fi spin on it makes it all the more exciting.
QUESTION#2: What is it about your current movie that will influence your next film?: The confidence that I gained in being able to tackle such a big project.
QUESTION#3: When you’re shooting a film, do you think of time as something you capture or something you construct?: I think a bit of both, especially when telling a story that is grounded in real historic times and events I try to be as accurate as I can to history but realistically I am still constructing something, I just hope that it still maintains a level of captured authenticity.
QUESTION#4: What’s a limitation you wish you had on your next shoot that would force you into making interesting creative decisions?: I think it's always interesting when limitations are part of the storytelling - ie Blair Witch Project all shot on VHS camera, or modern films shot in black and white, or Pixar shorts with no dialogue. It forces the filmmaker to utilize the specificity of film as the medium for storytelling. I'd be happy to try any of those ideas.
QUESTION#5: If a film shoot is like a living organism, which department do you think functions as its nervous system?: It all comes back to the story. The script is important as well, but even more, the underlying story. That is what every department, actor, and key crew member always come back to- does this help to tell the story in a more impactful way?
Social media tags to share with our readers: @lukejsalewski @thelightsabovemovie
