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The Roomies

PRODUCTION BLOG

New Character Poster – “Evelyn”

Hey everybody, here’s the last in this series of character posters for The Roomies. This one features Carly Carcione as Evelyn Hall.

The Roomies Character Poster - Evelyn

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This one goes with yesterday’s Leland poster in the same way the Irene and Matt posters go together. Also got a few more familiar figures in the background, so if you’ve seen the movie or have been keeping track of who’s who, you might recognize a few folks.

I really hope people dug these, maybe down the road we’ll try something completely different. See you then.

New Character Poster – “Leland”

Hey everybody, happy Thanksgiving Day. Hope you’re having a good one. This has been an eventful year for us at Mongrel and there’s been a lot to be thankful for. This will be the fourth Thanksgiving we’ve spent in Portland, the third since starting The Roomies and the first since finishing and releasing the film. Looking forward to the customary Island of Misfit Toys dinner with our friends and family here in town.

Here’s the next Roomies character poster, this time featuring Benjamin Farmer as Leland Barnes.

The Roomies Character Poster - Leland

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Just one more left in this series, coming up tomorrow. See you after the season’s gorging.

New Character Poster – “Chase”

Hello, here again with another character poster, this time featuring Geno Romo as Chase Ulrich, getting champagne all over the place.

The Roomies Character Poster - Chase

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I like how this one turned out, hope you like it too. Two more to go, who’ll be next?

I don’t know. I haven’t decided yet.

New Character Poster – “Matt”

Hey again. Here’s the next entry into our new character poster series, featuring Quinn Allan as Matt Rua.

The Roomies - Matt Rua Character Poster

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This one and the “Irene” poster fit together pretty well. All the posters in this series are set during the Entropy All-Stars after-party scene, so they’re all supposed to fit pretty well together, but these first two feel much more directly linked.

Three more coming up for this series, next one’s tomorrow. Hope you’re liking these, they’ve been fun to make.

New Character Poster Series – “Irene”

Hey, how’re things? Been awhile, huh?

Last time we checked in, The Roomies was finally available for sale right here on DVD and over yonder as a digital download. Since releasing the film, I’ve shifted my focus toward completing the screenplay for the next feature, renovating our Mongrel Studios homepage and developing some more upcoming media projects.

We really appreciate all the nice comments we’ve gotten from folks who’ve seen the movie. I don’t think I posted about this before but if you’re in Portland and would like to rent The Roomies, you’re in luck – Movie Madness is the only video store in the world currently where you can rent the DVD. Even better, it’s available under their local films deal, so you can rent it free along with any other rental. So that’s pretty neat.

Lately I’ve been trying to do more art for my day-job at Truthout and Mongrel as well. I got on this big Saul Bass kick awhile back and started working in a more simplified, cut-out style for my Truthout stuff (seen here on the Truthout flickr, under my day-jobbin’ name). I’ve been working with Photoshop since high school and it’s only this year that I finally figured out how to use the pen tool properly, so I’ve been making up for lost time.

I’d always intended on going back and doing some more posters for The Roomies at some point, but other things usually took precedent over adding to the five perfectly good posters we already have. That situation hasn’t necessarily changed, but my willingness to use art as a means of procrastination has increased, so here we are.

Here’s the first in a series of character posters I’ve been working on for The Roomies. This one features Irene, as played by Katie Mentesana:

The Roomies - Irene character poster

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Let me know what you think, hope you guys dig ‘em. See you tomorrow with the next one.

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