"In a way a big influence was the film 'Stand By Me,' and that group of kids right before they separate. If she was lured and found a medal and kept it a secret from her friends that this person was talking to her through this medallion, telling her, 'Look, I can show you a better life if you just do this test for me.' So there's this woman, who our main character Daal would have loved to have wanted as a mother coming from a workhouse as an orphan. "What if there was a cave like in 'The Empire Strikes Back,' but when a character goes in there it's not just themselves, there's actually somebody in there? And it's also a test, but it's a sly test and it turns on its head. Writer Jason Tammemagi's twisty story pitch stood out for Young's "Visions" project. I may have played hard to get at first and hoped I'd get to go to Skywalker Ranch and do the mix there." It was round about that time that Jacqui Lopez rang up from Lucasfilm and asked if I'd like to a 'Star Wars' short. "And I really love science fiction and wrote a lot about science fiction architecture and soundtracks in school and art college. "I've always wondered what it would be like if Cartoon Saloon did a science fiction film rather than a historical mythology," he recalls. With Cartoon Saloon about to celebrate its 25th anniversary next year and fortified with enough permanent staff, Young began to look at developing his feature film. "Screecher's Reach" director and Cartoon Saloon CEO Paul Young (Image credit: Dylan Gallagher) In my work with Tomm and Nora and all the directors here over the years in making the films, Nora thought it might be time for me to get into doing what I set out to do in the first place."
Then I started to enjoy that because I liked the travel involved and I was learning about the film industry by jumping in at the deep end. "I was the one sitting beside the computer and phone so I naturally became the producer by answering the phone so much. "When we started the company I always intended to direct," Young tells. "Screecher's Reach" is a 13-minute jewel containing Cartoon Saloon's signature elements like flourishes of color and an old-fashioned style that lovers of their Celtic classics, "The Secret of Kells" and "Song of the Sea," will instantly recognize. It stars Eva Whittaker as Daal, Alex Connolly as Baython, Noah Rafferty as Quinn, Molly McCann as Keena, Anjelica Huston as Sith Mother and Niamh Moyles as Ghost.Īfter mainly handling the business end of the 5-time Academy Award nominated company in Kilkenny, Ireland, this will be Young's directorial debut.
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