The Naked Zinester: Complete!

The edit for The Naked Zinester is finally done!

I'd like to thank everyone involved. This has been a really fun project to work on. Over the next couple weeks I will be submitting it to a line-up of festivals. We have some teasers headed your way. So everyone will get a glimpse of the film before it heads off to festival. You'll have to wait to see the whole thing until after it has screened.

-Jon Nix

Lilith now available on DVD

Lilith is finally available on DVD and Direct Download today! I worked on this movie about a year and a half ago as an art department PA. I can easily say that I learned more being on this film than from much of college. It was a fantastic experience working under Kristen Adams, who is moving onto big things like Child of God from Cormac McCarthy and James Franco.

Lilith's director, Sridhar Reddy has been a well of information and has been a great support as we've gotten TurnStyle Films off the ground. He has a new super secret short film coming out soon that I can't wait to see.

So run over to Nehst and grab a copy of Lilith. You won't regret it!



-Jon Nix

The Naked Zinester: Official Poster

Without further adieu here is the official poster for The Naked Zinester!



 Thanks to Aaron Tsuru and Cherry La Voix for letting us do this project with them!
-Jon Nix

The Naked Zinester: Second Cut Finished

I just finished the second cut of our Aaron Tsuru Documentary. Titles are completed. The cut is pretty locked in. All that is left is Color Correction, final mix and score along with any other little tweaks we decide to make. We've also come up with a title: The Naked Zinester

As I've said before, I can't wait for this to come out. Only another week or so until I start submitting it to festivals.

Here is the main opening title to give you a little taste of what's coming:



-Jon Nix

Through the TurnStyle - Thaddeus Anna Greene

Here comes the next Through the TurnStyle session we shot with Thaddeus Anna Greene out of Cleveland, Ohio. These guys were a lot of fun. Watch em' tear it up below.


Through the TurnStyle - Thaddeus Anna Greene from TurnStyle Films on Vimeo.

-Jon Nix

Aaron Tsuru Documentary Edit

Last month we shot a short documentary with photographer, Aaron Tsuru. We caught up with him only days before he and his wife were moving off to NYC. Along with model Cherry La Voix the footage is amazing. It has so many truly genuine moments, everything from giddy laughter to reflective insecurity. 

Last night I worked on the edit for 8 hours. It was a real joy to finally get a good rough cut hammered out. I will be tightening up the edit over the next couple weeks as well as supervising the creation of the score by Jim Curtis. This is going to be a great piece to show off at festivals. I can't wait! I'm guessing the final run time with be somewhere in between 12 and 13 minutes, which means that it is the longest piece we've come out with yet.

My goal is to get it done by November 27th so I can meet the submission deadlines for CineKink NYC, Pasadena International Film Festival, FilmFest Dresden, Brooklyn Film Festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, LA Film Festival and Aspen ShortFest. It's a big list and I hope we'll be accepted to most of them.

Below is a screenshot I took from Aaron's blog. A tease of the edit so far. That's all you'll get for now.



 -Jon Nix

Apache Dropout on Vintage Media Group

Vintage Media Group picked up our new video with Apache Dropout. Check it out below. Show them some love.



-Jon Nix

Through the TurnStyle - Apache Dropout

We shot with the incredibly talented and immensely fascinating, Apache Dropout. We caught up with them on their most recent tour when they stopped by local Cleveland hangout, The Happy Dog. They gave us an eye popping interview and blew us away with their crushing bass-lines later in the night. These guys are a band to you have to know about!


www.turnstylefilms.com
www.facebook.com/ApacheDropoutUS

-Jon Nix

JohnG T-Shirt Design

Here it is! The much anticipated JohnG artwork for our new T-Shirts! Coming soon! We just need to get them printed and they will be available in our store along with stickers and buttons. Prepare to empty your wallets for us!


-Jon Nix

The Act of Killing

I was lucky enough to see the world premier screening of The Act of Killing this year at TIFF and it was easily the best film I saw there. Spring Breakers was a ton of fun and The Master got very under under my skin, but nothing is going to stick with me like this movie. So I was obviously excited when I heard that Drafthouse Films had picked it up for distribution.

After a long Q&A with the audience the discussion moved outside the theater where I got to here the director, Joshua Oppenheimer, speak more about the process of making the movie. Once the crowd started to thin I managed to speak with him for a few minutes. After he complimented my Harvey Pekar shirt I told him about TurnStyle Films and some of the projects we have in the works. He was nothing but encouragement and passion. I left feeling even more energized about everything in the future.

And much to my surprise Joshua just reposted my status about the news of his film getting distribution, name dropped me and thanked me!


Thank You Joshua! I can't wait to watch your film again.
 -Jon Nix

PS: Here is the Intro and Q&A from the TIFF Screening that I mentioned above. I'm really happy someone got this on film. It's full of some amazing info and stories.