Bald Terror (2022)
Channel: Crisis Hotline
Date: 2022-09-16

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Directed and Edited by: Michael Coolen @_crisishotline
Starring and Narrated by: Aidan Mcdonah @mpreza__ 
Soundtrack by: DJ Shines On and Zeb Newby @zebediahnewby

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A pseudo-documentary follows an unnamed raver obsessed with the extreme sub-genre “gabber,” as he drifts through his lonely day by day, far from home and far from his culture. 

Michael Coolen and Aidan Mcdonah first collaborated on the web series “Sewer City Tv,” working alongside a large cast of online collaborators. Pending the internal collapse of Sewer City Michael and Aidan teamed up in Halifax, Nova Scotia to create Bald Terror.

The soundtrack to Bald Terror was createdby remixing and destroying over 60 different old-school rave intros and build ups, resampling them into a hollowed ambient soundscape carcass, in the spirit of “The Caretaker.” Zeb Newby added additional synthesizer work using his extensive analog collection.

“Bald Terror was created in editing, like a real documentary. We began shooting with no script, filming Aidan in character in various scenarios until we found what worked, and what didn’t. Eventually we found a groove, came up with a list of scenes and improvised depending on our environment.The “real documentary” approach meant we had to find creative ways to sneak in places, hide the camera and shoot for as long as possible. Again like a ”real documentary” we never stopped rolling. We snuck a camera into real techno show to film the scenes of Aidan at the club, and brought our own broom and dustpan to the hospital to film the scene of Aidan working. etc. Second, the soundtrack was created, but onlyas a series of loops, all in the same tempo. Third, we edited 3 hours of scenes down to 30 minutes, and added the soundtrack loops for each environment.Fourth, Aidan wrote and recorded his voiceover. And lastly, the final edit was cut down to 10 minutes and arranged to fit with Aidans dialogue.”