Everyone’s favourite inmates running the cinematic asylum at Mad Ones Films have busted out of the gates in 2011, working on two different projects alone in the first month of the year. In addition to producing several brand-spanking-new promo shorts for the Hot Pink Jesus Trilogy, several of the Inmates offered their production talents to Louis Bekoe and Distorted Rumble Studios for the making of a holiday slasher/thriller. The “Krampus Killer Christmas Carol” wrapped on January 29th, footage has been logged and sorted, and we await its editing and post-production magic. In the midst of all this holiday horror hullaballoo, we produced several new promo shorts to add to the bonus features section of the parochially-palatable pending Hot Pink Jesus DVDs.
We met at our secret honeycomb hideout, otherwise known as Vang Manor on January 22nd to shoot some candid behind-the-scenes footage, and talking about everyone’s favorite film pariahs, the Mad Ones. It was a full collection of Mad miscreant malcontents, with Jaysen, Jennie, Jesse, Burton, Chao, Money, Mikey, and Evan hanging in the Devil’s Den (our beloved barroom from “The Missionary Man,”) smoking cigarettes and drinking beverages of levity and mirth. After making two hours of off-the cuff comments, burps, fart jokes, and self-celebratory comments (for the making of a five-minute extra, we might add), we dispersed for the afternoon. We had laughed and joked all day, and that has been good for the team, but we have a sinfully delicious set planned for the morning, so prurient priorities prevail.
We arrive at the O’Gara residence shortly before the waning of the easy AM Sunday morning (yes, more HPJ spirituality on the Lord’s Day… does that really surprise you?). The morning provided some interesting curve balls (almost sending an already manic director into full-blown panic mode), but a last minute casting need came through successfully! Jaysen had been envisioning filming an “extra” for the Hot Pink Jesus Trilogy that blended the sleaze of a late night phone sex operator commercial with a sense of campy daring, and psychic siren fun. The project had been delayed from late 2010, and since we knew this project would be incredibly fun to watch, let alone shoot, we put it on the plate for this weekend. Plus, with the talents and assets of the lovely Michelle Deighton and Amanda Harman so nicely displayed, we figured this would make excellent promotional footage.
Our motley crew sets up for filming, and the titillating talent arrives at Noon. In what might be considered a miracle to any teenager, or to any Stormtrooper geek or nerd herd at the DragonCon, both of our stars were in corsets and panties within 15 minutes of their arrival… Or at least that’s the way it seemed… we’re not really sure, we got kind of… distracted. We make light of the situation, laughter prevails, eye contact is maintained at all times… well, most times, and we get to work. We avoid the catastrophe, but nearly cause problems, when a plastic lid from the veggie tray inadvertently gets torched on the stove. After flailing like mad men to get rid of the smoke, we return to the bawdy business of filming footage for “1-900-HOT-PINK.”
Both actresses offer exhilarating and excellent performances in satirizing the late night naughty 900 number commercials of the late 1980s. Deliveries are exaggerated, responses are overplayed, but when eyes wink, and licks are lipped, we realise this may be the most fun film set EVER! After swooning and crooning through their lines, playing with feathers in a pillow fight, a battle of champagne is uncorked for the hot tub footage upstairs. After completing their scenes with breathy, wonderful abandon, our sultry actresses dressed, and even more laughter prevailed. It had been a truly fun day on set, and the married Mad men all spoke with gusto of returning home to their respective, lovely lasses. And with the blood red sun setting slowing in the West, another day on set with the Mad Ones came to an end. Hallelujah!
We will be taking the footage to the editing room to complete before February 17th, when we depart for Con Nooga. We have every illicit intention of making the trek up to Chattanooga with a whole new plethora of Mad Ones Films and Hot Pink Jesus propaganda. But that’s a tawdry tale best saved for next time. In the meantime, we wish a Happy Birthday to our fearless leader, everyone’s favourite misanthrope, Mr. Jaysen Buterin, who has completed 35 dastardly, twisted cycles around the sun… May he have many more…
Until next time…
As JB would say…
“Vaya con Diablos!!!”
X6x6x6,
Evan, a.k.a. “Stumbles” & Jaysen, a.k.a. “Sunshine”
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