Necroville Weekend!

So, it's finally here - the world premiere weekend of Necroville! For anyone who may not know, tickets are on sale NOW at the Guild for all five shows. It's playing at 10pm and midnight on Friday and Saturday, and 10pm only on Sunday. I have it on good authority that the 10pm Friday show - that is, the premiere itself, is over half sold out already, so if you want to see the movie with all the cool kids, get over there and get your tickets.

Every showing of Necroville will be preceded by local trailers and, most importantly of all, the 505 Films short Duke City Nights! Arrangements have been made to ensure that DCN will play flawlessly all five times! Don't miss your chance to see it on the big screen without it freezing up!!!

In other news, 505 Films has moved to a new web host, Sonic Whale! This is a local Albuquerque company started by a couple of really capable programmers. Their system allows an unheard-of level of customization and features, not to mention incredible speed - their servers are connected to the intarweb via multiple OC-192's. Best of all, they're among the cheapest web hosting services out there, with a monthly fee of $9.95 per month and a discount if you pay for the whole year! They even offer a free domain name (that's the part that goes between www. and .com). So if you need to get a website up and running, check them out.

DCN Wins!!!

That's right, Duke City Nights: Chapter One won the Session 2 Movie Maker Pick at the Local Shorts film festival last night! If there's anyone on our friends list who was there and voted for us, thanks! Since Session 1 was the "all ages" session and Session 2 was the "Some material is not suitable for children" session, I consider this to be the best award of the festival. I guess it's not such a big deal, but it's the first time that a 505 Films movie has won anything (or, indeed, been publicly screened at all), so I guess it's okay to celebrate a little bit.

If you weren't able to make it to the festival yesterday, you still have TWO chances to catch a public screening of Duke City Nights: Chapter One this month! FIrst, it'll be playing at Bubonicon on Saturday, August 25th, in the film block that starts at 11pm in the main room. Details about the con can be found at www.bubonicon.com

Secondly, it'll be showing in front of the world premiere of NECROVILLE, the latest film by our good friends at C.R. Productions. This will be playing at the Guild Cinema on August 31st and September 1st at 10pm and Midnight, and Sept. 2nd at 10pm. Advance tickets for this event are on sale NOW, so go to the Guild and pick them up! They're only $7!!! More info about the Guild can be found at www.guildcinema.com

Hope to see you all at one or both of those screenings! And as soon as we get into any other film festivals I'll announce it here!!

Days of August

So it seems as though August is shaping up to be a busy month for film stuff! First off, TONIGHT is the world premiere of Gimme Skelter at the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque. I'm going to be tied up with it pretty much all weekend, as I make myself available to help out Scott and Billy with whatever they need. Tonight's event is going to be particularly elaborate, with Gunnar Hansen, the actor who played Leatherface in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as the guest of honor, shaking hands and signing autographs. I have no doubts whatsoever that the showings tonight will be sold out, and I'll be surprised if every showing this weekend doesn't sell out. The movie itself is pretty awesome, and I think it's more than fair to say it sets the bar pretty high for what to expect out of a $5,000 movie. And I'm not just saying that; being the color corrector for the movie, I've seen it several times already and can promise that you will get your $7 worth out of this movie, so come see it!

After Skelter, every other weekend in August is full of movie stuff too. Next weekend, on Saturday the 18th, is the Local Shorts 5 Film Festival. I'm only mentioning this because we're on the schedule! That's right, Duke City Nights: Chapter One will be premiering at this festival!

It'll be playing again the weekend after that at Bubonicon, on Saturday during the EDP film block.

Finally, but not least, Duke City Nights will be showing in front of Necroville on the weekend of August 31st! Our little short is getting three public screenings in a single month! On the one hand, this is pretty awesome, because it means the public will be seeing a film of mine for the first time ever. On the downside, now I'm worried to death about what people are going to think of it. So far everyone who's seen is has had complimentary things to say, and they're slowly winning me over, but for the most part all I see are the things I want to do better next time.

Speaking of Necroville, it's another local independent film worth checking out on the premiere weekend. Again, I'm not just saying that because I color corrected it. Billy's done something really interesting here, blending slacker comedy with horror elements to create a very dynamic world. I think that's what really appeals to me most about it, the sense that this is a world in which so many other adventures could take place, since it's a world that any monster could fit into, yet humans and monsters essentially live side-by-side without disrupting the normal drama of life. I highly recommend it.

Anyway, it's about time to start getting things ready for tonight's premiere. Try to make it this weekend if you can!