

Sins Of The Flesh

GENRE: Science Fiction & Fantasy.

STATUS: In distribution. Sins Of The Flesh can be viewed on the public Roku TV channel, All Hawaii TV, the YBS online movie platform, Serenergy, and on YouTube, as well as on this web page. See below. Sins was also accepted to and screened in the 2024 Tokyo Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival, 2024 Toronto Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival, 2024 New York Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival, 2024 Los Angeles Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival, the 2024 Paris Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival, the 2024 Amsterdam Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival, the 2024 Sydney Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival, the 2024 Melbourne Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival, and the 2024 London Lift-Off Global Network’s Online Film Festival.

COMPANY NOTES: Yellow Brick Studio has joined with filmmaker Rick Bernico to aid in the distribution of his short film, Sins Of The Flesh, which he wrote and directed and which is a production of his company, Water Snake Productions.

Rick & His Inspiration For A Production Company

LOGLINE: A sardonic, amoral, two-bit con man goes looking for the wrong kind of love in the right kind of place where he comes across a mysterious vixen who may or may not be his meal ticket to paradise.

MINI-SYNOPSIS: An amoral and sardonic two-bit con man looks for the wrong kind of love in the right kind of place where he comes across a mysterious vixen who may or may not be his meal ticket to paradise. A spooky science fiction fantasy that takes place inside a century-old former hotel that is purported to be haunted, Sins Of The Flesh is a mysterious, supernatural thriller that will certainly take a “bite” out of you. It stars actors Yama Radtke, as the con-man figuratively biting off more than he can chew, and Tristy Chun, as the vixen who literally plans on chewing him up. No con there. In an eerie tale that offers up macabre as the entree on the menu, this short film is a ghoulishly gastronomic delight.

IMDb: Sins Of The Flesh

Background

Rick Bernico’s association with Hawaii’s creative community dates back for years. Being first and foremost a photographer, he has successfully run his Hawaii Profiles photography studio (see logo below) for years out of the Blaisdell Hotel building on 1154 Fort Street Mall, Suite 221, Honolulu, HI, 96813. He has shot individuals, events, the Miss Hawaii pageants, and his work has a following of over 2,000. He expanded his creative reach by studying acting (he has studied with Eric Nemoto through his Acting Gym classes with the ADR Agency) which brought him in touch with Yellow Brick Studio, where he has acted in a number of LegacyVision Films. He played a photographer in So Close Shig, the role of Frank Andres, a member of a Board of Education committee in a flashback scene, in Prof Blood – Basketball’s First Great Coach, lonely Walt in Find Me, one of the wait people in the DPP office in Building Permit, and the heavenly St. Peter in The Trials Of Two Marys.

Hawaii Profiles – Capturing The Spirit Of Hawaii, Featuring The Photography Of Rick Bernico

The Transition To Filmmaking

Acting in movies, and more specifically watching the intricacies of productions shoots, influenced Rick to eventually pursue a degree in film. He enrolled into the online program of the Los Angeles Film School, where as part of his academic program he needed to film a short film as part of a portfolio project that was required by the school. In the first week of his first class (screenwriting), he was required to write a seven to 10 page narrative script. Going in, he had already thought of developing a supernatural horror movie because of the building that his studio was situated in. The Blaisdell Hotel was built over a hundred years ago, 1920, and is purported to be haunted and rumored to have had a number of suicides within its walls, one particularly in the dark and grungy basement. Rick wrote the script within a few hours with some touch ups later.

The LA Film School – The Beginning Of A Ghoulishly Delicious Short Film

The Production

Rick spent five months and five different LA Film School classes in the making of Sins Of The Flesh, finally filming the short in July 2023. He cast three great actors, Yama Radtke, Tristy Chun, and Mia Hoang, and in addition to filming within the eerie confines of the Blaisdell Hotel, shot the bar scene at the bar in the Proof Social Club. Rick knew Yama, who played the lead, Harry Chopin, from his participation in the ADR Agency’s Actors Gym, which was held in Rick’s studio on Thursday nights. Rick got to know Tristy, who played the mysterious Emma, when she came to his studio for a pre-Christmas gown sale. Mia, who played her namesake, Mia, Emma’s sister who lives her world in a coffin, was a Handi-van client of Rick who became his friend. Kellen Ferguson, played the bartender, Tommy, and was provided by the Proof Social Club.

Yama Radtke, Tristy Chun, And Mia Hoang Star In The Supernatural Thriller Sins Of The Flesh



Sins Of The Flesh - The Complete Short Film