Show hift is the creation of the three n Pace brothers who first brought him to life in his d short film “Shift” — a quirky spoof of 70s cop filnjfc specifically die film “Shaft” Since its premier in die Taggart Student Center in 1997 several VHS copies have sat as a free rental on local video store shelves Shortly after the debut of “Shift” the brothers William Wendell and Andrew began plotting its sequel “Shift 2: Second Gear” These many years later it’s finally done well mosdy But ready or not die feature length world premier of Jonathan Shift's continuing adventures is scheduled for April 26 in the Kent Concert Hall at Utah State University Hie event will cost eager fans nothing “‘Shift 2’ is going to be done” William said William said he and his brothers grew up making movies and radio programs as a way to have fun As they’ve gotten older they've also gotten more serious sort of “Shift 2” is a spoof like its predecessor While the film isn’t serious die brothers' dedication is They are hoping to show their finished product to distributors and producersjfaey know as a resume of sorts “We want to show how much we can do with how little we have” Andrew said “Ultimately we want to malm movies They feel like “Shift 2” is a great way to showcase their respective talents For this production William is the director and Wendell is the principal photographer and cinematographer He’s alto the financier using the fruits of his labor as a fecial video photographer to fund die venture Andrew is the editor and also plays the titular char- acter “ft’s a deeply serious plot with an underlying comedy” Andrew said “We play everything straight " “Andrew is a great straight man’ William said It wasalways their intention to create a sequel It was just a matter of finding the time to do it “The first one aided with ‘to be continued’” Wiliam explained But filming the sequel has been a long drawn-oprocess a remit of you know having grown-u- p lives In all they estimate it has taken them five years to complete die film “We’ve filmed the majority of it but we had to stop work five months ago because life interrupted” William Logan-grow- self-title- hard-boil- ed help from the community at an Unprecedented level “Everyone I’ve called has hdjied us out” William said “We’ve used abandoned buildings cops the fire department let us film a hook and ladder and an ambu-lanI even drove a hearse” off-du- ty ce audi-toriu- m ut With the sequel they’ve “gone all out” and solicited Left Andrew Pace in action as his alter ego Jonathan Shift As an example they filmed a seme in die empty por-tion of the one-tiRichmond cheese plant They originally asked to just use some of the rooms but the owners who manufacture plastic products in part of the plant let diem have the run of the place lb make it even better there was an entire room full of giant resin sinks that were bound for the landfill as rejects “The guy said we could destroy them” William said “So we had these huge sinks We were dropping them on Shift who had to dive out of die way” “If it wasn’t for that board we had set up for me to jump behind "Andrew said making a crashing sound During the many years of filming they’ve used huge numbers of extras solicited most often by flyers posted around town that basically invite anyone to show up at the shoot “Everybody gets a credit and a character name” William said Some of these extras have become regulars in the film and appear in numerous shots as various people “We just use different wigs” William said Many of those regulars and a few new feces showed up last Saturday to help out with one of the final shots — a mob press scene at Clock Tower Plaza on Main Street which they use as a police station Passing out wigs microphones tape recorders and dam-erthey transformed die assembly into a surprisingly realistic mob of eager press The “press” was gathered to track down Shift in response to an event that the brothers don’t want to reveal “Don’t write it in the paper” William said! “It’s a sur-- s prise plot point” Speaking of plot that’s something nobody except die brothers know and even they are not entirely sure One thing is certain though viewers can expect a healthy dose cliches Such as: Russian Mafiosos a of collection of assorted murderous crime lords with ruffian bodyguards an albino hit man and bullets flying every- where “We never used any real firearms' models and replicas were used with muzzle flares the gunblasts added in afire ' the feet” William said The new film will follow its predecessor and be avail-aid- e for free rental from Flicks Vidro Hu t time it will be in updated DVD format that will include die original film out takes special features and the whole digitalersaitile-dis- c schtick The curious can also view a trailer for the film on the Internet at wwwfinelinevidrocomshift -- as rag-ta- 3885S8af6illis crime-thrill- er Actually that’s a funny story “I pulled up in this hearse at my parent’s house and then this police car showed up (for shooting) All die neighbors mim over to find if gnmrthinp Ijd haH (off-dut- y) ° hjinftfiwri M Nodring bad had happened but that’s certainly not for a lack of trying “I’ve had people volunteer to do really stupid things dangerous dungs to be in this movie” William said g A fictitious cop played by real Logan officer James Gale fends off the fictitous press portrayed by valley residents -- t |