Andrew Tennison

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
AT: Film is a language I understood and connected with at an early age, so I figured I’d try my hand at expressing myself with the tools of filmmaking.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
AT: You’re going to see Flushed, a short student film I shot about two years ago in my first year at CU Denver. It’s been screened at the Denver Film Festival, our school’s Cinefest, and the EFP last year.

Q: What else are you working on?
AT: I’m about to finish shooting my third short film, titled Down, which has more dramatic leanings than my previous shorts. I’m also making music as majordomo (lowercase), and you can find my songs on SoundCloud.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
AT: Flushed was partly inspired by a monologue I wrote for school in which a toilet repairman waxes romantic about the shared humanity that’s expressed in public restrooms.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
AT: You can subscribe to my YouTube channel, which is under my name – Andrew Tennison, and you can follow me on Twitter @majordomo_music.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about EFPalooza or The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
AT: Thanks for having me again! The EFP has been very kind to me and I’m happy to be able to show my work at this great festival.

Flushed will screen Friday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. at The Bug Theatre as part of the Comedy Shorts block during the 2019 EFPalooza Film Festival.

Q: Why did you become a filmmaker?
AT: When I was about four years old, I watched Leonard Maltin interview George Lucas on the Star Wars VHS tapes that came out, and the way they talked about movies seemed really “adult”, so I figured filmmaking was a serious and realistic profession for grown-ups. That’s around the time that movies took ahold of me – filmmaking was a language I immediately took to heart. That’s when I knew I had to study every film aspect such as where was movie labor day filmed.

Q: What are we going to see at the EFP? Has it screened elsewhere and what are your plans for it?
AT: You’re going to see a movie I wrote and directed called The Sear, which is a student short that was made at CU Denver. It’s about a couple’s relationship getting torn apart by two fortune teller machines. We shot it all in a basement belonging to two of my childhood friends – Alex and Stephen Klein, who also star in the movie. So far, it’s been screened at our school’s Cinefest film festival, which was in May, and it’s up on YouTube. I plan on submitting it to a few more festivals this year.

Q: What else are you working on?
AT: I’m writing another short right now. For this one I’ll have double the amount of time to make the film than I did on my last two, so it’s gonna be a wild ride.

Q: Tell us one weird thing about you and/or your movies?
AT: I’m a famous naysayer of the “shot list”, which is a list of shots you write out before you shoot a movie. For me, a shot list is kind of a hassle and a waste of time. When you’re behind a computer trying to figure out what shots are gonna work on set without actually being on set, the whole thing feels fruitless and I feel like a dunce. So on my past two films, I usually just feel out the shots while I’m there on set.

Q: Where can people go to find out more about you and your work?
AT: You can subscribe to my YouTube channel, which I’ve named after myself – Andrew Tennison. I also make music as majordomo (lowercase), and you can find my songs on SoundCloud.

Q: Is there anything you’d like to say about The Emerging Filmmakers Project?
AT: Thank you for having me! I went to the January EFP and had a great time, so I’m looking forward to this one.

The Sear will screen at The Emerging Filmmakers Project on Thursday, August 15th at The Bug Theatre.

Meet the Filmmaker: Andrew Tennison, “Flushed”

Meet the Filmmaker: Andrew Tennison, “The Sear”