Akron First Night

Jujst found out that our video for Shivering Timbers will be playing at First Night Akron tonight as part of their New Year's festivities! We will be playing in a line-up of the best shorts that have played in Akron Art Museum as part of the film program this year. I'm super pumped. People will be ringing in the New Year with TurnStyle Films!



-Jon

TurnStyle Films Ad in Lake Erie Monster vol. 3

Here is the new TurnStyle Films ad that appears in the latest volume of Lake Erie Monster! It's obviously the same design as our t-shirt will be but in color, designed by the amazing John G.

Pick yourself up a copy of Lake Erie Monster 3! Do it!

-Jon Nix

Lake Erie Monster vol. 3

This marks 3/4 of a year since we've been shooting with John. Time flies. It's crazy.

The documentary we've been working on with him will be ramping up over the coming months. I think we're finally at a place that we may have something substantial.

I'll be editing all winter and into spring. I have my fingers crossed that we have a full length on our hands. We'll see what comes of it. I'd love for it to premier at TIFF 2013, that is if I hit the June deadline.



-Jon Nix

The Naked Zinester: Teaser Trailer

Here's the trailer!


The Naked Zinester Teaser Trailer from TurnStyle Films on Vimeo.


The Teaser Trailer for the short documentary "The Naked Zinester" coming soon from TurnStyle Films.
The Naked Zinester is a short documentary that explores the life and work of Aaron Tsuru. Aaron is an renegade photographer and zine maker who has risen to cult status on the internet for being to creator of tsururadio.com and tsurufoto.com
From Tsurufoto.com:
"Tsurufoto is the photographical field observations, wanderings & creations of Aaron Tsuru! I use photography (analog, digital, and variations & combinations of both), short films, and zines to celebrate all things beautiful, weird, & wonderful, exploring our imperfections that make us unique and perfect in our own way.
DIY, through and through... Half the fun is figuring it all out through trials and many, many errors. Some of our greatest successes came out of massive failures. When an idea pops into my noggin', I do what I can with
the resources I have to make it real. It's always worth trying. Many of my works are expressed through nudity & sexuality. I've been drawn into that world ever since the days of squinting at scrambled 70s & 80s late night cable euro "art films". Self-publishing a nudie zine, I walk a fine line between art & porn, but it's a line that is fun to walk along, exploring and challenging our held definitions of beauty & sexuality..."
Featured along with Aaron, is the lovely Miss Cherry La Voix. She fills us in on her life of Modeling, singing and burlesque. As well as her past collaborations with Aaron.

Starring:
Aaron Tsuru
Cherry La Voix

Crew:
Director / Jon Nix
Producer / Jamie Overstreet
Director of Photography / Yoshi Andrego
Camera Operators / Ralph Miller / Kayla Muller
Editor / Jon Nix
Colorist / Yoshi Andrego
Original Score / Jim Curtis / William Palmer
turnstylefilms.comcherrylavoix.comnudiezine.comtsurufoto.com

-Jon Nix

John G edit starting

Over the coming months we will be assembling our John G documentary. We still have plenty of shooting to do. but in the coming weeks I will begin sifting through all of the footage we already have. I'm really excited to start the long final stage or this project. We'll see what we end up with.

-Jon Nix

Foxygen Shoot

On Monday we shot a Through the TurnStyle session with Foxygen. The guys were real fun and I think it's going to cut together really well. So expect to see that sometime after the new year. 2013 here we come!

-Jon Nix

*NEW* TurnStyle Films Bumper

Here is our new film bumper that will play before all of our short films. It will make it's official premier in front of 'The Naked Zinester' when it heads off to festival.



-Jon Nix

Alan Brooks Shoot

Last week we had a shoot for a music video with local acoustic act Alan Brooks. After getting kicked off the RTA by the cops for filming we managed to rework the video concept and finish up the shoot on time. It should be out in a couple weeks. I think it's going to turn out really great.

-Jon Nix

Through the TurnStyle - Frontier Ruckus

Here is the new Through the TurnStyle session! We recorded this session with Frontier Ruckus this past fall at Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio.


-Jon Nix

The Naked Zinester: Festival Submissons

The Naked Zinester has now been submitted to festivals! I made a collage of the logos below. Hopefully I'll hear back from them soon. Fingers crossed that we make it into them. I'll be submitting it to a few more in the coming weeks so we'll see what the final line-up is.

Festivals:
Brooklyn Film Festival
CineKink
Boston Underground Film Festival



I'm incredibly proud of this project and I can't wait for the world to see it!

-Jon Nix

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.

Matt Bors Kickstarter

 I've posted a video here before by Matt Hyland interviewing Matt Bors, a friend and Pulitzer Prize Nominee. Well now Matt needs some help. He has a new Kickstarter up for a book he's putting together. Anything helps. I was way overdue in repaying him for years of enjoying of his work so I pledged $100. I understand if that is a little steep for some of you. But anything helps. This is a project that needs to get off the ground and Matt is a person who should be read by everyone. Consider it a contribution to saving society from stupidity.

-Jon Nix

Through the TurnStyle - Two Hand Fools

Here comes the Through the TurnStyle session we shot with Two Hand Fools at Cleveland's legendary DagHouse! It was a really fun night running with a bare bones crew. If you ever get a shot at coming to Cleveland make sure to see a house show at the best DIY spot in town. These dudes are awesome!


-Jon Nix

Aaron Tsuru Shoot

This past weekend we went down to Columbus to shoot with smut photographer Aaron Tsuru. Burlesque model Cherry La Voix was part of a great modeling session we captured. I'll be making most posts as the pieces come together with the project. I'd like this short film to go off to festival and get us some new attention.

But until then: Our very own Yoshi Andrego was featured this morning on The Impossible Project's Tumblr. The photo was taken this weekend of Aaron and Cherry just as we were finishing up. Great way to start the week off!




-Jon Nix

Smoke & Lasers Blogroll

Thanks to all the blogs who posted our new Smoke Screen video! Every view counts and you're helping us out a ton!

















-Jon Nix

Cellar Door CLE Profile on TurnStyle Films

Check out Cellar Door CLE for the new article they did on TurnStyle Films. It's our first ever official article. We've been in papers before but only ever as a blurb. This is huge for us. A big thanks to Nikki Delamotte for hanging out with us and spreading the word! Click the photo to read the article.



-Jon Nix

IMDB page

My IMDB page is finally up to date. All of my credits are listed and I have great head shot from A. K. Snyder up now. Go check it out.



-Jon Nix

Smoke Screen - Smoke & Lasers

We are extremely proud to present everyone with the new Smoke Screen video! Tons of hard was put in by the whole team on this one. I think it's a massive step forward in our production value and the guys from Smoke Screen killed it on the track as usual.

In our 3rd video for Cleveland hip-hop duo Smoke Screen we wanted to step up our game. September is the 1 year anniversary of the first video we ever worked on with them. It's crazy to think that it's only been a year. In this story, the guys build a time machine in their garage and unlock a door to the future. Not everything goes well though and the guys may be in over their heads on this one.

Director/Jon Nix

Writer/Yoshi Andrego & Jon Nix
Producer/Jamie Overstreet
Camera Operators/Ralph Miller, Anthony Snitzer & Brad Burke
Art Directors/Yoshi Andrego & Kayla Muller
Editor/Jon Nix
Special Effects/Anthony Snitzer & Jon Nix

www.turnstylefilms.com

www.smokescreenmusic.com

-Jon Nix

Our new group photos and headshots!

Check out the awesome Gallery of headshot and group photos we have thanks to A. K. Snyder, the best photographer in Cleveland!



-Jon Nix

TurnStyleFilms.com New and Improved

Here is our brand new site! Go ahead. Click around.



-Jon Nix

Akron Film & Pixel Night Recap

Our showing went well last night. Jamie Overstreet, Kayla Muller ad myself were in attendance. The Q&A afforded us a great opportunity to talk to some of the viewers of our work. No real hard hitting questions. Just fun banter.

As a group we'd really like to thank Steve Felix and Akron Film & Pixel for making this night happen. We had a great time and it was great exposure for us. We would love to come back again.

-Jon Nix

TIFF Diary

Well we're back from TIFF. I feel completely energized. Now that I'm back in Ohio, this place is trying it's damnedest to bring me down. I miss the great conversation with strangers. The well read people. The patrons that surrounded me and chose to read while waiting instead of playing Fruit Ninja or Angry Birds on their IPhones. The TIFF volunteers that took no shit from overly entitled American tourists. I'm sure Canada has it's fair share or dimwits, douche bags and luddites but I was fortunate enough to not meet a single one, which leads me to believe their far better off than America in that respect.

It's the little things up there that restored my faith in my profession. The theaters are amazing and everyone calls them films, not movies.

I miss the chaos of the city. I'm feeling chocked by all the space around me.

I got to speak with one of my heroes Shane Smith, owner of Vice Magazine. I was shaking as he put his enormous hand on my shoulder and encouraged me in what I was doing and thanked me for the compliments I gave.

I could speak about the films we saw for hours. But I'll keep it short saying that they were all amazing and might be the best week of viewing in my entire life.

The live performance of American Beauty starring Christina Hendricks and Bryan Cranston and directed by Jason Reitman, was breathtaking. Janeane from Des Moines was hilarious and heartbreaking. The Master was completely intangible in the best possible way. The Art of Killing was exhausting and bewildering and possibly the best doc I've seen in the past 2 years. And Spring Breakers was the best possible movie I could have ended the weekend on. I'm a long time Harmony Korine fan and this was one of his best. I thought about it that whole way home and cannot wait to see it again. It won't let my mind go.

I'm going to do everything I have in my power to get to the point that we're festival hopping next year. I want to quit my job and work on movies every single day. I don't want to know where I'm going to sleep every night until my head hits the pillow and I want to change the world with my art. Fuck you if you're in my way.

- Jon Nix

TurnStyle Films '12 Reel

TurnStyle Films '12 Reel from TurnStyle Films on Vimeo.

Here it is! TurnStyle Films' first ever demo reel.

I'm really proud of all my friends and all of our hard work.

It's only a matter of time before we get to where we want to be.

-Jon Nix

Akron Film & Pixel Night

TurnStyle Films has just found out that we will be showing our music videos for Shivering Timbers and Smoke Screen at this year's Akron Film and Pixel Night on Sept 13th. We will also be doing a Q&A afterward.

This will be held the week after Jamie Overstreet and myself head up to Canada for Toronto International Film Festival.

Things are starting to get crazy and there are a lot of opportunities and attention coming our way.

We also have head shots from the very talented A.K. Snyder on the way. So we can look all Profesh.

Here is our section of the Program for the showing:


And here is us getting named dropped in an article for the showing in the Akron Beacon Journal!


-Jon Nix

New TurnStyle Films Website

Our new website is on the way! Stay tuned!



-Jon Nix

Out of Reach Poster

Over the past few weeks the group as a whole has been trying to add more class to our older projects. We've submitted all of out Music Videos and Short Films to IMDB for credit. I uploaded all of the screenshots from this blog to Facebook. And most importantly we've been designing posters for all of our short films. Once we have some spare cash we will be uploading them to IMDB so those listings have a feeling of completion. We also have new TurnStyle Films branded merchandise coming soon. Be patient. Get Excited!



-Jon Nix

The Wrong Party Online Premier

Well Friends, today is the online premier for our entry into this year's 48 Hour Film Competition!



-Jon Nix

Bellefontaine Examiner

Turnstyle Films has made it onto the first front page of page of a news paper! You can see us featured in this article on the Dutch Tile Film Festival from yesterday's Bellefontaine Examiner.



-Jon Nix

"The Wrong Party" Nominations

Congratulations to Annette Lawless for being nominated for Best Supporting Actress in our new short film.

-Jon Nix

TurnStyle Films Swag

Jamie and I made up these buttons. Who would be into buying them? What about Tshirts and Stickers and Patches?



-Jon Nix

Thank You Tim Allyn!

A big thanks to my cousin Tim Allyn for helping us out on an upcoming project. I don't want to say too much because I'll end up spoiling it but I will give you a taste with the photo below.



Lots more to come
-Jon Nix

48 Hour Film Competition "Best Of" Screening

The following list of films will be screened at the Best Of. The following films are nominated for an award--it does not guarantee an award has been won, and because a film is not on this list does not mean that it has not been nominated fo

r an award. Due to the amount of excellent films this year we were forced to show only a limited number at the Best Of.

Tickets are on sale now athttp://www.clevelandcinemas.com/showtimes.asp?ptID=AAGZR. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE, as the screening may sell out. Team leaders that have a film screening at the Best Of will get two comp tickets to the screening--all other tickets must be purchased.

Congratulations to the following films that will be screened at the Best Of (alphabetical by team name):

“Bad Summeritan” Cubbyman Studios
“PheMIMEnon” FNA Productions
“Loss Prevention” Fourth Eye Films
“Last Day” gigantic Video
“Partly Sunny, Mostly Cloudy” Household Entertainment
“Detour” Idle Entertainment
“Proof” KT Films
“Abroad” Maple Films
“Family Portrait” Opus Creatix Films
“Behind the Scenes...72 Hour Film Project” SK Media
“The Wrong Party” TurnStyle Films
“No Homo” Westboro Baptist Church

Congrats to all our friends who made it including David Wester, Len Ganley, John Gibian and Phil Hoyt. I'm glad it's all of us. It makes the competition more fun when it's all my friends who are nominated.

-Jon Nix

The Dutch Tilt Film Festival Website

We've been added to the Dutch Tilt Film Festival website along with the other trailers. Head over and watch the other film trailers. Support Ohio Film!

-Jon Nix

The Wrong Party - A 48 Hour Film

Here it is, our new short film. Thanks to everyone who came to the sold out screening last night. We got a great response and played along with a bunch of other great films.

-Jon Nix

Dutch Tilt Film Festival

TurnStyle Films has just found out that we will have several videos featured at this years' Dutch Tilt Film Festival. All proceeds from the festival go to the restoration of the historic Holland Theatre. Our Music Videos, Short Films and Through the TurnStyle Sessions will play in between features for the entire festival. Pretty Awesome.

We'd like to thank Lance Schmidt for contacting us about this! It's going to be great exposure and it will help a great cause.

The line up of our work that will be playing is:

Short Films

Wild Cat Chase

https://vimeo.com/32767625

Out of Reach

https://vimeo.com/26792021

Music Videos

Shivering Timbers - Generations

https://vimeo.com/45796229

Smoke Screen - Ice Cold Water

https://vimeo.com/39610385

All Dinosaurs - The Castle of Uncle Roberts

https://vimeo.com/36659727

Smoke Screen - Melodies of a Silhouette

https://vimeo.com/29599802

The Sewing Circle - Love Games

https://vimeo.com/25801106

Through the TurnStyle

Akron/Family

https://vimeo.com/37288266

Mr. Gnome

https://vimeo.com/36587589

Signals Midwest

https://vimeo.com/44509846

We're ecstatic to be a part of this great midwest film festival.

-Jon Nix

The Locust on The Needle Drop!

Our new video for The Locust got featured on The Needle Drop this morning. It's our second video to get on there (the first: Smoke Screen - Ice Cold Water). A thanks to Anthony Fantano! The internet's busiest music nerd.

-Jon Nix

The Wrong Party Teaser Poster

COMING SOON

-Jon Nix

Lake Erie Monster vol. 2

Everyone check out the second volume of Lake Erie Monster, now on sale. TurnStyle Films has an ad in it that's pretty sweet! But the comic itself if far and away better than our ad. Buy a copy and help support John G & Jake Kelly. You will not regret it. $5 is a steal!

www.thelakeeriemonster.com/
www.turnstylefilms.com

-Jon Nix

48 Hour Film Competition

This past weekend was the 48 Hour Film Festival. We had the tightest team we've ever had going into it. Can't wait for the screening! The Wrong Party is by far our best film yet.

-Jon Nix

Pretty Awesome

Pretty Awesome.

-Jon Nix

TIFF.

Jamie and I will be attending this year's Toronto International Film Festival! Wish us a great trip (if our passports make it here on time).

-Jon Nix

The Locust - Sever the Toes

It is with great pride that I'm posting this video. I've been listening to The Locust since I was just out of high school. I can still remember how overwhelmed I was the first time I heard Plague Soundscapes. It opened whole new worlds for me. I can't imagine what I'd say to a younger me buying New Erections from Square Records in Akron. I doubt the young me would believe that I was talking to the Justin Pearson, let alone doing work for his most well-known and revered band. So without further adieu I give you Sever The Toes (starring our very good friend Jason Mingus)!



Also, there is a Director's Cut.



-Jon Nix

Shivering Timbers - Generations

Here comes our new video for Shivering Timbers new sing 'Generations', the first single from their upcoming album, SingSing. Directed by our very own Kayla Muller.



Directed/Produced by Kayla Muller
Director of Photography/Editor/Color Grading: Yoshi Andrego

Camera Operators: Ralph Miller, Anthony Snitzer
Grips: Jon Nix, Jamie Overstreet

Production Assistant: TeeJay Corrigan

Presented by TurnStyle Films

www.turnstylefilms.com

www.shiveringTimbersMusic.com

Retox in Pittsburgh

On June 26th Retox played in Pittsburgh. I finally got to actually have a conversation with Justin Pearson of The Locust. He's one of my musical heroes and I can firmly that I would not like half the music I do today if I had never listened to The Locust. Without him I would have never stumbled upon the amazingness that is Bitches Brew, probably my all time favorite jazz album.

I told him that in person and he seemed genuinely moved. He hooked Jamie and I up with free merch and got our names on the guest list so we could get in for free.

Retox was great. They took total control of the room and didn't let go. Their set last only about 20 minutes and I could have more, but that hungry feeling at the end of the show may have been the best part.



Jamie and I grabbed pictures with him after the show. It was definitely a huge night for me. I seem to be whittling down this hero list of mine pretty quickly. Only have a few left to go.

-Jon Nix

Through the TurnStyle - Signals Midwest

Finally got the Signals Midwest Through the TurnStyle session edited. It's probably the best live footage we've caught at the Grog Shop so far. They put on one hell of a show!



Signals Midwest is:
Max Stern - vocals, guitar
Steve Gibson - drums, vocals
Loren Shumaker-Chupp - bass, vocals
Jeff Russell - guitar, prank phone calls

www.signalsmidwest.com
https://www.facebook.com/signalsmidwest

Crew:
Director/Editor: Jon Nix
Director of Photography: Yoshi Andrego
Camera Operators: Ralph Miller, Kayla Muller, Teejay Corrigan
Audio Technician: Jamie Overstreet
Color Grading: Yoshi Andrego

www.turnstylefilms.com

-Jon Nix

All Dinosaurs KickStarter for Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

Help our friends in All Dinosaurs reach their goal and get their vinyl pressed for their next record. It's an amazing album and needs to be pressed in wax. The pitch video, made by TurnStyle Films, is below. Watch it and laugh your ass off.



KickStarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/821472755/rules-of-civility-and-decent-behavior

-Jon Nix

Filming, Filming, Filming

As of late we've been doing non-stop filming. We have 4 videos shot and in post. Some big projects that we're all very proud of. Any day now the All Dinosaurs KickStarter video will be up. Followed closely by the Signals Midwest Through the TurnStyle session.

After that we'll be releasing a super secret video that was a dream to do. I finally got to do a music video for one of my idols. Can't wait to short my first cut of it to him in person next week.



Then, biggest news of all. The short doc we're shooting on John G (pictured above, shot by Kayla Muller) looks to be on it's way to being our surprise first feature. After looking at the previously shot footage we all decided we need to follow this story to it's end. Can't wait to start assembling it as we shoot more.

-Jon Nix

Back Home/Back to Work

Back from Chicago. We got two shoots done this week. One with All Dinosaurs, for their Kickstarter account. The other with Shivering Timbers. Looking to do as many as three next week. Until then. Here are two teaser photos from the shoots this week:





-Jon Nix