Frank & Zed are Alive! A Conversation with Jesse Blanchard
Frank & Zed is one of those perfect Halloween styled movies as it gets into the darker aspects for gorehounds to appreciate. The bloodshed is incredible, and despite the adult styled destruction, there's love for the two characters who get caught up in this massacre. And thankfully, there is more story to tell according to creator Jesse Blanchard of Puppetcore Studios. He's still writing it and preparing for his next film.
Parts of this graphic novel can be found online, on Instagram, and the talent pool involved behind it are vast! He said, "There'll be three different stories about Frank. And I'm exploring some other monsters that are in the same universe."
Tags: Comedy, Horror, Independent Film, Interview, Jesse Blanchard, Puppetcore Studios, Puppetry
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An Interview with Denver Jackson & Esluna: Crown of Babylon's World Debut!
Denver Jackson is the creative mind behind a techno-fantasy world that he can uniquely call his own. Esluna: The First Monolith is a standalone work that introduces Maeve Riverflare, a relic hunter, to the world. This nine episode series is available on YouTube, and received a few national awards for best digital series made (Blood in Snow Festival) and a Leo Awards nomination for direction. He also has a solid team of friends, like Mark Junker (musician), Daniel Hogg (producer) and the voice actors (see below for credits) to back him in his many projects.
Next is Esluna: The Crown of Babylon and its set to play at various film festivals like Vancouver's Spark Animation (Oct 28 to Nov 7th) and Sitges Festival in Spain (Oct 7 to 17th). Catching the prior series is not required for newcomers, but this director said there's a few nods here and there for those followers of his work.
Tags: Adventure, Animation, British Columbia, Denver Jackson, Fantasy, Interview, Science Fiction, Sitges Film Festival, SPARK Festival
Categories Animation, Comic Books, Computer, Fandom, Feature, Japanese, Local Events, Science Fiction
A 'Monster' Talk with The Frankenstein Complex Filmmakers & Its Release, and Interview
Since the early days of Hollywood becoming the hub of movie-making to now, the approaches to making monsters come alive often required experimenting. The first creature creations were Dracula and Frankenstein. However, historians know Georges Méliès The Haunted Castle (1897) had skeletons dancing about. It wasn't until Thomas Edison's 1910 short film, Frankenstein's Monster, that gave Americans a taste of what cinematics can offer! Lon Chaney's contributions in how to achieve the horrific only furthered the horror film genre in its infancy. He took extremes in his makeup design to become the Man of a Thousand Faces.
Much of this history is quickly explored in directors Gilles Penso and Alexandre Poncet documentary Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex, but it hurries to get to the masters from the 60s and onwards. Their passion is certainly very evident. But it should be noted It's tough to pack a complete look of creation of monsters in cinema with a 107 min runtime. A lot of details like the why isn't always delved into–that's all saved for the blu-ray package which consists of two documentaries, many extended interviews and an interactive video, which is now available to purchase online (like Amazon USA).
The standalone documentary scratches the surface to what makes a monster appear magical on screen. The latest documentary on Phil Tippett shows why he's so deserving of those Oscars he earned over the years. He's also being honoured at Fantasia Fest 2021 as his stop-motion pièce de résistance film, Mad Gods, debuts!
Tags: Alexandre Poncet, Documentary, Famous Monsters, Gilles Penso, Interview, Movie Making, Universal Monsters
Going In Deep w Chad Ferrin on Lovecraft and One Filmmaker's Vision…
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Coming to DVD, Digital, Video On Demand, and Redbox Kiosks on June 15
Chad Ferrin's The Deep Ones will soon get a limited theatrical release in the United States beginning April 23rd and for fans of H.P. Lovecraft, the themes this film dives into are faithful to the ideas this seminal author conceived long ago. I spoke to this filmmaker, and he said he grew up watching the classics–namely The Twilight Zone, Hitchcock Presents and The Outer Limits. He studied theatre in college; the passion to make movies was a natural evolution and he knew the proverbial move to Los Angeles was required.
He was lucky to be connected. Mike Leahy of Phantoms and Pulse fame gave him his break, and when the call came, he was ready! Ferrin worked hard to get to where he is now. He's been involved in every aspect of the movie making business, and he was everywhere. On the list includes working as a production assistant in Back to Back with Michael Rooker and being a "double" in No Way Back with Russell Crowe. He noted how his hands look similar to his, so he did it all–including becoming a fall guy (stunts).
"I'd have a smile and be wide-eyed every day. Knowing the right people will help you out down the road," acknowledged Ferrin. His hands on learning showed him how other departments work. By the time he was ready to produce his own material and direct, he knew how to expertly manage everything.
Tags: Behind the Scenes, Chad Ferrin, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, Interview, Movie Making
Categories Fandom, Feature, Film