Interview with Filmmaker Melanie Faye (PUPPETS AND PUSHPINS)

PUPPETS AND PUSHPINS was the winner of BEST MUSIC at the July 2018 FEMALE Feedback Film Festival in July 2018 in Los Angeles.

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Melanie Faye : I was in my last year of Capilano University’s film program and we received a small budget to make a few final films. I had missed music out of my life for the four years I’d been there and had to reincorporate it in my life. I can’t survive without music. I had quite a few songs written but I’d never recorded anything before so I figured I would make my first original music video. I decided to go all out because when am I going to have access to that much quality equipment for free again? The teachers accepted my pitch and we went ahead with the project.

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