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03/22/2024

2022 and 2023 brought some heavy personal challenges that sapped a lot of my creativity, desire to create, and even killed my free time to do anything but fight. Those of you who know me personally will know of what I speak. I also lost one of my main external hard drives on which a lot of film footage is stored, and I'm not sure it can be recovered. 2024 still requires some struggle, but I'm slowly getting back into things. I've been working on a novelisation of the scripts for The Cost of Living and for the Bounty Hunter film projects, as an example.

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzFQXbCnWdNZJtHwCkuAeqOxTeOM91uyK

Here is a YouTube playlist with BWC Films' Star Citizen machinima project NOCTURNE. I started this as a diversion, and during the COVID shutdown it became a means of motivation for myself and the people taking part. Work stopped on this, re: above paragraph, but I'm ready to dive back into it. Unfortunately a lot of our work on episodes 6 through 9 may be permanently lost--we'll see--but it's something we can hopefully overcome, or just do it over.

V/R,
--tim!

03/07/2024

Happy birthday Joshua Bordonaro, until we see each other again in Valhalla.

Today would have been the 42nd birthday of Gunnery Sergeant Joshua Bordonaro. Josh took his own life on his birthday in 2016. Every year I honour his memory and every year I get choked up making this post.

I met Josh when we were in the Army. We became fast friends, bonding over punk rock, raw comedy, Star Wars, and D&D. Josh was one of the funniest guys I had ever met. Josh hated the unit we were assigned to and eventually decided to get out of the military, in part, because of how he was treated there. He got a tattoo of dogtags and combat boots that said NEVER AGAIN. And yet, years later I was part of his decision to join the Marine Corps.

A few weeks prior to his death, I had spoken to Josh via Facebook and he'd asked if he could be in one of my movies. I was 100% down for that because I'd get to see my best friend again. I didn't know how well he could act but I knew he could act, and he was funny. I began working on a way to get him over to Atlanta and get him some screen time.

I learned of his death the day after it happened and it wrecked me, emotionally. Losing a brother is never easy. Losing a brother to su***de is the fu***ng worst.

I may not be able to put Josh in any of my films, but I can make him part of a film. So our Afghanistan war film The Cost of Living is not only dedicated to Josh but features a character who personifies Josh. Semper Fi brother. See you in Valhalla.
[HMFIC]

06/08/2023

Good friend and talented actor Indiana Sifuentes (page Indiana Sifuentes) is in a tight spot. In this economy it can be painful to donate money to someone else's hardship, and if you're in that spot then at least help boost the signal. Indiana and his wife have been through a lot. Odds are pretty good that you've seen Indiana if you haven't been on a film set with him yourself.

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05/31/2023

The Cost of Living has been accepted into the Atlantic Bridge Film Festival. Previously in 2023 and 2022, we were also accepted into the Bite Size Film Festival and the Scarab Film Festival as well.

04/19/2023

Sharing for a filmmaker friend--this is not our production. If you're in, near, adjacent to, etc the Whitehall PA area and you're a Civil War reenactor, this student-film production is looking for some people. Post below has the details:

REENACTORS NEEDED THIS WEEKEND FOR FILM SHOOT!
Hey soldiers! We are moving into our second week of production for my thesis film, which is titled “Brothers: A Civil War Story.” We had a bunch of reenactors on set last weekend as extras in the film, and we’re looking for even more men for this weekend’s battle scene!

We will be shooting this Saturday (April 22) and Sunday (April 23) from 8 AM to 7 PM in the Whitehall Parkway, which is the same location as the Camp Geiger Reenactment! We are looking for several Confederate soldiers for the large battle scene of our film!
The address of the Whitehall Parkway is 4665 S Church Street Whitehall, PA, 18052.

If you are interested in being in our film this weekend or if you have any questions, please send an email to me at [email protected] or text me at 267-563-0412! See you on the Battlefield!

04/06/2023

Happy birthday to the amazing Ben Bladon. Ben Bladon plays Constable Carl Hollister in our indie The Bounty Hunter.

We were on set at Rocky Branch Western town shooting a choreographed gunfight. The story goes [as I remember it] when we called action, Ben slipped whilst running for cover, and decided to improv this bit. We had multiple cameras going and I decided to let it play out, in case something useful came out of it. Winner winner chicken dinner!

Anyway happy birthday Ben! Thanks for your friendship and for lending your talent.

06/08/2022

Last night after a virtual table read for episode 9, we shot an epic 2vs1 dogfight/chase in an asteroid field in for our project Nocturne. We'll be dropping episodes 6 and 7 soon. We're hard at work completing episode 8, and episode 9 is almost finished. Thank you to our cast and gamer crew.

05/06/2022

This coming Sunday, some of the cast and crew of our machinima web-series Star Citizen: Nocturne will be appearing on the Achieving Reality: The Podcast run by our good friends and sometimes-collaborators Chris Ray and Larry Greenstein, who many in the Atlanta film industry may know. Larry does a few minor character voices in the web series but also provides the voice of the mysterious, heavily-armed mercenary Scourge. Give the podcast FB page a like, and tune in. The podcast is available most everywhere you get your podcast fix. This will be our first-ever podcast appearance so check out the link and bookmark it, we'll re-post when the podcast is uploaded.

Link: https://popculturearchitects.podbean.com/

04/21/2022

Wednesday 27 April we will be pitching our Short film The Cost of Living and its pitch deck in front of a crowd of industry professionals here in the Atlanta area, at the Wild Heaven Brewery and Gardens.

We could use some friendly faces in the audience for support. This is a film we shot with a cast and crew comprised mostly of veterans plus some hard-charging bad-ass civilian friends. It is a film about veterans, by veterans, for veterans. Well, it's for everyone but it's for veterans to be able to point at it and say "see that? That's like what I went through, maybe now you can understand."

Here is the event link, admission is $5 and it's at a freaking brewery so how cool is that? We hate sharing links so here is a pic for attention.

LINK: https://cinemalife.tix.page/e/film-pitch-atl

04/20/2022

Looking for an interior location, in/around the greater metro Atlanta region, that could stand in as a psych ward. Hallways with a number of doors. School, old jail, church or office hallway, etc.

04/16/2022

Today we want to introduce to you another of our Star Citizen: Nocturne machinima cast members. Meisner-trained actor Ria Ridley has done well at portraying strong, fun, and relatable women. Independent films “Something Street,” “The Day in Life of a Serial Killer,” and “Oreo: Black Card” are shining examples of her versatility. Ria will be voicing the character of Doc in our machinima. You can also see her in BWC Films' war drama about Afghanistan veterans, The Cost of Living, as SPC Christine Traynor.

03/12/2022

Today we introduce to you our Star Citizen Nocturne cast member Brenna Reistad. Brenna is the voice of Ensign O'Hara. Brenna is a multimedia artist and writer in Northern Virginia. She enjoys a plethora of interests including acting, art history, genealogy, historical research, photo editing, photography, roleplaying, voice acting, and writing. Ensign O’Hara is her voice acting debut, and she is extremely excited to be part of the adventure with Bravo Whisky Charlie Films. (she wrote that not us)

03/08/2022

Today we're introducing another new cast member (and one of our writers) for the Star Citizen Nocturne machinima project: meet Brandi Shaddick. Brandi is an attorney, a former US Army officer, and a published writer of science fiction and fantasy. Nocturne is her first run at acting. She will be playing the role/providing the voice for Ensign Tara Lopes, a UEE Navy intelligence officer.

03/07/2022

Today we'd like to introduce you to Josh Howe, who joins our Star Citizen: Nocturne machinima webseries to take over the role of Captain Weichler, who was going to be voiced by our beloved late friend Mike Dixon. Josh is an Atlanta-based actor and gamer. You've seen him in our indie films The Cost of Living as SPC Crabtree, and The Bounty Hunter as Jeb Brown. He also played a smuggler in our Star Wars: The Old Republic fan-film, and has been in at least one of our little comedy sketches.

02/07/2022

Today, in anticipation of releasing Episode 6 (and soon Episode 7) of our machinima webseries Nocturne, we introduce to you cast member Sam Morgan, who voices the character Cypher Agent 13.

Sam Morgan was born in 1978, and somehow found a balance between responsible adult and manchild. As a father of three and husband for over 20 years, he was able to stave off a midlife crisis thanks to the growing popularity of geek culture. In 2016 he created GROWN A** GEEKS on social media platforms, and continues to build the brand. He enjoys reading comics and spy novels, playing video games and watching movies.

01/17/2022

In honour of our departed friend Mike Dixon, we're putting up a sneak peek at the Bounty Hunter intro theme song.

01/15/2022

The Legendary Mike Dixon thread. Some stills/screens of things we've done with Mike. A couple of Tumblr memes gave us the inspiration for a few of these, and then Mike--a big fan of westerns--was a prominent face around shoots for The Bounty Hunter. Mike was big into cosplay and various nerd-doms, and always had a way of being able to help out with an idea, a character, some bits of wardrobe, some props, a location or two.

01/14/2022

Our beloved friend and colleague Mike Dixon has left this world and gone on to the next greatest adventure. Mike came to BWC Films through the Drinkin' Bros network. He quickly established himself as an incredibly useful and resourceful individual, helping get numerous projects off the ground. Not only that, but Mike ended up taking an iconic role as Trigger, one of Preacher's Renegades, in our western The Bounty Hunter.

Mike, an Army veteran, was one of a kind and fit right in with us on any set. Everyone loved Mike--you couldn't NOT love him. He was one of the greatest friends ever, and leaves behind a loving family and a metric ton of friends. To say that he will be missed is an understatement.

We'll have a bigger Mike Dixon Appreciation Post a little later on, once the sting has worn off a little. We have some great photos from Mike's time behind and in front of the camera with BWC Films. Pouring some Leadslingers for you, Mike. Until Valhalla brother.