SYMBIOSIS at DVXUser's SCAREFEST

The new short film SYMBIOSIS from Flyin' Monkey Films, is currently competing in the annual Halloween festival from DVXUser.com "Sacrefest".

Principal photography on this new short film wrapped in early October after a one day shoot at an office location in Toronto. Additional scenes were filmed in the following days and ADR (Automatic Dialog Recording or dubbing) was recorded shortly after the rough edit was completed.

Ace composer Rob Sbar was brought in to produce the amazing and gripping score that brings the film to life. Other musical elements include the original song "For Tha Money" from Canadian hip-hop artist Bubba Sean. The audio mix-down from sound-designer Alan Chang further works to complement the film.

Scarefest was officially closed for entries on Friday October 28th and viewing began on the following Monday: Halloween.

Reviews on Symbiosis have been mixed with some praising the collaboration between writer Chris Keaton and director Rodney V. Smith.

Films can be viewed at http://www.dvxfest.com/scarefest

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Producers Smith and Keaton plan to extend and re-edit SYMBIOSIS following Scarefest for entry into more mainstream festivals. "DVXFests have always been a great place to get no-holds-barred feedback on a short film," says Smith. "Criticism coming from fellow filmmakers who are notoriously picky about what they enjoy and who will not hesitate to tell you what they didn't enjoy and why. That's valuable information for any filmmaker."

Composer Rob Sbar to score Symbiosis

Composer Rob Sbar is now on board to score the music for the new short film SYMBIOSIS.

This collaboration between Sbar and director Smith will mark the 4th project the air have worked on together since 2010. Sbar has scored the promotional video for the "Dominion" webseries as well as the music for the episodes and trailers for Dominion. He has also most recently worked on the short film "Manipulation" by Maro Corry, on which Smith worked as the Director of Photography.

From the website:
Rob Sbar is an accomplished guitarist and composer whose style is a unique blend of rock, modern and avant-garde jazz and fusion along with contemporary chromatic and post-tonal forms. Rob presents a unified, cumulative sensory and arts experience, incorporating the mediums of sound with written and spoken word, and often visual concepts.

Casting for Short Film SYMBIOSIS

Casting has started for the new film "SYMBIOSIS" produced Flyin' Monkey Films. The script from writer Chris Keaton was developed for the DVXUser.com Scarefest competition with the final deadline on October 27, 2011. Principal photography for the 6 minute short film is scheduled for the weekend of October 08-09.

Steve Kasan has been cast as the main character, "Trick", with Shayan Mannan playing his partner-in-crime "Bennie", Dulce Felix in the role of "Sheryl" and Robert Nolan as "Roy".

The role of "Dan" the security guard is currently being cast.

Scarefest is the 11th online film festival hosted by Film and Video Forum DVXUSER.COM and features a wide variety of filmmakers of differing levels of skill. Flyin' Monkey Films has participated in 7 DVXFests with the film "The Strange Days of Joey Davis" an 8th place finalist in 2009.

Symbiosis will be filmed in Toronto, Ontario.

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