At its June 10–12, '05 event in Palm Springs, the Southern California Writers' Conference's Script-to-Screen track made its sophmore bow in the desert. A condensed version of the Indie Filmmaker's Bootcamp, the STS enables participants to write, cast and craft a short film with professional filmmakers over the course of three days.

With a storyline developed Friday, in which a hired killer confides his life – and death – in a suicidal woman, The Hit Me was shot on location Saturday thru Sunday noon, with the rough cut seen here completed mere hours later.

The STS filmmakers were:

• Nicholas Berry, gaffer
• Anton Diether, screenwriter
• Stan Foster, executive producer
• Michael Steven Gregory, director
• Ross Kallen, producer
• Ant Neely, composer
• Jim Orr, cinematographer
• John Rosenberg, editor
• Thomas B. Sawyer, screenwriter

Be sure to watch both the rough cut and final cut to compare the difference titles, color correction, a major script adjustment and overall polish can make.

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