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Ginger Smith & Billy Gee

Ginger Smith & Billy Gee, all shot in green screen, turns its focus cinematically on the relationship developing between Ginger, a painter, and Billy, an aspiring writer, after Ginger is dumped by Billy’s best friend. With interspersed dreams of the main character Ginger, The Narrator guides the story; Hiker 1 and Hiker 2 are like figures in a Greek Chorus commenting on the action and entering and leaving the story line, and Male and Female add a Freudian coda to the proceedings. All the settings are derived from paintings by the author..

  • Frances Barth
    Director
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3083479/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_Frances%2520Barth
  • Frances Barth
    Writer
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3083479/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_Frances%2520Barth
  • FBFILMS,LLC
    Producer
    Jonnie in the Lake, Dreaming Tango, Cock Robin
  • Holly Adams
    Key Cast
    "Ginger Smith"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2346170/?ref_=ext_shr
  • Ron Nakahara
    Key Cast
    "Billy Gee"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0619996/
  • Paul Juhn
    Key Cast
    "The Narrator"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1232899/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_2_nm_6_q_Paul%2520Juhn
  • Josue Ledesma
    Key Cast
    "Hiker 1"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6294972/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  • Glenn Kubota
    Key Cast
    "Hiker 2"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0473556/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  • Abby Royle
    Key Cast
    "Female"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747403/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
  • Ben Paul Williams
    Key Cast
    "Male"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9940355/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Ben%2520Paul%2520Williams
  • Maggie Raywood
    Costume Designer
  • Paul Goodrich
    Audio Re-Mix
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0329320/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_8_q_Paul%2520Goodrich
  • Angelica Jacinto
    1st AC
    https://imdb.com/name/nm10539633/
  • Jasper Kim
    Colorist
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7397333/
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Romance, Narrative, Art, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 36 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 28, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Canon 4K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • FBFILMS, LLC
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Frances Barth

Born in the Bronx, having received her advanced degrees from Hunter College, CUNY, Frances Barth has been working and showing her painting in New York and internationally since the 1960’s. For more information please see: http://go.francesbarth.com/resume/
While an art student Frances also studied modern dance. She performed with Yvonne Rainer at Lincoln Center and the Billy Rose Theater in 1968-9, and with Joan Jonas in dance and video in 1970.
Video: During the last 15+ years she has created two animations, two documentaries, and three short narrative films. Her films have shown in the US, Canada, Europe and South America and have won awards. Frances’ last film is Cock Robin, a comedy. Her previous film, Dreaming Tango premiered in New York through Anthology Film Archives in August 2020 and won Best Experimental Short at the Cannes Short Film Festival. Her new short film is an experimental film with movement based on her graphic novel Ginger Smith and Billy Gee. Frances has studied film history, cinematography, editing and producing Indy film at SVA and Film and TV at NYU in a certificate program.
In 2017 she published her first graphic novel Ginger Smith and Billy Gee with settings derived from her paintings. This was expanded as a script for 7 actors with a performance at Silas Von Morisse gallery in 2018. Her first animation End of the Day, End of the Day has also been scripted and presented at Triangle Artists in 2019 with 2 actors and projection.
Frances is a member of the Filmmaker’s Cooperative
Frances IMDB site https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3083479/

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Director Statement

My new short film "Ginger Smith and Billy Gee" was all shot in green screen with a terrific and generous ensemble cast. My idea for this came from my graphic novel of the same name and I aspired to make narration, metaphor and experimental performance live in a graphic setting. I saw the Narrator as a character who directs the story from outside the cinematic flow.