If you have ever wanted to have a chance to help make a movie, here’s your chance. As part of a fundraiser program, called Kickstarter, the director of the circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent,” is offering readers a chance to have their name listed in the credits of the movie for just $10. Other rewards are offered for supporters who back the film, whose production crew is currently raising money for a promotional road trip to take the movie to venues with the band Hellblinki Sextet. Kickstarter is a Web site that partners creative individuals with people looking to back interesting projects.
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Here is a clip from the Changing Elevations, Inc., circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent,” featuring the band, Hellblinki Sextet. The movie features Jamie Reel who runs away to join Cole Bros. Circus for a week, where he worked as a clown, stood inside the Moto-Globe of Death and worked with the clowns. This clip is from a performance at the circus that Reel worked at for a week.
A press pass is a glorious thing. Without one you are just some weirdo with a camera, with one you suddenly have credentials. We met our liason, Elvin Bale, the following day and were made official.
The first friend we made was Greg Connors. He was performing safety inspections, and was gracious enough to let our friend Jamie Reel participate. After learning how to and how not to tie up the emergency lights and exit signs, he gave us an in depth interview.
When my contact from the Cole Bros. Circus sent me a link to MSNBC’s site for a poll regarding elephant use I knew I had to vote.
The poll asks whether circuses should be forced to stop using elephants in their acts, something I have personal experience with, having traveled with the circus as a child and filmed the circus documentary as an adult.
This is an early cut of a trailer for our circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent,” back before we started editing the entire film.
It’s an early draft, but still captures the feel of the movie we wanted to make, and I’m happy to say that even if this is an old trailer it still captures the feel of the film. …continue reading “Tearing Down the Tent” trailer
I’m not sure, but it really does seem like people are sharing a renewed interest in the circus arts. Or at least that’s what it seems lately when I go looking for stories for ModernFilmZine and keep finding more press releases related to circuses.
I already talked about PBS’ “Circus” series, slated for fall of 2010, and now going to one of my news sites I’ve found out that Cirque Eloize opened for the NHL All Star Game at the Bell Center.
The NHL commissioned the Special Events Division of Cirque Eloize to design an act as part of the
opening ceremony for the 57th All Star Game held January 25 at the Bell Center in Montreal. …continue reading Renewed interest in circus arts on the rise?
In this clip, Michael Knox, the director of the circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent” talks about his experience as a child traveling with the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Michael Knox is the director of the circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent.” The film features his friend Jamie Reel running away to join the Cole Bros. Circus as Knox reflects on the circus, with which he traveled as a child.
Sometimes as a filmmaker you just stumble across something that makes you cackle, and the news that PBS is planning a “Circus” show did just that. Especially seeing how they don’t plan on airing said show until the fall of 2010.
If you have ever wanted to have a chance to help make a movie, here’s your chance. As part of a fundraiser program, called Kickstarter, the director of the circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent,” is offering readers a chance to have their name listed in the credits of the movie for just $10. Other rewards are offered for supporters who back the film, whose production crew is currently raising money for a promotional road trip to take the movie to venues with the band Hellblinki Sextet. Kickstarter is a Web site that partners creative individuals with people looking to back interesting projects.
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