Astronomers across the world are watching the sky as a meteor is reported on a collision course with our planet. When the rock gets to crash on Earth, some campers in the neighborhood decide to venture in the woods to find that relic from outer space before the authorities. Problems arise when one of the pretty ladies touches the alien rock and turn into a monster that feeds on sex and human flesh. Copyright (c) 2004 by SVBI Films - All rights reserved		DVD NOW SHIPPING! ONLINE STORE We also welcome donations!
UPDATED PROGRESS REPORT will be posted below as soon as filming evolve. Stay tuned!
July 23rd, 2004 It's a start! We launched tonight the principal photography session with the filming of studio shots, where a TV newsreporter (Berny Reichl) gets attacked by his researcher (Kittiesab) while delivering a breaking news bulletin. Everything went very smooth, we shot the whole thing in front of a bluescreen to re-create as closely as possible the effect of a real TV studio.		Shot preparation 1 Shot preparation 2 Shot preparation 3 Shot preparation 4 Shot preparation 5 Final composite (Photos by NIK)
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August 14th, 2004 Today was the first location filming day, and it was terrific! We had some concerns about the weather, but finally it turned out OK. We have been filming some night shots, where astronomers were stargazing and eventually get to see a meteor falling on the Earth. Lindsay Browne and Marc Durocher delivered a wonderful and convincing performance. Filming at night was quite challenging. Of course, no daylight! So we had to find a way to properly lit the rather large scenery, and we used powerful 2000 watts spots on tall stands, powered by a capable generator. Next problem arise: generator was noisy! So we had to use quite lengthy gauge 8 cables to have the engine far away from the sets. The very effective miking job by soundman Jean-Francois Mayer fixed that noise problem, and we were in business.		Director Sv Bell with his son checking if the camera is in order. Lindsay Brown and Marc Durocher Jan Pivon setting up the first lighting stand J-F Mayer setting up the sound Oh no! Car broke down on lost road (Photos by Patrick Aird)
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August 20th, 2004 We got small casting problem lately, and we are forced to recast two members of the line up who became unavailable, for personal reasons. We tried to modify the filming days to accommodate their schedule, but it was simply impossible, so we are forced to move on with other cast people. This is how we now welcome Magenta Baribeau, a cult model from the Montreal scene, who appeared in numerous magazines and printed advertising, and that has been featured in a number of independent productions as well. Stunning Magenta inherits of one of the key role. Next, we called back one of my favorite actor as he's been part of both Irish Whisky and The Night They Returned, Costa. He also inherits of a very important role, but as he is used to work with us and we are aware of his capabilities to quickly jump in a role and deliver, we have no concerns about performance, even though we are getting close to principal photography shooting dates.
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August 24th, 2004 Another step made in the filming of Purple Glow! We've shot an additional 6 minutes of film, which involved actor Mark Burakoff and stunning actresses Lindsay Brown and Vicky Coupal. Many of the crew members are new to work together, but as we move on with additional filming sessions, everyone get used to work together, and the setups get ready rather quickly in a very effective way. Here we go with a few more shots taken on the set hereby...		Photo 1 Director of Photography Jan Pivon, Director Sv Bell, and actor Mark Burakoff (Eddie) Photo 2 Sv Bell briefing the cast and crew about the next scene involving Mark Burakoff and Vicky Coupal. Photo 3 The ever stunning Vicky. She really enjoyed her part in this set, even though she was quite limited in her movements... (Photos by Patrick Aird)
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August 28th, 2004 We have now begun principal location photography! We spent the whole day in the woods with a cast / crew of 12 folks and once again, everything worked as planned. Gee... this thing is coming along so nicely! It's almost scary how things line up as they should, I am not used to that, hehe! So we had a terrific week end, the only sad note is that we could not make it on Sunday as we ran into thunder showers, so we had to cancel on the second day. However, the footage we gathered on Saturday was so much satisfying I was not disappointed by the week end we had. Filming at night is also very challenging, fortunately director of photography Jan Pivon knows well how to arrange things and set up a very nice night lighting setup. I uploaded some video captures of the set. Everyone was so busy was don't really have behind-the-scenes photos of that day...		Photo 1 Costa, Elisabeth and Magenta Photo 2 Magenta, Costa and Elisabeth arguing.. Photo 3 Elisabeth and Costa. about to fight! Photo 4 Elisabeth finds blood on a shirt! Photo 5 Magenta and Elisabeth at the campfire Photo 6 Elisabeth gone for swimming! Photo 7 The nasty meteor. Stay away!!
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September 6th, 2004 Labor day week end! What an appropriate name! We had a three-days filming session, and most of the principal photography has been done during that period of time. A giant leap in the film's production! I want to thank, publicly, all the cast and crew who gave their time to this project. Many of them could have decided to stay with their families, and go out for some well-deserved vacations, yet all agreed to stick around and help in the production of the film. Kudos, guys, you ROCK!! So many shots are done, more than half of all the principal location photography. I am editing the film as it is being filmed, so it is very easy to re-do some shoots when I realize this or that shot does not really line up well on the film's timeline. Very effective and convenient  way to get work done! We also have on location Mr. Keith Braithwaite, who is producing on his end a featurette and a complete behind-the-scene segment on the making of the film. You'll see EVERYTHING in his film, which is aimed to be part of the DVD release of course. Some grotesque shots, some mess we made around the place, all the takes we made after having Lindsay soaked in blood... "Cut! no good! Get cleaned and let's roll again!" Who said making film was an easy task??
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September 13th, 2004 Yet another busy week end! we came close to cancel Sunday, as we had a bit of the hurricane's effect right here too, but fortunately, weather love independent film makers, and in the early afternoon showers and clouds were behind and we could get going and nail down some more shots. It ain't easy to book up to 14 people at a time, and drag them at an average 60 minutes drive from their home, so canceling at the last minute is never funny. So far we've been extremely lucky about this, knock some wood it continues that way!!! As soon as location filming is done, we'll have only studio shots to do, so it will be much more easy to handle. At this time now, we're only one week end away from location filming's completion!! Next week end we should be done and have gathered over 95% of the needed footage for the film's final edit. We're almost there, bear with me folks!!		Lindsay Brown An annoying side effect of the meteor...
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September 20th, 2004 We made it! The week end of 18th and 19th of September was the last week end of location filming, so all the scenes taking place in the woods are nailed down for good. This was quite a busy week end, as we had no room to play, and EVERYTHING had to be over by Sunday the 19th. After that we could hardly get to the place for filming, not to mention the place is getting rather cold, so we had no choice to complete all the location photography. Mission accomplished. The cast and crew were simply amazing, and actors delivered an outstanding performance. As of today, I will be capturing the footage and make a rough cut of these segments, and from there we will be filming in studio the shots aimed at stitching all the sets together. Additional blue screen shots are also scheduled in a couple of weeks, but we want to be done with the outdoor ones first. There are a few scenes to nail down around Montreal, and on October 1st, there's also a session scheduled with cult actress Suzi Lorraine. By the meantime, I should be able to put together a neat movie trailer for Purple Glow...! Stick around!		Purple Glow group photo Group shot of the principal team behind Purple Glow. Behind the scenes Behind the scenes Behind the scenes Behind the scenes Behind the scenes Behind the scenes Photos by Patrick Aird
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October 1st, 2004 More shots done! This afternoon, DP Jan Pivon and myself have nailed down additional footage for the feature, starring this time stunning Suzi Lorraine who makes a special guest appearance in the film. Veeeery nice and sensuous shots as Suzi appears in the film as Darin's fantasy girl. Every time the Darin talks to his friends about the fantasy girl of his dreams, we have lovely Suzi to impersonate that character...!! The shots and sets went very smooth, it's always so much fin and such a privilege to work with Suzi. I should soon be uploading a couple of video captures of this session, stay tuned! Other than that, the final cut of the film is coming along nicely, yet we still have small shots to do here and there, stuff to stitch key scenes altogether. More filming session should be booked for next week.		Video captures: Suzi Lorraine 001 How can you not fall in love with a dream girl like Suzi?... Suzi Lorraine 002 Suzi Lorraine 003 Suzi Lorraine 004 Suzi Lorraine 005
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October 9th, 2004 We got messy again! Tonight we've been filming additional shots, this time again with Lindsay Brown and Marc Durocher.  Some very, very sexy shots where a sweet girl is rocking near the dead body of a 'lucky' guy who got killed by her. Linzi is starting to enjoy blood, I can confirm that. Oh mi gawd, I created a monster!!  :o)
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October 11th, 2004 I went back on location, where we filmed most of the action taking place in Purple Glow, to gather some landscape shots, establishing shots and highway sequences. God is it cold now or what?! Fortunately we no longer need to call in all the cast and crew and drive back to that neighborhood, the remaining shots will be done 'studio'.
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October 13th, 2004 Today I received the main title, the song composed and performed by Cheaper Than Therapy, written especially for Purple Glow!! The guys went in the studio two weeks ago to record the main title, and I just received the fresh master from their label BullsEye Records. What a solid piece of rock!! It's truly a killer track, Cheaper Than Therapy rules! I've listened to it all day today, non-stop loop, and now I just can't wait to line it up on the timeline!
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October 21st, 2004 Last night we've went thru another studio filming session. Everything went well, again! I want to thank all the people working with me on this project, the guys truly deliver, sound, DP, support, not to mention the casting obviously. So now we are only one filming day away from completion! Stick around, as I will be posting fresh video captures very soon. The TRAILER IS ALSO COMING! I have edited a kewl 90 seconds piece, and I am now working on the sound design of this clip. It should be posted in the next days... Stick around!!!		Special FX shot: Studio compositing. We could not be filming on location with actress Vicky, so I had her in front of a greenscreen and re-create a fake, outdoor, location shot: Background video Vicky in studio Final compositing
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October 29th, 2004 Here it is, finally!! I just uploaded the official trailer, so it's now up to you to download and enjoy! That is a 90 seconds piece that highlights some intense moments of the film, but I warn  you right now, it's not too telling so when the film will be out, there will still be surprises. I dunno for you, but I personally hate it when you look at a trailer, and then you realize when watching the whole film that you've seen everything that matters in the 90 seconds preview...!
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November 29th, 2004 OK folks, it's almost over! Or should I say it IS over for me, as the final cut of Purple Glow is done! That's right, the film is now 100% assembled, and has been forwarded to talented score composer / sound designer Jay Belton! By the meantime, I will be sitting with Keith Braithwaite and edit a neat making-of featurette. Keith gathered some 16 hours of behind-the-scene footage, we will be browsing these tapes, and extract memorable moments during the filming of Purple Glow. There has also been some interviews conducted with the cast and crew members, so this segment should make a very entertaining and interesting extra for the DVD. More on this soon!!
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	March 5th, 2005 I admit I haven't much updated this site lately, thing is that there is no real news as the project is in the hands of Jay Belton, who is working hard to build a killer score for the movie. So far we're still on schedule for releasing the film in April and begin shipping the DVD! Stay tuned!!
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May 30, 2005 Time sure flies!! We ran into some unexpected problems in audio synching, but it's now over. While I am typing these lines, the DVD is getting done and I am making some compression tests to achieve a great MPEG quality. Next step is to finalize for good the behind-the-scene segment by Keith Braithwaite, dump on disc and we're in business! Stick around for the official release date announcement! I also submitted the film to the renown  FanTasia film festival. Knock some wood the film is selected to premiere in this huge horror movies festival!!
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July 17, 2005 A couple of days ago, we premiere Purple Glow at FanTasia, and the show was a blast! We had an impressive attendance, considering the presentation was taking place on a Wednesday, in the late afternoon. We nearly filled the 325 seats theater, and the audience really enjoyed the movie. Cast and crew, we all worked hard on this project, so it's always a relief when we see that other people than us enjoy the final product! Thank you so much guys!! Keep it coming!! A couple of posts above, we talked of a April DVD release (...)  Well we're a bit behind schedule as you can see, but we're about to go public with the disc so look forward to the official DVD release of Purple Glow, now planned for mid-August or so. We already accept pre-orders for the disc, too!
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August 10, 2005 Two great news in today's update! Last week end was the International Film Festival wreck-Beach, set in beautiful Innisfil, near Barrie, Ontario. Purple Glow was showing as the Saturday night special feature, and the film won the award for 2005 Best Science-Fiction!! Thanks to everyone at Wreck-Beach, the whole festival was definitely a blast! Now, next great news, PURPLE GLOW IS NOW SHIPPING!! Now ain't that something! Seeing the first post on top of this page being dated July 23rd 2004, it's almost a full year of work before the movie is finally available. So drop by the store right away to order your very own copy!! A special 2 discs edition should be available soon, with behind-the-scene segments and bloopers.