M.R. Ellis - ProfilesArchive

About Me

*ahem*My name is Matt, but I'm usually credited as 'M.R. Ellis'. When people ask what the M.R. stands for, I usually make something up... because it amuses me. My favorite so far has been 'Morally Reprehensible'.I am the father of two wonderful daughters, and obsessed with film, video, and music.Co-founder of the multimedia group 'Bag Of Mad Bastards', I co-produce, write, direct, and handle all facets of post-production with my partners.We currently produce 2 video podcasts, 'Boss Slayers' and 'Project: Gametime'), 3 audio podcasts (B!tch Sl@p', 'Drunken Monkey Tech', and 'Saving Throw'), and I am the co-host of the audio podcasts 'B!tch Sl@p' and 'Drunken Monkey Tech'.All our offerings are currently available in the iTunes Music Store, or by visiting our site: http://www.bagofmadbastards.comI have written and directed more short narratives than I care to think about, and I am in post-production on my first feature length film, 'Damaged' (co-written with Joshua Walker and Renee Richardson).
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My Interests

Film, Video, Music, Podcasting, NASCAR, NFL, NHL

I'd like to meet:

Filmmakers of a similar philosophy: It doesn't take a big budget or permission from a Hollywood studio to create insightful, meaningful visual art.If you need help with your production, would like to share your insights into micro-budget filmmaking, or would like to collaborate, get in touch.

Music:

Rage Against The Machine, Tool, Perfect Circle, Rob Zombie, Misfits, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Ramones

Movies:

Brazil, Touch of Evil, Rope, Fight Club, Being John Malkovitch

Television:

Lost, 4400, House, Criss Angel Mind Freak

Books:

'Journey To Ixtlan' by Carlos Casteneda, a TON of textbooks... I like to learn.

Heroes:

Kevin Smith, David Fincher, Orson Welles, Terry Gilliam, Adrian Belew, my best friend and brother Brian, and that little dog from the Taco Bell commercials.

My Blog

We'll be at Mojo's Part... well... Part 'This Week'

Davey Jones, Skip, and myself will be at the Mojo's Battle of the Bands today. We'll be doing some various promotional stuff, shooting some video, and just plain having fun with it. Stop by if y...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:54:00 PST

We'll be at Mojo's tonight...

Have some video work to get done, so we'll be hanging out at Mojo's all night, if you'd like to come down and keep us company. Brandon, Davey Jones, Flip Doogans, myself... maybe a few others as well....
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:00:00 PST

Long Time... No Blog...

Sorry for the lapse... been real busy. Launched 'Live @ Mojo's', got a lot done on 'Damaged', recorded a couple more episodes of The Sl@p (to tide y'all over 'til I get back from Cali), and a whole bu...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:34:00 PST

Another Busy Day...

So... first up, a new episode of 'Project: Gametime' is available. TJ and Justin review 'Dead Rising' for the XBox 360. You can get it here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ProjectGametime Also putting th...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:15:00 PST

Insane Ramblings

Ok... so we're hitting the final stages to true creative freedom. Solar Shock now has the ability to stream live and prerecorded audio... video will be next. This means we'll be able to broa...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 11:22:00 PST

The Sl@p Line... Ain't Technology Great?

So today we managed to launch a 'call in' line for B!tch Sl@p. It's Voice Over IP (internet phone) and the technology is pretty cool. The reason we went with a VOIP service was obvious: We can record ...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:45:00 PST

A WHOLE Lot Of Sl@ppin' Going On!

Just finished recording some new stuff for 'B!tch Sl@p'... looks like enough material for THREE episodes. We kinda went overboard. Episode 10 is concerning human cloning and stem cell research... and ...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:30:00 PST

New Sl@p, and more...

So... B!tch Sl@p 9 is up... someone will most assuredly cry that I'm racist because I have a beef with illegal immigration. Oh well. In my past I've heard someone called a racist because they don't li...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:33:00 PST

The end to another day...

And what did we accomplish? We got another episode of 'B!tch Sl@p' up and running... and it's my favorite so far. Less 'in your face' than our usual programming, but definitely thought provoking. I th...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:59:00 PST

Just checking in...

Honestly? I didn't think anyone was interested in this blog, but it appears there are plenty of people reading it. Cool! So... today we launched 'Project: Gametime' as it's own video podcast. It's in ...
Posted by M.R. Ellis on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:23:00 PST