Lunatic Messiah Graphic Novel Tests

The producers of Lunatic Messiah are toying around with the idea of doing a graphic novel, which reminded me about Comic Life, the extremely cool graphic novel software bundled with my MacBook.

Since I'm doing publicity for the film, I already have about a gajillion photos from each shoot... and Comic Life makes it easy to import pictures from iPhoto and apply image filters to make each photo look like a graphic novel. The rest is pretty basic stuff, like selecting a font used for comic narration over the last 40–50 years.

Here are the results, a simple 4 page test. Took me about an hour. Click to enlarge:

Local DJ Hosts Soundtrack Search for Our Feature Film

Amazing radio celebrity Staci Anderson landed this gig for our feature film Lunatic Messiah.

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Bad Highway Productions, Inc.
1412 21st Street, Suite B
Sacramento, CA 95816

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Ross Pruden, Publicist
415/823-0672

98 ROCK'S MARK GILMORE HOSTS SOUNDTRACK SEARCH FOR FEATURE FILM
"Local Licks" host Gilmore to help find music for Bad Highway's feature film Lunatic Messiah


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Tuesday, December 4th, 2006

SACRAMENTO, CA -- Mark Gilmore's "Local Licks" radio 98 Rock show is hosting a "Soundtrack Search" so bands across Northern California can submit original music for Bad Highway Productions' Lunatic Messiah, a feature film currently being produced in Sacramento County. Selected bands will receive film credit, inclusion in future press releases, and airplay on 98 Rock's "Local Licks" radio show.

Soundtrack submissions will remain open until the end of the year. "After we wrap in late December," says Doc Maxwell -- Lunatic's director and founder of Bad Highway Productions -- "I'll lock myself in the studio to piece everything together and base my decision on the quality of the music as well as how it fits the feel of the film." Maxwell always prefers local talent: "There's too much undiscovered talent around here to look further." Examples of preferred music are Queensryche's "Silent Lucidity" and Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall". Tempo and style may vary, but lyrics must be clearly understood. Preferred themes include paranoia, confusion, unrequited love, anger, fear, and vengeance.

For more guidelines on submitting songs, please visit www.lunaticmessiah.com/music. To submit music for the Soundtrack Search, bands should email their name, band name, phone number and MP3s to lunaticmusic@lunaticmessiah.com. For more information about the film Lunatic Messiah, please visit www.lunaticmessiah.com/press or contact Ross Pruden: 415/823-0672 or lunatic@rosspruden.com.

Sacramento Cop Shoots "Lunatic Messiah"

Just grabbed this off the teletype. Check out that last para!

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SACRAMENTO COP TO SHOOT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER LUNATIC MESSIAH
Principal Photography to Start on Feature Film Halloween 2006

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October 3rd, 2006

SACRAMENTO, CA -- On Halloween day, Doc Maxwell -- full-time police officer and President of Bad Highway Productions -- will begin shooting Lunatic Messiah, a psychological thriller feature film. Pre-production started this week at Bad Highway's new office space in midtown Sacramento.

Maxwell was still a full-time police officer when he incorporated Bad Highway Productions five years ago, but temporarily went part-time last year to ramp up his film company. "I looked at Sacramento's film community," says Maxwell, "and thought a small production studio making high-quality films without million dollar budgets was a niche market which had not been exploited enough. Because digital video has leveled the playing field for indie filmmakers, I had intended Bad Highway to just produce shorts and features but when I read the script for Lunatic Messiah, I knew immediately I wanted to direct it myself. Lunatic Messiah was a perfect fit for Bad Highway because its story was intriguing but it could still be shot inexpensively without sacrificing any quality."

Producer Meaghan Sinclair is equally enthusiastic about the project: "We have a great team working on this project so I can't wait to see this film get to principal." Still photographer Greg Pond of Greg Pond Photography in San Francisco will lens the feature: "Bad Highway has used Greg in the past," says Maxwell, "and we really like his work, so we're giving him a lot of freedom to make this film look however he wants." Maxwell has already cast actors from Sacramento, including Aysha (Something In The Clearing, Lost & Found, and Deer Season), Matt Lengerich (7eventy5ive, 99 Pieces), and Tyler Cook (Nine is Mine, 7eventy5ive), but is always looking to cast extras for the larger scenes.

Lunatic Messiah follows the life of a man encountering society's apocalyptic collapse and the subsequent deteriorating sanity he faces. Writer Steve Papineau's first feature film Claude's Cafe was an official selection at 2005's New York Film Festival and his last feature film, The Scorpion and The Chainsaw, is currently in post-production. Papineau cites Saw and The Night of The Living Dead as major inspirations for Lunatic Messiah -- "Like those classics, I wanted to set Lunatic Messiah from the standpoint of a main character dealing with an outside gone crazy."

Bad Highway's next project production is Arousal, a horror feature film written and to be directed by a writer living in Sacramento. For more information about Lunatic Messiah, please visit www.lunaticmessiah.com/press or call Ross Pruden: 415/823-0672 or lunatic@rosspruden.com