FEATURE: STEP OFF (was "Battle") - Narrative Feature

Martay

Martay

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This will change but considering we start shooting tommorrow as our web team works on our official site. I figured I'd start out by sharing our blogspot which we hope to be consistently updating throughout production.

http://battlethemovie.blogspot.com/

BATTLE

LOGLINE:
A struggling producer dreams of winning a national beat battle contest to gain respect and possibly start a career as a producer.

This is a Hip-Hop film in the vein of “8 Mile”, “Hustle & Flow” and even harkening back to the likes of “Beat Street”.

Please stay tuned.

Martin Kelley
Producer, Battle
 
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Martin,

Very interesting. Would you be interested in answering a couple of questions in regards to Battle which i could feature on my site as an interview article

Thanks Alot

Mike
 
Thanks alot Martin, the questions have been sent to you and we'll feature on the site to give you a little promotion for Battle.

Thanks again,
 
Reevue said:
Thanks alot Martin, the questions have been sent to you and we'll feature on the site to give you a little promotion for Battle.

Thanks again,
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I appreciate it. Got them and returned them...let me know if you need pictures or other materials.

Thank you Michael.

-M
 
http://battlethemovie.blogspot.com/

In case you're not following the blog...we've got more updates and will be hitting the eyedrum for the next 4 nights...

Thanks to Michael D Friedman who came in and subbed at the last minute with excellent results as BAY BAY...Derrick Haywood really set the tone so that Mike was able to acclimated to the role in 5 minutes flat...good stuff really.

And thanks Philip as well for being flexible...good scene as well.

Onira, HeadRoc and Burns are knocking it out of the park as well and the crew kicks booty!

Stay tuned.
 
New entry up...promise pictures coming soon. Just did a 4 night stretch while still working my day job and survived. It was rough but the results were good. The finale of the movie is in the can and the footage looks really good.

The new entry features a thanks to all he amazing extras who really helped us out and gives some links to some artists who are part of the movie.

More to come...

Martin
 
Working on this as an Audio Tech. I would appreciate if I could get a shout on the site or even have photos for my website of me on set. Really nice project.

Nicole
 
misscc803 said:
Working on this as an Audio Tech. I would appreciate if I could get a shout on the site or even have photos for my website of me on set. Really nice project.

Nicole
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Nicole,

Definitely thanks for you work thus far...I'll be blogging much more frequently as I get access to the stills. And thanking everyone involved...you, Kevin, and Jonathan were definitely a major help last week as we shot the beat battle segments.

And I'll definitely try to find some pics for you.

-Martin

more news trickles in...

http://akas.imdb.com/news/ni0931266/

http://www.killermovies.com/b/battle/news/2390_Laron_Austin_To_Direct_Battle.html

http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEDChLGJW3KmHH

http://filmnewsbriefs.com/2009/08/16/
 
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The short of it. Emmy Nominated actor Taurean Blacque ("Hill Street Blues") joins the cast of "Battle"

The long, well...the official press release here....
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Taurean Blacque joins ‘BATTLE’


Atlanta, August 26-- ReelOne Entertainment announced today that Emmy Nominated Actor Taurean Blacque joined the cast of “Battle,” the Laron Austin (“BeatMakers”) directed film stars Chris Burns (“The Lena Baker Story”, “Somebodies”) Onira Tares (“Jack Squad”) and Conrad “Headroc” Clifton. Scripted by Martin Kelley and Eddie Singleton. Executive Produced by Cassius Weathersby ("You Got Served") Produce by Kelley and Singleton along with Kenno Rixson and Bennie Swint.

Taurean Blacque is best known for his role as “Detective Neal Washington” on the cop drama Hill Street Blues.

“Battle” is a coming of age drama about an unknown producer RIPPA (Clifton) who pursues his passion for composing music. He wants to produce music for the top rappers in the industry and be respected as a producer worldwide.

“Battle” blends the mood, vigor, and themes of “8 MILE” with the perseverance and edge of HUSTLE & FLOW” with the old school vibe of “JUICE”

About Reel One Entertainment

Atlanta based multi-platform content provider and Production Company, specializing in entertainment content, online Marketing, and Sales/Licensing. Reel One Entertainment creates and produces low budget, high quality, genre content that entertain, inspire and inform.

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The result...We're very excited to get to work with Mr. Blacque! :)
 
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New blog entry. Status of production thus far...day 13 of 19 in the can (that's principle photography, there will be some planned second unit stuff) and most of the major set pieces have been shot already.

Going to do a full report (with photos) of Emmy nominated actor Taurean Blacque's work on the film as well as more photos and descriptions coming soon.

Thanks to all who've visited the blog thus far.

-M
 
jls4 said:
Stills man, where are the stills! Com'n Martin share a little! :grin:
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Not sure how I post them here in the thread. I always update the thread when more stills get posted on the blog.

Don't have screenshots just yet, but the footage is looking really good even RAW.

We're using the Sony EX HD camera.

Could use a tutorial on how to post stills as I'd love to share :thumbup:

-M
 
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