Thursday, December 19, 2013

"Better Homes and Gangsters" in Pre-Production with Albion Park


We here at Albion Park Productions are deep in the pre-production process on our first feature, our working title is "Better Homes and Gangsters." For now. We think it's funny, suspenseful and moving. The staged reading proved that its potential wasn't just on the page. We were pleasantly thrilled by the response from the actors and others in the room. We look forward to bringing this bit of cinematic fun to the big screen. And eventually the big screen plasma in your living room.

The script is finished. The parts are mostly cast and the actors committed to the shooting schedule. SAG (Screen Actors Guild) paperwork is being shuffled and submitted. LLC's are being created, lawyers are being consulted and paid. Boy are they being paid. Before anyone else gets paid, the lawyers must be paid. One of the first things we got for our money was that we should probably think about changing the title. Apparently a certain magazine might choose to make trouble. Must we start killing our darlings before we've even really begun? The law is a tough, expensive master.

Principle photography is still a few months away. The budget is....well, the budget money is in the process of being raised (stay tuned here, hint, hint...). It's amazing how many moving parts there are to getting a film underway, even before the first frame is shot.

Better Homes & Gangsters poster shoot. Love, set, and met her match?



My two producing partners are doing a lot of the heavy pre-production lifting with me. And once we start production we'll be putting on our "real" hats: Art Hennessey will be directing. Amanda Good Hennessey will be the lead actor and I will be director of photography. Anyone want to line produce?

Creating an online "presence" for a movie that hasn't shot a single frame yet, is challenging. With that in mind, we recently headed to some tennis court on a very chilly fall day with two of our actresses braving it in tennis whites, to try and come up with some images that might hint at the kind of flavor that our upper-class-meets-underworld script encompasses. A little bit screwball, a little bit dangerous, a little bit awkward.

Better Homes & Gangsters poster shoot. Friends and others?  
Amanda Good Hennessey and Alexandra Hynes make nice for the camera

More to come as this comes together. See you on the courts!

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Up On A Roof: Storm Clouds Over Somerville Timelapse


Storm Clouds over Somerville, MA, July 29, 2013, A Timelapse from Brad Kelly on Vimeo.

Dramatic stock music rolls in over the Boston area last night. Also, some awesome summer storm clouds.

I was rolling on some timelapses yesterday when some freaky Ghostbusters worthy clouds moved in.

Shot at 4 seconds per frame and edited using Quicktime and Final Cut Pro.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Game of Thrones Ascent Footage to Air on HBO this weekend

Shooting interviews with the guys doing the new Game of Thrones online game.
















Last month HBO requested the raw interview footage I shot, with Steve Webster of Impact Design,
  of the hot local game design folks Disruptor Beam, for the Game of Thrones Ascent trailer.
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Turns out they've incorporated it into a featurette that is airing on HBO starting this weekend! I haven't seen it yet and I'm mighty curious to see what they've done with it.

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Best of all, I can now cross the "have footage I shot run in an interstitial featurette on HBO" off my bucket list. Onward and upwards!

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The featurette started airing yesterday and is scheduled to air at these times, as well:

Game of Thrones Ascent Featurette Air Times: May 11th-13th

Saturday at 2:29pm on HBO Signature
Saturday at 5:17pm on HBO Signature
Saturday at 9:39pm on HBO
Sunday at 1:07am on HBO Signature
Sunday at 1:33am on HBO Zone
Sunday at 1:08pm on HBO Zone
Sunday at 6:58pm on HBO2
Sunday at 7:12pm on HBO
Sunday at 11:01pm on HBO Signature
Monday at 3:48am on HBO
Monday at 9:39am on HBO
Monday at 12:04pm on HBO Comedy
Monday at 9:00pm on HBO Zone