Daymaker
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The Star-Ledger News Article
Wantage man's initial feature film carries a message.
by Jim Lockwood
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Joe LiTrenta has a flair for filmmaking. Although the 25-year-old Wantage resident has had no formal training in the art -- he dropped out of high school and did not attend college or film school -- he is learning how to make movies by doing it. He's had the acting bug since he was a kid, acting in his older brother's homemade videos, and later with theater groups in Sussex and Netcong. As a teenager he began making "shorts," or short videos, for himself and friends. Now he has written, directed and produced a full-length, two-hour movie titled "Daymaker," which will be one of the flicks featured later this month at the inaugural Wildwood By The Sea Film Festival in Wildwood. "Daymaker" premiered on Aug. 4 at the Indie Gathering film festival in Cleveland, where it won an award for feature film comedy/drama.
"With the shorts I shot, they were learning experiences to build up to full-length," LiTrenta said. "I wanted to learn everything myself, and it ended up working really well. (In creating "Daymaker"), "I found out I knew a lot about what I was doing." The film contains vulgar language and graphic depictions of drug use, but LiTrenta intended to make an anti-drug-abuse film. Its synopsis says: "A day of non-coincidental coincidences and revelations in the lives of about 20 people; normal people with drug and relationship problems despite their intelligence and awareness. Today, the connections they discover in their neighborhood will help to reshape their lives for the better, however weird things may get. It's just one of those days ..."
LiTrenta drew inspiration for the movie from his surroundings, as Sussex County has not been immune to drug-abuse problems. "I was trying to provide an anti-drug message in the context of a film, because it's the only thing I know how to do," he said. "My film focuses on the reality and does not pull punches. It offers a message of hope for young and old; all who are stricken with substance abuse problems." Largely made on a shoestring budget, the movie is set in Sussex County and also was filmed there, in a "cinéma vérité" style, in high-definition digital video. LiTrenta hired professional union actors, and he and his brother, Tom, also are actors in the movie. "I put a casting notice with some detail about the movie on the Screen Actors Guild Web site," LiTrenta said. "A lot of independent filmmakers will shoot short films, so because this was a (full-length) feature, there was interest in it" from professional actors. "They were able to see a story that doesn't judge its characters, but merely shows the reality of what is happening in small town America for what is is," he said. "It's sad, funny and scary all at once. These are the kind of films I am going to make."
The title of "Daymaker" came about because, "I kept getting e-mails back from actors that said, 'You really made my day,'
and after awhile I wrote it on a T-shirt," LiTrenta said. The movie's plot also takes place during a single day.
"Daymaker" will be shown Sept. 29 at 11 a.m. at the Wildwood Convention Center. For more information on the festival, see www.wildwoodbytheseafilmfest.com. Jim Lockwood may be reached at jlockwood@starledger.com or (973) 383-0516.