Mississauga Independent Film Festival

MIFF2011 Winner of Best Web Series: Making Funny Stuff

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:27:42 +0000

MIFF2011 Winner of Best Web Series: Making Funny Stuff

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 10 (finale)

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:53:03 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 9

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:29:12 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 8

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:02:55 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 7

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:28:32 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 6

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:08:26 +0000

Christopher Trotman, Melanie Geroche and the MIFF Street Team in action.

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 5

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:41:12 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

MIFF2010: Compilation Video

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:01:39 +0000

MIFF2010: Compilation Video

MIFF 2010: Festival Co-Director Michael Mercy

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:44:08 +0000

MIFF 2010: Festival Co-Director Michael Mercy

MIFF 2010: Festival Co-Founder Matthew Campagna

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:19:32 +0000

MIFF 2010: Festival Co-Founder Matthew Campagna

MIFF 2010: Volunteer Co-ordinator Luana Mercy

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:20:05 +0000

MIFF 2010: Volunteer Co-ordinator Luana Mercy

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 4

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:32:30 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 3

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:53:47 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

MIFF2010: Web Series Showreel

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:33:41 +0000

Making Funny StuffGlen McDonaldThe Human ProjectBert MckinleyAndy and the UpsideNeil HuberRantPuppets

MIFF2010: Short Program C Showreel

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:23:00 +0000

Short Program C Sunday, July 11, 12noonRated: R

MIFF2010: Short Program B Showreel

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:48:58 +0000

Short Program B Saturday, July 10, 4pmRated: PG-13

MIFF2010: Short Program A Showreel

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:58:17 +0000

Short Program A Saturday, ;July 10, 12noonEncore: Sunday July 11, 4pm Rated: PGShort Program A The Tea MasterAaron Au I Work in PublicMatt JudgeThe MechanicMichael Grand A Premiere VueMark Calaminici Parent Teacher NightStephen RoscoeLes Fleurs de l’AgeVincent Biron One Small Step Damien Slevin Madeline’s RockMax Fraser Joe’s Gotta GoJuan Riedinger Parking SpaceDavid Bitton

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 2

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:16:40 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

Mississauga Independent Film Festival 2010: MIFF Street Team 1

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:26:10 +0000

Christopher Trotman and the MIFF Street Team in action.

MIFF2010: Nara

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:24:30 +0000

The Mississauga Independent Film Festival Presents:NARA9pm SATURDAY JULY 10th, 2010www.miff.caBlane, a young homeless man forms an unworldly bond with Nara. Their friendship grows stronger as time passes, giving Blane something to look forward to everyday. The only problem is, Nara isn’t like any other friend; she is Blane’s deepest and darkest secret.Directed by Navin Ramaswaran and starring Christine Chemello, Dylan Macdonald & Nicole Maroon.

2010 Mississauga Independent Film Festival showreel

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:51:53 +0000

The 2010 Mississauga Independent Film FestivalJuly 7-11www.miff.ca

MIFF2010: Remix to Rio

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:30:16 +0000

The Mississauga Independent Film Festival Presents:REMIX TO RIO8pm FRIDAY JULY 9th, 2010www.miff.caREMIX TO RIO is a documentary that follows Canada’s most innovative youth outreach organization, REMIX Project, to the toughest favelas in Rio De Janeiro as they test their revolutionary hip-hop outreach model on some of today’s most ‘unreachable’ youth.Directed by Ravi Steve.

MIFF2010: Archon Defender

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:34:50 +0000

The Mississauga Independent Film Festival Presents:ARCHON DEFENDER7pm SUNDAY JULY 11th, 2010www.miff.caThe Emperess Lucia has risen to power in Echelon, and is systematically persecuting the Shard Sensitive, and all who oppose her power.Orphaned while fleeing from Lucia’s regime, Colette seeks refuge in the nation of Archon. Having Awakened to the Shard, her abilities become fully manifest under the guidance of the Archon Council. Joining the Archon Defence Wing, she must confront her own feelings of isolation and despair to stand against Empress Lucia.Directed by David Krupicz and starring Katie Uhlman, Dan Wooster, Amanda Smith, Morgan Muscat, Chris Kerba, Peter Church & Daniel Wyse.

MIFF2010: Defendor

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:17:43 +0000

The Mississauga Independent Film Festival Presents:DEFENDOR8pm THURSDAY JULY 8th, 2010 www.miff.caA crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city’s criminal underworld. It’s a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn’t understand and doesn’t belong in, but is committed to fighting when he changes into a vigilante super-hero of his own making, Defendor. With no power other than courage Defendor takes to the streets to protect the city’s innocents.Filmed in Hamilton, Ontario, directed by Peter Stebbings and starring Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings, Elias Koteas and Sandra Oh.

MIFF2010: Nara

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:16:34 +0000

Blane, a young homeless man forms an unworldly bond with Nara. Their friendship grows stronger as time passes, giving Blane something to look forward to everyday. The only problem is, Nara isn’t like any other friend; she is Blane’s deepest and darkest secret.

MIFF09 - Opening Night Gala

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:32:18 +0000

MIFF09: "Mangalsutra" - Saturday Night Feature

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:18:34 +0000

http://MIFF.ca for details. Official Selection at the 2009 Mississauga Independent Film Festival: "Mangalsutra" Screening July 11, 2009 at 7pm. A young South Asian couple move into their new home which is haunted by an old indian curse. The MangalSutra is a necklace that bonds a groom to his bride, some ancient traditions never die!Mangalsutra is one of a kind “Bollywood meets Hollywood” horror film that is sure to scare everyone out of their seats.�

MIFF09: "Hooked on Speedman" - Friday Night Feature

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:02:53 +0000

http://MIFF.ca for details. Official Selection at the 2009 Mississauga Independent Film Festival: "Hooked on Speedman" Screening July 10, 2009. Nick and Vince, armed with big dreams and a digital camera, are determined to make their vision a reality by way of the next indie blockbuster of “Blair Witch” proportions. Their million-dollar idea: a documentary about their neighbourhood hero, Canadian actor Scott Speedman.

MIFF09 Press and Sponsor Preview Event

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:09:43 +0000

Anastasia was on hand during the Press and Sponsor Preview Event at CineStarz in Mississauga. With film makers, actors, judges, sponsors and media all in attendance, the event premiered the Short and Feature Film Show Reels for MIFF09, and was a great way to acknowledge the participation of Sponsors like the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Orange Tree Catering, West 50 Pourhouse and Traffic Tech, as well as preview the incredible quality of independent film to expect during the 5-day Festival!The Festival Runs from July 8-12, 2009 - www.MIFF.ca

MIFF09 - 'Action' Show Reel

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:12:05 +0000

The Official Selection for the 2009 Mississauga Independent Film Festival has been announced, with the help of of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the 'Action' Showreel gives just a hint of the amazing short and feature films that audiences and film buffs can expect to see from July 8-12 at the film festival!

MIFF09 - 'Feel Good' Show Reel

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:45:29 +0000

The Official Selection for the 2009 Mississauga Independent Film Festival has been announced, with the help of of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the 'Feel Good' Showreel gives just a hint of the amazing short and feature films that audiences and film buffs can expect to see from July 8-12 at the film festival!

MIFF09 Volunteer Information Event

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:56:29 +0000

Anastasia takes you behind the scenes of the Volunteering that happens to make a film festival great. In 2009, MIFF benefits from last year's experienced returning Volunteers as well as enthusiastic new comers to the information event that happened at West 50 Pourhouse in Mississauga, the exclusive venue host for MIFF 2009!Visit http://MIFF.ca for more info

Interview with MIFF Volunteer Co-Ordinator Luana Mercy

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:03:53 +0000

Anastasia interviews Luana Mercy, the Volunteer Co-Ordinator of the 2009 Mississauga Independent Film Festival. She talks about her experience as a volunteer at MIFF 2008, explains what she's looking for in a festival volunteer, and how to get involved! If you'd like to contact Luana, you can e-mail her at Volunteer@MIFF.ca and be sure to attend the May 31 Volunteer Event: http://miff.ca/?p=48

Interview with MIFF Submissions Co-Ordinator Michael Mercy

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:20:36 +0000

Final Submission Deadline May 15th, 2009 Anastasia interviews Michael 'The Natural' Mercy, the Film Submissions Co-Ordinator of the 2009 Mississauga Independent Film Festival. He talks about his experience as a film maker at MIFF 2008, and details what film makers need to do to make their films stand out at a film festival! If you'd like to contact Michael, you can e-mail him at Submissions@MIFF.ca

Interview with MIFF Music Co-Ordinator Mike Celia

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:38:37 +0000

Anastasia interviews Mike Celia, the music co-ordinator of the Mississauga Independent Film Festival as he describes how he got into the role and what he's looking to do for this year's After Party Music Series.If you'd like to get a hold of Mike, you can e-mail him at Music@MIFF.ca

MIFF09 Promo Photoshoot

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:48:27 +0000

Anastasia takes you behind the scenes of the publicity photoshoot for MIFF's new look for 2009. From posters to programs and all over the website, photographer Maciek Drozdzik captures the faces of the four artists that will represent the Mississauga Independent Film Festival and just some of the many art forms that go into the collaborative process that is film making. Featuring interviews with Lisa Auguste, Stefano Colacitti, Nick Name and the Campagna brothers, this is the first of many intimate and interactive VideoBlogs by Anastasia for MIFF09. Film Submission deadline is May 15, 2009 - www.MIFF.ca

MIFF08 30 Second Trailer

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:27:26 +0000

The 30-Second Festival Trailer for the 2008 Mississauga Independent Film Festival.

CTV's Canada AM features Six Reasons Why

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:50:04 +0000

The morning after the big screen premiere of Six Reasons Why, Matt, Jeff and Colm visit Seamus for Canada AM on CTV, Canada's most popular national morning show.

Six Reasons Why on Entertainment Tonight - August 2008

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:56:08 +0000

Colm Feore joins the Campagna Brothers on Entertainment Tonight on the eve of Six Reasons Why being released on DVD, to chat about the film and why he decided to take part in the project.

MIFF on GlobalTV

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:00:03 +0000

Matt and Jeff talk MIFF with Mark McAllister on Global's Morning News Show!

Six Reasons Why - Release Trailer: July 22

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:02:56 +0000

Here it is: ThinkFilm and Image Entertainment have had their way with our baby, and I've got to say the trailer they have come up with is pretty bad ass. Six Reasons Why comes out July 22 in the United States, so check out your local video store and pick one up or order it, and let us know how it looks... seriously, we haven't seen the DVD yet either. ~Matt

"The Escape Clause" MIFF Documentary - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:55:07 +0000

Scott Hammell is 21-years-old, lives in his parent’s basement, and is destined for greatness. If all goes according to plan, Scott will jump from an airplane while bound in a straitjacket, from which he will then escape, catching up to his parachute in mid-air, and deploying the parachute before landing safely to the ground. What many dismiss as an innate death wish, Scott considers his life’s work.

"Bolly Double" MIFF Feature Film - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:33:04 +0000

SCREENING SATURDAY JULY 12 @ 6PM Sweet-natured videostore clerk Kavita fantasizes about being a Bollywood star, like her idol, Kohinoor. But when the bitchy diva is kidnapped on her way to a shoot, Kavita’s dream-come-true soon turns into an anarchic farce of mistaken identity and campy schlock straight out of a hackneyed Bollywood formula film. VISIT www.MIFF.ca for more SCREENING DETAILS

"Edge Codes" MIFF Documentary - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:50:20 +0000

While most casual filmgoers take little note of the editing in a movie, committed fans and filmmakers know that it's the editor who determines the pace and rhythm of a motion picture and that skillful cutting can change the flow of the story, even out inconsistencies in the mood and feel of a picture, and adjust the narrative focus. Editing is more than just assembling shots in a certain order, it's an art form, and this documentary celebrates the craft and how it has grown and evolved through the history of the cinema.

"Who Loves the Sun" MIFF Feature Film - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:32:36 +0000

SCREENING FRIDAY JULY 11 @ 8PM Will Morrison and Daniel Bloom were the best of friends. They grew up together. Went to the same schools. Liked the same records. Loved the same girls. Daniel was Will’s best man at his wedding to Maggie Claire. Then one day Will disappeared without a word. Half a decade later he re-surfaces and sets off a tsunami of unforeseeable events. WHO LOVES THE SUN is a delightfully witty character comedy, featuring perfectly pitched performances, a great soundtrack from Portastatic, songs from the Silver Jews, and some hilariously realistic bad fighting. VISIT www.MIFF.ca for more SCREENING DETAILS

"The Limits" MIFF Feature Film - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:01:13 +0000

SCREENING SATURDAY JULY 12 @ 8PM Told over the span of three days, THE LIMITS is about four seemingly disparate stories that come together in a seedy motel at the edge of Toronto. A social outcast fulfills his every fantasy a week before ending his life, a troubled youth on the run from an inner city gang finds work with the motel’s East Indian proprietors, a suburban husband begins a torrid affair, and an ex-prostitute who’s found God is haunted by her past when her pimp is released from prison. Unaware of their inter-connected roles in each other’s lives, a volatile event at the film’s end sets forth a life or death chain reaction that affects them all. VISIT www.MIFF.ca for more SCREENING DETAILS

"Foreign Soil" MIFF Shorts - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:21:17 +0000

Maggie Taheri and her two sons, Ali and Shawn, have just arrived in Canada from Iran. Unfortunately, their entry into the country starts off on the wrong foot – literally. When Maggie’s heel snaps in the airport it is a sign of things to come for this family that had such high hopes of starting fresh in a new country.

"The Passenger" MIFF Shorts - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:25:57 +0000

On her way home from visiting her sister, a young woman’s car runs low on gas in a dark, rural town where several murders have taken place. She has just enough gas to take her to a gas station, but her relief turns to fear when the gas station attendant acts suspicious.

"The Decision" MIFF Shorts - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:04:58 +0000

After buying a winning lottery ticket, a young man is faced with an extremely difficult decision; to tell, or not to tell. Realizing that his life is about to dramatically change, he decides to take a walk to clear his mind. Little does he know that he will be torn between the two sides of his decision. Director: Darryl Callender

"Premiere" MIFF Shorts - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:25:35 +0000

A quirky, young drive-in employee decides she wants to elevate the profile of her workplace by organizing a Canadian premiere of a French art house film. As she enlists the help of her fellow drive-in workers it becomes clear that this group of oddballs and outcasts may not be up to the job. Director: Alvin Campana

"Acuity" MIFF Feature Film - Official Selection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:06:52 +0000

SCREENING SUNDAY JULY 13 @ 6PM So many people don’t recognize or appreciate what’s truly important in life until their time starts to run out. Eddie McWaters was one of those people until a brush with his own mortality opened his eyes and sharpened his acuity. McWaters inspires others to “notice the little things” before it’s too late. VISIT www.MIFF.ca for more SCREENING DETAILS

MIFF: Funny on Rogers DayTime

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:32:49 +0000

Mississauga Independent Film Festival Co-Founder Jeff Campagna visits DayTime to chat about the upcoming "MIFF:Funny" screening night in the MIFF 2008 Screening Series.

MIFF: Funny Featured on First Local

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:38:24 +0000

Mississauga Independent Film Festival hosted some of the funniest home-grown short films, from directors like Adam Swica and Dany Gehshan, Elvis Deanne and Rudy Jahchan with subjects ranging from the Perils of Dating, to defending the world from Giant Blonde Nazi Women.

TLP - Trailer

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:08:40 +0000

MIFF on 89.5FM

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:17:33 +0000

Mississauga Independent Film Festival Founders Jeff and Matt Campagna visit Dred E. Maximum on the Drill Squad 89.5FM

Code Revival @ The Gladstone

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:29:33 +0000

Code Revival Performs at the inTOtheHeart U2 Fan Festival raising money for the African Well Fund.

MIFF:Love Featured

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:32:20 +0000

Film makers were the feature at MIFF:Love, where shorts and features alike were the focus and directors had a chance to take centre stage.

MIFF: Festival Directors on Daytime

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:04:11 +0000

Festival Directors Matt and Jeff Campagna describe the independent film scene in Canada, and the importance of recognizing the up and coming generation of film makers in our country before we lose the industry entirely.

Brecker & Brownman LIVE at the Lula Lounge

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:57:10 +0000

Last on Earth

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:07:17 +0000

An early trailer for one of Matt's short films. Part 1 of a 7 part anthology about the end of the world, religion, and the devil himself.

Genesi: The First Key Trailer - Isaac + Leo

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:24:29 +0000

An old Matt project from 2003, this is just a trailer for one of the storylines happening in the multi-threaded interactive television model called "X-TV".

Six Reasons Why - Critical Trailer

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:32:50 +0000

Six Reasons Why has been getting a lot of buzz and with it, some critical acclaim we just had to share!

Eclipse Exclusive on MIFF Presents: ACTION

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:20:22 +0000

A few months back, we held a screening in downtown Mississauga to spread some awareness about the festival. We thought, in time for Christmas, we'd show some serious indie action.

Six Reasons Why - Canadian Release Trailer HD

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:00:17 +0000

The Canadian Release trailer Prepared in HiRez

Six Reasons Why - Canadian Release Trailer

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:20:35 +0000

09.27.07 With the marketing for "Six Reasons Why" ramping up, it's time to give the people what they want -- well, not the people as much as the film distributors and television stations. And that is: A NEW TRAILER. This one gives it all away... the shooting, the dying, the beating the crying... you name it, this trailer has it. In fact, once you've seen this trailer, if you're not excited about the movie, you probably shouldn't see it at all.

14.75 - Six Reasons Why on ET

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:54:47 +0000

Matt and Jeff get Six Reasons Why's nationwide coverage cherry popped with Entertainment Tonight, when they do an exclusive Toronto International Film Festival story featuring Colm Feore.

14.5 - Colm Feore on Chum FM

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:47:19 +0000

09.12.07 During the Toronto International Film Festival, the star of our movie, Mr. Colm Feore found his way onto CHUM FM, and in so doing, plugged Six Reasons Why to the entire population of the Grater Toronto Area. Pretty sweet free publicity. |Matt + Jeff Campagna

14 - Beating Blog

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:45:42 +0000

07.15.07 The Beating Blog When you’re shooting for 30 hours straight with a team that just drove across Canada and back, a little thing called exhaustion sometimes rears its snoring head. So when we were in Docville over a year ago, trying to make it looks like Chris Harrison was beating a man to death at 2am, you can understand that we might have cut a corner or two. Well, being the perfectionists we are, we decided we need a ‘pick-up shot’ of our Zeppelin Scout getting his unrecognizable brain handed to him. And Jeff foolishly stepped up to the plate to be the poor schmuck to get a 14-inch wrought-iron pistol smashed into his face at full speed. This is the story of the small scar in the middle of his forehead. |Matt & Jeff Campagna

13 - The Drive

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:40:35 +0000

07.25.06 Have you ever wondered exactly how fast the deeply-set lessons of human civilization can descend into debauchery, madness and utter savagery? As it turns out, about 38 hours is all it takes. Yes, that’s right, at long last, the videoblog of our misadventures on the way across the largest country in the world is at hand. The sleeping in the car, the snow in May, the beef jerky, and of course, Mike Tattoo. Yes it’s all here. There really is no good way to sum up the road-trip of a lifetime with anything short of a video about the road-trip of a lifetime. So here it is, in all its lord-of-the-flies glory. | Matt & Jeff Campagna

12 - Pimp My Dane

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:06:43 +0000

The very last step before leaving for Drumheller was getting Mads Koudal's costume squared away. With Chris and Dan living on the same continent as we do, their costumes could be assembled and fitted well in advance of our departure. Mads however, living in Denmark, we could not confidently go shopping for until he flew into the country and we could try things on him. We had already done some serious research, and had narrowed his costume down to a few shirts and couple hats, so essentially the shopping part was done. All that remained was the travel, fitting and purchasing parts! | Matt + Jeff Campagna

11 - Pimp my Cube Van

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:01:41 +0000

06.15.06 In order to make the trip out to Drumheller Alberta, there were a few things that had to be sorted out. Of course there’s equipment and actors, and a little thing called pre-production, but most critical to the trip was the method of transportation. We decided that flying was out of the question; one piece of equipment mis-handled by a baggage thrower at the airport and we’d have had a broken lens or a smashed lighting kit... any one of hundreds of items damaged could be a production halting screw-up. So that meant we were driving. Which meant we needed something to drive. Sure we’ve got cars, but a Sunfire and an Intrepid could hardly haul seven guys and all the gear and props for Six Reasons Why. Enter the Cubie. It just so happens, one of our masterfully skilled audio engineers came across the opportunity to trade his ability to master an album for a 16-foot french-Canadian Ford Cube Van. It’s a long story. Needless to say, this was going to become our production vehicle. After spending over a grand to get her certified and after three attempts to get the plates changed from Quebec to Ontario, we were finally driving the van legally. Whether it would make it all the way to Alberta or not, not even our mechanic could say, but at least she was driving... and stopping. The only thing left before hitting the road to the prairies was to make the van distinctly Campagna... a bit of orange paint, a few A/V gadgets and a week later, we had our Six Reasons Wagon. And Brandon had one hell of a paint job to do if he ever wanted to sell her off again. | Matt & Jeff Campagna

10 - The Danish Connection

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:48:02 +0000

05.31.06 When an accomplished and skilled foreign actor offers his time to an independent film, there are certain rules and guidelines one should adhere to in the interest of perhaps creating an on-going professional relationship. Sadly for Mads Koudal, we aren’t really familiar with any of those rules. Between prank-ordering the “Bland Ulcer Meal” as his in-flight dinner, hiding from him at the airport and video taping his concerned search, and rudely awakening him up from his jetlag-nap with a shot-gun toting co-star, it’s quite possible we broke every rule in the book during the indoctrination of Mads into the Six Reasons Why club of the “Magnificent Seven”. And that’s not even counting the shenanigans that took place during the 40-hour drive across Canada. But in the process we all forged friendships that are certain to last for many more Campagna-helmed projects to come. So enjoy the first moments of Mads’ experience with the Six Reasons Why crew in Toronto, and be glad it wasn’t you. | Matt & Jeff Campagna

09 - The First (and only) Read Through

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:52:33 +0000

05.25.06 So here we are, at the end of May after meeting our Danish actor, Mads Koudal, at the airport, driving through four Canadian provinces, running the gamut of possible obstacles and coming home with most of principal photography wrapped and not a single blog to show for it. Don’t worry they’re on their way... if we were Bryan Singer or Peter Jackson there’d be a video blog team bigger than the crew for our entire film, and they’d have finished posting those for us already. But alas, we’re still playing catch up. Today also happens to be the birthday of 50% of the directors, 25% of the lead actors and 100% of the animal actors in Six Reasons Why. So Happy birthday to everyone, hopefully Rosie gets a nice Birthday bale of hay or something, since Matt and Chris will definitely be getting some delicious Birthday barley and wheat beverage today. We’ve got some fun things on their way, and today’s postings should be pretty fun, too. You see, before we left for Drumheller, we tried to do a read-though of the script to see how long our shocking new western might be. This was even before Mads arrived, leaving no choice but to have not one but two Campagna brothers as main characters for the reading. We were a bit worried when the read-though came in a bit shy of our 90 minute estimate. As it turns out, our concerns were pretty unfounded; now that we’re doing some preliminary edits of the footage, it’s looking like it’ll be over 90-minutes with no problem at all. In fact, keeping it under 120 might be an interesting challenge. So, enjoy our attempt at a round table reading of Six Reasons Why, interruptions and all.... | Matt & Jeff Campagna

08 - Condiments: Not just for Eating anymore

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:37:21 +0000

04.28.06 Before we leave for Drumheller, there are some special effect tests that need to be done, the Laurence effect looks sweet, hopefully that will come out well on the day, but more importantly, our western needs blood. Lots of sticky, disgusting blood. And a good method for applying blood, and making it look like a gunshot going off. Robert Rodriguez managed to pioneer a pretty fun toy he called a Guacamole Gun. The Guac’ Gun was an alternative to running the risk of blowing up Antonio Bandaras’ hand during the filming of Desperado. Since we plan on blowing up at least one throat in Six Reasons Why, we thought a similar precaution might be in order. So sit back, relax and watch two otherwise well behaved brothers play with their food. | Matt & Jeff Campagna

07 - The Runaround

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:29:42 +0000

04.06.06 Most large organizations have a name for a person who acts as a go-fer. Go-fer coffee, go-fer the mail, go-fer the food, go-fer the sandbags… in movies, that’s called a production assistant. Funny word for floater that comes in handy when all other hands are tied. Since there’s essentially two people (and by extension four hands) looking after this movie right now, those hands get tied pretty fast. But, none-the-less, the two of us have been running mad errands for about two months in frenzied anticipation of our May 3rd departure from Toronto for Drumheller for our 12 days of principal photography. We’re just having so much fun running around that we thought we’d share an average day out of our weekend as we collect props and tools and various nick-knacks. Essentially, we’re just trying to get all of our eggs into the one precious basket that we’re planning to drive for 40 hours in a cube van across the country in two short weeks. Yup. Two weeks. No problem. | Matt & Jeff Campagna

06 - Special Effect Test

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:39:58 +0000

04.16.06 When you’re making a movie on a shoestring budget, there are lots of corners that need cutting. The real trick is making sure that the audience has no idea. Corners like hiring line producers and production assistants, corners like flying to locations in first class so your actors feel important, corners like a warm meal from craft services on set… all these things are the Hallmarks of a Hollywood big-budget production. And clearly, things we cannot afford. Lucky for us, none of these items really show up on screen, per se. Sure a well fed actor is a happy actor, but we’re shooting a western, and when did Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson ever look happy in a western? Answer: Never. So we’re safe having hungry, miserable, cranky actors. Another corner we have to cut is a visual effects supervisor. Someone to come up with methods to achieve the special effects we require, either practical or digital. So we’re doing it ourselves. Luckily, we’re no strangers to special effects; every project we’ve ever done had some form of special effect… so that means we must have been supervising it ourselves in the past. For this particular blog, we’re trying to achieve a rather simple effect, but one that is a staple of the western genre: the lawrence. I’m sure you’re saying “Lawrence? He’s a nice guy… I’m sure he’d be happy to come to Alberta”… but actually a lawrence is the name for when the heat of the ground causes light to bend in waves and things in the distance get wobbly and weird. See? You learn something everyday. So, to get this effect we need one thing: heat. And what better way to get heat than with fire? So here we are, with a butane torch uncomfortably close to an $8,000 HD camera. That’s a good mix. | Matt & Jeff Campagna

05 - The Big... Test

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:04:15 +0000

03.23.06 By now you’re probably familiar with our misadventures in the snow-covered parking lot of Docville; if not, where have you been? You have more blogs to watch... Naughty, naughty... Anyway, when we decided to do a screen test for our two featured characters from the “Long Shot” bar scene in Docville in the dead of winter, we thought briefly about going back to Docville to do a fully costumed rehearsal... very briefly. A better idea, we thought, was to just shoot the test on a green-screen background and throw in the bar after the fact. We’ve got some serious experience with the green-screen, considering that the first film we ever worked on was pretty much shot on green-screen and nothing else, a little dress rehearsal would be a cake-walk. In this little exercise, not only did we get to play with some new costume bits we picked up, but more importantly we got to meet two great actors that we’ve never before had the pleasure to work with. After a couple of lines of dialogue and some conversation about film, it looks like Campagna Brother’s Studios just got ourselves two new regulars to welcome to the fold. Both of them sharp as tacks and spot on with their delivery and insight, it even looks like we’ll be expanding the scene just to give them a bit more screen time to shine. And who knows, if there’s ever a Seventh Reason Why, our Bartender and Zeppelin scout might just be the main characters... | Matt & Jeff Campagna

04 - The Long Shot

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:07:44 +0000

02.28.06 As filmmakers, there are very few tasks that can be described as ‘easy’. Getting the perfect shot - not easy, casting the perfect actor - not easy, finding and dressing the perfect set - not easy... usually. So, naturally, it’s hard to put into words how happy we were when, one fine summer day, we randomly stumbled upon an absolutely picture-perfect old west frontier town built in the middle of nowhere. Of course, we’re planning on shooting our scenes at this location in the warmer weather... but in the middle of a Canadian winter, we still had to ‘scout’ the location, and plan out all of our shots to be sure everything goes as smoothly as possible when we had a dozen or so actors staring at us, expecting us to know what we’re doing. So, off we set in the midst of a blizzard to do a two-man rehearsal of all the action we would be shooting on our production day later this year. As dramatic as our rehearsal was for us, getting ourselves and our Chrysler out of our picture-perfect old west frontier town’s snow covered parking lot was a whole other dramatic event. Now that the feeling has returned in our fingers and toes we clutch our bellies as we laugh heartily while we watch these antics. Hopefully you will, too. So go ahead, clutch your belly, you know you want to. | Matt & Jeff Campagna

03 - They Shoot, They Score

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:24:54 +0000

02.05.06 When it comes to music, we’re definitely perfectionists. Not that we have much skill in the area of playing the actual music, but we sure love to listen to it. Which is why we’ve been so damn picky about the musical score in our dirty little western. To that end, we’ve finally put our own Six Reasons Why musical ensemble together in one room and let them loose. Between Laurence (our head of Music and lead composer), Nick (our percussion sensation) and Rob, (our resident electric guitar axe-pert), we managed to come up with some haunting and original sounds that are starting to really drill down to the sound of the characters, the setting and the mood of Six Reasons Why. Now, given that a picture says a thousand words, there’s really no point in trying to describe the sound they’ve conjured so far... so just watch the video blog, listen to the video blog, and enjoy the video blog. | Matt & Jeff Campagna

02 - Guns, Guns, Guns... Hands-on Research

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:42:48 +0000

01.07.06 Yeah... so, guns. In Canada, even the word sends chills down many a spine. But as uncomfortable as they make some people, we, as devoted filmmakers, had to explore this previously foreign realm. Seeing that gunplay is such a vital part of any classic western we needed a full understanding of how exactly these things work and their effect the human body. The reason this was so important to us is, although the shootouts in those old ‘Eastwood’ revisionist westerns were bloody cool, they were ultimately complete and utter bologna. However, we couldn’t toss a 15-minute opera of a gun battle (a la ‘Heat’) into our modest homage either. We needed to find a middle ground; an exciting, yet inexpensive, blend of classic shootout and gangsta’ gun-play that would be right at home in our dirty little western tale. So off we went to the local dingy firearms bunker. A structure so secure and remote you’d expect to find Hitler and Hoffa playing 5 card stud by the fireplace. Before Jeff knew it he had a 6 shootin’ Smith and Wesson in his hands filled with 6 live rounds. It was important to know exactly what sort of physical recoil firing a real revolver would have on the body. This way we can sit on the fence between realism and Josey Wales. After Jeff had fired off what felt like 200 rounds and was on the verge of insanity, our Photographer, Tania picked up the 6 shooter, and fired her first bullet clear through the forehead of the poor hanging target man thingy. Nothing helps you sleep better at night than having a closet sniper on your team. |Matt & Jeff Campagna

01 - Location Scouting for Six Reasons Why

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:20:17 +0000

09.26.05 We have survived one of the more dangerous tasks of our wee film; location scouting. We grabbed a cheap charter flight to Calgary and rented a fine and exotic low end Sunfire from budget rent-a-car (unbeknownst to the budget clerks; the meek tan 4 door hot rod would have a dark future of abuse ahead). We picked up Matt’s old roommate from University, Gabor, who worked with us some older films as an actor and special effects technician and then moved out to the prairies to escape the insane demands of his filmmaker roommate. With the help of Gabor’s Dell Navigation system we embarked on the 2 hour journey to Drumheller; the dinosaur capital of the world and home of Alberta’s badlands. We checked in to the local Super 8, greatly due to its exhilarating waterslide. We woke up every morning at 5:00 am and took advantage of the Super 8’s free waffle deal. Then we would drive around filming random sunrises freezing our skinny white asses off. We would then move from one interesting landscape to another, slipping around in the wet muck or “dinosaur snot’ as the locals called it. When the sun was up the climate was slightly more tolerable although we had to purchase some overalls and wellies at the local outlet store because by the end of day one we looked more like over-worked pig farmers then young budding film-makers. None the less we got some great footage, acquired very useful Albertan contacts, made some deals with some fantastic locations and sets, mastered the Super 8 waterslide and transformed a mundane 4-door tan colored Pontiac into a dirt colored off-roading machine. Boy did we rip the poor sunfire a new one. |Matt & Jeff Campagna

'Spaghetti' Trailer for Six Reasons Why

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:31:18 +0000

Matt and Jeff paid homage to their favourite inspirations for Six Reasons Why by butchering the quality of a beautiful 1080p film to make it feel like a retro 70's Spaghetti Western that's been through the projector one too many times. How did we do it? That blog is coming up next! Check out SixReasonsWhy(dot)com for more!

Daytime Live Morning Show

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:30:01 +0000

Matt and Jeff are invited to join the hosts of Daytime to discuss Six Reasons Why, as well as the Mississauga Independent Film Festival, Roots of a Man and the principles of bare-knuckle film making.

First Local with Kim McCleary

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:19:13 +0000

First Local runs a feature on The Campagna Brothers, interviewing Matt and Jeff as well as runnning viz from Six Reasons Why and Roots of a Man.

MeTV Interview with Monika Platek

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:22:04 +0000

Matt and Jeff join Monika Platek on her show, MeTV, to chat about Six Reasons Why, as well as the Mississauga Independent Film Festival and Roots of a Man.

Six Reasons Why Official Trailer

matt@sixreasonswhy.com — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:16:58 +0000

The Official Trailer for the Campagna Brothers film Six Reasons Why, starring Colm Feore, Mads Koudal, Chris Harrison, and Daniel Wooster.