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Paradigm 2000 synopsis
37 West 2002 synopsis teaser trailer
Monkey Say Die 2002
Monkey Say Die Again 2002 video
Affection 2002
Necrophil 2002 video
Concentric 2003 synopsis trailer
Mime 2005 IMDb synopsis trailer
Self Defense Volume 1 [Promo Video] 2005 synopsis video
Self Defense Volume 2 [Promo Video] 2006 synopsis video
Don't Get Mad [Music Video] 2006 synopsis video
The Flow [1st Asst. Director] 2006 synopsis
Foxxy Madonna vs. The Black Death 2006 IMDb synopsis movie page
Shade of Grey 2009 IMDb synopsis movie page
STATE's "Summerdale" [Music Video] 2008 synopsis video
Reverend Fang Gory's "Sick Made" [Music Video] 2009 synopsis video
Cap 1's "SE7EN" [Music Video] 2009 synopsis video
Blood Tribe's "In Fair Verona" [Music Video] 2009 synopsis video
Obsolescence 2010 IMDb synopsis movie page
STATE's "Hotel Canvas" [Music Video] 2010 *CURRENTLY IN POST PRODUCTION* synopsis
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Film & Video Synopses
PARADIGM - 2000
Paradigm is the result of watching too many mainstream thrillers in my late teens. I wanted to try something manipulative and experimental in regards to practical effects and emotional storytelling. The end result is far from its honest intentions, however it does reflect a substantial amount of work. I wrote the script early in 2000, and pre-production began at the beginning of Summer. This led immediately into a casual principal photography phase, where I shot it with my friends in between our Summer work schedules. We took a month break in the middle of shooting due to a surgery (non-movie related!) and then resumed, wrapping in about a combined two months. I spent the next semester editing it at school and it was finished in December. It was planned to be about 30-45 minutes in length, and ended up running 78 minutes. It was shot on 8mm video.
37 WEST - 2002 VIEW TEASER VIEW TRAILER
A weary drifter passes through a desolate ghost town late one evening and starts spinning stories of nearby buried treasure over several shots of whisky at a local bar. After hearing of a bank heist a few towns over on the radio, the bartender and his cohort make a plot to find the stolen loot. The next day, three friends on a cross country adventure pass through town when their car breaks down, forcing them to stay at the local Inn, run by a hometown girl with dreams of moving on to a better place. Subsequently, a ruthless gangster shows up looking for the drifter. Unbeknownst to him, he’s being tailed by a rookie cop. Word travels fast, and all these characters find themselves caught in a frenetic, violent race to find the cash.
As the body count rises, greed consumes them, and each and every one is left stilted from their former self. The movie exists as a sort of morality tale, where the characters lose themselves and are reduced to a primal, selfish state. There is a prevalent theme of small-town mentality, and a general dissatisfaction with one’s environment or walk in life. It’s not how far you’ll go for money, but how far you’ll go for the idea of greed.
Runtime 106 minutes. miniDV. Color. Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (16:9 Widescreen). Dramatic thriller. (contains strong, brutal violence and language, disturbing images, adult themes and some sensuality)
Written & Directed by Jakob Bilinski
Executive Producers: Jakob Bilinski, Isaac Edwards
Starring:
Andrew Birnie as Dominick Sade
Isaac Edwards as Russel
Josh Gaboian as Wiley
Kate Galluzzo as Kira
Joe Grace as Derek
Bernadette Jantas as Justine
Chris McCarty as Kale
Chloe Page as Angel
Tramel Raggs as Ewan
Wes Scheu as The Drifter
CONCENTRIC - 2003 VIEW TRAILER
A what-if piece about a guy who has to decide who to trust and who to kill – his best friend, or a girl.
Brent is an average guy – easygoing and stoic, but he secretly has a fervent lust for Lana, who happens to be the not so significant other of Zeke, a paranoid drug dealer/addict, not to mention Brent’s best friend. Lana turns up at Brent’s doorstep with a busted forehead spouting a story of how Zeke flipped out over a large sum of missing cash which he owes to his dealer. Zeke’s stance is that Lana took the money and is hiding it from him, hoping to screw him over. Stuck in the middle, Brent tries to choose – does he believe his best friend, or a girl? And which one does he kill?
The movie is presented in a non-linear fashion, starting at the end of the movie, and recapping throughout. Visually it serves as a sort of memory highlight reel, where Brent remembers the chain of events that led him to his current unpleasant situation. The thing is all scenes are slanted or hypothetical, deriving from Brent’s perspective or interpretation. His existence as an unreliable narrator fuels confusion, as he is not sure who to trust. The movie can be viewed as the story of one guy forced to make a life or death decision, considering his options and the events that back them up in a brief moment that is stretched out across time for narrative purposes.
Runtime 56 minutes. MiniDV. Color. Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (16:9 Widescreen). Thriller. (contains strong, pervasive language, sexuality, violence and drug use)
Directed by Jakob Bilinski
Written by Jakob Bilinski and Thomas A. Crane
Director of Photography: Thomas A. Crane
Starring:
Bryan McKinley as Brent
Lyndsey Anderson as Lana
Andrew Birnie as Zeke
Rosalind G. Rubin as Christy
Brad Fletcher as Ash
Josh Gaboian as Dacx
MIME - 2005 IMDB page VIEW TRAILER BUY NOW ON DVD!
The tragic story of a mime put on trial for murder. Lurking in the shadows of humanity, hidden amongst the backdrops of parks and zoos, there is a secret world. A world of silence and pain – the world of a mime; one who will no longer sit and watch the dregs of society mock his existence. Pushed over the edge of reason he resorts to faux violence, but the system will decide his fate. And those who bear witness will never be the same.
Runtime: Rough Cut (Preview Version) approximately 23 minutes/Director's Cut approximately 30 minutes. miniDV. Color. Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (16:9 Widescreen). Comedy. (contains some mild language and innuendo)
Written & Directed by Jakob Bilinski
Director of Photography: Thomas A. Crane
Original Score by Christopher DeMory christopherjohndemory.com
Starring:
Joe Grace as Binky the Mime
Josh Gaboian as Defense Attorney Jones
Andrew Birnie as Prosecuting Attorney Carter
Jomar D. Banks as Judge Joseph B. Black
Mike Manetta as Detective Gulliver
Brian Jones as Detective Johnson
Bryan McKinley as John Atkins
Rosalind G. Rubin as Darcy Dimikko
Self Defense Vol. 1 & 2 - 2005/2006
These are Promotional videos I made for the Self Defense course taught at the homeschool organization where I teach my Video Production & Theory class. It is an obvious omage to Quentin Tarentino's Kill Bill films. The students of the class make up the entire cast.
Directed by Jakob Bilinski
Don't Get Mad - 2006
This is a music video I directed for the Indianapolis-based rap group Cream of the Crop. Check out the music video HERE.
CREAM OF THE CROP IS: Deziboy, Big Weave, Lil Vino
The Flow - 2006
I was First AD to this 48 short film directed by Brandon Smith of VideoSmith Productions, which won "Best Editing" and "Best use of Prop (napkin)" in Louisville, KY.
Check it out here.
SHADE OF GREY - 2009 IMDB page
MOVIE WEBSITE/TRAILER
NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD MOST EVERYWHERE MOVIES ARE SOLD ONLINE (AMAZON, BEST BUY, DVDEMPIRE, BORDERS, TARGET, BARNES&NOBLE, NETFLIX, etc.) THROUGH CELEBRITY VIDEO DISTRIBUTION (www.cvdistributes.com).
WINNER: BEST FEATURE FILM - SUSPENSE, NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL - LOS ANGELES, 2009
OFFICIAL SELECTION: INDIE FEST USA - ANAHEIM (DISNEYLAND), 2009
This movie is about all the unknown stories that play out within any given room. The room is a character. Everyone who passes in and out of it, baring a fraction of their life in a brief drama exercised within four anonymous walls, is intricately and unknowingly tied to one another, forever a part of the history of that place. It's about family, the complicated and fractured ties between people as they try to forge that definition. It’s about rebirth and second chances, how any person has demons shadowing their past and the past of their parents, and so forth. Any one person can start anew, attempting to dodge the mistakes of others before them. You're not doomed for the mistakes you've made, and it's never too late for another chance to get it right - to start over and redefine one's idea of family and find peace. In a sense, others had to suffer and fail so that this one can be happy, or have the
means to climb above sins of the past. It’s about connections, relationships, and at its base, humanity.
Runtime: 80 minutes. miniDV. Color. Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (16:9 Widescreen). Drama/Suspense. (contains sexual content, violence, language and drug use)
Crew:
Jakob Bilinski - Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Chris Wilkerson - Director of Photography, Producer
Mackenzie Bilinski - Producer, Script Supervisor, Production Manager
Pamela Bilinski - Executive Producer, Property and Set Manager
Kathy Lechuga - Producer, Makeup
Christopher John De Mory - Original Music christopherjohndemory.com
Edward Hatfield - Location Sound and ADR Recording
Paul Grajek - Sound Design, Mixing and Editing
Kristi Scott - Costumes
Susan Hoehn - Hair, Makeup
Eleanora Simpson - Hair, Makeup
James Mannan - FX Makeup libertyordeathproductions.com
Location Scout - Simon Hoehn
Cast:
Evan – Scott Ganyo scott.ganyo.com
Samantha - Katelyn Coyne
Bryan - Ben Schmitt
Sarah - Monica Barajas
Nicole - Jennifer Berkemeier
Ashley - Leah Winkler
Dacx - Jomar 'Dez' Banks
Pedro - Dale Toney
Morgan - Nick Brunner
Fred - E.W. Scott
Steve - Anthony Wentzel
FOXXY MADONNA vs THE BLACK DEATH - 2006/2007 IMDB page
MOVIE WEBSITE/TRAILER BUY NOW ON DVD!
This film made as part of the National Film Challenge 2006. filmchallenge.com
WINNER: THIRD PLACE - THE REALLY BIG SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, 2008
WINNER: BEST USE OF SPY GENRE - FILMAPALOOZA, 2007
OFFICIAL SELECTION: NATIONAL FILM CHALLENGE TOP 15 FINALIST, 2006
OFFICIAL SELECTION: INDY AWARDS FILM FESTIVAL, 2007
OFFICIAL SELECTION: MIFA FILM FESTIVAL, 2007
OFFICIAL SELECTION: INDIANA FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT FILM, 2008
OFFICIAL SELECTION: X-FEST - SOUTH AFRICA, 2008
A Cinephreak Pictures™/Tao Films coproduction. We had 48 hours to craft this short. Friday night at 7:00PM I received an email with the following requirements: genre = spy, character = Sam Pinkerton (a preacher), prop = a chalkboard, and line of dialogue = "Throw cold water on it." The entire project had to be made around that and sent off in completed form by Monday. And thus Foxxy Madonna vs The Black Death was born!
AND OUT OF 186 FILMS NATIONWIDE THAT MADE THE DEADLINE, FOXXY MADONNA VS THE BLACK DEATH MADE IT INTO THE FINAL TOP 15 OF THE COMPETITION! It was exhibited at Filmapalooza (www.filmapalooza.org) March 8-11 in Albuquerque, NM.
In subesequent months, under the supervision of director Jakob Bilinski, and Edward Hatfield of Tao Films, the flick was reworked in a director's cut version, with a completely restructured and augmented color scheme, vibrant new visual effects, all dialogue went through ADR, and the sound mix rebuilt completely from scratch.
PLOT:
There is a dark sect in the fight against evil - an elite underground organization of unorthodox secret preacher agents who get down for a higher power! Monica Barajas (Shade of Grey, Loss) is Foxxy Madonna - a butt-kicking, chain-smoking preacher chick with a small arsenal, a bad attitude, and a mysteriously powerful "crucifist." And she's gonna need em all as she's about to embark on her most dangerous mission yet! The notorious Black Death (Jomar "Dez" Banks - Shade of Grey, Mime) is about to unleash a virus of Biblical proportions upon the world. And it's up to the foxxiest of heroes to stop him. Whether it's preventing the plague to end humanity, burning a demonically possessed guy to death, or dueling fisticuffs with a chalkboard-wielding psychopath, Foxxy Madonna is up to the challenge!
Runtime: Filmchallenge Cut approximately 8 minutes/Director's Cut approximately 14 minutes. miniDV. Color. Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (16:9 Widescreen). 70s-esque action/exploitation. (contains violence and language)
CREW:
Directed by Jakob Bilinski
Written by Jakob Bilinski, Edward Hatfield, Chris Wilkerson
Executive Producer Pamela Bilinski
Produced by Jakob Bilinski, Mackenzie Bilinski, Chris Wilkerson, Kathy Lechuga,
Edward Hatfield, Monica Barajas
Edited by Jakob Bilinski
Script Supervisor - Mackenzie Bilinski
Sound - Edward Hatfield
Camera Operator - Troy Butler
Music - Christopher John De Mory christopherjohndemory.com
Graphics - Chris Wilkerson
FX Makeup - James Mannan
Makeup - Kathy Lechuga
Cast:
Monica Barajas as Foxxy Madonna
Jomar 'Dez' Banks as Black Death
Scott Ganyo as Gabriel
David Barajas as Chalkboard
Phil Lechuga as Henchman
Jennifer Berkemeier as G.O.D.
Troy Butler as The Possessed
STATE's "Summerdale" (Music Video) - 2008 WATCH!
Rock music video I directed for STATE from their album "You Shouldn't Stare." A 70s grindhouse throwback chockful of crazy psycho hillbilly cannibals, lots of running, and ethereal spinning in a graveyard. Check out the band at www.stateband.net and www.myspace.com/state and watch the video HERE!
Reverend Fang Gory's "Sick Made" (Music Video) - 2009 WATCH!
Rap/Horrorcore music video I directed for Reverend Fang Gory from his album "E'Ville Dead. A cheap horror binge loaded with hatchets, blood, strippers, guns, juggalos and mayhem. Check out the blog about the shoot and release, and then check out the video HERE!
Cap 1's "SE7EN" (Music Video) - 2009 WATCH!
Promotional rap/horrorcore music video trailer (read: fake trailer) I directed for Cap 1, based off his album, "SE7EN". A publicity tool being used to raise funding (so no, the movie doesn't exist as of now). Check out the blog about the shoot, and then check out the video HERE!
Blood Tribe's "In Fair Verona" (Music Video) - 2009 WATCH!
Metal music video I directed for Blood Tribe, from their album "Re-Pulse." Crazy tormented soul action going down in the woods, replete with fire spinning! Visit the band's Myspace page www.myspace.com/blood tribe. Check out the blog about the shoot, the blog about the release, and then check out the video HERE!
OBSOLESCENCE - 2010 IMDB page
MOVIE WEBSITE/TRAILER
PLOT:
After suffering the sudden loss of his wife, Nick (Scott Ganyo) embarks on an obsessive, dangerous journey to uncover the truth behind her passing.
Jake's first film NOT filmed in Indiana.
Runtime: ... miniDV. Color. Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (16:9 Widescreen). Sci-Fi Thriller/Drama. (contains violence and language)
CREW:
Directed by Jakob Bilinski
Written by Jakob Bilinski and Scott Ganyo, from an original concept by Mackenzie Bilinski
Produced by Jakob Bilinski and Scott Ganyo
Edited by Jakob Bilinski
Boom Operator/PA- Brandon Owens
Associate Producer - Jeff Amlong
Director of Photography - Jakob Bilinski
Original Score - Christopher John De Mory christopherjohndemory.com
Cast:
Scott Ganyo as Nick
Jen Lilley as Annie
Rosalind Rubin as Tess
Luca Ellis as Detrick
STATE's "Hotel Canvas" (Music Video) - 2010
Rock music video I directed for STATE's latest single. A crazy 70s/grindhouse throwback/psycho girls in love video. Currently in post production - STAY TUNED!
OTHER PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS/POST PRODUCTION:
A FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE MAKING OF ZACK PARKER'S SCALENE
A MUSIC VIDEO PROJECT FOR TIM ASH
A MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING VIDEO/DOCUMENTARY
THE PSYCHO NUBS MOVIE!
A SHORT FILM COVERING THE SUBJECT OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE
AND MORE...
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