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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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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