Phantazo Films

by matthew riley alcorn

Movies

Production

Development

In Eastern Kentucky, a troubled youth terrorizes old relations while a retired psychologist attempts to save him from mountain justice.

Scripts

Capitola Le Noir

In Antebellum America, a streetwise orphan survives by her wits while unknowingly hunted by a powerful man tied to her hidden past.

Capitola Le Noir is a brutal coming-of-age epic set in Antebellum America, where a feral street girl becomes the target of a powerful man trying to erase the past that binds them.The source material is sprawling and literary. I stripped it down and rebuilt it into something cinematic—driven by behavior, pressure, and consequence rather than exposition. The story begins in conflict, not context. The antagonist is not delayed—he defines the world from the start.Capitola is not a sentimental heroine. She is feral, adaptive, and dangerous in her own way—a child who survives by learning how to read power, manipulate it, and disappear inside it. The film doesn’t protect her. It watches what she becomes.Visually and structurally, this is about contrast: innocence against violence, identity against performance, survival against authorship. The world is not romanticized—it’s observed. When moments of beauty appear, they are brief and hard-won.This is not an adaptation that preserves the novel’s form. It’s an excavation of its core—rebuilt into a story about becoming, where identity isn’t discovered, but constructed under pressure.

Gear & Rentals

Arri SR3 Camera Package

ARRI SR3 Advanced Package (PL Mount)Camera
- ARRI SR3 Advanced (PL mount)
- Canon Super 16 Zoom 6.6–66mm T2.4Magazines & Power
- 400’ magazines (x3)
- Onboard battery elbow
- Onboard batteries (x3)
- Onboard battery charger
- Block battery + chargerMonitoring & Viewfinding
- Color video tap
- PAL to NTSC video adapter (no monitor cables included)
- ARRI FE-2 extension viewfinder w/ 2x magnifier
- ARRI heated eyecupCamera Support & Controls
- ARRI right-hand grip
- 15mm LWS rods (12”)
- ARRIFLEX sliding baseplate w/ 19mm studio rod support
- Element Technica 24” dovetailAccessories
- Harrison changing bag

Matte Boxes
- ARRI MB-19
• (1) 4x5.65 horizontal stage
• (1) 4x5.65 vertical stage
• OR (1) 4x4 stage + (1) 138mm round- ARRI MB-17
• (2) 4x4 stages
• (1) Series 9 (4.5” round)Filters
- Low Contrast
- Fog
- Haze
- 85
- 85ND.6
- Coral
- Nylon

Gear & Rentals

Vintage Lens Rentals

Still LensesGerman
25mm f/4 — Zeiss Jena Flektogon
35mm f/2.8 — Steinheil Quinaron
40mm f/4.5 — Schneider Jsogon
50mm f/1.8 — Exaktar
50mm f/1.9 — Schneider Xenon
50mm f/2 — Zeiss Jena Pancolar (x4)
50mm f/2.8 — Zeiss Jena Tessar
50mm f/2.8 — ISCO Westanar
50mm f/2.9 — Ludwig Meritar
58mm f/2 — Zeiss Jena Biotar (x2)
80mm f/2.8 — Zeiss Jena Tessar
90mm f/3.5 — Schneider Tele-Xenar
135mm — Steinheil Tele-Quinar
135mm f/3.5 — Schneider Tele-XenarJapanese
50mm f/2 — Tokyo Kogaku Topcor
105mm f/2.5 — Spiratone
105mm f/2.8 — Soligor
135mm f/3.5 — Lentar
180mm f/3.5 — Soligor
350mm f/5.6 — Soligor
400mm f/6.3 — HanimexFrench
28mm f/3.5 — Angénieux
35mm f/2.5 — Angénieux (x2)*M42 mount. Adapters provided.

Gear & Rentals

Costumes

Gear & Rentals

Camera Obscura

A portable, Renaissance-era camera obscura built for and used during the production of our film.The device projects a live image using only light and optics, offering a tangible experience of the origins of photography and motion picture imaging.Available for demonstrations and educational bookings.

Cast

Paintings

The Cage

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