Fest Track On Sirk TV talks with short filmmakers Natalie Lynch (“Social Annxiety") & Stephen Robinson (“Trail Boss”) about approach, tone and intent as well as with Festival Partners Brotherwell Brewing (Co-Owners/Brewers Jacob Martinka & David Stoneking) about community building and support in regards to the Deep In The Heart Film Festival in Waco, Texas.
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00:26 Actually, so my film being about a woman who's
00:30 got social anxiety, and she's worried about what--
00:34 she's worried about all the worst case scenarios.
00:36 And it's really just me.
00:38 I mean, this is who I am when I walk into a party.
00:41 I've gotten much better.
00:43 But before I go into a party, I'm
00:45 always very concerned about, am I on the right day?
00:48 Am I wearing the right thing?
00:51 Foot and mouth is obviously going to happen.
00:52 Actually, that's the part that I don't worry about anymore.
00:54 I'm really worried about the bigger picture of,
00:56 is it even the right day?
00:58 Am I walking into the wrong venue?
01:00 So it was one of those that I think a lot of the things
01:04 in my film actually have happened to me.
01:07 I never showed up someplace naked.
01:08 So that's not-- but a lot of them did.
01:11 And I just one day was like, what if,
01:13 and just started writing all that down.
01:16 And it just turned into this film that is me.
01:19 So--
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01:24 Oh, god.
01:38 Who invited Annie?
01:40 I didn't think she'd actually come.
01:41 Do I know you?
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01:54 Well, so I'm third generation Texan,
01:56 which is like nothing compared to a lot of people
01:59 that worked on this project.
02:00 Some of them were like sixth, seventh.
02:04 But I've had enough to see this unique Texas spirit that
02:12 seems to be, at least for me, was in my mother
02:16 and in my grandmother.
02:17 And it was very important for me, at least in this film,
02:20 to capture that.
02:22 And so really, the film is, yes, it's
02:24 about a mother passing the torch to her daughter,
02:29 teaching her sort of the hard things
02:31 you need to know in life in order to survive.
02:33 But more importantly, it's really
02:35 about one strong Texas woman passing
02:38 on that spirit to the next.
02:39 I mean, ultimately, there's a couple of little things
02:43 that we do you'll notice.
02:45 If you didn't notice, where she's always
02:47 being talked down to, the little girl, and then
02:49 at the very end, she sort of--
02:51 and that embodies the Texas spirit.
02:53 Do you know what arrogance is, girl?
02:57 It's thinking a game is waiting for you before it begins.
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03:03 Play.
03:03 To cover my no doubt extraordinary losses
03:08 when these helmets come full turn.
03:11 Wouldn't you agree, Dr. Grady?
03:15 Actually, I'd say that herd looked healthier than most.
03:21 What?
03:22 You bribed the inspector.
03:27 That's nonsense.
03:29 I incentivized him to tell the truth.
03:33 But finding that tone for each one
03:35 is very unique and very individual.
03:37 What?
03:37 Sometimes it comes-- or it does.
03:38 No, I was just saying, I think you
03:40 have to have both in order for either one to work.
03:42 Like, you have to have a little bit of comedy in your drama
03:44 in order for your drama to work.
03:45 And you have to have a little bit of drama in your comedy,
03:47 or it just doesn't--
03:48 it doesn't ring true.
03:49 So I mean, mine, timing was going to be everything.
03:52 And I didn't know if it was going to work.
03:54 Like, I had it on page.
03:56 And I had this vision of like, you know,
03:58 these breakaways and these gasps are going to happen.
04:01 And it's in my head.
04:02 I'm reading it.
04:02 And I'm-- it's this pace.
04:04 But like, can that translate on camera?
04:07 I wasn't even sure.
04:08 And it wasn't until--
04:09 it wasn't until we got music into our film
04:12 that I was like, it works.
04:14 Like, I'd gotten the first couple edits.
04:16 And I was like, this is--
04:17 I mean, the editor did an amazing job.
04:19 But it also didn't function until you
04:21 had the music that was driving that
04:23 made it feel like it was fast.
04:25 If you watch it without music, it's a totally different film.
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05:20 Alcohol and socialization go back to its invention, right?
05:23 Right.
05:25 We call them pubs or public houses
05:26 because that oftentimes in history
05:28 was the place that people would gather socially.
05:32 So there is this intrinsic link between socialization,
05:37 community, and alcohol.
05:40 We make the alcohol because it's a product that we enjoy.
05:44 We're really interested in it.
05:47 It has a natural carryover into social events,
05:52 bringing people together.
05:54 It is something that we can do a whole myriad of things with,
05:59 whether it's celebrations, fundraising, music, arts,
06:04 conversation, politics, whatever it is.
06:09 Having a beer in front of you kind of
06:10 makes some of those conversations go easier.
06:13 So we're here for the products.
06:17 And I think we learned after the fact,
06:20 we're here for the products, but the way
06:22 it's received in the community is in the space,
06:26 and it's in the experience.
06:27 So bringing that experience to folks
06:31 is essentially what beer is.
06:34 That's what it's for.
06:35 That's what people consume it as.
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06:40,
07:08 There are so many different styles of beers
07:10 that can appeal to many different palates.
07:15 Beer is the most universal of the three alcohols
07:18 if we're talking wine and spirits.
07:20 It's usually the lowest price point, lowest alcohol level,
07:23 most present.
07:25 So beer kind of comes with this idea of acceptability,
07:31 interchangeability.
07:32 It works in all situations.
07:35 You can have it over a football game or a fancy wedding.
07:40 Well, community breathes life, and people
07:43 want to go where there's life.
07:45 And so we just found, given our outdoor space,
07:50 given the fact that we're a brewery,
07:52 and you can take yourself a little bit more lighthearted
07:55 when you've got a beer in your hand,
07:58 that tends to just perpetuate the liveliness of a scenario.
08:05 And so we certainly see the more things
08:09 that we do out in our yard, the more fun it is for everybody.
08:15 Yeah, community is just bringing people together.
08:17 And what they want to do at that time is very flexible.
08:21 Sometimes it's a mechanical bull.
08:23 Sometimes it's a deep conversation.
08:26 Sometimes it's a performance of some sort.
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