The Privates
A film by Dylan Allen
An unknown rock band struggles with a radioactive energy in their music that blows up amps, liquefies tape decks, and starts electrical fires.
On the eve of their first (and possibly last) show, they must decide whether to risk life, limb, and legacy for a 1 am slot on a Tuesday. It could change everything... or nothing at all.
Writer / Director
Dylan Allen
Producer
Eddy Vallante
Starring
Lilli Stein, Rachel Trachtenburg, Alex Herrald, Omar Maskati
Director of Photography
Evan Jake Cohen
Music
The Privates
Original Score
Dave Paulson
Editor
Robert Grigsby Wilson
Producer
Javier Gonzalez
Executive Producer
Matthew Perkins
Associate Producer
Mari Shiel
Production Design
Pinky Guest
Casting
Rebecca Dealy
Casting Assistants
Christy Escobar, Kristie Walsh
Costume Design
Megan Stark Evans
Hair/Makeup/SFX Makeup
Lexan Rosser
Visual Effects
Perry Kroll
1ST Assistant Director
Eric “Frenchy” Lafranchi
Unit Production Manager
Maddi Clarke
2ND Assistant Director
Tas Mahr
Property Master
Nicolas Luna
Set Dresser
Alan Jensen
Miniatures
Peter Feigenbaum
Production Sound Mix
Adrian Martinez
Audio Post Producer
Kira Macknight / One Thousand Birds
Sound Design/Mix
Calvin Pia / One Thousand Birds
Music Director
Maxwell Mcdonald
Watch the miniature photography and VFX breakdown for The Privates.
Director's Statement
The Privates is a sci-fi rock-and-roll comedy about the absurd frustrations and minor triumphs of an unknown rock band with a radioactive energy in their music they can't control. The film explores themes of ambition, perfectionism, popularity, personal safety, compromise, and the subjectivity of success. It has respiration masks, electrical fires, jumpsuits, geiger counters, lightning, and guitars. It is also funny.
The Privates is inspired by, and features the music of, the Nashville band of the same name. Though the characters, story, and world are fictional, this film is the eventual result of a very real late-night basement show in 2005.
