Strindberg's Ghosts

Here's a glimpse at the two ghosts in our film Strindberg's Assistant.

Katina (Georgia Curry)

  Bjorne (Patrick Garvey)

Mad City Chickens to Screen in Sycamore, Illinois

The Sycamore Citizens for Backyard Chickens are making a statement in their municipality. They want to change the laws so it's legal to keep urban hens. As part of their efforts to raise awareness within the community, they are sponsoring a public screening of Mad City Chickens on November 9th.

The film starts at 6:30 pm and will be shown at the Sycamore Public Library, 103 East State Street, Sycamore, IL

MCC to Screen at Wisconsin Book Festival

While it's officially a book festival, the Wisconsin Book Fest will be screening our Mad City Chickens film on this Wednesday, October 19th in Madison.  Show starts at 8:00 pm at the brand new Union South Marquee Theater. Screening follows CLUCK book presentation by author Susan Troller and artist S.V. Medaris (both appear in the film).

And both Tashai and Robert will be present at the screening answering questions and selling chicken DVDs and swag. Free admission.

Requiem Ride

Winters in Wisconsin can...and often do...suck.

Hardly ideal conditions--particularly for filmmakers looking to do something other than another ski movie. So when the weather is sunny, warm and pleasant, as it has been here for the past week, it's imperative to shoot while the shootin' is good. This is just what we did.

For the last three days, filmmaker Michael Haven of Exchange Productions joined us here at Tarazod Films in yet another collaborative movie effort. What we needed was a script that could be captured in just one day.

So both Mike and Robert conspired together and came up with a short story, a tale of loss and renewal and a pair of wheels. The script, storyboard, and shot list were all completed by Sunday evening, and shooting on Requiem Ride would begin early Monday morning.

The movie stars Michael as a motorcycle-riding dude without a reason to live. There's also an appearance by Tashai at the climax of the film.

While we'd hoped to be completed in one day of filming, things took longer than expected. Another shoot day was added today, and by this afternoon, the movie was in the can!

Music Video Collaboration

Robert recently work on a music video project with filmmaker Michael Haven of Exchange Productions. It was a short minute and a quarter piece shot on green screen. We filmed the actors in the studio, then in After Effects Mike added the animated backgrounds and foregrounds which he created.

Still image from the video.

He has submitting the clip to a well-known band (that he has a connection with) to see if they're green light his idea for an entire music video. See the video here.