Okay – we have officially wrapped God Rocks! Yes, I know what you’re thinking…didn’t you wrap that last year? Well, yes and no. We were finished with principle photography but through the edit realized we were missing a couple of key audio elements. The last of those was captured today!

So now we will slot them in, finalize our edit and send it off to our sound designer with a bright red bow on it and get ready to release the film to the world!

Stay tuned…

So we’ve got ourselves a trailer. Must mean a whole damn movie is on the way. After a long dark winter spent in the edit suite, God Rocks has finally taken shape. The movie is currently in rough cut form and we have begun the sound design process – a very BIG part of the final feel of this flick. I am excited and more than a little relieved to report that it all seems to be coming together. Sometimes when you’re on the inside of the process you just can’t tell. Lord knows we had our trials making this thing, but at the end of the day I think our collective talents trumped the adversity. Again I want to thank everyone for their hard work and enthusiasm and hope we can rely on you all in our efforts to “Spread the Word”. Make sure to check back in the coming months as we near our June premiere of God Rocks.

P.S. – To our wonderfully off-color White Man’s World family, we have not forsaken you. You are on deck and slated for a fall release.

It’s been a while since I’ve been on here..mostly because of a new little human being that recently joined my family. I’d like to introduce to you Miss Dahlia Marie -

She was born on December 14, 2007 – 3 1/2 weeks early so a little bit of a surprise to us all. Already she is learning the fine points of editing and hopefully she’ll learn the fine points of sleeping through the night sooner rather than later. I think she just might be 4 Track Films’ youngest production assistant…in fact I’m sure of it!

We’ve got some exciting things in the works here so keep stopping by. Trailers, new projects and have you downloaded the free tune from GOD ROCKS yet? If not, you should! Maybe you should order a t-shirt while you’re at it!

Check out the God Rocks page for a free download of the first single “Testament” by Savior and the Sons of Abraham. Also watch our newly posted ‘Behind the Scenes’ video and see pictures from the shoot.

Join us this Friday for IFP Minnesota’s special edition of Cinema Lounge!

The fun starts at 8pm with several area filmmakers’ short films or excerpts from their larger works. We’ll be showing a few minutes of GOD ROCKS – the first time anywhere!

Cinema Lounge will be held at The Duluth Playground (11 E. Superior St – First Floor of the Tech Village).

More information about the evening’s events are posted here.

Hope to see you there!

Carrie

We are winding down production on WHITE MAN’S WORLD and will hopefully have most everything in the can by the end of the month. It’s time (soon) for 4 Track Films to hibernate for a while. To finish editing GOD ROCKS, to regroup, to re-fill our creative “buckets” and for some of us to have babies (that’d be me, not Jason). As always it’s a roller coaster, a leap of faith and a step into the unknown. Hopefully our creative juices have flowed sufficiently and the end product will be something fantastic.

If you’re in North Eastern Minnesota (or even if you’re not), I highly recommend dining at the Scenic Cafe. It’s on Scenic Hwy 61 about 10 miles or so north of Duluth. The menu is incredible – varied, interesting, different – not the usual fare you get in Duluth.

We had the joy & pleasure of shooting a scene there last night and Scott, the proprietor & chef was so incredibly gracious and spectacular. I believe he won everyone over with his tasty dinners & desserts last night – we’ll all be back.

Scott also catered our open house back in May which was amazing. So – check it out! Eat some good food, drink some good wine. Enjoy.

Leave it to Mr. Page – jack of all trades – to master the ‘Contemporary Tango’ at last night’s “Celebrity Dance Challenge” put on by the Minnesota Ballet. He & partner Amanda Abrahamson did a sexy & stunning job of this tricky & technical dance which left the judges with thoughts of smouldering Buenos Aries nights.

Congratulations Jason!

…we are back in production! We started last night with the first little bit of WHITE MAN’S WORLD. We have another shoot tonight and a full day on Monday. We’re trying to go about this production in a little more…shall we say…controlled way. Not so many long, unruly days on set; not so many crazed what do we need-why don’t we have it?!? moments…trying to keep everything even keeled so we can accomplish everything we set out to.

That being said – we are still having some of our usual challenges – people not returning phone calls, locations not quite set up yet, etc but mostly I am very pleased with how things are operating. I’m looking forward to these smaller days when we can really concentrate on what we’re doing and get exactly what we need!

I’m also very excited to be working again with people that we’ve worked with in the past: Steve Lattery, Michael Hartzel, John Agurkis, Matthew Glover, Marcus Trudeau, Carl Sauer, Zhauna Franks, Zach Stofer to name a few. AND we’re adding new faces to our crew too: Alice Shafer, Crystal Pelkey, Matthew Pursi and many others.

A new adventure is about to begin!

Join The Minnesota Ballet for their annual fundraiser – CELEBRITY DANCE CHALLENGE featuring local celebs matched up with members of the Minnesota Ballet Company. Jason will be performing the tango with dancer Amanda Abrahamson and it will be a night to remember!

Thursday, September 20th at 7pm

Marshall School’s Fregeau Auditorium
1215 Rice Lake Rd.
Duluth, Minnesota

YOU decide the winner! The audience votes for their favorite couple so come on out and vote for Jason!

More info here: http://www.minnesotaballet.org/events/