ASK MADAME WONDER (Episode 1)
Madame Wonder always makes wishes come true! A vain young woman doesn't want to grow old, asks a psychic to stay lovely forever with disastrous results.
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Adam SteinfeldDirectorMagic Live!, Yo Houdini, Houdini Lives, Tommy Fingers, Styx & Stoner
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Adam Steinfeld / series creatorWriter
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Adam SteinfeldProducer
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Perlita EisdenKey Cast"Madame Wonder"
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LieskeKey Cast"Lovely Girl Lieske"
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Mario M. GonsalvezDirector of Photography
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Adam SteinfeldCamera - 2nd Unit
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Walid ZeidanSound
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Mindi MyererProduction Assistant
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Tuwana Maureen DumondVoice Over ArtistStyx & Stoner detective series
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Adam SteinfeldVoice Over / Introduction
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Walid ZeidenMonsters Extras
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Zildjian DrkszMonsters Extras
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Rancho NotoriousHorses Provided
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Celia MaduroHorse Wrangler
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AudioBlocks.comMUSIC
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FootageFirm.com / Destination Goa / Mysterious Drones & Music, Eerie Suspenseful Atmospheres and AmbianceMUSIC
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Pond5.com / Quickly Find Me Home / Super Hero ActionMUSIC
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Dreamnote Music / AudioJungle.comMUSIC
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:3 minutes 28 seconds
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Completion Date:May 12, 2018
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Production Budget:200 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:Aruba
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:1080p / 1920×1080 / 16X9
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Aspect Ratio:16X9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Independent Horror Movie Awards
United States
September 25, 2018
Nominee; Best Web Series & Best Original Concept -
Spooky Empire's Horror Film FestivalOrlando, Florida
United States
October 28, 2018
Premiere in Florida
Official Selection -
Sanctuary Cove International Film FestivalGold Coast
Australia
December 1, 2018
Australian Premiere
WINNER OF BEST HORROR SHORTFILM -
BERLIN FLASH FILM FESTIVALBerlin
Germany
May 31, 2019
European premiere - Apollo Theater in the SI Centrum
APRIL EDITION OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 -
IndieX Film Festival Los AngelesLos Angeles
United States
June 23, 2019
OFFICIAL SELECTION 2019 -
Miami Underground Film FestivalMiami
United States
September 25, 2021
Hard Rock Cafe, Bayside
Official Selection
Short Bio
South FLORIDA FILMMAKER:
Adam Steinfeld, a director and magician, under his banner Magic Live!®, studied to be a filmmaker at the Univ. of Miami, earning a BA in Film, other media projects; Houdini Lives!, Ask Madame Wonder? a twisted-tales series, Yo Houdini supernatural series and the micro-film thriller; CREEZY, Where are you?, and many more.
Main Bio
South FLORIDA FILMMAKER:
Adam Steinfeld studied to be a filmmaker, at the Univ. of Miami, directing, writing and creating mini-versions of the Tonight show, and his final senior thesis short film "the Box" on iconic Houdini, he went to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Film, all while performing as a skilled street-style magician that put himself through college.
Soon after graduation, Steinfeld's travels focused on his magic skills, presenting at; Comedy Clubs and Mega-Cruise Ship around the Caribbean and the World, to performing and producing in one of the longest running permanent Magic Illusion shows in, over 2,400 LIVE shows; MAGIC LIVE!...comedy on the beach, at two mega island casino resorts in Aruba, that ran over a decade at one location from 2001 to 2013, named Best International Magic show by Premious Magica in Buenos Aires.
Now back in South Florida, Adam Steinfeld, is mixing his talents of magic and grand Illusions with storytelling, from supernatural series; Ask Madame Wonder, horror, Yo Houdini, Houdini Lives! novel/filmscript a period story set in 1966 Miami Beach, and dramatic mico-film thriller; Creezy, Where are you?
No doubt, magicians played, an early key role, in the development of feature films, from Georges Méliès , to Harry Houdini , to Orson Welles, I'm still much involved in shooting, writing & editing my own self-produced projects.
On Aruba Island, "I shot many many shorts, said Steinfeld, working with my long time magic assistants, that doubled as star actors, and each time, I increased my directing and editing skills."
My short experimental film, 'Houdini, talks Houdini' screened at the 16th annual Coney Island film festival, and short deli-documentary; 'Hold the Schmaltz: the final hours of RASCAL HOUSE', premiered in 2017, at the 31st Annual Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, and supernatural, Yo Houdini web series nominated for; Best Web Series and Editing by the 2018 Independent Horror Awards, and Styx & Stoner a buddy comedy cop series, and Ask Madame Wonder a supernatural twisted-tales horror series.
Mixing Magic, comedy with storytelling is a passion of mine, and I always manage to add one aspect of the story with a magic or one humorous point-of-view.
Behind-the-scenes we shot on Aruba island, my Volkswagen hatchback got stuck in the picturesque white Sand Dunes during the flashback horseback scene, and the early footage at the Divi Tree on the ocean-cliff was shot well and made an amazing visual, but the wind proved too much a challenge for audio dialogue recording, so we shot it again the next day inside my magic theater on stage.
The two lovely actresses were my real-life Dutch Magic assistants, in my long running Magic Live! show who I convinced could act, and proved worthy credible actors.
Gorilla costume in dream sequence used in my Magic Live show in which a pretty girl goes into a large cage and instantly transforms into a gorilla.
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