Empty Wallet Productions Vol 2

Empty Wallet Productions
Volume 2

And So It Begins Again . . .After the success of "WereMike" ideas floated around about what to do
next. But making no budget movies isn't as easy as grabbing a camera and some people and
banging it out.   The stakes were raised and Joe and Steve knew that they could do better than
Volume 1. This was, after all a learning process. Their intent was to get better with each movie, to
show a sort of progression. And although ideas for a sequel to WereMike were percolating, Steve
and Joe wanted to try new things. Joe wrote a script and attmpted to shoot a serious short movie
in January 2003, to no avail. Actors, when not paid, are hard to come by and sometimes don't show
up!   Steve wrote another comedy, not as over-the-top as WereMike, but hilarious in its own right, a
different kind of funny. Although finished and ready to shoot in April trying to nail down the perfect
actors to accompany him, as well as locations, became futile. Months passed as the two slaved
away at their "real" jobs. Finally in August 2003, a frustrated Joe got Steve and Darren together to
bang a movie out guerrilla style.   Steve, a semi-trained actor, reluctantly agreed to help. With no
script, the movie was completed, shot and edited, in 5 hours. The result, "Things That Go Dump In
the Night" became a sort of "B-side", a movie not fit for public consumption. With no script to
follow, and no set game plan, the movie became an exercise for Joe to shoot and edit. But this was
not the way to make a movie. It did light a fire under their asses to do it right! So all involved
decided to give the people what they want and raise the bar at the same time.    The concept for
Patula, which formed as a toss away joke at the end of "WereMike", became the basis for the sequel
and Steve was hired to write the script.   With more and more people wanting to be a part, Steve
fashioned a script which expanded the universe created in the first one while maintaining its
hilarious appeal. With Steve's script and Joe's technical advances from his job as camera
operator/editor, Empty Wallet Productions started work on "Night of the WereMike 2/ Attack of the
Patula/ War of the Pot Monsters" in October 2003. Shooting began the first week of October and
carried on through the last week of November. The grueling shoot (about the same length of time
as an actual fully funded movie) while still working full time, dragged on Steve and Joe. But as true
Americans dreaming the American dream, giving up was not an option! After editing over nights
and weekends, "Patula" was finally completed in March 2004. Its running time double that of
"WereMike" and with funnier situations,better acting, shooting, editing and effects, "Patula"
became Empty Wallet Productions "Empire Strikes Back", the rare sequel to completely eclipse the
original while furthering the legacy. The progression was on! This is Empty Wallet Production's
evolution. This is Volume 2.