Filmmaker Spotlight // Member Brian Goodwin Immortalizes a Legend(ary Sandwich)

One of peanut butter & jelly's countless charms is its total ease of assembly. But with the short film PB&J, filmmaker and 3rd Ward member Brian Goodwin wanted to see what would happen if it were actually a complicated industrial process.

To give you the pitch: "Petey Boyle" is the owner of PB&J, which is on its last legs when it gets a complicated order from a demanding client.

Meawnhile, Goodwin works as an art director which he tell us helped him craft the film's aesthetic of delightfully old-fashioned. "I'm a filmmaker, that's what I moved here to do," he explains. "Some people work on sets, as crew, but I've kind of worked my way up the art directing ladder." Evidence of his eye can be seen in the office set, shot right here at 3rd Ward; "We built a set," Goodwin says, "and we created a miniature for the factory."

While PB&J goes through the festival submission process, the entire short film's now available online. So get watching, spread the word--and try not to eat your computer monitor.

Check the teaser here:

"PB&J" TEASER from Fury Young on Vimeo.

--Layla Schlack