LIGHTS CAMERA BULLSHIT Feature Length Comedy Running Time

LIGHTS CAMERA BULLSHIT [Feature Length Comedy] Running Time: Directed By Produced By 90 minutes Chad Allen Barton Written By Joseph Carr Robert Rowan Production Company Piano Man Pictures Edited by Shelby Baldock Cinematographers Eric Huber Chad Allen Barton

LOGLINE [51 WORDS] A man comes back to Memphis in order to begin making legitimate films, but is thwarted at every turn by the insanity of the crew, his new commercial videography job, mobsters that are after his new boss, two gangs of historically inaccurate, psychotic presidential impersonators, and his commitments to his family. SYNOPSIS [142 WORDS] Upon returning to Memphis to try and make artistic films, Gerard Tate takes a job with a video production company to make money whilst pursuing his dream. Unfortunately, the owner is an old-school hollywood nut job, the director has no control over anyone, the sound recordist won’t shut up long enough to press record, the cameraman is too meek to even bring himself to hold a camera, and the prop master has to put fruit in everything. On top of the his coworkers’ lunacy, a bizarre gang has recently moved into the city and is causing trouble. They wear masks and pictures of presidents on their faces and do poor impersonations of our previous commanders-in-chief. Getting caught in the middle of all of this may prove deadly, and is only further complicated by gerard’s family drama. He just wants to make movies!

Director’s Statement LCB has a winding and bizarre story. It was our company’s first attempt at a feature and of all things, it was going to be about trying to make independent films. Many of the events in the film happened to us while we were actually trying to make the film, albeit not as exaggerated and cartoonish. We had to film in back alleys and behind abandoned buildings in order to have locations that required no money and at times using our film slate to show the cops we weren’t trying to break in anywhere, just shooting a movie. It was a dangerous exercise that I would never try again, but it was our film school. It taught us about every aspect of filmmaking from pre to post-production. The actual film is semi-autobiographical in nature about my trying to balance personal life with work and with artistic endeavours. I send up myself as much as I send up independent filmmaking. The whole process of indie filmmaking is full of problems, the three biggest being: money, politics, and relationships. There’s never enough money and there never will be. By politics, I don’t really mean who you voted for in the last election. It’s about the politics of the entertainment industry and the social hierarchy, especially in a smaller city. And lastly, relationships between your family, friends, coworkers and the community at large. In Indie Filmmaking, your friends become your co workers and those same people become your family. The problem is that in filmmaking you have to keep producing, which requires a lot of commitment from everyone around you and it can come across poorly, if you aren’t aware of it. This can strain your relationships with everyone in your life. It’s a constant struggle, but we all keep doing it and we’d have it no other way!

Eric Tate as Gerard Evans Eric is most well known for starring in Craig Brewer’s first film, The Poor and Hungry. In addition to that claim to fame, Eric is a filmmaker in his own right, producing several short films, including Am I, Clerical Error and Default Settings. Ron Gephart as Don Legend Ron is the recipient of The 2011 Eugart Yearian Award for Lifetime Service to Memphis Theatre. He has been awarded 4 Ostrander Awards and been nominated several other times. Ron is especially proud to have been a part of several shows that were awarded Ostranders for outstanding ensembles and best productions. He retired several years ago after teaching at Southwest Tennessee Community College for 30 years. He has been seen in many local commercials and has had featured roles in several indie films. Teddy Eck as Jimmy Carter Teddy Eck was born on May 9, 1982 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Lincoln (2012), The Notorious Bettie Page (2005) and Delirious (2006).

DIRECTOR, Chad Allen Barton is the co-founder of the Memphis-based production company, Piano Man Pictures. He’s written, produced, and directed several short films (AM I, HIRSCH, H. I. D. ) that have screened at numerous festivals, including ones in Los Angeles, New York, and London. He has produced awardwinning music videos, as well as the North Mississippi All-Stars concert documentary, WORLD BOOGIE IS COMING (dir. Cody Dickinson). His feature-film directorial debut is LIGHTS, CAMERA, BULLSHIT, a semi-autobiographical satirical romp through the Memphis filmmaking landscape. He’s currently developing a comedy series, HELICAL SPACE, about a group of cartoonish misfits in Memphis and their misadventures, which range from electing a dog mayor to keeping a for-profit library open. Also in production is a kids’ puppet show, called FLOPPIES, in which an old noir-ish detective gets stuck in a silly puppet world where every day he gets to learn lessons about friendship and basic mathematic skills that every adult already knows, while teaching its denizens about depression and the encroaching fear of death.

PRODUCER, Joey Carr Joseph Carr is an actor and filmmaker based in Memphis, TN. He has also worked as the assistant director of TEAM PICTURE (dir. Kentucker Audley), producer/assistant director of SILVER ELVES (dir. Morgan Jon Fox). He has most recently produced the short films, GRACE (dir. Kevin Brooks) and WE GO ON (dir. Matteo Servente). PRODUCER, Robert Rowan has been working in Memphis film and TV for 7 years and has shown his penis in only one film Editor, Shelby Baldock Raised in Memphis, TN, Shelby grew up in love with film and music, creating short films and studying percussion from an early age. The two passions have always been hand-in-hand, leading him to work for the Grammys and touring with the North Mississippi Allstars, together creating music videos, documentaries, and concert films. In 2010, Shelby also established Piano Man Pictures, a Memphis-based arts collective that supports and produces local film, music, and theatre. He has continued to work across the country with Cody Dickinson, The Grahams, and more. Over the years, films and projects that Shelby has directed, written, edited, or scored have played across the world. He is a graduate of the MFA program at Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

PRAISE “This movie is so good, I don’t need to see anymore movies anymore. It’s just THAT good. I mean, it’s not Deadpool good, but nothing is that good. Except Deadpool. I love Deadpool. ” John Peterson, MOVIES WEEKLY “I gives this film two thumbs up, ya sickos. ” Alex Scottsfield, GREATFILMS. COM “My niece forced me to watch this film. I hate that kid, but boy do I love this movie. ” Tommy Cola, GOLDEN IDOL AWARDS Awards: 2017 Best Picture - Academy Awards 2017 Best Screenplay - Independent Spirit Awards

CREDITS Directed by Allen Barton Chad Written by Produced by Chad Allen Barton Joseph Carr Robert Rowan Cinematographers Eric Huber Stephen L Hildreth Patrick Churvis Production Designer Shelby Baldock Editor Chad Irwin Shelby Baldock Production Sound Recordist Music by Robert Rowan Shelby Baldock

Assistant Director Joseph Carr 2 nd Assistant Camera Avocado Jones Gaffer: Mary Slopears Soloman Lirtz 1 st Assistant Camera Digital Colorist Charlie Metz III Foley Artist Grip VFX Music recorded by Marcus Kent Hamson Celeste Dixon Craig Maners Mike Joyner