Naked Zombie Girl on the Festival Run

It has been a great ride for our short film Naked Zombie Girl.  NZG played in over 15 film festivals, walking away with 5 awards.  You learn a lot by watching different people watch your film.  Also you learn a lot just watching it yourself on the big screen over and over again.  I feel the team and I have now know what we can do to improve the feature film of NZG.  Over all it has been a great experience and I would like to thank the team at Hectic Films for making it all possible.  I would also like to thank the people that have watched/supported it all this time. We have teamed up with FRI to make this into a full feature.  We will keep you posted!

I hope you are all ready for the feature of Naked Zombie Girl!

Much Love,
Rickey Bird

Scream Queen Music Video

We had a great time working with this band Forget Your Friends. They were open to just being creative which in my opinion is a great trait. We shot this in Taft, in an epic apartment! The shoot took about 5 hours but we used the crane in a lot of shots so going back and forth took up some time. We also did some slider shots. The space was small so we ran into some challenges with certain angels. We were going for a grind house poor quality look, which sometimes it is hard to find a balance in between the two. I think we found it on this edit. And I also really like the song Scream Queen and just this bands sound in general! We all like it so much we are going to include it in our feature film for Naked Zombie Girl. Please let us know in the comments what you think about the video!
Scream Queen Music Video by Forget Your Friends from Hectic Films Productions on Vimeo.

   
Here is the info the Band Forget your Friends:
Look for 'Scream Queen' in the up coming Grindhouse feature "NAKED ZOMBIE GIRL" from HECTIC FILMS!
Available on itunes-
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/scream-queen-single/id894029187

WWW.OKTOHEARTRECORDS.COM
http://www.hecticfilms.com/
Directed By:Rickey Bird
Debut Album OUT NOW!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/forget-your-friends/id720797885

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FORGETYOURFRIENDS WWW.TWITTER.COM/FYFTHEBAND 
WWW.SOUNDCLOUD.COM/FORGET-YOUR-FRIENDS WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/FORGETYOURFRIENDS

Director Rickey Bird Jr on Cinema Files Radio with Steve Pisa

Here is the interview Rickey Bird had on Cinema Files Radio.

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TEAR her (Slasher Short Film)

Tear Her is a play on words for Terror. We decided we wanted to make a film like the old horror movies you would watch on VHS back in the 90's. With the screwed up tracking, you know that blank tape that had something recorded on it that was a sure promise to be the scariest thing you ever had seen! Well thats what we tried to do here. Put together a short film for Halloween, but mostly for those kids that grew up in the 90's and remember just how creepier things were on tape! Written and Directed By Rickey Bird and Shot by Robert Bejil. Starring Erica Stroup and Ray Vargas. Please share with your friends! Thanks for watching! :)

TEAR her (Slasher Short Film) from Hectic Films Productions on Vimeo.

Director Rickey Bird talks Naked Zombie Girl

As everyone at Hectic Films gears up for the Hollywood premiere of Naked Zombie Girl coming up this week at Scream Fest.  Rickey Bird, director of Naked Zombie Girl got to sit down for an interview with Aaron Perlman on Eye Witness news today to talk about the project and the upcoming festival in Hollywood!

Hectic Films The Lackey Hits the DVD Racks

Ok so I know there has been quite a few people asking us where can we see this movie?  And now we have an answer for you.  Sept 10th The Lackey will be released into wild.  This has been a long time coming for The Hectic Films crew and all the hard work is starting to pay off. The Film starring Shaun Piccinino, Guy Grundy and Vernon Wells is throw back action adventure.  About a guy Jude St Clare who takes one last job to save his newly discovered daughter.  As you may get it by now the job is something illegal and he is going to get a lot of money to do it.  So his daughter will have a lot of money. 

When we premiered it at the Fox Theater in Bakersfield,Ca the crowd seemed pleased.  So pleased that most followed us to two other film festivals.  Which was awesome!  A lot of work went into the making of this film so we here at Hectic really hope you enjoy it!  Because that would really suck if you didn't!  So please when you see this film on the shelves just buy it and watch it.  Please!  Much love and thanks to all that have supported us in the making of this film.  You are awesome!  Now here are some links if you wanna find out more information about this project:

www.thelackeymovie.com
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2197884/

Hooray for Hollywood!

I remember going to the melodrama when I was very young with my grandma.  We never missed a holiday show and loved going whenever we could.  The actors, the stages, the crowd cheering... it's what made me what to get into acting and, of course, get into film.  Now, twenty years later, I am going to finally be a part of some of the magic that happens onstage at the new Melodrama in Bakersfield, CA.



I got to team up with the very creative Michael Prince and shoot a scene for his upcoming show,  "Hooray for Hollywood."  I have been taking my family to share the magic I had felt as a child since the Melodrama moved. What an honor to be a part of a project like that! :)  The scene that I filmed was a scene from the movie they are making in the play.  Shaun and Ally did a great job in bringing back that old Hollywood feel.  The show Hooray For Hollywood will be from March 22 through May 4th at the Melodrama in Bakersfield,CA.  More information will be on their site:  http://www.themelodrama.com/