Life Inside Out
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| Directed by | Jill D'Agnenica |
| Produced by | Tessa Bell |
| Written by | Maggie Baird and Lori Nasso |
| Starring | Maggie Baird Finneas O'Connell David Cowgill Lori Nasso William Dennis Hunt Goh Nakamura |
| Music by | Elliott Goldkind (composer) |
| Cinematography | Guido Frenzel |
| Edited by | Philip Malamuth and Jill D'Agnenica |
| Distributed by | Monarch Home Video |
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102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Life Inside Out is a 2013 American independent film directed by Jill D'Agnenica, written by Maggie Baird and Lori Nasso and starring Maggie Baird, Finneas O'Connell, David Cowgill, Lori Nasso, William Dennis Hunt, and Goh Nakamura. The film premiered in competition at the 2013 Heartland Film Festival on October 18, 2013. winning both the Chrystal Heart Award for Narrative Feature and Best Premiere It went on to screen at 20 more film festivals, winning 15 awards. The film had a limited theatrical release starting on October 17, 2014, and was released on DVD and VOD on April 21, 2015 by Monarch Home Video.
A mother of three teenaged sons, Laura Shaw (Maggie Baird) rediscovers her old guitar hidden under the bed, which reignites her love of songwriting. She starts going to open mic nights, bringing her sensitive youngest son, Shane (Finneas O'Connell) along with her. Her first performance is a disaster. Shane, who has been sullen and cut off from his family and friends, shows an unexpected interest in her music and he encourages her to stick with it. She continues to go to open mic nights, bringing Shane and gets more confident as she plays. Slowly her confidence spills over into her personal life as well and her relationships with her family begin to shift. Moreover, soon Shane,too, begins playing guitar and writing songs of his own. With the help of new friends at the club and YouTube videos, he quickly develops his skills, surprising Laura and the entire family. Through music they develop a connection to each other not only brings them closer together, it brings them closer to the ones they love.
Much of "Life Inside Out" was inspired by Maggie Baird and Lori Nasso's real experiences performing at open-mic nights. Maggie Baird and Finneas O'Connell are real life mother and son. Baird and O'Connell wrote all of their own songs that appear in the movie. In addition, the filmmakers enlisted other singer-songwriters to play their music in the open mic night scenes and used the work of many others as source music. The bulk of the movie's budget was secured via a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012, raising over $41,000 toward the production of the film.
The movie was shot in and around Los Angeles in 15 and a half days on the Red Epic by cinematographer Guido Frenzel. The club scenes were shot at Los Angeles' Club Fais Do-Do and the home scenes were shot at Baird's actual home.
The film played at 20 film festivals including Heartland Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Phoenix Film Festival, San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, Palm Beach International Film Festival, and Port Townsend Film Festival, winning 15 awards including 4 best narrative feature awards and 4 audience awards. The film had a limited theatrical release starting on October 17, 2014, and was released on DVD and VOD on April 21, 2014 by Monarch Home Video.
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