Brent & Eric with Bradley Hinson after a MARANG show in 2010
The other day I got a cool opportunity to design the album cover for a band I have a lot of appreciation for. The band is called, “thank you, spaceman” and is fronted by my friend, fellow MVP player and former band mate, Eric Cook. Like so many indie bands, I think that many of those who’ve seen them would agree with me that TYSM was over before it’s time. That said, I really enjoyed their sound and original flavor and am thankful for the privilege to play with them on several occasions as an opener.
The Front Booklet Design
Eric did manage, by sheer tenacity and force of will to get this album completed despite the fact that the band was no longer gigging. Having had the chance to listen to it before it’s official release, I can report that it is excellent. An album that deserved some truly unique album art. Continue Reading…
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We’re all recovering from our holiday festivities here on the Mutantville Mothership so we thought we would keep things in the holiday spirit by featuring the work of one of our fellow North Carolinian filmmakers Christopher G. Moore. We first met Christopher at ConCarolinas in 2010 where his movie Bursters played alongside Devil Comes Down. Needless to say we were very impressed with the quality of Christopher’s work as well as the dark humor that was present in his movie.
MVP would encounter Christopher again when Scarecrow At Midnight played alongside Bursters at the Nevermore Film Festival earlier this year. Since then, Christopher has gone on to make more shorts including the Lovecraftian black comedy Flush With Fearwhich went on to win “Best Horror Short” at the NYC International Film Festival. Christopher is currently involved in post-production on his latest work – Foodie.
This week I thought I’d take the opportunity to promote an upcoming project for my friend, bandmate and fellow MVP’r, Jeremy Mullis. About 8 months ago Jeremy shared his first attempt at short film with me, shot on an extremely low res camera and loosely edited. He called it, “Black Magic.” Even with the technical limitations, I found the concept interesting and encouraged Jeremy to expand the story beyond a single character in the original and to put it into proper script format. In short, he’s done that and is ready to put the people and resource together to shoot the film.
Speaking of the high concept, here it is. A young man, seeking to become powerful & rich, obtains an ancient demonic manuscript and attempts to summon a hellish demon to do his biding. He gets more than he’s bargaining for.
Here’s where you come in. So here are the facts as I know them. The film will require a cast of 3 actors and as many crew members as we can find to lend a hand. Two males & one female who can portray 17 – 22. The shoot should entail a single Saturday or Sunday once the locations are secure. The casting will be via individual reads either. This would be a no budget project, so there would be no pay to any participants, but you would be helping out an awesome guy who’s always been quick to help out on all of our projects.
As of now there’s no schedule as the final tweaks are still being put on the script. Jeremy hopes to shoot within the next few months. If you are interested in being a part of “Black Magic” either as an actor or a crew member, shoot Jeremy Mullis via facebook.
Hopefully, you all will have another rocking MVP week!
Jeremy Mullis aka The Ground Breaker Zombie from G.H.O.S.T.
Happy Labor Day, fellow Mutants! I hope you’ve all been enjoying your extended weekend with your friends and family. Here aboard the Mutantville Mothership, we’ve even slowed down production over the weekend to give us all a bit of a breather.
We’ve been working almost non-stop for over two years on several projects and that’s a pace that would wear down even the sturdiest of bionic men. If you’ve been following our progress since the beginning of the year – you’ll know that it’s been a wild and wooly year for the Mutantville Players. Since we’ve passed the mid-year mark for 2011 – we thought we’d share a look back at what 2011 has brought us so far in anticipation for all of the great things to come!
The lovely, talented and infamous (that means more than famous…just watch Three Amigos) Catherine Trail joins Mutantville Productions’ most recent project, G.H.O.S.T.. You may have seen Catherine in one of her many projects or on YouTube interviewing people on the Red Carpet (if you haven’t seen the later…stay tuned). We’re really looking forward to working with her. You can check out Catherine’s website here.
Catherine interviews a few fellow Mutantville Players in this You Tube video!
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