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The First Splash Page Image
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Paul Shooting
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Paul Jabbering
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Paul Standing
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Paul Howling
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Paul Shooting Again
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Pizza Break
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Brian Trying to Shoot
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Sound Recorder
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Soundboard
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The REAL Director
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Wedding Guests
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Indoor Shoot
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Damn Fish
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Skullduggery
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Jail?
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Paul Again
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yeah, him again
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get out out of my pictures paul!
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damn I look fat
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Employee Use Only!
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Paul found two Mexicans to help out on the set...
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Surfcaster Location
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Surfcaster Location
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Where this film will be in 2005
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we really wanna go...
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trying to use the phone
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how many guys can fit into a bathroom?
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new logo
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fish pissed me off
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A place Stranger Than Paradise
"A BAD DAY"
Written & Produced by Brian Hardin
Directed & Produced by Paul Marquis
Cast:
Brian Hardin - Brian
Kevin Marquis - Pizza Delivery Boy
Mark Oler - Boss
John Gibbens - Gas Station Attendant
Ted Williams - Electronic Store Attendant
David Marquis - Employee, Gas Station Customer
Paul Marquis - Interrigation Officer
Christel Marquis - 2nd Employee
Tom Vinson - 3rd Employee
James Gillentine - Guard 1
Chris Townsend - Guard 2
Spark The Fish - as Himself
Crew:
Paul Marquis - Cinematography, Director of Photography, Lighting, Sound, Post-Production Editing, Original Music, Still Photography
Brian Hardin - Still Photography, Documentary Cam Operator
Joseph Allgaier - Post-Production Editing
David Marquis - Key Grip, Best Boy
Kevin Marquis - Boom Operator, Sound, Documentary Cam Operator
Mike Duda - Grip, Next Best Boy, Documentary Cam Operator
Jim Morgart - Grip, Next-best Best Boy, Documentary Cam Operator
J.P. - Sound Effects (Gas Station)
Locations:
Surfcaster Motel
5935 South Hwy A1A
Melbourne Beach, FL. 32951
Bill & Son's Pure Gas
10 S. Babcock St.
Melbourne, FL. 32901
Tedco
437 S. Babcock St.
Melbourne, Fl. 32901
A storage facility
Somewhere off Nasa Blvd.
Dimensions: 20' x 20'
Special Thanks:
To Larry & Suzanne at Surfcaster Motel, John, Harley & J.P. at Bill & Son's, Ted Williams at Tedco, Purple Cabbage Posse, Bill Williams at Cut Above Productions, Christine Denillo & Suzy Raymond at Continental Labs in Orlando, Michael Brown with Eastman Kodak in Royal Palm Beach, Bill Reiter at Pro Film & Video for infinite wisdom, James Neihouse for his crash-course talents on the Arri 16 BL, Mike Casey at Visual Products, Anthony Watkins at Dominion Films for sticking his foot in the water first, Todd Buckman at Southern Photo Supply, Doug Dechenne of the Palm Bay Police Department for the tours of their various "Interview" facilities, "Rico" for helping to inspire me greatly into pre-production before being called for military duty, all of the film students at FMU for teaching me what NOT to do during production, Brian Hardin for introducing me to the world of the Mariachi, and to Robert Rodriguez for teaching "daydreaming" Filmmakers like myself how to be scary. You owe me Popcorn!!!
Paul Marquis 7/31/04
A Word From The Director
Dear Curious,
I have always dreamed of filming; actually dabbled in it a bit when I was a child, shooting original "Mr. Bill" shorts with an 8mm Camera of my father's. Me and my brother, Kevin, would build little sets made from cardboard and plastic models of different sorts; basically anything that we could find in our toyboxes that we didn't mind destroying, and set them up for "Production" with firecrackers and smoke bombs. Yes, Bill was always guaranteed to be in many, very painful situations with us behind the camera. That, after all, was what always made him soooo lovable on SNL.
Later in my youth, that faded away as I grew a love for music. I ended up teaching myself Guitar, Drums, Keyboards, Bass and a bit of Mandolin & Harmonica. Memorable moments in Nashville, where I moved to learn lighting, sound, recording and road work with "The Royal Court of China", from A&M Records. But I always had a passion for film and spent much of my spare time doing "research" at whatever local movie house I had at the time. Directors like Jim Jarmusch, Richard O' Brien, The Coen Brothers, Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino were the ones who hit closest to home with me. I also include Danny Elfman in this list, because he has been just as inspiring when it comes to my love of film and music as one animal.
But the reason that I am now a filmmaker is because of one incident. I met Brian Hardin. He came to work at a marketing company that I was associated with and soon found that we had an almost identical passion for the same films, writers and directors. In fact, most of the people that we admired wore ALL of these titles and more. That is when he introduced me to the world of The Mariachi; A.K.A. Robert Rodriguez. I was aware of "Desperado". I loved it! But, one day Brian asked me, "Did you know there was a film on the mariachi character before "Desperado?" I had no idea. "Yeah," Brian continued, "He shot it without a crew, no budget, his first full-length script and film. Took it to Hollywood and they loved it. Next came "From Dusk Til Dawn", "Desperado" and the rest is history." Well, Brian & I got together one night over at my house with our wives and watched this "El Mariachi". Wow. That night started my quest for more insight on the world of Robert Rodriguez. I was pleased and amazed to find that he had actually written a book called, "Rebel Without A Crew", on his experiences preparing and shooting "El Mariachi". Kind of a "how-to" on filmmaking, describing how to operate the essential camera equipment including cameras, lighting, sound, post-production techniques and to do it all without the crutches of a crew. Not particularily out of preference, but under the situation of having literally no funding. Sounded like my cup of tea! But the most important part of the book was not these little "corner-cutting" techniques; it was the fact that Robert, a now accomplished one-in-all filmmaker said, "There are a lot of creative and talented people out there waiting to be inspired, but only hear that success in this business is the impossible dream. When I found how attainable and pleasant filmmaking can be, I wrote this book because this is exactly the kind of story that I would have wanted to hear, instead of all of the negative stories we usually hear all of the time. Now, enough schooling; get your ass out there and make a movie. You don't want to be a filmmaker, you are a filmmaker. Make yourself a business card."
I did. And that is what I became. Brian had a great short story he had written, that gave us plenty to work with for a short film and we shot both Color and Black & White 16mm film. (Real film! Say NO to digital cameras. I know it's irresistable, but just say NO.) We shot most everything on location and owners of facilities were more than happy to be a part of this project, without charging us for money that we didn't have anyway. In turn, they have also become a part of our family. We transferred it and performed color correction at Continental Labs and Yale Film and Video, and then took care of all of the editing and music duties in my home studio, with the assistance of our new friend, Joseph Allgaier, who is just another carbon copy of me and Brian. And a great screen writer as well! Oh yeah; and during this year-long process, we got to visit our local movie house once again. This time to view, "Once Upon A Time In Mexico", the third chapter in the Trilogy of the Mariachi.
This is the short version of our story. It's all forward from here.
Being Scary,
Paul Marquis
Filmmaker
7/31/04
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