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POE: A TALE OF MADNESS

DIRECTOR • WRITER • PRODUCER • EDITOR

HERMES® PLATINUM AWARD WINNER (2024)

WORLD PREMIERE: TBA

Director • Editor: Paul Michael Bloodgood

Story: Stephen Mills • Paul Michael Bloodgood

Producers: Paul Michael Bloodgood • Justin Kirchhoff • Kristina Smith

Executive Producers: Stephen Mills • Cookie Ruiz

Music: Graham Reynolds

Costume Design: Margaret Mitchell

Hair & Makeup: Wendy Sanders


Tormented writer, Edgar Allan Poe grapples with haunted specters of his own design as he strives to create a masterpiece…a masterpiece that quickly falls into a tale of madness.

POE: A TALE OF MADNESS was filmed on a soundstage with a 50′ curved LED screen utilizing groundbreaking technology known as “The Volume” – combining real props with virtual production backgrounds built with Unreal Engine. POE stands at the precipice of film industry tech seen in big budget productions such as Star Wars’ THE MANDALORIAN (2019-) and THE BATMAN (2022), creating visually stunning and immersive yet realistic environments – perfect for the dark and sinister cinematic dream world of Edgar Allan Poe.


Trailer by Paul Michael Bloodgood


PRESS

HERMES® PLATINUM AWARD WINNER (2024)
DANCE MAGAZINE (Interview)
ADWEEK (Article)

PRESS QUOTES

POE: A TALE OF MADNESS, has dropped a dramatic movie-style trailer that uses the same cutting-edge technology that viewers have seen in The Batman and The Mandalorian. Hint: it’s not AI.

ADWEEK

The main challenge in creating a trailer for a world premiere ballet is that often the sets haven’t been built when the trailer is created…the result is an almost-three-minute trailer that evokes the spirit of what the ballet will be.”

DANCE MAGAZINE

PAUL MICHAEL BLOODGOOD • SAG-AFTRA