Online Premier of "Bitter & Horny"

Directed by
Mark Brent
Featuring
Erik Eagleson and Laura Blue

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Bitter & Horny was written on a road trip by Mark Brent and Dawn Brent. It was one of long days of driving where everything just seemed to look the same. The idea for the short was conceived somewhere near to the border of Nebraska and Wyoming. It was a place where everywhere you looked the horizon had the same view. It was literally no where and yet was so familiar it pulled up emotions such as nostalgia and longing.

Bitter and Horny was produced to prove several arguments that a filmmaker finds themselves in as they move forward in their career. The first argument relates to Mark's next projects. He has written two feature film scripts, both naturalistic romantic comedies like Bitter & Horny. Bitter and Horny shows this humor and proves Mark's abilities to tell these kind of stories. The second argument is Mark's claim that a movie can be shot on film and produced in such a way that it doesn't sacrifice production value even though it cost far less than the industry standard. The first argument's truth is evident in the film itself, so watch it. The second is proven in the facts. The 16 mm film was made for less than 5 grand. This includes traveling to location and producing this film with a cast and crew count of eight. Cost was also kept down by knowing before hand what shots that were need to tell the story. The film was made with about twenty shots. We only used 800 feet of film and the dream sequence was done on an available HD camera. In short, the story was more or less edited in camera and not only contained in plot, but in production logistics as well. It's true filmmaking and makes one wonder why they would ever want to work with a bloated production again. In reality some productions require more, but this one was designed to prove the point that less is more.

If you have watched this film and would like to learn more about the two feature films in development by Brent Creative and Mark Brent check out the descriptions on Brent Creative, or contact Mark @ his email