Bloodstained Memoirs
| Bloodstained Memoirs | |
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| File:Filming Bloodstained Memoirs 2005.jpg Production shot of Bloodstained Memoirs | |
| Produced by | David Sinnott |
| Starring | Chris Jericho Rob Van Dam Mick Foley Roddy Piper Keiji Mutoh Jimmy Snuka Ultimo Dragon Molly Holly Christian Cage |
| Music by | Tigers and Monkeys |
Release date | TBA |
Running time | 130 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
Bloodstained Memoirs is a professional wrestling documentary which began production in 2005. It is compiled by interviews featuring wrestlers from different eras in wrestling ('70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s) and different wrestling regions (America, Canada, Japan, and Mexico.) Production was filmed in the UK, USA, France, Japan, and Italy. [1]
The documentary is notable for several reasons. The complete line up of internationally recognised wrestlers involved are Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam, Mick Foley, Keiji Mutoh, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Ultimo Dragon, Christian Cage, Molly Holly and Christy Hemme. It also features footage of Tommy Dreamer, Heidenreich, Orlando Jordan, Juventud Guerrera, Rikishi, Matt Morgan and others. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The documentary acts as a celebration of wrestling, and is not intended to be a negative documentary - a contrast to a growing trend of smaller, “underground” wrestling products. When interviewed for FSM magazine, director David Sinnott stated, “I don’t intend this film to be negative. Its too easy to sell people bad news.” Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
To date, the documentary also marks the first third party video interview from Rob Van Dam since leaving World Wrestling Entertainment, and the first Western interview filmed of Keiji Mutoh since becoming president of All Japan Pro Wrestling. [1]
Production
Production was shot on high end DigiBeta, Sony WSP790, with a Canon J11 lens.
All footage was filmed to PAL standards.
The shoot with Molly Holly was recorded in America, an NTSC domain. However the cameras were set to record 625 lines per frame, with 576 visible lines with the remaining being used for sync data and so forth - and a refresh rate of 50 interlaced fields per second. With those setting being matched with a shutter speed of factor 60 to comply with the cycle rate of the US lighting. The footage shot in America would marry the footage shot in the UK
Production was shot by ex BBC camera crew. [2] [1]
In December 2005, a teaser trailer for the documentary was released as a cover mounted DVD for Fighting Spirit magazine under the projects then working title of “Sex and Violence.”
A blog on the films official website later stated that the documentaries concept on what the trailer was based on had changed. It is said that the original concept was to be a mixture of a work and a shoot, with one fictional, “dramatic” scene already filmed with ex WWE wrestler, and ITV Celebrity Wrestling Coach, Joe Legend. [7] No official reason for the change was made, but many suspect it was due to increasing fan interest in the actual interviews, rather than the drama.
YouTube Video
In March of 07, a video of footage (featuring interviews with Rowdy Roddy Piper and Molly Holly ) appeared on YouTube, claiming that it was hacked footage from the former official website. It is debated whether this was the true case, or whether the video was put up for publicity. Over 150,000 people to date have seen the video, and the news story was picked up by a number of publications, including the highly respected Power Slam Magazine which adds cause to the debate that it was in fact a planted video. In time the video even made its way to the official website. [8]
Several topics were discussed in the video, including the death of Bruiser Brody. [9]
Screening
A special screening was held on March 15 2008 for select members of the official Facebook group. The screening was held at the independent picture house, Apollo Cinema in the London West End. The venue was filled to capacity. [6] [10]
Release
David Sinnott, Executive Producer of documentary Bloodstained Memoirs issued the following statement on 30/07/08 through the official Bloodstained Memoirs MySpace page.
"First of all, I want to say don’t be scared. Bloodstained Memoirs is still coming to the stores on DVD, and it will still have the highest production values.
However it is now appropriate to explain the reason for its continued delay, seeing as production wrapped several months ago. I had hoped not to write this, as I would have liked matters to have been taken care of as swiftly and efficiently as I had put them forward, but it was not be.
The bottom line is, I took the project to be edited at a firm in London called Online Post Production LTD, in Angel, London. A firm owned by Hilary Lawson, Vice Chair of the Forum for European Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. They delivered back to me a product that was abysmal, containing many faults. There was no way I would be accepting such a product to hand over to consumers, therefore I had no choice but to take them to court. Unfortunately, Online Post Production LTD made a mockery of the UK justice system by simply ignoring the courts. This can only go on for so long, and I have great faith that the legal system will soon catch up with them. As it stands now the case is still pending.
Bloodstained Memoirs will be taken to a new editing suite, and post production services will be carried out to the high standards I demand as soon as the above matters are wrapped up.
As the Executive Producer of Bloodstained Memoirs, I would personally like to apologise to all the fans for the delay. Believe me, it will be worth the wait."
References
- ^ a b c "PWI Website (English translation from Hebrew)".
- ^ a b "Official Site".
- ^ "Wrestle Inc News".
- ^ "PW headlines".
- ^ "Media Man Website".
- ^ a b "ProWrestling.Com". Cite error: The named reference "PW" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Joe Legend Web Diary".
- ^ "Celeb-Link Website Video".
- ^ "Flak Magazine".
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External links
- Official Site
- Official Facebook Group
- "YouTube Video". YouTube. Retrieved 2007-04-30.