The Button

I meant to post this when it was released (about a month ago), and then my lazy ass forgot about it, so here we go!

Most of the stuff that I post on the blog has to do with my involvement in front of the camera, well this is BEHIND! Dun-Dun-DUN! Three sentences into this blog entry, and 100% of them have ended in an exclamation mark; my apologies.

The short film being presented to you today is THE BUTTON, Directed by Andrew Bush, written by Mr. Bush & Mark Little (both whom you may know from the sketch comedy troupe Picnicface). I was the AD, that’s Assistant Director for all you non-geeks. The short is two minutes long, and very funny. Enjoy…

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/44b3d8f432/the-button

 

Memorable Memorabilia

With the assistance of it’s creator (Lindsay Thorne), I have managed to attain my finished head from TREEVENGE.

…It’s Home Alone meets Silence of the Lambs!

Two years ago, I did me some blogging during the creation of the head, which can be read here: http://glenjm.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/attention-span-tv-treevenge-pre-production/

And the final product can be viewed as part of Jason Eisener’s Sundance Selection & Honorable Mention (it feels good to say that) Treevenge. This is where you say “Glen, we knowwwww.”

…this is what I do with my Wednesdays off.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Big woot!

Happy Halloween, remember folks, tomorrow night is the Charlie Mac Productions screening over at the Foggy Goggle! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157232223389

Love, Glen.

Design: War Hospital

Just wanted to chuck up my latest poster design for a screening of The Canadian Red Cross’ Documentary WAR HOSPITAL, which will be screening Wednesday, November 25th, 7:00pm at the Potter Auditorium (Dalhousie). Admission is free, and there will also be snacks and a panel discussion after the film. Groovy!

Righteous.

Last weekend, I had the absolute pleasure of working on Cory Bowles‘ RIGHTEOUS. This was his directorial follow-up to one of my favourite short flicks of 2008, THE SCAVENGERS (click here to see the trailer for that film). Both of Bowles’ films are from his production company Transfiction Films.

I was on set for two days in Truro, and they shot another day in Halifax.

I’m really excited for everyone to see this! Everyone on the set was operating on every cylinder possible, I think we may have created something really special.

The film stars Richard Talbot in his first acting role, Kate Macdonald, and myself. The crew was made up of some ridiculously talented people. Jeff Wheaton (assisted by Scott Thorne) conjured up some pretty effing whimsical shots as the Director of Photography. Mr. Zan “Aikido” Rosborough & Adam Burke provided excellent audio recording skills. Meanwhile, John Davies provided rugged good looks and pitched everyone on movies all weekend.

Lots of other people worked on the film, and they were all awesome!

Hopefully, some stills will be available sometime in the near future, so you can have a proper preview of Righteous. Until then, here are three behind-the-scenes shots from the shoot. Don’t you feel special?

Scott Thorne snapped this photo between shots of me cursing at Jeff Wheaton.

Mr. Bowles himself wondering why I’m standing so close to him…

I wanted to take a tough photo of Richard Talbot, however, DOP Jeff Wheaton decided it needed a little more clown…

That’s all for now. When there’s more available, you’ll see it either on here, or over at Transfiction Films’ blog.

Oh, and PS, unrelated note: Ghostbusters is playing this Friday at 11:30pm at Empire Park Lane. What better way to ring in Halloween?

Charlie Mac Productions Screening

I, Hollywood-Mainstay Glen Matthews will be hosting a night of local films, created by Charlie Mac Productions (owned by Tara & Sarah MacDonald) this Sunday, November 1st at The Foggie Goggle (1667 Argyle St.)

Included in the lineup is WINDOWS OF THE SOUL, starring the very awesome duo of Matt Chisholm & Stevie Cooper; LET THEM EAT, an animated short detailing the kitten-zombie apocalypse; a horror montage put together by Cory Crocker; and the trailer for Sean Grady’s feature length hitman mockumentary OPERATION MONGOOSE.

Admission is free, so come on out and enjoy some local flicks! Click here for the Facebook event!

Farewell Geocities

I love Geocities, it’s the Apple computer of the website creation world; in layman’s terms, you can be really stupid, and have no knowledge of HTML or CSS and still create visually stimulating websites… for FREE!

GlenJM.com is hosted by Geocities, and after many many years of free service, Yahoo has decided to shut Geocities down next Monday, October 26th, so until then, I welcome you to check out my official website, (which I created about 3 years ago) until it’s taken down.

Rest in peace in your interweb crypt, baby.

The blog will remain right here though at http://glenjm.wordpress.com . Fear not.

Clip from “Phone Whores”

Here is yet another gem from the GlenJM Vault!

From the year 2007, here is a clip from “PHONE WHORES” brought to you by Foam Horse Productions. Directed by (the late and very great) Daniel Gaynor, written by Gary Caven & Darrell Sampson.

The short film (28 minutes in length) was my very first experience with being in an Atlantic Film Festical rejected film, and I am tickled pink to finally share with you a clip from the film showcasing my talents as a creepy creepy man…

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=157319648710&ref=mf

Trivia: Which bridge-troll from Dartmouth gave me the black eye seen in the clip?
Answer: John Davies

Bye Bye Moby

UPDATE (Oct. 15/09): I was informed that it was probably in my best interest to take down the set photos from the Moby Dick shoot. However, if you’re still hoping to check them out, go to Shelburne County Now’s Website.

Yesterday was my final day working on Mike Barker’s MOBY DICK. I had a grand total of three days (one in Lunenburg, two in Shelburne) on the set, and I can easily say that this was one of the most enjoyable projects I have ever worked on. The caliber of the cast is humbling. And when I say humbling, I mean you’re too scared to say anything that makes you look like an idiot, and then all of the awesome actors will just remember you as “that idiot”. Jeesh.

I managed to snag a small bit of memorabillia for this adventure, the sign from my very first trailer…

…my character’s name was actually Tom, but my computer mirrored the image, and rather than flipping it back, I thought it was amusing to envision my character’s name as Mot, and then starting a family business with Tomatoe juice.

…Moving on.

Photographer Timothy Gillespie was on set for the day, and took a few shots.

There’s plenty more available for paroosing over at Shelburne County Today’s website. Either at http://www.shelburnecountytoday.com/mobydick/ or over at http://www.shelburnecountytoday.com/mobydick/photos_extras.htm .

I should have a few more up on here within a few days. Stay tuned.

I would like to send out a big thank you to of those who helped make my experience on the set a wonderful one. I hope I am not considered “that idiot”.

I Once Knew a Man From Nantucket…

UPDATE (Oct. 15/09): I was informed that it was probably in my best interest to take down the set photos from the Moby Dick shoot. However, if you’re still hoping to check them out, go to Shelburne County Now’s Website.

I apologize, I don’t know the punch line to the Nantucket line, I never have, but I’ve always assumed it ended with the words “Suck it.”

The reason that I have titled this blog entry as such, is because my portion of MOBY DICK is based in Nantucket… in retrospect, I probably should have just called this entry “Moby Dick, Day One”… moving on.

On Wednesday, I had my first day (of three) working on Moby Dick. This was huge for me, really huge. Allow me to indulge you in a hyperbole: this was like a young rookie pitcher being called up to the Yankees for a try out. And now allow me to break it down literally, last weekend, I was working on a movie for sandwiches, on Wednesday, I was working on a movie with a budget of $25 million. I ate so many f***ing sandwiches.

Adding a layer of absurdity to the day was the fact that the film was shooting in my hometown of Lunenburg!

This was either going to be the absolute best day or the absolute worst day of my life.

The film, directed by Mike Barker, (who directed Sea Wolf in Halifax last year) features an insanely talented cast, that I don’t think I am allowed to name (or confirm) just yet. Stay tuned for that goodness.

At the Knot Pub for a celebratory Stella Artois (Glen Matthews’ drink of choice). My Mother was sadly afflicted with the inability to open her eyelids at the time of this photo…

The day came and went, and I can definitely say that it was definitely on the side of “Best” day of my life. I had an amazing time, and I’m fairly confident that the final product will be a quality addition to my resume. I still have two more days of shooting next week in Shelburne to f*** it all up. Let’s hope for more of the best, shall we?