I was sitting down the other day trying to think of what to blog about. American remake of a girl with some kind of reptilian tattoo? Junk's got it covered. Movie review? Nah, The Other Guys isn't out yet. Scott Pilgrim and how awesome it was? I think this past week's JunkCast basically covers that with style and cool effects. So what to talk about, what to talk about.
Oh yeah! A month ago I had the notion (suggested by Junk and a few of his guests that I'm sure you'll meet on his podcasts who are personally in the middle of making movies, traveling to film, writing the next big script and all that jazz) that Hollywood isn't the only place talent is found. E! isn't the only place that has celebrity news. We had creative film makers, actors, writers and other crew members right here, in rural Illinois! Well, probably closer to the big bright Chicago, but still! So many people, myself included, think that if Will Ferrell didn't touch it or it doesn't take place in a wizarding school full of emo young wizards with cute accents, scars, scraggly greasy black hair hanging in their eyes and magic wands... wait, what? Oh, yeah. Most people don't know that outside of the mainstream movies, a whole world of amazing cinema is waiting to be found! And in an effort to fix that...
I contacted someone who I've never met but Facebook with often, someone who had a line longer than FilmMunkey's of fans to take photos with her at Wizard World, someone who is extremely talented and, as you'll find out, very gracious. She is a Scream Queen, a Lord of the Rings geek and a workaholic.
She is Deneen Melody and she's the first in a (hopefully!) series the Munkeys hope to put together to introduce talented people and movie makers with an audience that might not know who they are and interestingly, I think these people have a LOT to offer in the way of "Here's how it happens, here's what there is to making a movie."
Credit: Jeff Hughes
Deneen Melody was kind enough to answer each question with detail and description. I'm going to get it together and give her a spotlight of about 2 weeks to get all her answers put right here on our blog. Every few days, I'll update with more questions and answers, some HAWT photos, video clips, links, shout outs and insight! How cool is that? I'll leave you with some more photos for now, but look forward to meeting Deneen, local hottie, fan of Star Wars, resident gorehound. Yes, people. It's going to be fun! And if you wanna brush up on your Deneen filmography and tweets, you can be ahead of the rest when we kick this off next week!
Credit: Joe Davison
Credit: NightOwls Media
*As a side note, if any photos or videos are incorrectly credited, please let me know and I will correct it immediately. And if you are involved with film at any level and would like to be interviewed for this series (it's easy - by email!) please contact us to let us know. We'd love to cast a spotlight on filmmakers and talent! Email to FilmMunkey (at) gmail (dot) com with "I'm cool! Interview me!" in the subject line and I, Ritiland J. FilmMunkey, will get back to you as soon as I can. :)
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