ELEVATION TIP SHEET
　　
　　LOGLINE: A 15 minute romantic comedy about two strangers, and elevator, and the ups and downs of pursuing romance.

　　GENRE: Romantic-comedy

　　RUNNING TIME: 13:49

　　FORMAT: mini-DV

　　LOCATIONS: Oahu, Hawaii (University of Hawaii @ Manoa)

　　WEBSITE: http://www.cheapfilmproductions.com

　　FESTIVALS: ELEVATION makes its world debut Sunday October 23, 2005, 7:45 P.M. and plays again on October 30, 2005, 3:15 P.M. at the Fall 2005 Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival held at Dole Regal Theaters 18. Also accepted in the University of Hawaii’s Native Hawaiian Film Festival.

　　SYNOPSIS: Tyler and Lisa are two strangers alone in an elevator when suddenly it stalls on them. They’re forced to get to know each other in this awkward situation and discover the situation may not be so awkward after all. Until suddenly the elevator starts up again. The two are separated with no way to reach each other. They decide to not let this opportunity pass and quickly rush off to find one another. Too bad they decided to do it at the same time. In this comedy of errors full of near misses and almost happenings, the biggest thing standing between them and a first date are themselves.

　　CAST:

　　TYLER (Dezmond Gilla) - Good looking and good natured fellow with a slight nervous charm.

　　
　　LISA (Laine Yoshioka) - Attractive, intelligent young lady with a sharp wit.

　　RANDALL (Duane Kiyota) - Dopey, dawdling security guard.

　　JULIA (Roxanne Fay) - Cold, mean spirited receptionist. Lisa’s arch-nemesis.

　　MR. CHU (Roy Tjioe) - Stern manager who’s a stickler for rules.

　　VICTORIA (Leslie Gil) - Friendly, courteous secretary.

　　CREW:

　　Director - Seong Kyu Whang
　　Producer - Jeremiah Tayao
　　Executive Producer - Anne Misawa
　　Associate Producer - Tiare Nichols
　　Writer - Seong Kyu Whang
　　Cinematographer - Jay Hubert
　　Gaffer - Tommy Chock
　　Sound - Jeremiah Tayao, Chris Yogi, Christian Mosher
　　Assistant Director - Jeremiah Tayao
　　Editor - Seong Kyu Whang