So hello and welcome! Episode 002 of the Daughter of Godcast podcast. I’m Dan Kelly, writer director talking about my dark yet uplifting post apocalyptic romantic comedy featurette, Daughter of God, 11 years in the making and as of September 6, 2016 in the process of gentle release.

Lots of people have helped out with the movie whether or not they realized they were helping. Aside from poking fun at celebrities, the mention of a first and last name recognizes a person who made an important contribution to the DOG project, and my life. Full appreciation of them may require more than the current episode.

Episode 001 introduced Michael Aaron and his student film, Blind Date. I don’t know where Michael is now or what he’s up to, been a long time since we’ve spoken. But if it weren’t for Michael, DOG might never have happened and I might still be wasting my life doing things I almost like.

I met Michael at the NYC Final Cut Pro User’s group. He had just finished up the Director’s program at the New York Film Academy and was having trouble posting his first film. He was looking for an editor.

I can vividly remember watching his rough cut. A disaster! There were so many mistakes, so many problems… and yet I was getting more and more excited. Could I fix this? Was it possible? He certainly didn’t have the budget for major remediation. There was a bit of genius, could it be teased out? Could -I- make his movie work?

I called him and told him I’d fix it for a flat $400. He’d have to wait a month or two. I learned so much, and Blind Date was accepted into a slew of festivals. One of which, I attended.

So where ever you are Michael, thanks.

Episode 002 Swiss German Triple Threat

I’d been covering the stage from the high balcony for days. She was one of the leads in the avante garde musical I was hired to point my camera at, a tall lanky blonde with a quirky exuberance, seen mostly through an L-Series Fluorite zoom lens, providing btw, unsurpassed image quality unobtainable with conventional optical glass. Now she was near enough to thumb wrestle, sipping something, bonding with me in a bar not far from the theater.  After 15 years living mostly in Michigan, how did I come to be lounging next to this gorgeo