Mercedes Blackehart

Humanzee Released!

2009-12-14T22:19:00.000-08:00

Finally, Humanzee is released to the public. This was a great deal of fun to production design as there was a lot of room for creativity and surrealism. My favorite being the wallpaper trick... you'll see.

James Gunn's Humanzee! - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

Production Design Reel

2009-07-27T23:25:00.000-07:00

That's a wrap!

2009-07-27T23:05:00.000-07:00

I just finished art directing a movie called "Open House" starring Tricia Helfer, Brian Gareghty and Rachel Blanchard and directed by Anna Paquin's brother, Andrew Paquin. I was on the project for almost two months and it was the most amazing cast and crew I've worked with yet. More on that later!

Hooking Up Short

2009-05-29T17:04:00.000-07:00

I production designed a short called "Hooking Up" Directed by Mark Taylor (Saving Grace, Boston Public) and Produced by Eliot Shoenman (Cosby Show, Home Improvemnet). This was intended to support a pitch for a feature length script and in the mean time has been in several film festivals.

Newport Beach Film Festival
-Beverly Hills HD Film Festival
-Chicago International Movies and Music Festival
-Washington DC Independent Film Festival
-Honolulu International Film Festival Silver Lei Award
-Las Vegas International Film Festival Silver Ace Award

You can watch the video below and read more about it on Actor/Producer Guy Birthwhistle's site.

Willy Wisely Music Video

2009-05-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

I art directed this music video over two years ago, but never posted it. This was a particularly fun/challenging shoot as we did the whole video in one take, and it took 37 takes to get it right with all the choreographing involved. Jenna Fischer (The Office) stars in this Willy Wisely video called Through Any Window.
Enjoy!

Skaie Knox Music Video

2009-05-09T03:10:00.000-07:00

Just released - the Skaie Knox Music Video, I art directed a few scenes but wasn't along for the whole project.
Music Video Below.

New PG Porn- High Poon!

2009-04-28T20:59:00.000-07:00

A new PG Porn came out yesterday. This one was a lot of fun to work on, I got to turn a dive bar into a western dive bar. It was my favorite pg porn set yet because everyone was sooo funny. Alan Tudyk is hilarious, and a very talented actor - I was impressed. I had to cover my ears and close my eyes to avoid laughing out loud during takes. Oh yea, I almost forgot, I had the pleasure of drawing um... the junk on Tudyk... made my day ;)

High Poon Below.

Shadow.net in Festivals

2009-04-26T21:09:00.000-07:00

I production designed a short called Shadow.net about movie piracy. It's in the Pacific Palisades Film

Festival, 4PM on Saturday, May 16.

www.friendsoffilm.com

Check out the trailer below.

Weak Species Upcoming Film Festivals

2009-04-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

Last summer I production designed a short film called Weak Species by Dan Faltz, based on writings by Dennis Cooper, with music by No-Man. It was an interesting project to work on, as it is more gritty then I'm normally used too, shocking right?! It has been excepted into several film festivals which I've listed below:

May 2nd - Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (World Premiere) - http://mglff.com
May 21st - Out Takes Film Festival New Zealand - http://outtakes.org.nz
May 29th - Fairy Tales Film Festival Calgary - http://fariytalesfilmfest.com
May 30th - FilmOut San Diego - http://filmoutsandiego.com
May - Inside/Out Toronto - http://insideout.on.ca/festival/
June - Frameline San Francisco - http://frameline.org

Watch the teaser!

New Pg Porn - Helpful Bus

2009-03-17T01:31:00.000-07:00

Today, another PG Porn I worked on, was released on Spike.com. There wasn't a whole lot for the art department to do, but you do have to appreciate Sean Gunn's rockin' grilz! He still has them too, I saw him sporting them the other night!
The episode is embedded below.

PG PORN: Helpful Bus | Girls | SPIKE.com

Too Hot for Spike.com

2009-03-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

The Latest PG Porn I production designed, was taken off spike.com shortly after it was released. Apparently the lyrics and Jenna slapping her bottom where to risque for Spike.
This episode is hilarious as I got to turn James' bachelor pad into a porn stars house. Although some art on the walls were fake painting I made, I'd like to thank the super-talented, fine artist, Michelle Walker Alexander for contributing her work for the walls of the house. You can see one of her paintings towards the end, it's down by the potted pussy willows. ;) She also will have more artwork appearing in a future episode.
You can watch the current episode below!

Dibbie Gibson Video Released

2009-03-13T15:14:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure to work on Debbie Gibson's (now Deborah Gibson) come-back video, which was released to the public today! Below you can watch the video or visit the site at www.deborah-gibson.com
Directed by the Talented Mr. John Knowles who I also worked with on Shadow.net.

A little side note, the piano Deborah is singing on is Liberace's piano.