Nightscape - NYC and Soundtrack

Nightscape is one of 9 feature length films to be selected to screen at the NYC HorrorFest and will screen Nov. 9 at the Tribeca Cinemas. Fangoria wrote up a blurb on the festival.

The Nightscape soundtrack is currently available as an MP3 from a number of online retailers, notably, Amazon, CD Baby, Google Marketplace and iTunes. My band Monster-Sized Monsters recorded a track for the soundtrack, so we're on there!

Check out the CD Baby link to hear samples of each track.

Nightscape in Montreal

Nightscape is making it's world premier tonight at the Montreal Comicon/Horrorfest. And finally there is a new trailer for the film! Check it out! I absolutely love the soundtrack- it's been stuck in my head for days.

Nightscape Official Trailer from Nightscape on Vimeo.

Traveling
I flew in to Montreal yesterday and met up with the director (David Edwards) and lead actor (Joshua St. James) here in Quebec. I know ZERO French, which makes me feel like a jerk trying to navigate this city. Last night we met up with a couple other filmmakers, including Todd Freeman (Cell Count) for drinks. Jet lagged (in favor of staying up late), we were out until early in the morning. I rounded out the night with a couple hours of Skype video calling, and finally got to sleep around 5am local time.

David Edwards, Emily Galash, and Joshua St.
James from Nightscape. Taken in Montreal by
Todd Freeman 9/13/12.

This morning we all met for brunch and were joined by Nightscape actor (Jorge Madrid) who flew in from Paris. Now that I've downed a couple cups of coffee, I need to get a little work done and then take a nap. Then around 4pm we're off to the convention to pick up our event passes. Looking forward to people watching and movie watching tonight. More updates from the premier to come!

Warped! Concept Shoot

Promotional photo from a concept shoot for TV Pilot "Warped!" I had the pleasure of embodying this character for an afternoon. It was wild, this character is like my polar opposite. Weirds me out. But fun!

By the way, looks like this is my 100th blog post. Hmmmm....

Nightscape Premiers at ComiCon

Screenshot from Nightscape: Road Without End

I am very, very excited to announce that Nightscape will premier at the Montreal  ComiCon Horrorfest in September! Nightscape is a sci-fi horror/supernatural thriller film in which I play the leading lady, shot exactly a year ago.

I still haven't seen an updated trailer for the film, but as soon as one is released (any day now?) I'll post it here.

For those who are following this blog, be prepared for a flurry of Nightscape News as it becomes accepted to more festivals, and promotion gets underway.

EDIT 8/21/12: I will be attending the festival in Montreal to promote Nightscape this September!  See you there? Official announcement is HERE. You bet I'll be blogging from the festival, just like Tribeca 2011.

Rid of Me is on NETFLIX

Like the title of this post says, Rid of Me is now available on Netflix!

Have Netflix? Stream it here!

Counter Culture//Digital Romance

I have a part in an upcoming project by Ian Stout called Dystopia. Currently there is an Indiegogo campaign out there to raise funds. Check out the video above to get a feel for the film.

Screenshot from Dystopia

If you would like to contribute to the project, click here.

Jolene, Jolene

So here I am, procrastinating writing a target market analysis for a marketing plan. I will get to it, I promise. I'm just too damn excited about several other things to focus on work. By the way, I added a third undergrad degree (Advertising), did I mention that? Probably.

For one, I bought a motorcycle. A 1995 Honda Nighthawk 250. I'm learning how to ride it. I'm also hemorrhaging money in armor, helmets and parts, as well as labor hours. But damnit I will learn to work on this thing and ride! She's not yet named but I am thinking Jolene.

Second, remember the film Rid Of Me I had a role in? Well it is showing on the Showtime channel this month (July)! If you have cable or know someone who does, keep an eye out and catch a showing!

Check out the trailer

Upcoming Airings of Rid of Me:

Time: Wed, Jul 25 3:00 AM
Channel:  SHO 2

Date: Mon, Jul 30 11:35 PM
Channel:  SHOWTIME SHOWCASE

If you (like me) do not have cable, I am fairly certain that a streaming Netflix release may be available in the future. For now you can also purchase and watch it on itunes, Blockbuster and Amazon.

Third, I have been working on an untitled film the last couple of months. We are in pre-production right now, getting deep into character development. This is new territory for me... going so deep with a character and having this much prep time. I am learning a lot. The film shoots in September/October. I can't say much about the film at this point, but I will give some more info when I have some more time.

Now, back to the ten million things I really should be doing.

Old School

So, once every few months I Google myself to see what happens. Yeah, true story. This time, I found a photo from a shoot for Reader's Digest from years ago, back in my punk rock days (okay so I am always in my punk rock days, but I used to be a little more obvious about it). I thought it would be fun to share it here.

By the way, so here's a little context: This was right before MySpace became a phenomenon, BEFORE taking pictures of yourself via the mirror was a cliche'd commonplace. We were trying to create a set up inspired by brilliant photographers who had experimented with mirrors and photography such as the photo seen below:

 

This House Is No Longer A Home

I have been busy as a bee. Finishing up this 2nd business degree, this time in Marketing, (which I like MUCH better than Management). I'm really digging the process of conducting research to learn about target markets, and designing a creative strategy and idea that will speak to the target based on the research. It connects so well to my film/commercial work too. I could actually see myself doing that as a "real" job... W&K are you hiring? :)

I just accepted a role in a feature film shooting in September... more on that later. I am very excited to work on this project as we will be approaching character development in a very unusual and in-depth way. Papers get signed on Monday.

Also, I guess the cat is out of the bag: I am now a homeowner. (WTF, I know, right?) Seriously though, the market is so cheap right now that it is not all that strange. I am now in the process of renovating an entire freaking house with the help of some family and friends. (I could not do this without you all, thank you!). This is spendy and time-consuming, and a bit frightening but tremendously satisfying. If you want to see photos (and we all love pictures!) check out my home improvement blog.

Finally, my band is playing a house show in Portland on Friday, April 27 2012. (Facebook invite).

T-shirt design contest "Portland" themed

So, one of the things I like to do is draw. Last January I entered a t-shirt design contest. The theme is "Portland". My design won 2nd place and will be printed and sold at the PSU Bookstore. Word is it was the in-store favorite :)

My design entry

Shoulda been a cowboy

Setting up a shot for Gold Creek

At 7am on March 30, Gold Creek wrapped principal photography. Keeping a schedule of 16 hour work days (allowing only 8 hours for travel, sleep, breakfast, et cetera) for 13 straight days is exhausting. I am not sad for this project to be over, although I am glad to have had the experience. How often do you get the chance to make a western/horror/bigfoot/period piece movie? Yeah.. I'm pretty sure we just invented a brand new sub-genre.

Living and breathing a character for nearly all my waking hours for two solid weeks really allowed me to dive deep into the character, her world, and her relationships. As an actor I have learned a lot and increased my ability to create depth that the camera can pick up.

There happens to be quite a few talented musicians on this set including Danbert Nobacon from the band Chumbawamba ("I get knocked down, but I get up again, no body gonna keep me down!")



Other musicians include Terry Hardesty, a songwriter and long time friend of country music legend Merle Haggard.

Here are some more photos from the shoot:

Me in the trailer between scenes with Sali/Sarah's gun and hat

Horses just hanging out

Authentic 1890's wooden wheel wagon I rode on for some shots

Horses like to watch other horses do stuff

"Kit" and "White Deer" riding - Ignore the telephone pole :)

Danbert Nobacon and me

Danbert/Danny getting "killed"

The dream of the 1890's is alive in Winthrop

An update from the set of Gold Creek in Winthrop/Twisp, Washington. Make no mistake, this is a straight up horror film about Bigfoot. It's not pretending to be anything else. That being said, it's going to be so cool when it's finished!

Here's a little preview of our little mining camp set built for the film. Brrrrr.......  

Me in costume. Except that's not my gun....

Russell Hodgkinson as Kit

Our little mining camp set

We're really just playing Cowboys and Indians professionally

The wagon is coming in...

Beautiful horses pulling the wagon

Wagon

Sali Sayler and I in costume

Set

Set

Deer everywhere!

Craft Services, staging, set construction, etc.

Russell Hodgkinson (Plays the role of  Kit) outside the cast trailer

Bigfoot came and hung out in our trailer for a while.

St. Patrick's Day some of us had some free time so we went into town in search of a Reuben sandwich and Irish Car Bombs. Success!  

I forgot how much I suck at the whole Irish Car Bomb thing...

A genuine cowboy/cowgirl town

Sali Sayler (one of the movie's leads) and I at the Liquor Agency on St. Patrick's day

Had to do it...

That's it for now. More later!

Day Zero

It has only just began but the last 24 hours have already been an adventure! It took me over seven hours to make the drive to Twisp, WA, where basecamp for the shoot is located. The drive through the Cascades was stunning. These photos don't do the mountains justice (I was not looking where I was pointing the camera when I snapped these- I was focused on the road).

Around hour five, I ran into some trouble. I hadn't seen a gas station for hours, it was beginning to snow, the sun was setting and I was running on empty. Luckily I found a restaurant with a pump just in the nick of time!

Upon arriving at basecamp, it was to the wardrobe dept. immediately for fittings and contracts.

My room for the next two weeks:

As I was falling asleep I heard yip yips, movement, and howling. Pretty sure a wolf pack was right outside my window!

This was outside my window in the morning: The lower car is the one I arrived in just hours before:

That was yesterday.

Today at 6:00am the cast and crew began shooting. I'm not on the schedule until tomorrow morning, and since today is St. Patrick's Day, some us might head on up to Winthrop for some holiday food and beverage at the old-timey tavern.

Meanwhile, I'm making use of my time off by finishing a research paper for school, and running lines.

More to come,
Emily

Into the woods...

I have been very busy with little time to post about anything lately. I have been finishing up two business degrees and working as a Marketing and Generalist intern at the Business Outreach Program at PSU. I have really been enjoying this work, while fitting shoots and auditions in between it all.

Tomorrow morning I take off on a 7 hour drive to The Middle Of Nowhere in very Northern Washington to shoot a western period horror film for a couple of weeks. There's going to be horses, guns, burning buildings, and all sorts of Oregon Trail fun! I've got to learn some native Salish phrases for my character on the drive up there. Should be quite the adventure! I hope I'll have time to post some updates and BTS photos while up north.

Sorry about the lack of photos. Next time!

My Band Live Video from 2/22/12

My band recently played our first show in AGES (due to training up a new drummer) on 2/22/12 at The Know, Portland's favorite dive bar and awesome punk rock venue. The house was PACKED, so many of you came out on a Wednesday night! Here's one of the songs we played. Huge thanks to Brian Brewer for putting this video together.

Monster Sized Monsters - live from brewcaster on Vimeo.

ARTIST: MONSTER-SIZED MONSTERS
SONG: MONSTER-SIZED MONSTERS
DATE: 2/22/12

By the way, if you are interested in finding out more about my band, we are on Facebook and we have a blog, too! It's HERE.

2.22.12 MSM Show @ The Know

Hey, my band Monster-Sized Monsters is playing at The Know on February 22. Come grab some drinks and hang out at Portland's favorite dive bar!

Test shoot for Rotoscoping project

Some photos from a test shoot for an upcoming project by Jason Edwards and Patrick Neary at Stage 13 in Portland. The plan is to rotoscope the characters and add cartoon/comic book like backgrounds so the entire thing looks animated! I've never been turned into a cartoon before... I can't wait to see how the processed footage looks!