Blood and Brides and Robots Oh My!

Okay there was only one Bride and one Robot… but there was plenty of Blood.  Fresh from it’s world Premiere last weekend at the Derby City Film Festival and screenings earlier this week in Muncie, Bloomington and Lafayette,  My Bloody Wedding had it’s Indianapolis Premiere last night at the Indiana State Museum IMAX. The crowd was enthusiastic and certainly not disappointed.  Director and co-writer Morgan Mead hosted the event along with actor and stunt coordinator David Fultz. David plays a crazy gardener that seems to know what’s going on long before the other main characters. Many other cast and crew members were in attendance.

The film was co-written  by The Director Morgan D. Mead and the Lead Actress Morgan C. Mead.  Morgan (the Director) explained how the two met. Both having the same name and both bring in the filmmaking business one of them had been credited with a film that the other had worked on. This mess-up with the Internet Movie Database caused them to contact each other, www.imdb.com They realized that they had similar tastes in films and vowed to work to gether at some point…

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Posted by admin on February 28th, 2010 :: Filed under Events, Film Premiers, Film Screenings
Tags :: David Fultz, Morgan Mead, My Bloody Wedding

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There’s nothing like being at a movie premiere.  Especially for a film you’ve worked on and know half the people on the screen. This was a private screening for cast, crew, and close friends.  The Film Was TOW… which stands for Tainted, Obsessed, Wayward Soul. The Screening was held Friday December 4th at IUPUI campus. Truth be told I barely can say I worked on this film. I put in about half a day as the location sound mixer(recordist). As it turns out I was there for the big climatic confrontation scene. It was fun to see how the stuff I worked on fit into the lager picture. The main cast and crew worked on this film for months and they did a great job with very limited resources. I’m glad I got to be part of it.

TOW is the brainchild of Adam Newell. He wrote, directed, and stars in the film. The female lead is Emily Wood. I had worked with Emily on a few projects over the past couple of years. She is an amazing actor. She throws some great emotion into her character in TOW. The chemistry between the two leads is a great thing to watch develop.  Another actor who stood out anytime he was on screen was Louie Lawless. He played a strong supporting role as the local Sheriff. This was the first time I’d worked with Louie… though we have worked together since wrapping TOW.  Louie is a great dramatic actor… who between the takes kept everyone laughing.  The antagonist of this film is actually a filmmaker in his own right, Kelly Lynch. Kelly at times seems to be summoning some of Keith Ledger’s Joker as he takes the main characters by surprise and leads them to his own twisted version of reality. While everyone in the film is in some way Tainted and Wayward… Kelly’s character is very Obsessed.

The film was shot During the summer and fall of 2008. Adam had the help of his sister Erin Newell as producer of the film. Though each of them took on many different roles during the production. Even the cast members helped out while not on screen. One of the highlights of the film is the soundtrack. All of the music is from local independent artists. Artist such as Mike Akers, Red Moon and Hum.V. The multi-talented Emily Wood preforms several of the music tracks in the film.  The film starts off awkward and ends beautiful as all the peaces fit together. Everyone walked away from the screening proud of their work… and for good reason.

The Film is now off to the Film Festival Circuit, where I believe it will do well.

You can buy your own copy of TOW or check out the latest news on the film via the website http://towthemovie.com/

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Posted by admin on December 9th, 2009 :: Filed under Film Premiers, Film Screenings, Film Shoots
Tags :: Adam Newell, Chuck Budreau, Emily Wood, erin newell, Kelly Lynch, Louie Lawless, Mathew Allen, TOW

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I first met Morgan Mead a little over a month ago. He was spreading the word about a film he had been working on for 3 years. It was quite an undertaking. Morgan is the Director of “My Name is Jerry”, a film about a 40 something guy whose life is boring and stale until he accidentally stumbles upon the wrong party. The 20 somethings at the party take an odd liking to to Jerry and it turns his life around.  The film is funny and fast paced. The premiere was beyond my expectations.

There were over 800 in attendance Thursday night at Muncie’s Horizon Convention Center. The City of Muncie and Ball State University really opened all of their resources to the film and this amazing premiere event. The university actually funded a large portion of the budget. It also supplied students, filling a huge part of the crew. The students received credit hours for their participation in the shooting of  “My Name is Jerry”.

The cast were all professionals. The lead was Doug Jones (Silver Surfer, Pan’s Labyrinth, Hell Boy). Doug is an amazingly versatile performer. He as well as most of the cast and crew were Ball State Alumni.

The attendance alone makes this Premiere something special. But the calabre of talent in the room and the appreciation shown to all involved in the process of bringing this film to life, was refreshing and inspiring. Truly a night to be remembered.

Photos by Kate Chaplin

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Posted by admin on May 8th, 2009 :: Filed under Film Premiers, Film Screenings
Tags :: Ball State, Doug Jones, Morgan Mead, Muncie, My Name is Jerry

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There was a great turnout for the premiere of Brian Pearce’s latest film “Illusions of Life”. The premiere was help Saturday Night December 20th, at the Hamilton 16 Theater in Noblesville.  Leading up to the screening were five other short films. Including Pearce’s award winning “The First Date”, Kate Chaplin’s “First They Came For…”, Steve Wright’s “Killing Time”, Philip Paluso’s “Miracle Mile: Don Bowden”, and Mark Searles’ “The Horn Player”. It made for an incredible mix of locally produced films.  “Illusions of Life” is the story of Tobey (Timmy Tzeiranakis), a guy who needs some extra cash so he signs up to be a lab rat. That’s when things start going strange…

The film was shot in over the course of 5 days in August of 2008 at locations across Indiana, Including IUPUI Campus and The Indiana Dunes State Park. Director of Photography Angie Pop flew in from California for the shoot. The premier was the first chance that some of the cast and crew had to meet, since they were not all there for each day of the shoot.

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Posted by admin on December 21st, 2008 :: Filed under Film Premiers, Film Screenings
Tags :: Brian Pearce, Hamilton 16, Illusions of Life

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