Film Timeline
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"Præy"
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"The Man Who Hated
Music" (COMING SOON!)
"Præy" was the
first film Brian was to work on on a technical level. Although it was
not an APEDOG FILMS
project, Gurnett was very much a part of it. He was credited as
Director of Photography, Assistant Director, Composer, and even got a
small acting part. Brian felt very strongly about making Director
Tiffany
Sinclair's dream a reality. He really believed in the story, and felt
it had great potential from very early on. He began storyboarding and
working out the sequences, developing music, and discussing the
direction with Sinclair, and Brian Sheridan. Once all the planning was
done, they began shooting.
They got a great little cabin from Whitman College to use for the main
location for the movie, and filming began there first. They had the
cabin for 4 days and that location was to be used for about 3/4 of the
film. This meant they had their work cut out for them. So they worked
hard. Some days were as long as 15 hours long. Conditions ranged from
warm and comfortable in the cabin, to freezing cold and wet during the
water scenes. A reporter from the local newspaper came out one day and
did a story on the
film. The article came out a couple days after they had finished
shooting at the cabin. They were featured on the front page, and 2 more pages. Brian was
made famous for his
"stick figure drawings" (storyboards), and eating a donut. But
it wasn't a donut is was a bagel, which was the only thing they had to
eat during shooting most days. But amazingly they got it done.
But after countless disasters like tapes not working, tapes getting
lost, mysterious blue and red dots appearing on the footage, computer
crashes, and DVD burning errors; the film was finally done. It was
completed the day before it was to premiere at Whitman College.
It was accepted to the The New
York International Film Festival, and it got a couple really good
reviews and got most of the cast and crew on the IMDb.
For more info on "Præy," visit www.carsinogeniccandy.com
"The Man Who Hated Music"
Brian felt it was time to make his own big film. He just needed the
right story. He had always had a deep love for music. He felt most
passionate about the subject of music than probably anything else. A
good storyteller needs to be passionate about his story, so he started
trying to develop a story that was about music. He knew music affected
the world he lived in dramatically, so he considered telling a story on
the impact of
music - how it affected people.
Well, what about the affect of a LACK of music? NO MUSIC? What
would that be like? He couldn't fathom a whole WORLD without music, but
what if there was no music for just one person? What if someone hated
music? What would this person be like? What would cause them to be like
that? What would he hate about the music? What would it be like to walk
in his shoes? These questions needed answers. Gurnett bounced these
ideas around in his head and spit out a poem. This poem was developed
into a screenplay called "The Man Who Hated Music."
"The Man Who Hated Music" is a silent film. Not because there is no
sound, but because almost all the characters do not speak. The narrator
will do the speaking and will actually recite Brian's poem. The story
that is told is one of a young man's struggle through adolescence. A
tale of a man constantly assaulted by the one thing he hated most:
music. It is a story of isolation - being alone in a crowd, not being
understood, and rebellion.
The purpose for making a film like this is to make people
understand the importance of music; the affect it really has on us all. What
music does for us. And what would happen if it were not a part of our
lives.
Brian got together with long time friend Justin Harrison and the two of
them visualized the entire film. Conceptual drawings turned into
storyboards; storyboards turned into sequences; and the sequences came
together to form a movie that was ready to shoot. One problem: who
would be the man? They came up with a few ideas and another long time
friend came to mind - Nathan Linkin.
He loved the idea and eventually came up from California to begin
shooting.
So keep your eye out for "The Man Who
Hated Music."
