BLOODSUGAR

"Blood Sugar," by Team Pulse (Mystery)

This film definitely features the best opening scene: a rolling pin is rolling (banal by day 4, given the character), but blood spurts out all over, dripping down the rolling pin onto the countertop, fabulous! There follows the interrogations of two femme-fatale sisters. "She says she was just trying to save me from myself," says one of the other. Her weakness? A baker named Spudgy and his product, "I don?t know if I was more hooked on his junk or him." The sisters had seen Spudgy switch one fine white powder for another, but during the split-scene interview they both exclaim: "It wasn?t me, I left first!" The production values were excellent and the ending as camp-tastic as the beginning, upon finding out that Spudgy was a diabetic, Team Pulse leaves the audience with the final line: "But he always had such good taste!"

Karen Black, Team Pulse leader (and producer/director/co-writer) said that "as soon as we heard "mystery" we decided to let the brainstorming flow?we brainstormed from around 7 p.m. to midnight, and writing ended around 5 a.m. We are very proud of what we accomplished in 48 hours, and we also wish we could turn back time and do some things differently! It was a great experience, very trying and exhausting but so worthwhile."

"Blood Sugar," was co-written by Karen Black and Wendy McDowell

Cookie....Alisha Jansky
Catherine.....Karen Woodward Massey
Spudgey....Steve Botelho
Cop....Aaron DeGraff
Supplier....Aaron Mandel

Karen Mae Black....Director
Rob Massey....Director of Photography

Screenplay by...
Wendy McDowell
Paul D'Amato
Karen Mae Black

Music by Dan Ring

Kristin Sherwood, Violin
Rebecca Thornblade, Cello

Produced by Karen Mae Black and Pulse Media

Greg Shea....Editor

Ken Kinna....Producer, Assistant Director

Jacob Smith....Key Grip

Bill Shamlian....Sound Engineer
Erik Zifcak....2nd Sound

Debbie Wiess, Aaron Mandel....Script Supervisors

With Thanks to...
Mike Lee for technical assistance
Aaron Culich....Craft Service and Location Manager

Props, art, location releases, production assistance:
Lexa Iantuono
Michelle Matz
Jen Phillips
Eric O'Sullivan

Special Thanks to...
JoAnn Chang, owner of Flour Bakery, Boston
Josh Lebowitz, Brother Jimmy's Barbeque, Cambridge
Pulse Media, Watertown
David Luria, Paul Fox, and all our standby locations and standby actors for their support

This film made as part of the 48 Hour Film Project 2004 with Special thanks to the Screen Actors Guild

Only one actual pastry was harmed in the making of this film

Karen Woodward Massey
and Aaron DeGraff

Steven Botelho
and Alisha Jansky