PICTURES OF HORROR & DEVIL GIRL

It's almost Christmas and its time and Devil Girl has some new very demented, imaginative, and super creative photo's. There's no reason to ramble on Devil Girls art speaks for it's shelf.

HOUSE OF HUGS PRODUCTIONS

Julia Radochia is an actress, writer, editor, and filmmaker. I met her ten years ago as a production assistant on Old Man Dogs. When you see her play a charter you can tell she is a real natural.With any actor or actress I think its all in the eyes that bring the reality to the character the actor or actress is playing. This is what I have seen in the films Julia has acted in and is now I see that same passion in her film making. I've seen every film Julia has written and directed so far. My favorite is Just Like His Father, is really great in many ways and its her first film. I really like the camera work and editing in that film. But what stuck with me the most about Like His Father the story. After doing a drama Julia has been attacking the funny bone making a series of comedy shorts. . She just won best short award for I Just Want To Eat My Sandwich. I will be keeping you updated with information and news as Julia moves on making films.

LIKE HIS FATHER

HOUSE OF HUGS PRODUCTIONS

BILL MILLIOS TELLING IT THE WAY IT IS!!!!

Check out Bill Millios's blog, Backlot Films Blog !!! He gives us a full update with whats going on with his films and getting information out about other film makers and actors . Bill SLAMS a recent CONCORD MONITOR ARTICLE about how independent film making is just starting in NH.

EMAIL, CALL, AND SEND A LETTER TO THE CONCORD MONITOR TELL THEM TO CORRECT THERE ARTICLE!!

Letters to the editor Fax: 603-224-8120 ("Attn: Letters to editor")
E-mail: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?Url=/forms/opinion/letter_to_editor.pbs

BILL MILLIOS & DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS KEEPS ROLLING ON!!!

On Tusday November 13th at 7:00 pm Dangerous Crosswinds will be showing at Plymouth State University International Film Series. Writer/Director Bill Millios and Director of Photography Marc Vadeboncoeur will be at the screeing and doing a Question and Answer after the screening.
Bill Millios and Dangerous Crosswinds keep rolling on and keep climbing that big hill. It goes to show what hard work and believing in yourself and doing things the right way does.
Those of you who haven't seen Dangerous Crosswinds on the big screen yet should try and make this screeing. It's alway's a treat to see a great filmmaking shown the way it should be seen.
Check out the link to the official press release and check Dangerous Crosswinds for more information.

Here are the links: OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS

DEVIL GIRL & HORROR ART

I met Devil Girl on myspace and checked out her pages. Her horror photography is really creative, erotic, and the angles she chooses are really good. I think she has a great eye and with the photo's she doesn't take you can tell she has all the creative control.
Seeing art like this doesn't come along every day so I think you should go check it out!
I'll keep you updated with any new info of her work.

FREAKY FARLEY

"Freaky Farley" Teaser

On October 11th of at 6:30 PM I saw a horror film called Freaky Farley. It's been along time since I've seen a horror film that surprised me with its originality and creativity. The film is directed and edited by Charles Roxburgh who did a great job directing and editing. The film is produced and stars Matt Farley as Freaky Farley. Matt Farley did a very impressive job being Freaky Farley his acting I thought was dead on. Both Matt and Charles wrote the screenplay. I think the rest of the cast did a great job but the stand out for me is Sharon Scalzo who played Scarlett Carter you just have to see the movie. Now I'm only going to give any scratch on the plot I don't want to rune it for someone who hasn't seen the film. Check out their myspace page. Who knows what the future holds for Freaky Farley. When the movie comes out on DVD or if there are any more screenings I'll keep you updated!

DEAD MINDS & UFO VS JOE SMITH

First I'd like to thank Bill Millios for helping me get two short films I made on youtube. Dead Minds is the first short film I made. The short was shot in two days with a HI 8 camera and has an excellent sound track by Marc Vadeboncoeur. Jeremy Cooper plays a insane clerk who's in love with a decapitated head. The UFO VS Joe Smith was shot in a day and edited in a very quick fashion. Jeremy Cooper plays Joe Smith who has a UFO problem. Again I want to thank Bill Millios for taking the time to get the two short films online. It goes with out saying when filmmakers help each other and are friends we gain more ground.

PSA'S NOW ONLINE

First I'd like to thank Bill Millios for giving me a chance to light, sound, and color correct these PSA'S its not every day you get chances like this. All four where written by students who did a great job. Those same students also acted in them. Bill did a masterful job producing,camera,and editing them. Its not that easy to edit the PSA'S down to a solid thirty seconds. That entertain and inform. Check out the PSA'S at this link to Backlot Films youtube page. http://youtube.com/user/backlotfilms

TRAILERS FROM HELL

First I'd like to say a big thank you to Bill Millios for encoding and posting the trailers. Thank you. These trailers are ten years of hard work and I hope you like them.

HELL IS ALMOST OVER

I'm coming close to getting a true final cut done for "THE OTHER SIDE OF HELL". Ten years and hundred of hours editing a film that's been a real challenge to finish. I'm not sure how people are going to like it. After watching the movie a million times I've come to the conclusion that Hell is a damn mean film. It's vicious, evil at times, and drags you in to the deepest darkest corners of a serial killers mind, life, and death.
I'm going to be honest there have been times I wanted to quit the film all together and do something different . What has kept me going? The people involved in the making of the film.

I want The Other Side Of Hell to be a good film. I hope the images, sounds, and story will sink in to people brains and as they sleep in comfy beds those images will create nightmares making those people jump up screaming.

Whats next after Hell is done? I've been writing short horror stories I would like to get published in magazines. If that doesn't pan out I'll take all the short stories put them together in to a book and see what happens. I'm going to finish a short film "Neck Of The Woods" made by Mike Hall co writer and director, Bill Millios Director of Photography, and myself co writer and co director. Neck Of The Woods is a crazy film about three lost souls and there last day on earth. As far as my next feature goes its festering in my brain waiting to be written and made in to a living breathing monster.

PSA, THREE QUESTIONS, AND BOTTLED WORDS

First I'd like to thank Bill Millios for giving me a chance to work with him on three PSA videos about kids staying in school. Bill crafted three short pieces that where written and acted by students who came up with some cool concepts and put in some great performances. It's a cool thing when a person has confidence in your abilities. What did I do? Lighting, sound, and color correction. The shoot took place in one day; it was a crazy fun day getting all the shots needed for the 30 second spots. Each spot nails what's needed to be said, getting the point across in a creative way. Thank you Bill.
Three Questions, is a short black & white silent film by Bill Millios. The film deals with questions of fate, life, death, and split personalities. This is the film where Bill goes to the dark side with very strange and bizarre results. Check it out!
Bottled Words, is also a black & white short silent film by Bill Millios. This film deals with crooks who knock over a nursing home, hide the money, and everything falls apart. Its a funny film where you don't know where its going with very memorable characters.

Check out the links below.

Three Questions One Week : http://backlotfilm.blogspot.com/2007/06/three-questions-one-week-now-online.html

Bottled Words:
http://backlotfilm.blogspot.com/2007/06/bottled-words-now-online.html

PSA: http://backlotfilm.blogspot.com/2007/06/nhde-psas-now-online.html

Teacher (:30)

Mirrors (:30)

Pedro's Rap (:30)

Keys (:30)

GETTING BEAT DOWN AND GETTING BACK UP

Feeling the blows of failure is quiet a difficult thing to handle. What do I mean? 10 years on one film is just too long. There are days I feel beaten by life and just feel like giving in and handing in the bloody towel I just used to wipe my beaten, bloody, and bruised face clean. What happens if I give up? Nothing really happens at all. Dreams become old dust covered crumbling books in a shelf in the back of my mind. Life moves on, who cares. For those of you who have quit I feel little sympathy for you. Why don't I quit? I just don't want to wake up when I'm fifty and say "what could have been?...what could I've done if I just kept moving forward." There's that little monster that lives inside of me. This fouled mouth smelly creature somewhere deep in my guts tells me to "KEEP GOING! DON'T STOP! " In all of our lives we meet people who say you can't do it...your not good enough. I've heard things just like that. It makes the monster grow inside. Getting, bigger, and bigger. I hear the deep raspy voice say "DON'T STOP! DON'T LET THE DREAM DIE! "
What led me to this rant. I just had to get it out of me. We all have dreams don't give in! Don't give up! Don't let the dream die!
10 years of ideas for new films sit on the dusty self in my brain. Soon I'm going to be getting to work again on something new. Once The Other Side Of Hell is done. Its time to move forward.

Changes and Digital Filmmaking Work Shop

Its been some time since I've written a blog. Well, a lot has happened. First I want to say the Digital Film Making Work Shops are great for the people wanting to become filmmakers. Bill Millios and Marc Vadeboncoeur give students hands on experience instead of sitting in a class talking about theory. If you want to go to film school it's okay I guess if you like over paying and getting teachers who either failed as filmmakers or believe that Hollywood is the only way to do it. In this day and age there is no need put twenty or thirty thousand into four years of film school. Learning from real independents who understand and know the realities of film making will push you farther ahead. You'll also save money to buy a camera or get your first film started.
Ten years of my life are tied up in The Other Side Of Hell. There's a lot of blood, sweat, and headaches in this film. I'm coming close to having it finished. Once the color correction is done and the final cut is locked then I'll be jumping on to the sound mix and sound track. I've seen the Other Side Of Hell a million times and I know if the sound design is weak the film will fall flat. When I put the trailers on the web then you'll get an idea of what I'm going for as far as the sound mix and music I want.
Also I'd like to thank all the hard working crew members and actors who put in a lot of time in to this crazy film. Without their help I wouldn't have this film near done. I feel I'm lucky that the people who have worked on the film understand what I'm trying to go for. There is no "I" in making a film. It is a group effort. With out a great crew the film wouldn't be made.
I think all of us get discouraged at one time or another. I've lost momentum with The Other Side OF Hell for sometime. What keeps me going is the love of film making. The best part is when there are no EGOS involved!

DIGITAL FILMMAKING WORK SHOP

Is film school worth the time and the money? No, Why go there for two years and come out in debt with a few student short films. Why take two years when you can learn all you need in two days? The myth of film school is just that a myth. It’s true-- people come out of film school and do make feature films or work on a few productions.
The reality is, you don’t need film school at all. Bill Millios and Marc Vadeboncoeur are doing their 2nd Digital Filmmaking Work Shop. On March 31st and April 1st . Below information is from the Backlot films blog.
Check out the website http://www.digitalfilmmakingworkshops.com/

Thursday, March 01, 2007

New DFW Press Release
March 1, 2007 / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEGuest lecturers announced for Digital Filmmaking WorkshopTwo-day seminar on “Producing, Marketing and Screening Your Independent Film” returns to the MCAM Studios in Manchester, NH on March 31-April 1, 2007.RAYMOND, N.H. – The Digital Filmmaking Workshop has announced the guest lecturers for their upcoming two-day seminar on “Producing, Marketing and Screening Your Independent Film” which will take place during the weekend of March 31-April 1 2007 (9:00 am – 5:00 pm) in the studios of Manchester Community Access Media, 540 Commercial St., Manchester, N.H.The guest lecturers include:
Matthew Newton (Film Specialist for the New Hampshire Film and Television Office)
Jeff Rapsis (Associate Publisher for HippoPress, the weekly arts and entertainment newspaper of Manchester, Nashua and Concord)
Paul Durham (past Senior Counsel at Playboy TV International and current Entertainment Lawyer for Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green)
Julia Radochia (Actress in Bleached, Everybody Does It, and Old Man Dogs and also Writer-Director of award-winning short films such as Eddie's Winning Date and Jimmy's House of Hugs)
From the crew of Dangerous Crosswinds, Old Man Dogs and the upcoming Death & Glory the Digital Filmmaking Workshops have been created by Bill Millios of Back Lot Films & Marc Vadeboncoeur of Goodheart Media Services with a philosophy towards instructing students how they can achieve their goals with a ‘no-nonsense do-it-yourself’ approach.“We’re very proud to announce the lineup of guest speakers for this year’s workshop,” said Millios. “They are an exceptionally experienced and diverse group of media and film professionals who add yet another dimension to this already ambitious workshop”.
Attendees will receive valuable insight into the creative, technical, and marketing strategies essential for filmmaking. Small class size, practical demonstrations, and a wide range of topics will give students the opportunity to expand their knowledge and put it to immediate use. Testimonials from past workshops have been posted on the http://www.digitalfilmmakingworkshops.com/ website.In 2005 Dangerous Crosswinds screened in close to twenty locations in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont, including the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, N.H., Lebanon Opera House in Lebanon, N.H. and the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. Commentators praised the film as an outstanding example of independent film made outside traditional cinema circles. DVDTalk.com awarded the film a four-star rating, New Hampshire Magazine called Dangerous Crosswinds “provocative – a film which explores the light and dark sides of human nature,” John Clayton of the New Hampshire Union Leader wrote that “this is honest and brave filmmaking,” while Mike Sullivan in the Portsmouth Herald described Dangerous Crosswinds as being “independent filmmaking in its purest form.”Registration for the two-day seminar is $347. Seats for this popular workshop fill up fast, so be sure to register early. Registrations received by March 14, 2007 will get 15% off the standard workshop fee. In addition, attendees will receive complimentary copies of the Digital Filmmaking Workshops Handbook, a DVD of Dangerous Crosswinds and the Discmakers Ultimate Guide to Releasing Your Film on DVD. Space is limited, so register early. For more information please call Marc Vadeboncoeur at Goodheart Media Services at 603-206-4364 or visit http://www.digitalfilmmakingworkshops.com/.
posted by backlotfilms at 7:49 AM
Saturday, February 24, 2007

Four quick things...
Marc Vadeboncoeur has informed me that the video for Sevendust's new single Driven will make its world premiere broadcast this coming Saturday, March 3 on MTV's Headbanger's Ball. As I first wrote about, Marc and Morgan Murphy produced this spot which I was one of the camera operators for. I'm looking forward to seeing the final edit. We also shot an 11-song mini-concert featuring all the songs found on their new CD, Alpha, which comes out on March 6, 2007.
Speaking of Marc, in the next few days we'll be announcing our list of guest speakers for our upcoming Digital Filmmaking Workshop. Also, early registration discount has been extended until March 7, 2007.
Last night I saw and absolutely loved the DVD of Clint Eastwood's The Flags of our Fathers. Clint's certainly on a roll...
Next week I'll officially be moving from New Boston, New Hampshire to Fremont, New Hampshire. I'll post updated contact info here as soon as I have it.

FEAR, ACTION, AND FILMMAKING

In the last few posts I've gone in to starting a movement. Talk means nothing! I'll just be honest I'm tired of movies about movies being made. It's time to take real chances. As I have just written these words The Other Side Of Hell is still not finished. I can talk, write, hell even sing my thoughts but if there is no action behind it what does it mean? I'll tell you what it means nothing.
Fears we all have them when doing any kind of art. The one fear on all of our minds will people like the films, writting, pictures, and music that the artist makes. Fear is something that can hold you back from doing anything truly new and daring.