{"id":6688,"date":"2013-04-05T10:20:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T16:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2013-04-05T10:32:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T16:32:40","slug":"five-quick-questions-with-jason-bourque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=6688","title":{"rendered":"Five Quick Questions with Jason Bourque"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jason has directed and wrote a couple dozen films including many disaster films.\u00a0 Growing up a horror fan he was determined to create his own horror and disaster film and he did just that.\u00a0 A few of his thrilling films are\u201dDark Storm\u201d, \u201cDoomsday Prophecy\u201d, \u201cSeattle Superstorm\u201d, and upcoming \u201cStonados\u201d.\u00a0 Jason has been very busy filming the last decade and was generous to share his experiences with Bmovienation.<\/p>\n

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How did you get into writing and directing storm and disaster films?<\/b><\/p>\n

JASON:<\/b> I grew up on \u201cFangoria\u201dmagazines with dreams of writing and directing the next big horror epic. Early short films had titles like \u201cDead Skin\u201d and always involved Sam Raimi\u2019s recipe for fake blood but after film school I found it was hell trying to get my own projects off the ground. So I began working with \u201cInsight Film Studios\u201d, a doc company that had just started doing movies of the week. I discovered the disaster mow was a lucrative niche; they sell well internationally. In 2006, Insight teamed up with Cinetel Pictures who had an output deal with SyFy. I was given the opportunity to pitch for my first \u201cStorm\u201d movie – \u201cDark Storm\u201d, starring Stephen Baldwin. My director\u2019s pitch was stuffed full of visual references (I\u2019m a visual arts grad) and it gave me the edge over the veterans. Like usual, directors on low budgets gotta do a whole lot of re-writes to make a script \u201cproduction friendly\u201d. Cinetel gave me a writing credit and I guess that\u2019s how I fell into the sci-fi disaster genre. I went straight from that into \u201cTermination Point\u201d – a worm hole time travel disaster flick. Alas, my soul still aches for the opportunity to direct a creature feature gore fest. I really enjoy the disaster genre though and I always give it a 110 percent. I never panic, but I love how these scripts always read like a Roland Emmerich movie, yet we have only fifteen days and a 2 million dollar budget.<\/p>\n

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With all the disaster films you\u2019ve done, do you learn something unique or new from each one to use in your next film?<\/b><\/p>\n

JASON: <\/b>I\u2019ve written or co-written eight disasters including two mini-series. As a director, I\u2019ve gotten six under my belt so I got a pretty good handle on quick suspense gags, blocking techniques and creating big bang for the buck. If a technique works well, especially for a stunt, I\u2019ll keep that in my bag of tricks for the next one. Coming up with new ways of creating apocalyptic mayhem is always a blast. I go out of my way to make it as realistic as possible (Wikipedia is my savior!), even if I\u2019m dealing with magnetic tornadoes or killer ice fog. While directing disaster I\u2019ve discovered you can never have too many air cannons. I love them. Compressed air, cork and dust with a big explosion sound effect and it\u2019s cinematic chaos. I think my action set pieces have gotten more ambitious as I direct more. Taking down the Space Needle in \u201cSeattle Super Storm\u201d is probably my favorite to date, although \u201cStonados\u201d has some truly epic destruction.<\/p>\n

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