Search This Blog

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Shoot

Shootin' the Shit and Getting Support

Last Friday the Mr. Bricks crew gathered to shoot the exciting, insane murderous promo for Mr. Bricks: A Heavy Metal Murder Musical! If you haven't seen it check it out:


The Bricks crew worked really hard and the whole shoot took 4 to 5 hours. The energy behind this movie is incredible. That being said, it is so important as working filmmakers/actors/musicians to have support. Support is the best thing (besides money to shoot the film!) we can have. It takes so much to shoot an independent film and if there is no support, it is nearly impossible. So if you know someone who is working extra hard on a project of passion give them support! Your kind words will go a long way.

Now on to business. The next step for the Bricks crew is another script read through and to finish recording and polishing the songs. Shooting begins in March! Doing a low budget musical is no easy task, but we are up to the challenge. Recording the songs means putting in late nights on top of a day job and then hustling back to that same day job the next morning and doing the whole thing over again. But it is worth it, the music is incredible as well as the actors and the script.

Below is the opening number for the movie called "What is a Victim?" It is a demo version but please take a listen and comment, we would love to hear your feedback. the song was written by Dane Robinson and Travis Campbell.



Until next time,
Brick by Brick, we'll make our movie

-The Bricks Crew

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Brick by Brick He'll Get His Revenge!

In the Beginning...

Welcome to the Mr. Bricks production blog! Mr. Bricks is a heavy-metal-murder-musical-movie (try saying that in one breath) starring the incomparable Tim Dax. If you don't know who Tim Dax is, you can check out his site here.

As Tim's mission statement reads: "I will obey myself and reveal at all times what is in my heart." this blog will obey itself at all times by revealing the true hardships of making an independent film, one such as a heavy-metal-murder-musical-movie.

The landscape for independent cinema has changed over the past decade. Where once fledgling filmmakers could hedge their bets at Sundance with the hope of theatrical distribution, this model is simply not the case anymore. Filmmakers today struggle with the fact their movie might never see the light of day, or the dark walls of an actual theatre. Plus, the economic recession is drying up investing opportunities for small movies and many filmmakers have few options outside of showing their film in their parents' basement or self distribution. Why all this backstory? Why the history lesson?

This is what Mr. Bricks is up against. The Mr. Bricks crew is just a bunch of fledgling filmmakers, musicians and actors with a dream. A dream of making a heavy-metal-murder-musical-movie! We have:

-less then $500
-2 lights
-only 4 weekends to shoot
-A kick ass script
-Kick ass songs recorded at home
-and a lot of grit and determination.

It's important for us to know exactly what kind of movie we are making, what genre it is (revenge/musical) and how we can sell the movie when it's done. Limited time and resources forces us to focus all creative energy onto the project. That being said, Mr. Bricks is a heavy-metal-murder-musical, so below is the first demo track from the film entitled "What is a Victim?" We hope you enjoy! Another entry soon...

Signed,
The Mr. Bricks Crew