What's News
October 4th, 2006
Discrimination of the Dead has been selected to screen during the Anchorage International Film Festival, a 10-day event that starts December 1st. I will learn the screening date & time later in October.
-Angus
September 20th, 2006
Tonight was the Atlantic Film Festival debut of Discrimination of The Dead. Packed house! An awesome reception. Thanks to all involved.
September 8th, 2006
What wise man once said "Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'."? It was either Aristotle or Fred Durst. Kenny has taken that advice to heart and is rollin' along as Discrimination of the Dead has been accepted to the Silver Wave Film Festival. It will play as part of their Midnight Screening Horror Feast at 11:45 pm on November 10th. It will be shown at Tilley Hall, at UNB campus in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
-Angus
August 24th, 2006
Discrimination of the Dead plays at the Atlantic Film Festival on Wednesday, September 20th at 9:20pm, at the Park Lane 8.
August 23rd, 2006
With the recent success of Discrimination of the Dead we are in preproduction of our new short "Zombies on a Plane", a sequel to Discrimination. With a title like that it should write itself.
-Angus
August 10th, 2006
Another nice update about Discrimination of the Dead. The short has been accepted into the 26th Atlantic Film Festival here in Halifax. It will be screened as part of their Atlantic Focus program. I should find out the exact date in the next few weeks and will update the site then.
-Angus
August 1st, 2006
Great news! Discrimination of the Dead is hitting the road in September, as the short has been accepted to Cinefest. Cinefest is an excellent film festival in Sudbury, Ontario that is entering it's 17th year and in 2005 had attendance of almost 30,000. Congratulations again to everyone in the cast and crew of our crazy little short!
-Angus
July 18th, 2006
A short that both Boyd and I were part of the crew on has been accepted to the Montreal International Film Festival. The 16mm film (since transferred to High Def) "Thin, Dry Roar" was created as part of an Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative workshop over 3 months. Congratulations to the other crew, mentors and cast!
-Angus
May 23th, 2006
Spent the wee hours of the morning at Ryan Roberts' studio.
With the exception of some minor mixing and EQ, the soundtrack is a lock. I can't say enough about the work Ryan did. At best, we were hoping for some music that would match a few of our key scenes and transitions.
Well... he went far above and beyond the call. What he created was an awesome musical soundscape that sets the mood, carries the story, enhances the comedy and gives the piece a cohesion we didn't even realize was missing. Every note was timed perfectly and each piece of music wraps around the scene, building and pulling back as the dialog dictated.
Thank you Ryan....You've raised the bar!
May 16th, 2006
Sunday past we headed back to Stonehame in Pictou County to shoot the final scene for Checking Out. Ryan Roberts is putting the final touches on the musical score.
May 9th, 2006
Some cool news: Discrimination of the Dead was awarded Best Direction - Narrative at last nights Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative Annual General Screening. The short was codirected by local filmmaker Jason Eisener, and BrainFreeze Productions' Angus Swantee.
Special thanks to our friends that were able to make it to the screening last night, it was great to see you there!
On Tap: Completing the score to Checking Out, and submitting both short films to the Atlantic Film Festival
April 30th, 2006
We are pleased to announce that "Discrimination of the Dead" is hitting the big screen. It was selected to be shown during the Atlantic Film Cooperative's 15th Annual General Screening. Hope to see you there - here is the info:
The film has been nominated for Best Direction - Narrative.
The event is Monday, May 8 at 7pm at Park Lane with an awards party to follow. There is an audience award so bring all your friends.
April 26th, 2006
Local Bluegrass / Country artist Ryan Roberts has agreed to score the "Checking Out" soundtrack. Video editing finishes today. Soundtrack and foley will be ongoing over the next week to 10 days. Either a teaser trailer or series of video clips should be available next week as well.
April 25th, 2006
Check out the Hatfield Farm ad. at Empire Theatres (all 17 screens) in Halifax starting this Friday April 28th.
April 11th, 2006
The week-end shoot went off without a hitch, and we are well into editing. Watch for pics from the set, coming in the next few days.
April 7nd, 2006 We will be shooting a comedy short on location at StoneHame Chalets in Scotsburn, NS. The film, titled "Checking Out" is written by Craig Gunn, and stars Craig Gunn and Chris Little, both of the Irondale improvisational ensemble.
April 3nd, 2006BrainFreezeProductions moves to the BIG SCREEN... well... kind of. A re-edited version of our most recent ad for Hatfield Farm (Click here to view) will be playing at Halifax area Empire Theatres in May and June 2006.