Camera
RED KOMODO-X support beside Levi Price's RED KOMODO.
The camera package helped the team move through practical interiors while keeping the finished look consistent.
The film
A surreal 2026 short about emotionally vulnerable adults drawn into Dr. River Tallahassee's unconventional self-help session, where a deck-of-cards ritual turns strange and their inner-child figures begin appearing in the room.
The approach
James supported cinematographer Levi Price as B camera operator and assistant DP while bringing lighting, camera, wireless audio and grip resources into the production. The finished film leans into saturated practical colour and controlled interior setups made under a short-contest schedule.
Project details
- Release
- 2026
- Category
- Narrative
- Tags
Camera support
B camera and assistant-DP support under contest pressure.
A fast local short where James helped shape the camera and lighting package around Levi Price's cinematography.
Midlife Shuffle was built inside a short-contest schedule, which meant the visual plan had to move quickly from lighting setup into performance coverage.
James supported the camera department as B camera operator and assistant DP, while also bringing RED KOMODO-X, lighting, wireless audio and grip resources into the production footprint.
The result is a compact, saturated short where the self-help ritual, inner-child premise and charged colour palette all arrive quickly on screen.
Lighting
Colour-forward setups in tight interiors.
James helped shape saturated room and stairwell looks that could survive the compressed production schedule.
Recognition
Snakebite wins and OSA screening.
The film placed second at Snakebite 2026 and screened in the 2026 Okanagan Screen Awards program.
Recognition
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2nd Place - Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026 -
Best Story - Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026 -
Best Editing - Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026 -
Best Acting - Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026 -
Best Acting Ensemble - Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026 -
Best Use of Secret Prop - Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026 -
Official Selection - Okanagan Screen Awards, 2026 -
Official Selection - 2nd Kelowna Independent Film Festival, 2026
- 2nd Place — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Story — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Editing — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Acting — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Acting Ensemble — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Best Use of Secret Prop — Snakebite 5-Day Film Challenge, 2026
- Official Selection — Okanagan Screen Awards, 2026
- Official Selection — 2nd Kelowna Independent Film Festival, 2026
Additional credits
- Director / Writer / Executive Producer
- Matt Che'z Forster
- Production
- Northern Monkey Productions
- Producer / Gaffer
- Keith Low
- Producer / B Camera Operator / Assistant DP
- James Alton
- Cinematography / Colour
- Levi Price
- 1st Camera Assistant
- Aidan McLane
- 2nd Camera Assistant
- Amanda Schroeder
- Edited by / Production Sound / Data
- William Sharkey
- Grip
- Lauren Schorath
- Graphic Designer
- Matthew Burmafalk
- Graphic Designer
- Alvin Tam
- Cast / Dr. River Tallahassee
- Nina Marie Fillis
- Cast
- Lyndsey Wong Kimberly Billinton Erika Nemeth Jeff Krueger Matt Gunn Vincent Ross Tanya Keller Donna Brayshaw
- Production support
- Kelowna Film Studios
- Snakebite Film Festival
- Festival site
- Snakebite 5-Day source
- Snakebite Film Festival
- Festival source
- Okanagan Screen Awards
- Festival source
- 2nd Kelowna Independent Film Festival
Production stills
Finished frames and camera-department stills.
Selected final frames and BTS from the 2026 Snakebite production.
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