Private Project

What Do I Say

A girl gives advice to her male friend about picking up girls.

  • Willy Adkins
    Director
    Bacon, Spilt Blood, What in the Sam Hill
  • Kevin Bui
    Writer
    Anxiety, Spilt Blood, Gordon Finn
  • Willy Adkins
    Producer
    Stormy Night, Bacon, Anxiety
  • Myke Wilson
    Key Cast
    Ring of Love, Bacon,
  • Deann Baker
    Key Cast
    Filming Round Midtown, Dry Spell
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Romantic Comedy, Comedy, Romance
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 31 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 16, 2013
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • The Prairie State Film Festival

    July 20, 2013
    World Premier
    Best Prairie State Film
  • The Laugh or Die Comedy Fest
    Chicago, IL
    June 8, 2013
    Best Actress - Deann Baker
  • Independent Film Night at the Ashbary
    Willow Springs, IL
    February 15, 2013
  • Portage International Film Festival
    Chicago, IL
    January 12, 2013
  • Spook Show Con
    Portage Theater, Chicago, IL
    November 11, 2012
    World Premier
Director Biography - Willy Adkins

Mr. Willy Adkins is an American actor, director and producer. He is the owner of Breaking Fate Entertainment (formerly known as Spook Show Entertainment) and is a "jack of all trades" in the entertainment industry. He is also known for his work in paranormal investigation, founding Illinois Ghost Hunters back in 2006, which has taken him all over the country.

Willy has a lifelong passion of dark arts and photography, founding Deviant Desires Photography in 1996, and also does alternative model portfolio production and horror themed art. Today, Willy stays busy directing, producing, writing and acting in independent film, winning a best actor award in the film Gordon Finn at the Smokey Night Film Festival in 2015.

As producer/director of events such as The Cinema Soup Film Festival, The Indie Horror Film Festival, The Laugh or Die Comedy Fest and The Dark Art and Oddities Con, he prides himself in helping other independent artists get recognized.

Willy resides in Dekalb, Illinois, often traveling to his second home, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. He is the proud father of two girls, Dixie Belle and Bethany Madison. He spends his free time working on his personal art, collecting weird antiques, oddities, and sideshow memorabilia, as well as touring various shows and conventions.

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Director Statement

My purpose with "What Do I Say?" was to bring together several very talented filmmakers who normally work and have built a name for themselves in the horror genre to do a romantic comedy for the first time. This short is the result of that effort and we do hope you enjoy "What Do I Say?".