Killer Meatloaf [formerly Night Of The Living Loaf] BLOG

2008-02-07T09:30:00.000-08:00

It's been a year since this blog was updated...so what's the deal? Is this project dead or not?

Here's the short-stack update for you: due to an unfortunate string of misundertsandings, miscommunications, and differences of opinion, Nix and Wicked Wildflower have left the project. Nix did a lot of hard work on this thing during his time, and it just sucks that things couldn't turn out differently; he's a talented artist with great ideas. The good news is that Nix may still be willing to be part of things, so...stay tuned.

Since this blog was updated, Bug-Juice started doing little short skits again, under Bug-Juice Productions, this time fueled by the power to post them online and actually edit on a computer. After a string of pretty good little sketches, we tried our hand at a few film competitions, and actually won an award in the October 2007 National Film Challenge sponsored by KDHX. You can view the film here.

Scott and I [Quill] are currently penning a script for the Killer Meatloaf, and as soon as we can get it all roughly done, this project will advance onto the next stage. Money is being stockpiled, effects and options are being discussed and developed on an ongoing basis within BJP, and sometime this year [2008], the first test sequences for a Meatloaf teaser will be filmed and revealed to the world.

Scott wrote up a rough draft of the opening sequence - a part one, if you will. Then, after continued discussion with him over what is to transpire and some idea developments, the script was handed off to me, and I wrote the second sequence; part two. Scott's part dealt with introducing Dave and the loaf, and my part dealt with introducing the rest of the "main" cast, and further developing the loaf and Dave, right up until just after their initial confrontation. Now, the third part is back in Scott's hands...

So yes, this project is still alive. It takes time to do a feature, much less do it justice, so stay tuned...

2006-12-23T00:19:00.000-08:00

Ouch.
It was fun at the beginning.
It actually could still happen.
Who knows?

2006-12-22T00:35:00.000-08:00

Holy shit, this movie is dead.

In case you couldn't tell by the lack of posting. It's been almost an entire year and nothing has happened, due mainly to disagreements between the writer and the man who came up with the idea.

So, I'm here to say: "Do not expect this film to see the light of day. What started as a fun idea (which I was excited about) has become something else entirely. Look for 'Night of the Living Lasagna' sometime next fall... or something."

2006-01-22T15:10:00.000-08:00

Things happened over the past month or so that took away from the project. We're currently tweaking the storyline so it actually has somewhat of a viable plot. Pre-production is a bitch; before any kind of filming or S.E. work can start, we gotta have all the ducks in a row in the way of:

1) The script
2) People (both cast and crew)
3) The money for everything from film to effects

Number 1 is still in the works. Number 2 isn't a problem at the moment. Number 3 is something we're still working on and pondering over. Number 3 is a necessity, unfortunately - we could go out and film the thing without any cash to put towards it, but it'd look like utter shit, and we actually wanna make this thing look as decent as possible.

With Nix's work schedule, it's difficult to coordinate this stuff, at least with getting the plot hashed out.

Stay tuned.

2005-12-06T14:35:00.000-08:00

After the shake up with Quill and such, the Loaf script is about to go through major changes.

We had no fucking story. Only a bunch of scenes loosely strung together. I always knew so, but thought "WTF".

We're going to try to make this more than just a "Let's just fuck around" flick and make it more of something others will have fun viewing.

Patience is definitely a virtue.

Nix says: Run, mother-fucker, run!

nixeclips

2005-08-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

Loaf is safe.

The disc has been recovered. Somehow.

Anyway, it's looking like we won't have to suffer yet another rewrite.

Thank the heavens.

2005-06-27T23:01:00.000-07:00

I have awful news. Nothing life-threatening, unless you call wanting to bash your own head against a wall repeatedly until your brains ooze out of your ears and your eyes pop out of your head life-threatening.

First, a little background. I upgraded my 'top. Got some more memory and moved up from Win98 to Win2K. In order to do this, we wiped the drive. Now, I have been doing a lot of work on Loaf on Word. (I bet you see where I'm going with this.). And I always back up what's on the drive with a floppy. I picked up the 'top today and my USB is working and everything's great. I popped in my disc to load the Loaf work onto the drive and THE GODDAMN MOTHER-FUCKING DISC WAS CORRUPTED AND ALL THAT FUCKING WORK I DID IS LOST UP SATAN'S ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!

Ahem. Sorry. But I was up to like 10 or 12 pages.

So, I shall mourn the loss of all of those new lines and ideas and camera shots for today. Then I'll start again tomorrow. Fuck me. This fucking sucks. I almost cried. I still feel like crying. That was A LOT of work. And it was good stuff.

Nix says: Grrrrrrr.......

2005-05-11T10:29:00.000-07:00

Well, there was a production meeting on Tuesday...about a month or three since Nix's last post.

Now we have an idea of how much this flick is going to cost us, and some ideas on how to raise the money for it.

Next, we're going to implement those funding ideas, and also figure out who's in and who's out, and who'd like to be in but has shitty time constraints to work around. (After all, no one is getting paid for any of this, so it's not like we're all going to stop going to our day - or night - jobs.)

More as things develop.

- Quill

2005-02-28T13:28:00.000-08:00

Night Of The Living Loaf BLOG

I hate the way blogger is working lately. I have no idea what this will look like, so bear with me.

Supposed to be a production meeting on Tuesday. Me, Spawn and Quill. I am feeling incredibly shitty, but hopefully I will be a bit better tomorrow. I'll fill you guys in after work.

Nix says: cough cough sniff

2005-02-10T11:48:00.001-08:00

Here's a little peek into the process of pre-production, compromise and whatever. I get a giggle out of this conversation between me and Quill.

Quill desperately wants this scene of the Loaf popping out of a pizza box at some random stranger, cuz it's his original idea from years back.

Here ya go:

nixizevil: Hello, dude.

quilled_one: hey man

quilled_one: what up?

nixizevil: Found the plans for making a $14 steadi-cam. So that's added to my own personal budget.

nixizevil: Along with the 2-way radios. Those are things I'll get myself.

quilled_one: hmmmm

quilled_one: awesome

nixizevil: I"m stoked about the Steadi. Will help a lot.

quilled_one: oh yes

nixizevil: I think I"ve worked out how to get your damn pizza guy scene in the movie. Bastard.

quilled_one: haha

quilled_one: coolness

nixizevil: Check it...

nixizevil: After the Loaf kills the mormon and takes off down the street or through the yards and Dave gets up to chase it and knocks himself out...

nixizevil: The Loaf is racing past the pizza guy at the door and just jumps him then crawls in the box. The door the pizza guy was at is Corey's house. So it disguised itself as a meatloaf pizza and that's why Corey ate it.

nixizevil: Makes more sense than the Corey explanation I had. So thanks.

quilled_one: actually dude

nixizevil: Corey could open it and say "That's one meaty pizza" or something.

nixizevil: ?

quilled_one: I would ask that it be done as a random victim and jump out at the guy from inside the pizza box

quilled_one: not to be picky...it's a good idea...but it's the one scene that holds my original vision for Meatloaf

quilled_one: and I'd request to keep it, in light of my other cooperation

quilled_one: even if it's a deleted scene

nixizevil: But the random deaths are occuring at this time of the film. So you've got your randomness, but it just so happens to be a friend of our character. I thought it was a sort of nice compromise/balance of what you described. The loaf is hiding from Dave and that's a perfect way to do it.

quilled_one: but that's not the way I wanted that scene to pan out

nixizevil: You want the jumping out and shit, I take it.

quilled_one: yes I do

quilled_one: you have to admit, except for this, I've been open to everything else

quilled_one: but this one scene I wanted to be the Quill portion of it

quilled_one: since it was from my original vision

nixizevil: How about this...

nixizevil: We do your jumping out and slaughter and then it climbs back into the fucking box or drags it behind and gets to Corey's door, jumps up and hits the bell then crawl back in the fucking box and emulates a goddamn pizza?

quilled_one: why don't you just have the meatloaf on the table

quilled_one: and corey saying "huh, mom left me dinner! cool!"

nixizevil: Cuz it's retarded and I hated that part that I wrote.

nixizevil: I'd be more willing to eat a pizza than a fucking meatloaf.

nixizevil: Thank you, Dominos.

quilled_one: but that doesn't make sense because pizza has dough and cheese, which it wouldn't be able to emulate because it's completely meat lol

nixizevil: It just kinda spreads itself over the thing.

quilled_one: omg, I'm arguing technicalities over killer meat

quilled_one: lol

nixizevil: No shit.

nixizevil: A very meaty pizza, dammit.

quilled_one: still, I would like my pizza scene to be intact and not altered

quilled_one: ...please.

quilled_one: :D

nixizevil: That's what I just said, you....you....dammit! That's what we just worked out.

quilled_one: alright cool

quilled_one: thank you

nixizevil: I"m posting this ridiculous conversation on the Loaf blog. This is funny.

quilled_one: you know...the meatloaf could always just force itself down a sleeping Corey's throat...

quilled_one: if it can kill you, it can certainly do that

nixizevil: That's true, but not as interesting. We've already had one sleeping death/attack.

quilled_one: alright...how about a waking possesion?

nixizevil: That's you.

nixizevil: Not an actual ingestion.

quilled_one: the meatloaf leaps at Corey and covers his face, alien style

nixizevil: You're the one who's possessed. But you bring up an interesting point. Just another effect, though. Will have to think about how to pull it off and $.

quilled_one: easy...have a scene showing the meatloaf leaping at Corey

quilled_one: then have a scene with corey laying prone on the floor, meat covering his face

nixizevil: Gee, never thought of that. (sarcasm)

quilled_one: we're going to go through a lot of meat

quilled_one: it doesn't have to be spider-crab shaped meat like a facehugger...just has to be covering his face....

nixizevil: I know that, goofball.

nixizevil: I want a disgusting eating scene. I want Corey to have shit dripping down his face and totally enjoying unknowingly killing himself.

nixizevil: Anyway....your scene will be done. I'll figure out how to move on to the rest.

quilled_one: at least you can say that I'm the most liberal producer on earth in terms of giving you artist reign with my brainchild

nixizevil: Rock on.

2005-02-06T03:26:00.000-08:00

For years, I've been looking for people to help me bring my visions to whatever screen. And it's odd that I've found most of them here in the 'Lou.

I don't know what I'd do without Spawn. He has given extra production value by providing music.

I only hope I can do justice to all of this talent by shooting it properly.

After watching Terror Firmer and Toxic Avenger IV, I'm beginning to think that if we apply enough effort, money and creativity, that the Loaf project could possibly be a Troma pickup. All the elements are there, except for the lesbianism and bouncing breasts.

We would make no money, but people could actually see our film. And that's the real reason for making it, anyway.

Well, I'm tired. Been up since 8 a.m. Saturday. Must rest.

Nix says: Let's make some art!

2005-01-31T14:17:00.000-08:00

Well everyone, I just thought I'd throw this out there:

I'm currently working on a flash animation trailer for our film.

I don't know how long it will take, considering I really don't know what I'm doing, but I've been reading a lot about it and watching tutorials. I'm sure that it won't be something we use officiallly but I figure it would be fun, considering I've been wanting to work with flash for quite a while.

Right now the only thing I have is a basic opening, showing the company names.

Please don't jump on me yet, asking me to put things in it (...ahem, Nix...). I'm still trying to learn how to do a simple fade, muchless an action scene. However, I hope this proves as a cool learning experience for myself and that the animation is completed and ends up on the dvd release.

2005-01-27T04:32:00.000-08:00

Just to clarify on the purpose of doing a trailer before completing the film.

1) It gives us something to show potential investors what we are capable of and what we are trying to do. (I know it's very old-school, but check out #2)

2) Trailers usually contain the most dynamic and visually interesting parts of the feature. The best plan for filming is to get the complicated stuff out of the way first. So, we'll be figuring out what is needed for the trailer and shooting the actual scenes, as well.

Now if, as we proceed, we find we have a better grasp of the whole process of filming and creating, we can go back and re-do any scenes we wish.

This is a way of focusing us on what we can get started with and begin all of our learning processes.

I don't have much more experience than any of you guys. I've made a few shorts. Worked on a local indie for one day. And been an actor-person in a locally shot film. I've taken filmmaking classes and that's it.

This is a learning process for all of us. And it's gonna be fun.

*Nix kicks a nearby cat for absolutely no reason at all.*

Oh, and the disc I burned of Spawn's trailer track won't play on my walkman or whatever the hell they call them nowadays. So, I'll have to get back to it when I get back from Texas. Sorry.

Nix says: 3 guys one bed, one couch and an inflatable mattress. This will be fun.

2005-01-25T13:49:00.000-08:00

I do believe I have solved the huge gap problem. I turned off the "Title" field. I hope that's not a problem for you guys, because personally I hate the damn thing.

As Nix stated, I worked up a trailer track last night. I really did like what he did, regardless of how he mixed things. (It feels odd saying someone remixed my tracks, like I'm some fucking star.) Well, I sat down last night with the sole purpose of writing something trailer-wise, and with a little bit of tweaking and "support" from Nix I believe we have our trailer theme. I actually really like it. Hell, I liked his, goofy voice and all.

I'm gonna try and come up with something voice-over-wise for the trailer myself. I do, however, think we're putting the cart before the horse working on a trailer for a film we haven't even started yet. Then again, I have no experience working on a "film".

I Love Lucy.

2005-01-25T11:38:00.000-08:00

Sorry. Reference to a trailer.

So, last night I took it upon myself to take some of Spawn's already completed soundtrack clips and put them together for trailer music. I then added some of the worst voiceovers in creation. I was just doing it so I could see what I wanted to do for our promo trailer. It's pretty funny, in a crappy sorta way. Don't get me wrong. The music is still great, even though I snipped it up quite a bit. It's just the voiceovers. Imagine that guy that does all the trailers for every movie done by some B-movie bad guy in some lame Canadian horror flick (ie: MST3K's Final Sacrifice).

Anyway, point being, I sent it to Scott and he was very supportive of my ridiculous attempt. Then he went and used mine as a template and came up with a totally new track.

It roxord my boxorz.

So, we worked together to tweak it, a bit. (Meaning that I bossed him around and told him to do what I said or I would kill his parents.)

Spawn is one of our greatest assets on this film. The soundtrack might turn out better than the film.

I'll be listening to the track while I'm on the road and figuring out what we need to film for the trailer.

Nix says: Stan Lee. Oh, I mean, Nuff Said.

Compare and Contrast. Or Something.

2005-01-24T20:25:00.000-08:00

Just thought I'd give everyone an idea of exactly what I've been staring at the computer all day for.

First, I've included the first page of our rough draft.

My new and (hopefully) improved version of that page immediately follows.

Version 1:

Night of the Living Loaf: Beat the Meat

We open with the titles interspersed with extreme close-ups of a pair of hands in various stages of creating the meatloaf. (will expand on this idea when I figure out the recipe and process) We end with the completed loaf being pulled out of oven.

All of our characters are present for a “Dave Finally Got Laid” party. There is a large banner saying that that hangs in the back.

Our cast includes, but is not limited to: Dave, Amanda, Steve, Scott, Corey, Joe, Hizzy, Beaver, Nix, Vince.

The meatloaf is placed prominently in the middle of the table, which also has other various food items on it. Everyone is seated and eating everything except the meatloaf. After showing the various guests enjoying their food, we cut to a close-up of the meatloaf. The meatloaf thinks “Eat me!!!” (Anytime we hear the meatloaf’s’ thoughts, there is a loud metal guitar playing beneath its’ voice.) We cut back to various shots of people eating again. Finally everyone is done and leaves the table. Cut back to the loaf who thinks: “Fucking eat me!!!!” Everyone leaves except for Dave, since it is his house. We do a slow zoom into an extreme close up of the loaf then slowly pull back to see that it is night.

Cut to Dave and his parents saying goodbye, since the parents are leaving for the weekend. They tell him to take care of his small brother or sister while they are gone. They leave. Dave walks into the kitchen. He grabs dishes off of the table and cleans them in the sink. In the background the loaf jumps off the table. Dave turns to get more dishes off the table and notices that the loaf is gone.. He looks around in confusion and looks under the table. He gets up and turns in a circle. He shrugs and goes to check on his bro/sis. He/She is sleeping in bed. He goes outside to smoke and realizes that he has no smokes. He looks at the house trying to decide what to do. Finally he decides “Fudge it. It’ll just take a minute.

Inside, the meat creeps towards the bro/sis’s room (meat P.O.V.). He/She is completely covered by blankets, so we only see his/her shape. Meat P.O.V. jumps onto bed.

Cut to Dave returning. He enters and heads straight for his bro/sis’s room. Cut to: camera shoots out of doorway at hallway. Dave enters screen. He stops in the doorway in shock and horror. Meat is dripping in patches on the wall. He backs into the hallway. He hears a noise and turns to see the loaf moving towards him. Meat: “You should have fucking eaten me!!!” It fires a meat wad at his face. Dave puts up his hand and it bounces off, leaving a meaty residue on it. Dave turns and runs like hell. The loaf follows in meat-vision throughout the house. It loses Dave around a corner, looks around and backs out of house.

Version 2:

A
Wicked Wildflower/Bug Juice
Co-Production

Fade in: A pair of hands is creating the meatloaf from start to finish. Each stage of creation fades to black for titles then in to the next stage and so on. (I still don't know how to make a fucking meatloaf, but we'll get to that when we need to.) We end with a tight shot of the hands pulling the loaf from the oven.

CUT TO: DAVE'S: INT/DAY: Ideally, all of our major characters should be attending a party. We pan past the party goers and catch snippets of their conversations. We end on the banner saying "Dave Finally Got Laid".

CUT TO: The dinner table being loaded up with all sorts of food. The meatloaf is placed prominently in the center of the table.

The guests are finally seated and they all begin to dig into the various food items.....except the loaf.

CUT TO: Various close ups of the guests enjoying their meal.

CUT TO: A close up of the loaf.

CUT TO: More shots of eating. Finally, the meal is finished and the guests leave the table.

CUT TO: ZOOM/PAN into ECU of loaf then pull back to reveal is night.

CUT TO: DAVE'S: INT/NIGHT: Dave and his parents are at the front door. There are suitcases at the feet of his parents.
MOM: "David, it's only 3 days. Don't kill your brother. Please?"
DAVE: "We'll be fine, mom."
DAD: "You see to it, boy. And clean up that kitchen."
DAVE: "Okaaayyyyy. You guys get going. Have fun."
ALL EXCHANGE GOODBYES and the parents leave.

Dave locks the door and leans back against it in relief. His head slowly turns towards the kitchen doorway

CUT TO: Shot of doorway with the enormous mess left from the party beyond it.

CUT TO: Dave shakes his head.
DAVE: "Awwww, man. It wasn't worth this."
He straightens up and cracks his neck.
DAVE: "Might as well get it over with."

CUT TO: KITCHEN INT: Tight travelling shot of messy counters to the table of food detritus (with the loaf still there)then pan up to Dave standing before it. He considers where to start and grabs some random dishes.

CUT TO: Dave carrying them over to the sink and begining to clean them.

CUT TO: Front shot of Dave washing dishes. In the background, the Loaf jumps off the table. Dave turns and walks back to get more dishes and notices the missing Loaf.

CUT TO: MS of Dave as he looks around in confusion and under the table. He turns in a circle, etc...as he says:
DAVE: " What the? Who the? Where the? How the? Why I aughta. You little. Your mother was a. Don't make me. Oooooo."

Dave shrugs.
DAVE: "Whatever. I better check on the rugrat."
He leaves the kitchen.

CUT TO: Shot from top of stairs as Dave walks up them.

CUT TO: Dave walking down hall and into a doorway.

CUT TO: Dave checking on his sleeping brother. He pulls the blankets up to his bro's neck. Pauses. Then pulls them up over the bro's head. He turns.

CUT TO: Camera shooting Dave walking away from bed towards camera.
DAVE: "Maybe he'll suffocate."

CUT TO: DAVE'S EXT: Dave exits the front door and sits on the steps. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a pack of cigs.

CUT TO: CU of cig pack being opened. The pack is empty.

CUT TO: Dave looks at the pack, the house, the pack...etc... Finally he decides and says:
DAVE: "Fudge it. It'll just take a minute."
He stands and walks away from the house.

CUT TO: DAVE'S INT: Loaf creeping down the hall towards the Bro's room. The Loaf is pulsing and glowing an evil red.

CUT TO: MV (MEAT VISION) enters Bro's room and heads towards bed. MV hops onto bed.

CUT TO: DAVE'S EXT: Dave returns to the front door and finishes his cig. He flicks it into the bushes and opens the door.

CUT TO: DAVE'S INT: Dave enters and heads straight upstairs.

CUT TO: Camera shoots out of Bro's doorway in CU at hallway. Dave enters screen and begins to enter room. He stops in shock and horror. Camera zooms back to show meat and some blood dripping in patches on the walls around the door. Dave backs into the hallway and hits the wall behind him.

CUT TO: MCU of Dave sliding down the wall. There is a noise and he whips his head to the side.

CUT TO: The Loaf is moving towards him from further down the hall.

CUT TO: MCU of Loaf firing a meatwad at Dave.

CUT TO: Dave screams and puts up his hand. The Wad bounces off of it.

CUT TO: ECU of greasy residue left on Dave's hand.

CUT TO: MLS from direction of stairway. Dave stands and runs towards the camera.

CUT TO: MV follows Dave down the stairs and throughout the house. Finally, Dave disappears around a corner. MV enters kitchen. Looks about in frustration.

CUT TO: Loaf looking left and right. (It is in front of an open window.)

CUT TO: MV backs out of kitchen through window.

Staring at a Computer can be Enlightening

2005-01-24T12:48:00.000-08:00

Everybody already knows this, but I'm putting it here so my grandchildren can thrill to my adventures when they can read. Who am I kidding? I'm never having kids at all.

I'm sitting here staring at a computer screen attempting to expand and refine our draft. "Attempting" is the primary word you should focus on. So far I've only barely reworked the party scene, but that is progress, right?

I'm hoping to get this new draft done by Friday, since I must leave for greener pastures at that time (I have to work.).

Other than that, I have begun breaking down what we already have into individual scenes for budget and scheduling purposes. And ummm....the phone just rang and I got distracted.

So, I'll just go back to staring at the computer and attempting to write.

Nix says: Look at the pretty words.

...

2005-01-24T09:51:00.000-08:00

This is Spawn. Yes, this is my template, per request of Quill. I'm working on the big gap you see at the top of the posts, so don't fret. I hope to have it gone soon.

The one and only time I'm explaining the deal here.

2005-01-24T09:02:00.000-08:00

This blog is a journal. A journal for myself (Quill), Nix, and Spawn, who are the driving force behind the Meatloaf movie, to post our thoughts during the entire run of this film. You won't get any "I did this today/I hate this drama bullshit/I like cheese" on this journal - this will ONLY be the happenings of Meatloaf. Later, these blog entries will be included on the official DVD special edition of "Night of the Living Loaf: Beat The Meat" in text format.

Scott and Nix will be joining us shortly, and then, you will be able to read our thoughts and updates about the film.

No, you cannot comment on our journal entries. No, you cannot join the blog - this is a Spawn, Quill, and Nix journal only, as we are the three responsible for the film production. Save your breath and our time by not asking, will you? We're busy.

Thank you. Have a meaty day.

~ "Quill"