Blazer, Collector's Edition (XXL monograph)
LIMITED PRODUCTION BATCH OF 50 PIECES
Special collector’s edition of Rocky’s Blazer, the ciné-roman book version, is limited to 50 signed and numbered hardcover copies of this XXL monograph.
Film Details:
Release date: March 23, 2023
Running time: 801 large-scale pictures
Narrative tense: 4000 words of fictional prose
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Presentation
Country: United States
Language: English
Ultra High Definition: 102-megapixel
English Subtitles
English Audio Descriptions
Written and directed by Rocky
Pictures by Rocky
Cinematography by Rocky
Colorist ... Rocky
Film editing by Bryan Hewitt
Book design by Rocky
Memoji design by Rodrigo Varejão
Typefaces by Atipo Foundry
Original score by Benjamin Hill and Tristan de Liège
Sound design/mix by Benjamin Hill and Tristan de Liège
Principal Cast
Ray Burns … Justin King
Gérard Majax … Raul Delarosa
Aileen Bowlin … Fechi Nkwocha
Vincent Doubt … Max Doubt
Ava Bowlin … NJ Mvondo
Rommel Olivia … Payat Mishra
Production
The film had a bafflingly huge scope and was daunting to materialize. Led by actor Justin King, a cast of six actors and I shot more than 12,000 high resolution images over two days to create this volume of work, realistically only 8,000-plus of those were actually usable. The vast majority (95 percent or so, who’s to say exactly) were shot chronologically over two days. Before then, the pandemic had turned this project to concrete. When Justin and I saw a path to completion, we ran full speed at it. Justin essentially lived with me for two days in August. I tediously set up the lighting—one location at a time. We did test shots, walked through the current scene, and shot urgently. We’d then pack everything up (lights, power packs, props, clothing) and meet the next actor for the subsequent part of the script.
The prose is the first and last draft, without any changes, apart from the correction of literal or literary errors. I only eliminated one, or three, very forgettable, overly pretentious sentences from the original writing. My haste was motivated by keeping the composition unrefined, matching the imperfect visual aesthetic throughout the volume. Phenomenally, the number of sentences contained in the 4000-word short story synced with the imagery, allowing the ciné-roman experiment to live on.