What Joel Irwin is most excited about is seeing an idea he had unfold into film.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old Huntsville native who co-owns the Algonquin Art Centre in Algonquin Park and also studied English Literature, has teamed up with local filmmaker Mark Boucher to produce Mirror Lake, a short film he\u2019s hoping will open the public\u2019s eyes to how a small budget can have a big impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an awesome team working together and this is really a passion project for me,\u201d said Irwin, noting that everyone is caught up in the commercial world of filmmaking and this is essentially what sets Mirror Lake aside from the high-cost production films. \u201cThis is very low budget. It\u2019s going to cost around $7,000 to make the film. This is really a performance piece. One actor, one location, and a six-day shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mirror Lake centres around the peculiar events that happen to a geophysicist who specializes in electromagnetic anomalies and is conducting work on a remote lake. His research indicates that Mirror Lake was formed by a meteorite 12 million years ago and a series of strange events begin to take place. He finds a body floating in the lake which he revives and discovers that the person he just brought back to life is in fact his perfect double.<\/p>\n
With a bit of mystery and science fiction woven into the plot, the film will keep the audience on the edge of their seats and biting their nails in anticipation of what unravels.<\/p>\n