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Trail Dust Town – Tuscon, AZ
Last week, four filmmakers – Bryan Manning, Brook Linder, Gregory Shultz and Alex Crowder – went on location in Tuscon, AZ to practice shooting Western action sequences with the Pinnacle Peak Pistoleros of Trail Dust Town!
Packed with (2) Canon EOS T2i, (1) Canon EOS T3i, (2) Canon EOS 7D, (1) Canon EOS 5D Mark II, a couple Manfrotto tripods, an assortment of Canon EF glass, and A LOT of canned air, the filmmakers spent three days with the cast and crew of the Pinnacle Peak Wild West Stunt Show setting up explosions, flips, falls, gun fights and chaos – all shot in slow motion at 60fps.
Check back for an upcoming music video!
Ghoul School KickStarter!
Brook Linder and Gregory Shultz have penned a short script about being friends in high school. It’s all true. Especially the part where a construction worker is brutally murdered by the spirit of a former principal.
It’s called Ghoul School.
Production of the short film is set to start late February as a senior thesis project for the Electronic Arts program at Missouri State University. The 20 minute short will be shot on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with brand new Zeiss ZF.2 primes. The crew is currently raising money via KickStarter to secure and rent additional equipment, props, wardrobe, and special effects to bring this 80s-nostalgic flick to life.
Ghoul School will premiere May 2012.
Follow the production on Tumblr!
Current Crew (1-18-12):
Director – Brook Linder
Writers – Brook Linder and Gregory Shultz
Producer – Lauren Legate
Directors of Photography – Bryan Manning and Clay Mason
Camera Operator – Clay Mason
First Assistant Camera – Alex Crowder
Production Design – Sophie Parker
Prop Master – Gregory Shultz
Production Photography – Alex Crowder
Mother’s Brewery – Doing It Our Way!
Check out Mother’s Brewery parody of the Laverne & Shirley television show opening sequence! Made as a Christmas gift to their newsletter subscribers, this video went viral within 48 hours making appearances on Reddit, BeerNews.org, The Wall Street Journal, CollegeHumor.com, and LaughingSquid.com!
Shot and Edited by Bryan Manning
Camera – Canon EOS 7D
Lenses – Canon EF 20mm, 28mm and 50mm.
Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
60 Seconds in Haiti
Last month three filmmakers Clay Mason, Sid McGregor and Brian Mehrens toured Haiti for two weeks from Les Cayes to Cap Haitien with Partners of the Americas. The footage they captured is stunningly beautiful and here’s a quick preview of what’s to come…
The New Stepdad (2011) – Extended Version
The final, extended version of The New Stepdad is now streaming on the internets! Check out this seven minute cut starring Ryan Bennett and Matt Stowe. The original five minute short was created for the SATO (Springfield and the Ozarks) 48 Hour Film Challenge…
Todd – Ryan Bennett
Jeremy – Matt Stowe
Writer – Matt Stowe
Director – Carver M. School
Producers – Sophie Parker, Andrea Cannon
and Sarah Scharfenberg
Cinematography – Brook Linder, Bryan Manning,
Max Rosen and Chris Beckman
Editors – Brook Linder and Chirs Beckman
Also, check out the 80′s VHS home video style posters by Chris Beckman…
Critical Drain Music Video!
Check out the new Critical Drain music video off Someone Still Loves Boris Yeltsin’s album Let it Sway now playing on MTVu!
Directed and shot by Brook Linder
Moral support and occasional assistance by Clay Mason, Gregory Shultz and Bryan Manning.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T2i with a Canon USM 50mm f1.4 lenses. A cheap Phoenix 0.25X Super Fisheye Converter was mounted to the front to give a wider angle with soft edges.
Below is a photo that shows the setup along with the homemade SnorriCam rig.
Any Given Child – Future of Arts Education (2011)
The short film “Any Given Child” premiered last night at the Moxie Cinema in Springfield, MO as part of an event to announce the APSI (Arts Programming and Sustainability Initiative) panel’s partnership with the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.) “Any Given Child” initiative, which focuses on assisting communities in strengthening and expanding arts education for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
The film was funded by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Springfield Regional Arts Council to highlight current arts programs within the community and also to annouce the partnership. The film was edited at the Creamery Arts Center and lighting/sound gear* was provided thanks to the Missouri Film Alliance of Springfield.
Directed by Bryan Manning
Cinematography by Clay Mason
Edited by Clay Mason and Bryan Manning
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T2i (x2) with Contax Zeiss prime lenses.
Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.
*ARRI Light Kit, Audio-Technica Boom and Sennheiser wireless mics with a Zoom H4n handy recorder.
Any Given Child principal photography wrapped!
A5films has wrapped principal photography on the Any Given Child promotional video. The short piece will premiere at the Moxie on September 13th as part of an Arts Educaion event to announce the Kennedy Center partnership with the APSI panel and Springfield Public Schools. The video is directed by Bryan Manning with cinematography by Clay Mason. Both Manning and Mason will edit the final piece on Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS5. Most of the video will be cut on Mason’s PC with the effects and final edits done on the MFAS edit bay (Mac) at the Creamery Arts Center. The final video will be available to view on A5films.com in September.
Cameras: Canon T2i EOS Rebel (x2) w/ Magic Lantern installed on Camera A
Glass: Contax Zeiss Primes (Distagon 28mm and 35mm, Planar 50mm and 85mm – all T2.8); Canon EF Primes* (20mm F2.8, 28mm F2.8, 50mm F1.4, 85mm F1.8)
Audio: Zoom H4n w/ Sennheiser EW 100 G3 wireless mics and an Audio Technica BP4073 shotgun on a boom*
*courtesy of the Missouri Film Alliance of Springfield
Check out Terrorform!
Check out this trailer for Terrorform by first time director Gregory Shultz! The short video premiered in front of THIN AIR at the Moxie (Springfield, Missouri) in July.
The video was made with help from friends Brook Linder, Clay Mason, Max Rosen, Holly Brown and Bryan Manning.
In a terraforming colony on a distant moon. Terror takes form. Terrorform.
Trailer for THIN AIR
The trailer for THIN AIR is finally streaming acorss the internets. The short, written and directed by Max Rosen, made its debut at Missouri State University’s Electronic Arts Senior Showcase on May 9th. The film depicts a young woman trying to figure out life after her mother spontaneously combusts. THIN AIR is set to show at the MOXIE later this month.
