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short film by John Mudge<\/p>\n
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How disappointing is it to send a perfect email and immediately receive a \u201cDelivery failed: return to sender\u201d slip of automated disappointment airmailed back to your inbox? Now, find comfort knowing that inside your email, there\u2019s an underappreciated, chain-smoking blue devil-like creature named Todd that has the tedious day job of sending your bounced messages back to you.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re called Mailer Daemons, and John Mudge<\/a>\u2019s new short film Mailer Daemon<\/a> unfolds what happens when Todd\u2019s humdrum existence inside a stuffy email server is interrupted by a plea for connection from a woman with the same search for an affirmative response from an uncaring world.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mdtrailer-360p.mp4″ admin_label=”Video” _builder_version=”4.15″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||4px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”||||||||” text_font_size=”14px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Mailer Daemon – Trailer<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15.1″ custom_margin=”16px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> John Mudge<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mailer-Daemon-Poster-350p.jpg” alt=”Mailer Daemon Poster” title_text=”Mailer Daemon Poster” url=”https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14016858\/” url_new_window=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.15.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ sticky_enabled=”0″ show_bottom_space=”off”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb title=”John Mudge” url=”https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm9513730\/” url_new_window=”on” image=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Mudge-BTS-01-800p-res.jpg” alt=”John Mudge BTS Mailer Daemon” _builder_version=”4.15.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” animation=”off” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_blurb_image=”margin-bottom: 0px” global_colors_info=”{}” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ custom_padding=”30px|20px|30px|20px|true|true” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”||0px||false|false”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15.1″ custom_margin=”||25px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ custom_padding=”0px|20px|30px|20px|false|true” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Mailer Daemon on IMDb<\/a> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” _builder_version=”4.15″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mailer-Daemon-scr-01-res.jpg” alt=”Mailer Daemon” title_text=”Mailer Daemon” _builder_version=”4.15″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n John Mudge<\/a> is a writer and director from Belle Chasse, Louisiana<\/a> who lives and breathes the Louisiana film scene. He graduated locally from Louisiana State University<\/a>, worked as a production assistant on NCIS: New Orleans<\/a>, and is currently working on his next short film as Mailer Daemon makes its way around the circuit as a selection at sixteen different festivals.<\/p>\n Mailer Daemon is a surreal, heartfelt debut by a filmmaker with a naturally nuanced sense of storytelling. It reminds you that whether you\u2019re a regular human or a blue, horned demon-creature working a dead-end job\u2014we all crave a sincere connection.<\/p>\n We talked to John Mudge about his process for shooting Mailer Daemon and here\u2019s what he had to tell Fable House<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.15″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Where did you guys shoot and when?<\/p>\n “It took a long time to determine where we were going to shoot. We had to find a location that met all of our requirements. We were planning on shooting in an office space on UNO<\/a>‘s campus, but it would have been difficult to shoot around summer school hours. Then the idea came to me to shoot in my dad’s garage. We used money from the production budget to construct flats. This gave us the freedom to build in the mechanics of Todd’s office. The space also gave us total privacy. So, it really worked out.”<\/em><\/p>\n How long was production?<\/p>\n “The principal photography was four days in the summer of 2018. We then had a day of reshoots in February of 2019. We were submitting to festivals by the end of that year. The project had been one I had been trying to get off the ground since about 2017.”<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mailer-Daemon-BTS-16.jpg” alt=”Mailer Daemon BTS” title_text=”Mailer Daemon BTS 16″ _builder_version=”4.15″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Any stories you’d like to share from production?<\/p>\n “I don’t know if I have specific stories but if I sat here and pondered on it, surely small incidents here and there would pop up. All in all, it was a great experience. The thrill of making a movie with your friends is a feeling I’ve been chasing ever since.<\/em>“<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/fablehouse.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Mailer-Daemon-BTS-02-res.jpg” alt=”Mailer Daemon BTS” title_text=”Mailer Daemon BTS” _builder_version=”4.15″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.15″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n What was your post-production process like?<\/p>\n “We started the post-production process shortly after we wrapped shooting. Thomas Baumgardner<\/a> was my editor. He would piece together a cut and I would go over to his studio and watch it with him. I would give my opinion and he would make adjustments and we would go on like this for a couple months. It was during this time that we determined we needed a day of reshoots. We basically rewrote the second half of the movie, and reshot it in a day. So that significantly prolonged the entire production. But it was worth it.”<\/em><\/p>\n What’s your favorite shot in the video?<\/p>\n
Writer:<\/strong> John Mudge<\/a>
Producers:<\/strong> John Mudge<\/a>, Daniel Kleinpeter<\/a>
Cinematographer:<\/strong> Trenton Mynatt<\/a>
Music:<\/strong> Thomas Baumgardner<\/a>
Editor: <\/strong>Katherine Heneghan<\/a><\/p>\n
John Mudge on IMDb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n