“Double-crossed and on the run, an assassin for the British East India Company seeks to redeem his past…” Three years ago, Beyond the Mask was simply an idea. Now, after countless drafts of story outlines, treatments and scripts, months of development and preproduction planning, 54 grueling days (and nights!) of shooting, and four months of [...]
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New Year’s Update
With principle photography behind us, you might have been wondering what the BTM team has been up to. Other than catching up on a little reading and sleeping over the Christmas holiday (along with a hotly contested game of Axis & Allies), we’ve been working to wrap out the sets and locations used during the [...]
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Moving Forward
Dear Supporters, Thanks for all you help and prayers over the past year. We could not be happier to announce that through your help, the Lord has opened a door for us to walk through. Last fall, our team determined that June 15th, 2012 was the last possible deadline for securing the production budget to [...]
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June 15th – Major Fundraising Milestone Reached
Praising the Lord for His leading and provision! Stay tuned for exciting announcements coming next week!
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Trip to Albany
This past Tuesday and Wednesday we shared some great fellowship with Stephen and Alex Kendrick (the Producer & Director of Fireproof and Courageous) down in Albany, Georgia. Stephen and his wife Jill welcomed us into their home; in addition to sharing their film-making experience, they poured love and grace into us personally, encouraging us in [...]
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Windmill Island: History & Mystery
“We wanted our final set piece to be both historical and fantastically imaginative at the same time, and we found this contradiction in Windmill Island,” Nick, the Production Designer, told us. In the early summer of 1776, Windmill Island (also known as Smith’s Island) sat off the shore of colonial Philadelphia in the Delaware River. [...]
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Beyond the Mask & Veggie Tales
Director Chad Burns and his wife Angela met with Phil Vischer (Creator of Veggie Tales) last week in Chicago for lunch. Phil has many years of experience creating Christian media content for families and it was a real privilege to sit down and hear from him. Phil had a lot of advice and a few [...]
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Fellowship of Christian Filmmakers
Last Saturday, Beyond the Mask’s Producer and Director (Aaron and Chad Burns) had the privilege to speak at a “Fellowship of Christian Filmmakers” meeting in Alexandria, VA. During the Q&A portion, led by producer Ron Newcomb, Chad and Aaron presented their vision for Christian action-adventures films, and answered questions about what it takes to develop, [...]
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New Year Update
January is a very exciting month for the Beyond the Mask project. Our main objectives are to (1) secure investments for the production budget, and (2) complete the final draft of the screenplay. Depending on how fundraising progresses, we will make final plans to begin shooting late spring or early fall of this year. Currently, [...]
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East India Company
As we close in on the final draft of the screenplay, we’d like to share with you a little about the true history that inspired the back-story and setting for Beyond the Mask. As you know, Beyond the Mask’s protagonist William Reynolds was a hit-man for the British East India Trading Company. Since the [...]
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