About this project
We'll make this short and sweet.
We're getting ready to make an ultra-cool horror film. El Murcíelego follows a cursed mummified bat from the black magic-rich area of Catemaco Mexico, north of the border to El Paso, Texas. The bat has the ability to grant the wishes of anyone who owns it, but with each wish, there are terrible consequences. Is there money involved? Of course. Death? You know it. A re-animated corpse? You will just have to watch to find out.
Watch the video for more info.
We are excited to enter this film into a number of film festivals. In addition to the many general film festivals across the country, the subject matter and setting will make the film eligible for genre specific festivals including horror, and Hispanic festivals. We are confident that the film will be enjoyed by a large and diverse audience.
We have a great, accomplished crew.
Writer/Director - Ruston Jones, Cinematographer - Munn Powell, Camera Assistant - Sean Slobodan, Storyboards - James Bourne, Storyboard consultant - Ryan Woodward, UPM - Tim Gutierrrez, Executive Producer - Duvan Botero, Executive Producer - Troy Selk.
We are using $4000.00 as our funding baseline, but hope to raise around $8000.00 for this project.
We would love for you to get involved in helping us make this film.
Thanks.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 27, 2011.
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Ruston grew up in New Mexico, where he gained a love of photography while capturing images of the surrounding red rock landscape.
He began his professional career in public television where he honed his cinematography and editing skills. He began with Tales from the Trail, a hiking and mountain biking series, and most recently completed a documentary about the fight against malaria in Ghana. In between he has worked on such varied projects as a behind the scenes film of the Utah Shakespearean Festivals traveling company, an inside look at the Chechen warrior culture, animated films, commercials, educational films for several universities, and short films for museums, including the Museum of Utah Art and History.
Ruston’s love of visual story telling has combined with his love of travel. He has seen the world through a camera, filming all across the U.S., as well as, Canada, Mexico, The Dominican Republic, Ghana, Mali, China, Russia, France and Switzerland. He is currently scheduled to work in Italy and Greece.
Ruston has a B.A. in film from Brigham Young University, where he teaches advanced film editing.
