21. November 2009 by admin.

(Before I start this blog I realize that this might possibly be my earliest post ever)

One quick sidenote:  Chemical 12-D will be playing at the Portage theater (again) as it has been accepted to its six film festival in under 2 months.  Movieside Film Festival presents Terror in the Aisle 3 thats on December 5th.  I’ll be there with my DP as we play again with DVDs.  Be sure to come.  Now, since that is out of the way, we move right along…

Last night the teaser poster for our new movie was photographed and now is being edited.  My due date of Monday may not be met, which in the grand scheme of things is actually ok because we got some help.  Matt Schenke, a photography major at Columbia, offered us some help as we never shot a poster before.  The raw image to me looks great and I can’t wait to see what he does with it.  Prepare for what could be a really kick ass poster that’ll hopefully start some nice buzz around our movie as we release tad bits of what will the story is about.  I think the poster will raise enough questions and curiousity that we should be able to start getting up some money.

Speaking of which, I am announcing that Chemical 12-D will be available for sale online for the duration of one week.  We can only do sell for this long online because of our film fest circuit does not allow us to release the film so early in our run.  No worries, we have unlimited copies and you’ll have your chance to get them for one week (the price has not changed, $8.00 a DVD).  Also, a possible Water Cooler Productions fundraiser is in the works for mid-December.  I will keep you updated on that as well.

-Mac Eldridge

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19. November 2009 by admin.

Although the film I am working on currently is slated to be the biggest Water Cooler Production so far, a first is happening for Water Cooler Production.  And it starts like this:

Writer Robert Sandoval handed me a script some time ago in June called Cubicles.  Its a fun little movie, and although it was well written, I had no intention of directing it because of working heavily on Chemical 12-D at the time but also because I knew I wasn’t the director for the project.  I got it but it wasn’t calling for my style of direction.  So, I gave him notes on it and told him it would eventually get made (I was not lying, I knew someone would do it).

Flash forward to roughly one month ago.  I was playing on XBox live and I received a message from David Trojan, my assistant director, telling me that we need to make another movie.  Then I realized it right then and there that David Trojan would be the perfect director for Cubicles.  Its his style, he read the script when I did and thought it was great.  I then messaged Trojan and told him, ‘yes, we will make another movie.  We’ll make Cubicles.  You direct it and I’ll produce it.’  He met me with enthusiasm and has been all for it ever since.

Currently, we are finding the location for the short, 5 minute piece and then we are off and going in January.  It’ll be a short shoot and hopefully will be completed by February.  Its a great piece and a first that I decided not to direct something that comes out of Water Cooler Productions (outside of a doc Billy Bitterman did).  I’m excited to prepare a shoot as a producer and I’m going to do my best to make sure the shoot goes smoothly, post production runs quickly, and the film is finished on time.  It’ll be a short that will be seen online and I think it’ll be a blast.

Keep your eyes out for Cubicles in February, Messiah in January, and the teaser poster for the next big Water Cooler Production Monday.  Business isa boomin’.  Stay tuned.

-Mac Eldridge

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17. November 2009 by admin.

Even though Chemical 12-D has just begun its festival run, Water Cooler Productions is beggining work on its next short, with the intent to blow everything we’ve ever done out of the water by a huge margin.

And a teaser poster will be coming out this Monday.

Thats right, although I refuse to give out any details right now, it is safe to say I know this project will be my baby more than any production ever.  Yes, I wrote and directed Chemical 12-D however I always saw that as David Wagenaar’s project because of how badly he wanted to do a zombie film and he also had the rough idea about the short when he approached me.  I directed Messiah but that is writer Billy Bitterman’s movie, as it is his view on faith more than it is mine (although I inserted some of my own feelings in it).  I also directed Such As It Ends but thats Robert Sandoval’s movie as he wrote it and because of how close he considered the project.  But, with this movie, I wanted to do it and now since its happening, I hold it closer than any other project I’ve been able to wrap my arms around.  I hope it becomes everything I am trying to make it and more, as we are pushing every boundary of Water Cooler Productions to make it.  I hope the poster being created for it can really deliver the message of no more fun shit, this next project is meant to be fucking scary and is really meant to hurl the audience into all sorts of emotions.  I know this will test my attachment to character as a director than any other movie I’ve done before.

I hope you all will like it.

-Mac Eldridge

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15. November 2009 by admin.

As this long weekend comes to a close, some events have came and went, and Chemical 12-D has progressed (in my opinion).

First off, Chemical 12-D has received another review, this time coming from the blog “A World on Fire.”  Its a great review and well worth the read.  Very concise, too the point, and it also talks about why I enjoy Chemical 12-D.  I hope you enjoy it as well.

Read the review here

In other news, 12-D also played at the Zombie Outbreak Film Fest this weekend in Chicago.  We were lucky enough to sell some DVDs, make some acquaintances, talk to some good people, and, more importantly, get a great reaction out of the audience.  At this point, I have seen Chemical 12-D hundreds upon hundreds of times because of the writing, shooting, editing, etc. that I no longer watch the movie when its playing rather I watch the audience and see their reactions to what myself and Water Cooler Productions has made.  Watching people jump is my fuel to keep going, I love getting that reaction out of the audience.  After the screen went black and the first title card popped up, we got a great loud applause and as the main credits faded and the scrolling credits came up, we got another round of applause.  It was a great reaction and if I can watch audiences react to the film like that a few more times, then I will be satisfied with the project.

Also, a new change is coming for the Water Cooler Productions website.  I know I am not much of a website builder person and the site has been described as “cookie cutter” which I can agree with, and I also can agree with it doesn’t knock the socks off of anybody and it doesn’t get the job done.  Well, I’m making my first attempt at making it more of a successful site because  I will be putting the DVD for Chemical 12-D online for sale and it’ll run $8.00 a DVD (shipping costs included).  I hope to have the DVD up for sale online within the matter of days, so I will keep you all posted on that.

-Mac

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12. November 2009 by admin.

Well, after roughly 5 months of vacation time, I am starting up again,

I gotta say I feel pretty lazy because of how I completely bounced  from the blog.  I’m assuming I stopped for a week or two because of everything that was happening for 12-D and then I just never got back into the swing of things.  I apologize for that.  But now, for the same reason why I stopped writing this blog (12-D, not laziness), I decided to start again so anyone who is looking up stuff for Chemical 12-D can check in here, at the official blog of 12-D’s conception.  I’m sure if you flip some pages back you can see my thoughts as we wrote, shot, and finished 12-D.

So, just as a quick update, here is everything that is going on in the world of Water Cooler Productions, and more notably,  Chemical 12-D.

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We have been accepted to 5 different film festivals since 12-D began its film cirucit run.  We’re currently pending quite a few of the bigger fests, but for now, here is our list.

• Chicago Citywide Film Makers Film Fest (Chemical 12-D won the audience award here)
• Fractured Lens Film Festival (there were no prizes awarded at this film fest, very lame.  They also were going to charge me to watch my own movie, so I didn’t attend.)
• Zombie Outbreak Film Festival
• Tromadance New Mexico
• Lake County Film Festival (2010)

Chemical 12-D has two official reviews and they both are gleaming.  These two reviews alone have begun our hype online as I’m being contacted now by quite a few individuals on the project.

 Day of the Woman review

Vault of Horror review

I think they’re great reviews and thanks to both Brittney and Brian for writing them.  We are delighted to see you like our work.

Lastly, starting at the Zombie Outbreak Film Fest this weekend at the Portage Theater in Chicago we will begin selling the DVD of Chemical 12-D for a special price of only $5.oo!  The DVD comes with 3 different audio commentaries, 2 documentaries on 12-D and Water Cooler Productions, a deleted scene, some upcoming work stuff, and, as a little treat of embarrassment towards myself, we also have put on Water Cooler’s first zombie movie, In A State Of.   Online the DVD will run a bit more because of shipping and such, but please help support us as we’re trying to fund our next project.

I hope I continue writing here as I actually do like it, and hopefully this site will come more and more useful as both Chemical 12-D and Water Cooler Productions grow.
Cheers,

Mac Eldridge

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