Wow… I was cleaning out some files on my computer and came across this old screenshot of a menu screen from a DVD I authored a long time ago for an independent movie shot in Milwaukee called Wishtaker. It was actually a pretty good short that garnered some attention after it was first shown at the Milwaukee Independent Film Festival and moved onto the film festival scene. It had a brief appearance by Mark Metcalf (best known as Neidermeyer in Animal House and The Maestro on Seinfeld), with a cast of other local Milwaukee actors.
I guess the screenshot doesn’t really do it that much justice because it was a motion menu with water effects and the “Animatic” and “Behind the Scenes” links were motion loops, but I thought it was the shit at the time and now I think it looks just like shit.
I did sneak in some easter eggs though, my favorite being the super hard to locate one on the main menu, only accessible if you watch it on a computer, that pulled up a simple title page with my name and the date I completed the disc. Guess the cat’s out of the bag now!
The website for the film is still up here. I guess I don’t feel so bad about my work after going back and finding that…
