my movies...and yours too!
These pieces were written to be performed and being the narcissistic SOB that I am, I love to see my work done. However, I don't want to be a sap about it.
If you want to do a theatrical performance of my work at a for profit venue, please contact me at TheRagingCelt@Hotmail.com and we can negotiate a price. For non-profits, I'm flexible. The only exception to this is "Moneybags of Pain" which anyone can do for free at anytime. Because I want to see "Citizens United" over turned, I'm more than willing to donate it to the cause.
For Internet Video rights...it's a little different.
For the folks on the Internet, I'm releasing these pieces under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. Which mean you can use these pieces to create your own shorts. As long as you adhere to the following conditions.
1. Attribution. When you release the video, you must credit me as the writer and include the link of the E-Book Company where you got the book from.
2. Non-Commercial. If you're a bunch of college kids looking to hone your film making chops and want something to shoot, I'm your Huckleberry. However, if you put it on a DVD and try to sell it, there will be blood...in the legalistic sense of the word. (It would have to be legalistic. I don't have a lot of upper body strength.)
3. Please. If you do film a script, please do it as written. If you need to change one or two words because of a production issue, (Available location, non traditional casting, etc.) that's fine. I just don't want anybody dropping in a racist joke or a three-page monologue about the glory of lint. Respect the script and we're cool.
As long as you follow those conditions, feel free to go nuts. Live action, motion comic, Claymation. I'm open to seeing what you can come up with. Hell, if I really like it (Or dislike it enough to make fun of it.) I'll repost it here and on my Wordpress and Tumblr blogs.
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Notes on Theatrical and Internet Video Rights
SYNOPSIS:
A screenwriter gets an offer from the Devil that no one can refuse... but refuses it anyway
PRODUCTION NOTES:
Shot in one day 2007. This was my first attempt at directing. And considering it was my first time at bat, I’m pretty happy with the results. Both Scott Ford And Jamison Challeen did fine jobs and I was smart enough not to get fancy with the shooting. (The image quality kind of sucks though because I was using an earlier version of iMovie and because I didn’t save my video masters, I had to pull the file off of YouTube before I nuked my page. Don’t ask. Long Story.)
THINGS TO LOOK FOR:
Scott’s homage to the late, great Burt Lahr halfway through.
The last shot that I almost wrecked my back getting.
CRIMES AGAINST CINEMA.
Thankfully, you may not notice it because of the effed-up image resolution but there’s one shot where you can see me in a mirror holding the camera. But don’t think of it as a mistake, think of it as Brechtian. Yeah...that’s it, Brechtian!
SYNOPSIS:
As three friends enjoy afternoon coffee, one of them makes a startling confession.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
Shot in 2008 at The Coffee House in Ashland, Or with Wendy Spuregon, Jamison Challeen and Orion J. Bradshaw.
Actually, it was shot twice at the Coffee House in Ashland, Or.
Because SOMEONE had the “Genius” idea of doing one full chunk of the script in one wide master shot on the outside deck. And when SOMEONE looked at the footage and realized that it looked less like a comedy scene and more like surveillance footage, SOMEONE had to reassemble the entire cast and make arrangements to shoot inside The Coffee House again!
It’s not enough to have an idea. You have to have a good idea.
THINGS TO LOOK FOR:
A twist (ish.) ending.
CRIMES AGAINST CINEMA:
Unnoticed by me during the second shoot was the noise made by the compressor next to while I was holding the camera.
The spit take doesn’t quite work because Jamison was concerned about getting coffee on Orion. I should have been far more insistent that the gag outweighed the possible mess.
(As Ridley Scott put it on the “Alien” commentary. You need to make sure you got it because what you get, you’re going to wear.)
SYNOPSIS:
Three men recount their trials fighting for the holiest of holidays. Dedicated to Bill O’Reilly and John Gibson.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
Shot in 2008. This was my response to the nonsensical “War on Christmas” that Fox News fights every holiday season. It’s also the only time I stepped in front of the camera for one of these. I had originally written the role for local Ashland actor, Don Dolan and envisioned the character as a WWII vet. But Don was unavailable so I took over.
The bulk was shot at Michael Bingham’s house and all the Xmas decorations in his living room are real. The shot of him by the Christmas tree may be the closest I get to a Was Anderson like frame.
THINGS TO LOOK FOR:
The sudden appearance of a Chainsaw.
My brief homage to the late, great Paul Lynde.
CRIMES AGAINST CINEMA:
The fade to me after Bingham’s last line is a beat too early for my taste.
I misspelled the title. Yes, Santa. All I want for Christmas is a line producer.
SYNOPSIS:
What do you do when a way too happy couple interrupts you dinner with too much kissy face? Break them up using modern technology of course.
PRODUCTION NOTES:
This piece was performed in 2010 as a staged reading at the Camelot Theater in Talent, Or. And was directed for the stage by Michael Meyer.
THINGS TO LOOK FOR:
The set in the background is for the then current production of “I Hate Hamlet.
CRIMES AGAINST CINEMA:
I misspelled Amy Katrina name in the credits as “Any”. Yeah, I need a line producer.
