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It's Monkey Make Movie: Episode Six!
According to Jay Bauman, it's the ten year anniversary of
Monkey Make Movie, and you know what that means ... that means Jay Bauman is full of shit. But Jay and Bingo are back with a special guest and some other surprises, in Monkey Make Movie Episode 6: Out of Work Actors, the magical sixth installment in Blanc Screen Cinema's too-popular-for-its-own-good instructional video series on how to make a movie when you're a monkey. It's the longest episode yet! See Bingo impersonate a child actor with no neck! See our special guest selling copies of a book cowritten with Lloyd Kaufman! See Bingo say "My whaaaat?" See Jay act kind of creepy! See Dungeons and Dragons, on video now! Two days in the making, Jay calls it "THE BEST EPISODE OF MONKEY MAKE MOVIE EVER!!" And then stops lying long enough to say "This episode is important...this episode is leading up to something...something big." And then he chuckles. Here it is, then .... Monkey Make Movie: Episode 6: Out of Work Actors. (Realplayer, 20.9 MB, 8.5 minutes long)
This is a must see, folks. You must see it.
INDULGENCE Trailer
(10 megs, 4 minutes, Realplayer) What have Blanc Screen Cinema's Jay Bauman and Orange Cow's Garrett Gilchrist been up to this summer? Here's your answer ... and your first look at this cool new feature comedy. Hope you all like it. I edited this trailer, which means it's going to be 4 minutes long, which Jay calls too long, and which I call PERFECT. "Indulgence" follows the story of Melf, a straight-arrow kid who doesn't drink, smoke, do drugs or even drink coffee. But as his life seems to spin out of control, he throws his fears out the window and has the strangest night of his life, indulging in alcohol, drugs, sex, and paint ... and if he survives, he'll never be the same. From director Jay Bauman (winner Best Feature, Rewind 2003, for "Clowns and Suicide") and starring (and with cinematography by) Orange Cow Productions' Garrett Gilchrist. For more information, visit the Indulgence webpage. INDULGENCE Trailer
(10 megs, 4 minutes, Realplayer)
Fastforward Premiere: For Science!
A special-effects-filled time travel musical. Shot on black and white 16mm film, Tim Carras' For Science (6.67 MB, 5 min, Realplayer) tells the story of a young pilot (Gary Simpson) who has never gotten along with his mad scientist father (Jackie Penn), but who now may be too late to save him. Unless he can change time itself. With a great musical score by Tim Carras of Bonus Light Productions, who also wrote and directed. The cinematography, shooting and editing is by Garrett Gilchrist of Orange Cow Productions. Jason Santo of Mindscape Pictures calls it "fresh, exciting and fun ... an explosion of tight visuals, terrific acting and great music." So watch it or I'll cry. For pictures from the film, click here.
For Science (6.67 MB, 5 min, Realplayer)
Remastered: Torgo and the Quest for Fuck: The Special Edition!
It's baaack! I was bored today, so I've gone back and fixed up the Jay Bauman-directed short from 2001, Torgo and the Quest for Fuck! (5 min, 14 megs, Realplayer) The whole film has been reedited and remastered, featuring much much better picture and sound. A previously-deleted scene, the "corn ice cream" scene, has also been added back in just for fun. Slapped together without a script in a couple hours at the end of the first annual Camp Rewind film festival in 2001, this offensive little all-improv short stars the cast of Florida's Queequeg Films (Jeremy Gardner, Natalie Sanders, Ryan Winford) and our own Garrett Gilchrist. It was directed by Jay Bauman, of Blanc Screen Cinema. The plot follows two wacky kidnappers as they attempt to find a suitable mate for their retarded brother. Torgo! He'll drool his way into your heart. See some pictures from the movie here. Torgo and the Quest for Fuck: The Special Edition (5 min, 14 megs, Realplayer)
Fastforward Feature Premiere: Ghostbusted 2!
(51 minutes, 84 mb, Realplayer) What's 51 minutes long and calculated to drive you utterly insane? What's absolutely horrible and yet strangely entertaining? That's right, for a limited time, the entire feature-length epic, Ghostbusted 2, is available for screening online. Like the original Ghost Busted, this started as an honest attempt to shoot a comedy film with a Ghostbusters theme while at the Camp Rewind film festival. However, like the original, I completely failed to shoot a Ghostbusters movie, and wound up with a lot of random bizarre documentary footage instead. It's an improvised comedy film shot documentary style, as I follow around various funny filmmaking people, and they attempt half-assedly to entertain you without knowing what the hell they should do. The movie is not about anything in particular, but contains vague references to ghosts. It's a look into the people and places that make up the Camp Rewind film festival every year in South Dakota. This was supposed to play at Camp Rewind 2003, but the fest organizers decided it was far too brilliant to be allowed to play. Yes, it is 84 freaking megs. I told you, it's feature-length. Enjoy. Starring David Ashe, Jay Bauman, Lisa Renley, Mike Stoklasa, Garrett Gilchrist, John Brugmann, Rich Evans, Jonathan Margheim, Warren Blyth, Jonason Ho, Dan Gorgone, C.C. Chapman, Joe Vaccariello, Marc Linn, Bobby Brown, Anthony Stella, Justin Bielawa. For pictures from the film, click here.
Short Film: Silent Song by James Lower and Greg Nicolett
lo-fi version (12mb) hi-fi version (26mb) A five-minute short shot on 16mm film for a class at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, "Silent Song" is a collaboration between James Lower and Greg Nicolett (who has composed music for and appeared in several Orange Cow movies). Greg Nicolett writes:
" Silent Song , my newest short film, is now online and available to watch in quicktime format in both a lo-fi version (12mb) and a hi-fi version (26mb) with much better picture and sound.
The film attempts to offer a window into the world of someone who is losing their hearing - how that would feel, how it would sound. I hope you enjoy it."
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