Guerrilla Productions Newsletter -- November 3, 2004
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Greetings, Dreamers!
Welcome to the I-swear-I'm-going-to-stick-to-a-schedule-THIS-time monthly newsletter from Guerrilla Productions, where we can't believe we just did THAT, either!
"Flesh of my Flesh"
http://www.FleshOfMyFlesh.com
Talk about the iron being hot! Flesh of my Flesh is Guerrilla Productions' latest feature project and it's an amazing thing. It's a feature film on a used car budget, and there's no two ways about that! In a sentence: Flesh of my Flesh chronicles the last six hours of the War of the Undead, and the humans caught in the middle.
We are in full preproduction on this and are having auditions in just a few days. We need helpers for the Production, though, so if you're at all interested, drop me a note with the subject "Let's make a zombie movie!" What do we need? Well, first of all, handyfolk of all sorts, especially if you've helped on any sort of complicated project before. We need people who can paint, who can build things. We need people who can look at a couple of pictures of a Stinger launcher and say "Yeah, I can build one of those with the junk in my garage." We need people who have some experience with lights, with cameras, and with action. We need a bit of military gear, body armor, vests, weapons, etc. preferably on loan or borrow (but if you have a good line on that, let us know). And, of course, we need makeup. Sure, there are lots of crazy-wild undead monstrosities, all of which need special faces, but our ordinary characters need to look their best, too! And if you want to help in any other way, but I haven't listed something, well, drop me a note and we'll see how we CAN get you in. All helpers receive screen credit and a copy of the movie when it's done (and it will be done, I assure you, 'cause this is too cool to NOT get done -- this script keeps jumping at my face it wants to get made soooo bad!).
And, have I mentioned how incredibly sexy zombie-wear can be as Christmas gifts to that special SOMEONE?
http://www.cafepress.com/GuerrillaProd
These products are how we're hoping to raise at least a little money for Flesh of my Flesh. And the coffee mugs are ambidextrous (good news for you sinister folks)!
"Innsmouth Legacy"
http://www.petting-zoo.org/Movies_Innsmouth.html
We premiered Innsmouth Legacy at the Lovecraft Film Festival last month and people loved it. I have read some of the best reviews on it, including lots of people who thanked us for making one of the most subtle and pathos-filled Lovecraft stories they've ever seen. The fact is, however, the thanks go to all the people who helped put that movie together, our cast and crew (all of whom I still owe a comps disc to, but I assure you, it is looking REALLY nice and is almost done mastering!) all of whom leaped in like crazy movie-makin' superheroes and created this fantastic story out of nothing but a few sheets of paper and an unbelievable amount of human will.
Oh, and Innsmouth Legacy's on the Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427388/, so if you've seen it, then please drop by and rate it and maybe write up a comment.
"The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384057/
http://www.petting-zoo.org/Movies_Dreamquest.html
Ah, this is a heckuva project indeed! As I mentioned before, the signed-and-numbered editions are sold out. We WILL be pressing new ones, and I'm very much looking forward to them. We have remastered the sound and chosen several of the trickier scenes from it and are reanimating those scenes (sorry, couldn't help myself). They look fabulous. We will probably be going with all new DVD cover art and new interior contents as well. But who knows -- it's still going to be a great package!
And finally, in my last note, I forgot to mention that two of our other short movies showed at a small film festival here in Portland called Itisness: Vows (http://www.petting-zoo.org/Movies_Vows.html) and Revival (http://www.petting-zoo.org/Movies_Revival.html). Both were well received and people liked 'em.
If you have a few minutes, please stop by Greensoda Productions' website: http://www.greensodaproductions.com/. They're putting together a fascinating film and even the little glimpses we've caught of it are amazing. If you can lend a hand, it counts plusses in other dimensions.
Talk to you next month!
Sleep deeply, dream vividly, and remember when you wake up how rich BOTH worlds are!
Cheers,
Edward
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