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You Support This Site When You Buy My Books E.C. McMullen Jr. PERPETUAL BULLET "'Some People' ... may be the standout story in the book." - John Grant, Infinityplus E.C. McMullen Jr. WILLOW BLUE "'Willow Blue' will burrow under your skin and stay there long after you've put the book down." - Jeffrey Reddick, Creator of FINAL DESTINATION IN OTHER BOOKS E.C. McMullen Jr.'s short story CEDO LOOKED LIKE PEOPLE in the anthology FEAR THE REAPER "This Ray Bradbury-esque is one of the most memorable and one of the more original stories I've read in a long time." - Steve Isaak, Goodreads HORROR 201: The Silver Scream Filmmaker's Guidebook featuring RAY BRADBURY, JOHN CARPENTER, WES CRAVEN, TOM HOLLAND, E.C. McMULLEN Jr., GEORGE A. ROMERO, and many more. Extensively quoted in PHANTASM EXHUMED The Unauthorized Companion Robert S. Rhine's SATAN'S 3-RING CIRCUS OF HELL Forward by GAHAN WILSON & FEO AMANTE. Featuring comics by ALEX PARDEE, WILLIAM STOUT, STEVE BISSETTE, FRANK DIETZ, JIM SMITH, FRANK FORTE, ERIC PIGORS, MIKE SOSNOWSKI, OMAHA PEREZ, DAVID HARTMAN, STEVEN MANNION, and more! And In CINEMA E.C. McMullen Jr. Head Production Designer MINE GAMES (Starring: JOSEPH CROSS, BRIANA EVIGAN, ALEX MERAZ) Dept. head Special Effects Make-Up (SFX MUA) A SIERRA NEVADA GUNFIGHT (MICHAEL MADSEN & JOHN SAVAGE). Production Designer UNIVERSAL DEAD (DOUG JONES, D.B. SWEENEY, GARY GRAHAM) Art Director THE CRUSADER (COLIN CUNNINGHAM, GARY GRAHAM) |
Back in 2010 I began preproduction work on a feature film we shot in 2011. And by "We" I mean long time feoamante.com alumni Kelly Parks (LAST CALL, THE CRUSADER, UNIVERSAL DEAD) and our more recent collaborator, Vernon E. Mortensen (LAST CALL, THE CRUSADER, UNIVERSAL DEAD).
While Kelly worked on the picture as a cameo "Dead Miner" his actual function was as a Producer (there were 14 of them*). However for this project, THE SORROW was Vernon's baby all the way. Where he had served as editor on my short film, LAST CALL, and as director of the first episode of THE CRUSADER, and director of all of three episodes of UNIVERSAL DEAD, THE SORROW was co-wrote, produced, and directed by Vernon. It's pretty much all his vision exactly the way he wanted it. The entire movie was shot on exterior sets, and about 95% of it took place in the Sierra Nevada mountain range North east of San Diego, California. It was there that I lived in a camper for the four week shoot, literally "off the grid", except for weekends. For name recognition, THE SORROW starred Michael Madsen (SPECIES, SPECIES II, KILL BILL, SIN CITY) and John Savage (The Deer Hunter, The Onion Field, Inside Moves, The Thin Red Line, The New World, Kill Your Darlings). Still, being an indie movie, it took until April 2011 before shooting was wrapped and the rest of the year and part of 2012 for post production to complete. After that it was all film festivals until finally in late 2012, a distributor picked it up. The title of THE SORROW was changed by the distributor to the more "Action" title of A SIERRA NEVADA GUNFIGHT.
Cool with me. I know I did a fine job on it as SFX Make-Up Artist (see my work on it Here) as well as stunt-double for Michael (see my work on it Here), and I hope the movie will be something I can be proud of. I have two more feature films with expected release dates this year, MINE GAMES from Australia (Production Designer) and MIKEYBOY (Art Consultant, Actor). But for a May 7, 2013 release and on advance sale now, A SIERRA NEVADA GUNFIGHT. * EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS CO-PRODUCER ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Kudos for my SFX Make-Up work on "Gross. And awesome" "WHOA! Great work. That looks too real." "Strong work, I think I'm gonna be sick." "Very realistic"
Photography by Leny Iniguez and Luz McMullen
This article Copyright 2013 E.C.McMullen Jr.
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Some people think I'm more important than you (I don't, but they do. You know how they are) and this is their (HA!) evidence. INTERVIEWS Matt Jarbo's interview with Feo Amante at The Zurvivalist. James Cheetham's Q&A with Feo Amante at Unconventional Interviews *. Megan Scudellari interviews Feo Amante and Kelly Parks (of THE SCIENCE MOMENT) in The Scientist Magazine. Check out our interview at The-Scientist.com. REFERENCES Researcher David Waldron, references my review of UNDERWORLD in the Spring 2005, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture entry, Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right: Community Formation in Response to a Moral Panic (downloadable pdf). E.C. McMullen Jr.
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