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