The filmmaker calls "Elise" a film about a girl forced to grow up as maternal responsibilities are thrust upon her.
The film shows Elise, a teenager. While trying to study, her little brother makes it difficult for her to concentrate. She retreats to her room and briefly reads Amy Tan's Joy Luck Club. Her father invites her downstairs, where her family is looking at the family photo album. Elise is obviously depressed about something, and her father sends her little brother and sister to bed. Something weights heavily on Elise's father's mind as well, but he can't seem to talk about. In the end, Elise gives her little brother a hug. There is little dialog. Most of the story is conveyed through silent acting, including some very impressive acting by Jake Evans, the child actor who plays Elise's little brother. Apparently Elise's mother is recently deceased.
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Theater and Media Arts
ELISE
Directed by Clark Edmunds
Photography by Manju Varghese
Casting by Melissa Leilani Larson
Story by Alisha Paddock
Screenplay by Clark Edmunds
Faculty Advisor - Stan Ferguson
| Elise | Brooke Michelle Robison |
| Father | Rex Harding |
| Brother | Jake Evans |
| Sister | Alexis Treu |
| Playground Mother | Terry Warfield |
| Playground Children | Eric Warfield Eddie Warfield Donna Warfield |
| PLayground Mom w/baby | Cheryl Edmunds |
| Playground Baby | Jacob Edmunds |
| Producer | Leila Miller |
| Director | Clark Edmunds |
| 1st Assistant Directors | Maria Agustina Perez Michelle Jackson |
| 2nd Assistant Director | Alyssa Whipple |
| Unit Production Locations Manager | Sam Hoffman |
| Script Supervisors | Deborah Ivie Ali Seable Durham Chantelle Squires |
| Director of Photography | Manju Varghese |
| 1st Assistant Camera | Charlie Bird |
| 2nd Assistant Camera | Nick Daniels |
| Gaffer | Jared Hess |
| Casting Director | Melissa Leilani Larson |
| Acting Coaches | Alisha Paddock Jessica Mockett Ali Seable Durham |
| Production Designer Art Director | Alisha Paddock |
| Swing Gang | Conrad Pack Liana Hennett Keith Borrowman |
| Makeup Designer | Martin Sorensen |
| Wardrobe Consultant | Beth Auble (sp) |
| Key Grip | Christy Mustard |
| Grip | Tim Skousen |
| Production Sound Mixer | Travis Eberhard |
| Boom Operators | Sarah Waite Tresa Morris James Norten |
| Post Production Sound | Clark Edmunds |
| Credits and Titles | Jason Allred |
| Editor | Clark Edmunds |
Krisi Church
Jerrick Mitchell
Tawnya Cazier
Manju Varghese
Brad Barber
Special Thanks to
Wasatch School
Louis Parks
Susan Robison
Cliff and Marilyn Edmunds
Ira and Mary Lou Fulton
BYU Theater and Media
Arts Department
LDS Motion Picture Studio