Welcome back to Mutantville Monday, faithful mutants! It’s time to get your week started with a round up of news and gossip from the past week.
FROM THE MUTANTVILLE MOTHERSHIP!!!
In Mutantville news, the long search for Muticia is over as Mutantville Productions signs local actress Vanelle to bring “Muticia the Movie Goddess” to life. Production on the new scenes for Tales from Mutantville is expected to begin in the coming week. Check out the official announcement on Vanelle’s casting by clicking here and then find out all you need to know about her by checking out her official IMBb page.
MASTER ARTIST PASSES AWAY.
Word spread quickly across the internet last Thursday as legendary artist “Genial” Gene Colan passed away. Gene was well known for his work in comics over the past several decades working on everything from Dr. Strange to Tomb of Dracula to Rob Zombie’s Spookshow International! He had long been suffering from cancer and several other health concerns and was under the care of Hospice at the time of his passing. Gene was a fighter until the end with plans to leave Hospice and return home. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gene’s family in their time of need. Mutantville Productions honored the passing of this amazing storyteller by featuring an adaptation of his Tomb of Dracula on Scary Movie Saturday. Check it out by clicking here.
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Michael Sharpe, star of Devil’s Crossing, Split and Scarecrow At Midnight, was recently interviewed on the Creepture Feature Horrorshow podcast. Michael has had an exciting start to his career in the Charlotte Film Community over the past year starring in a wide range of productions from Split to Devil’s Crossing to MVP’s own Scarecrow At Midnight. Not only did Michael win “Best Actor” award from the CFC for his performance in Knowing, but he somehow found time to write and direct two independent short films over the past year entitled Monomaniacaland Deviling.
Head on over to thecreepturefeaturehorrorshow.com and join the fun as Gregamortis, Dr.Shock and the Pumpkin King discuss the Scream series and the upcoming Scream 4. Michael Sharpe joins the show at approximately 1 hr 15 min. They discuss his career acting in in such indie horror flicks as Devil’s Crossing and Scarecrow At Midnight as well as his career behind the camera directing his own scripts for Monomaniacaland Deviling.
Download the podcast directly from the Creepture Feature Horrorshow by visiting their website here.
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The long awaited and much anticipated zombie/western from writer/director James Ryan Gary – Devil’s Crossing – is playing this Friday Feb.18th at 7:30pm at the Silver Spur Saloon & Cafe in Love Valley. Devil’s Crossing stars Michael Sharpe (of Scarecrow At Midnight and Knowing), Patrick Keenan, Michael Ruff and many of our friends from the Charlotte Film Community. Devil’s Crossing tells the story of a stranger that finds himself caught between a small town and a horde of devilish zombies. What’s not to love?
Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door. For more information, please visit the official website for Devil’s Crossing by clicking here. For ticket information, please visit the Showclix site by clicking here.
Last night the Charlotte Film Community held the awards ceremony for the Made In Charlotte film contest. Filmmakers from across the state entered the contest with the only caveat being that every film had to use the queen of spades in a meaningful way. MVP’s own Michael Sharpe (“Daniel” in Scarecrow At Midnight) appeared in several short films in the contest including Knowing and Spades. It was in the former that Michael put on a heart wrenching performance as a man who knows that his time with his family has come to an end.
Michael’s performance in Knowing won him the award for “Best Actor” in the Made in Charlotte contest. Michael Sharpe is a mutli-talented musician, actor, writer and director. He has appeared in several productions in the local film community including Split and Desdemona 6 from Last Call Pictures and many more. Michael made his debut as a writer/director this past summer with his short horror film Monomaniacaland is currently in pre-production for his next directorial effort Deviling.
For more information about the film “Knowing” and to view trailers and production photos, visit www.themovieknowing.com. For more information on the Made in Charlotte film competition visit www.madeincharlottefilm.com.
Mutantville Productions would like to extend a hearty congratulations to Michael Sharpe on his award. You can see Michael in Mutantville Productions’ Scarecrow At Midnightwhen it premieres at the Carolina Theatre in Durham for the Twelfth annual Nevermore Film Festival on February 19th – 21st (showtimes to be announced).
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Mutantville Productions is extremely proud to announce the addition of local actor – Caroline O’Neil to the cast of “G.H.O.S.T.”
Caroline has apearred in several local productions including the Vintage Seduction Trailer, The Trial and Chekov’s Children for director Robert Fillion. Caroline is an extremely talented and vivacious individual who just happens to be a master of education as well as a master of fine arts.
Director J.T. McRoberts states, “I met Caroline at last month’s Charlotte Film Community meetup and was impressed by her cheerful attitude and overall effervescence. Caroline jokingly stated that she wanted to join us on “G.H.O.S.T.” Being the writer and director, I decided to call her bluff and wrote her into one of the new scenes.” Caroline will join lead actress Kathy Sandvoss on the set this coming weekend to film one of the new scenes for act one of “G.H.O.S.T.”
MVP is very happy to welcome Caroline to the talented cast of “G.H.O.S.T.” We look forward to working with her on this and many projects to come!
You can find out more about Caroline by viewing her resume here.
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Catherine Trail – the host of “On The Red Carpet” – was gracious enough to invite several of the Mutantville Players to appear on her show. Kathy Sandvoss, Luis Machicao, Jack Stecher, Geo Swanko and director Jamie McRoberts had a great time talking to Catherine. The following videos were filmed at the Charlotte Film Community meetups over the past few months.
By Rodney Robbins from the Charlotte Creative Community Board:
With all those lights and all that great looking talent, you have the perfect chance to shoot stunning, attention grabbing publicity stills. Instead of thinking of these shots as add-ons that slow down your already Super Tight production schedule, I say schedule them in and SAVE time! Do your publicity shots after the last take, before you strike the lights, that way it takes 2 minutes to get a great shot in stead of 20. Here are some shots to consider adding to your Shot List.
Close-up of lead crying or laughing
Two shot of leads arguing or being VERY expressive
Director giving notes to talent on set
Medium shot of actors pointing at lines
Actors playing with (er…um…I mean Rehearsing with) props
DP and producer with camera
Gaffer and DP or director setting lights
Writer and director framing a shot
Talent and director pigging out at craft services
People usually find these “candid,” behind the scenes shots much more interesting than a wide shot of the entire cast and crew. May I also suggest that you go ahead and feature individuals in your shots, make them STARS, but for different media outlets. Let the talent be the stars of main stream newspapers–they love that stuff. PAs can be stars in their college newspaper. Producers can be stars in business journals and newsletters. Directors and photographers can be stars for weekly newspapers and journals. I hope this helps.
Welcome back to Mutantville Monday, faithful mutants! It’s time to get your week started with a round up of news and gossip from the past week.
By Rodney Robbins from the Charlotte Creative Community Board:
