By Michael Knox, director of “Tearing Down the Tent“
I am currently planning on a self distribution project for “Tearing Down the Tent” and plan to use Modern Film Fest/Modern Film Productions as a “front” for being a distributer of the movie to theaters. …continue reading “Tearing Down the Tent” promotional road trip/theatrical “run”
By Michael Knox
My apologies to any readers who have visited this site waiting for new content. The past nine months have been devoted to launching Modern Film Fest, plus planning a new festival, Ricochet Film Fest, as well as directing my second feature length movie, a documentary on the Blue Ridge Rollergirls.
That being said, I will be back writing for this site and hope to have other writers contributing in the next few months, supplying film festival coverage, actor and director interviews as well as reviews of new films. Along the way I will also be writing more personal blogs about trying to find distribution for the circus documentary I directed, “Tearing Down the Tent,” as well as continue a production log on the curretly untitled roller derby documentary.
I will also keep readers updated on movies being submitted to both Ricochet Film Fest and Modern Film Fest, letting readers know what’s been submitted as well as what we are looking to run in each festival.
As a return to this site I am happy to be writing a review of the new Jude Law film, “Repo Men.” It was pretty much what I expected and I am glad I went to see it. Take care and thank you for everyone who has read my stories in the past.
So far we have 14 movies that have committed to participate at the Modern Film Fest. We look to have a total of 3 to 4 venues,w ith Gem Theatre handling ticket sales for all movies, no matter what venue. Here is a rundown of the movies that look to be at Modern Film Fest from Sept. 25 to Sept. 27.
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…continue reading Modern Film Fest collects 14 films for September show
Three movies are already set to screen including the circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent,” with the popular film festival movies “Sita Sings the Blues” and “Official Rejection.”
Tickets look to cost $4 each, with the Independent Tribune newspaper as a sponsor working with the Cabarrus County Chamber of Commerce. We also look to approach the N.C. Research Campus for help.
We look to collect 12 or more movies to play at the theatre over the three day period.
by Ryan Haggerty, rhaggerty@modernfilmzine.com
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.
…continue reading Tearing Down the Tent Production Log: Turning of the Tide
This is a promo piece the Changing Elevations, Inc. crew did for the musical cooking show, “Soundbites.” The crew mixed cooking segments with interviews and musical performances for a show that was pitched to PBS and Food Network.
The show did not sell, but it’s still one of my favorite projects and helped build a relationship with the featured band, Bombadil, who provided music for our circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent.”
The entire “Soundbites” episode will be posted her within the next week, but this short promo has an exclusive song we never used in the episode.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a series of articles by Ryan Haggerty, Director of Photogrpahy for the Changing Elevations, Inc circus documentary “Tearing Down the Tent”
By Ryan Haggerty,
rhaggerty@modernfilmzine.com
I’m not sure what was the most magical part about that fateful week in April we scheduled to shoot the documentary with the Cole Bros. traveling tent circus.
It could have been the six and a half hour car ride. Maybe it was the complications to get final clearance on production insurance. Perhaps it was our HDV cam showing a mysterious white spot on our first set of dailies. I think it was probably just the serendipity of how quickly our fates changed and things worked out better than what we could have ever hoped for.
…continue reading “Tearing Down the Tent” camera man tells story
Martin Ramsey, the editor and co-producer for the Changing Elevations, Inc. circus documentary, “Tearing Down the Tent” directed this music video which uses the Bombadil song, “On the River.”
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
