The Set-Up

From the director who brought you such films as, "A Great Marriage," "The Super Mario Bros. Super Adventure," "The Love Triangle," "The Ghost of a Rose," & "Swansong for the Reaper," and the minds that thought up, "Seabass Vs. The Old Dev," and "Non-Verbal," comes a new vision in the art of silent cinema -- THE SET-UP!

Co-written by and starring Nicholas Rushton in the lead role, The Set-Up is the third to be released short film, in a series of silent featurettes put together by the various members of Fantasy Mission Force Productions in association with the Centre for Arts and Technology, Halifax campus. Once again sitting in the director's chair, and joining Rushton as the other co-writer on the project is Matthew A. Gardiner, who as director of photography, recently completed principal photography on Jonathan Torren's film, "Afterthought," which has yet to see a theatrical release.

Also appearing in the film is Devin M. MacLeod, the director responsible for such films as, "Steve," which was written by Sebastian Halleran, and "A Night At The Movies." MacLeod plays the film's main antagonist opposite our hero Rushton, who gets hurtled into these unfortunate situations by doing's of MacLeod's evil character.

FUN TRIVIA:
-The music heard in both the elevator scenes is "The Girl From Ipanema" by Bossa Nova, which can also be heard during the Hellevator skits on the sketch comedy show, Attention-Span.tv. It was included as a nod to First Run Productions and the wonderful series they created.

-Nicholas Rushton is a drummer for the band Glittercinnamon and the Candy Wrappers, fronted by Crystal Porter. They have released a music video on Youtube for their song, "In The Woods." Rushton was also formerly apart of a band known as The Inside Job.

"The Set-Up" was shot as an improvised short film one Thursday afternoon by Matthew Gardiner, Nicholas Rushton and Devin M. MacLeod, and cut together the following day. You will only find mystery, suspense, and tragedy in "The Set-Up." Things that you will not find include:

Britney Spears
300 Spartans
Chris Crocker
Picnicface Comedy (Powerthirst, Andy Bush's racism, Real Zone, Mid-Life Crisis, All About Halifax, etc.)
Cloverfield
Blackmore's Night -- Ghost of a Rose
Blue Oyster Cult -- Don't Fear The Reaper
Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots
Megatron, Supreme ruler of the Galaxy
Miley Cyrus (or the Miley and Mandy Show)
lonelygirl15
Demi lovato and Selena Gomez
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song
Mortal Kombat Piano
What The Buck?
Naruto
Amy Winehouse
CNN Youtube Debates
What What In The Butt
Sexy Strippers and Erotic Dancers
A Rolling Stones Concert from the 1970's
Baba O'Riley
South Park and the World Bureau of Canada
Michael Glabay's Finding Emo
imkevinsmith
Dimmu Borgir -- Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
A Filmmaker's Demo Reel
Yo Gabba Gabba Party In My Tummy Puppet Master
Nathaniel's Dance
Dramatic Gopher on crack
Chocolate Rain
Star Wars Guy
Old Greg and the Mighty Boosh
Perez Hilton
Much Music Video Flow
Lull In Conversation
Alexander Keith's
Pink Floyd The Wall
Dark Side of the Moon
Family Guy Peter Griffin
My Name Is Sylar
How To Stop An Exploding Man
Hiro Nakamura
Bob Marley
Facebook
Wolf Dream
Cats, Dogs, Tortoise
What-a-Mess
Charlie Brown and the Peanuts
Mothra
Godzilla
Destoroyah
Ghidorah
Monster Zero
Gigan
Megalon
Frank Miller
Graphic Novel
Sin City
The Dark Knight Returns
Five Faces of Darkness
Dion
Montreal
Toronto
What What In The Butt
Samwell
South Park WGA

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[standin2444]

that was quite bad

[MxGardiner]

So then retaliate. Make a better movie!

[pilonull]

I'm sorry but that was the biggest waste of 4:18 of my entire life. Go back to film-school noobs.

[MxGardiner]

LOL.

[MxGardiner]

Honors for This Video:

#84 - Top Favorites (Today) - Film & Animation - Canada

#75 - Top Rated (Today) - Film & Animation - Canada

[MxGardiner]

Honours for This Video:

#74 - Top Favourites (Today) - Film & Animation

#68 - Top Rated (Today) - Film & Animation

[Silentcow]

great job guys

[glabaylv97]

great shot matty lol

atleast that gun looked more real then the one we used in "The Love Triangle"

[EzekielCross]

People will use any excuse to wear sun glasses... -eyeroll-

[WasteRetards]

I think the directing was really good!

[phuzle]

the song girl from ipanema is not BY bossa nova. bossa nova is the genre. the song is by antonio carlos jobim.

[PunkProdigy]

boooooo