Austin-based audio and visual post-production company Stuck On On worked on six films set to screen at SXSW 2013:
- Matthew McConaughey-fronted Mud (Debbie's review)
- Local filmmakers Richard Linklater's Before Midnight (Debbie's review)
- Emily Hagins' featureGrow Up, Tony Phillips
- Former AFS Artist Services Director Bryan Poyser's The Bounceback (Elizabeth's interview)
- PJ Raval's documentary Before You Know It
- Katie Graham and Andrew Matthews' Austin-shot movieZero Charisma
The record-setting year marks the award-winning company's five-year anniversary, when founders Lyman Hardy, Parke Gregg and Allison Turrell (along with a silent partner) opened its doors in the Eastside with the mission to support and solidify Texas film's street cred. Before Stuck On On was a company, it was an experience Hardy had with a dining-room chandelier that refused to turn off.
And Turrell was stuck on post production after studying video art as a graduate student. She joined forces with Hardy and Gregg, who previously met through work in the film industry, during the summer of 2007. Shortly after, the trio worked on the LBJ documentary The Great Society, which is on permanent display at the LBJ Library and Museum, as well as Unconventional: The Story of Barnett Shale, which screened in 2008 on PBS.
Slackerwood: What has been Stuck On On's relationship with SXSW in the past?
Allison Turrell: Our relationship with SXSW is evolving. Lyman Hardy, our chief audio engineer and composer, has played SXSW in many bands (Ed Hall, Pong and Total Unicorn) over the years, so he's participated in the music portion. This year, Parke Gregg, our lead colorist, is leading a workshop: "Color Story: Adding Character in Post," with the makers of our color correction and finishing system, Assimilate. And I was a documentary screener a few years back, and that was super fun. We always participate, and at least two or three films we've worked on have screened every year since 2009.