Sarah Carleton, right, with co-star Ben Measor, in 'Eddy's Island' >>> There is a moment early in Transistor , Maple Films’ 2011 Cleveland 48 Hour Film Project entry, when the main character first reacts to what will become the short film’s MacGuffin - an eerie disembodied voice that only she can hear. Confused and unnerved, the woman scans the environment, looking for the source of this strange experience. Sarah Carleton , as the runner, plays the moment subtly, conveying all the confusion and anxiety through her eyes, you couldn’t help but wonder when she would make the leap from the Cleveland 48 Hour Film Project to a blockbuster thriller. One of her most recent projects, Evenfall , an online web series that reteams her with Transistor’s Dustin Lee and Maple Films, moves her one step closer. Carleton plays a mother searching for her young son in the post-apocalyptic action-adventure. She explores some of the same feelings in Fernando Lopez’s short film Cu...
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