Last year we hosted a Western short film called Hired Gun, shot primarily in the southern Sierra Nevada landscape near Ridgecrest, Bishop, and Lone Pine with a couple of key scenes in the St. Charles Saloon in Columbia and the National Hotel in Jamestown. The story follows a wicked young sharpshooter with a massive ego and an eerie stare who meets up with a grizzled old ‘Hired Gun’ he knows quite well. Or at least he thinks he does.

I’ve seen the completed project and it is both engaging and gorgeous, showing off the work of director Joe Heath and cinematographer Jabin Piaget along with what looks like some serious post-production work. This Western short film is certain to be headed for the festival circuit soon, but you can get a good feel for it right now from this trailer. We hope to get an interview with producer Casey O’Reilly soon and find out how they made those colors pop!