Trash Video Universe

May 2020 Trash Video 6

June 2021 Trash Video 7

Summer 2022 Project Q

Connor Francis

Ben Bass

The **Trash Video Universe** is the series of movies that were directed by Fire Flame Studios' director, Christopher Leone, and that starred Brett Senzer and Connor Francis. The story follows an Israeli young man, Brett, and his journey through East Africa back to his home of Israel. The story began as a Trash Can review in Trash Video 1 & 2. However, by the time of Trash Video 3, the series began to grow into the storyline it has become today. Senzer signed a 5-movie deal with Fire Flame Studios, with the idea of expanding 'Trash Video' into a cinematic universe. With big success with Trash Video 4, a cult following began, which created more incentive to continue the series. Trash Video 5 and Trash Video 6 were great successes, expanding the universe even further. Trash Video 6 did more for the series, introducing Scott Barsky as King Jablowme, as a regular in the series.

The series has a cult following, mainly around director Christopher Leone's style, Brett Senzer's acting and Connor Francis' comedy. The following became more intense after the release of Trash Video 6, as the movie was 5 times as long as the 2 previous movies. As well as this, they expanded with introducing the previously mentioned Barsky, and Nick Napoli as Trash Lord Colombo, the first Trash Lord to be brought into the series. The release of Trash Video 7 was released on June 6th, 2021. Following this release, Leone and Senzer are co-directing the last film of the main storyline, Trash Video 8.

## History

Trash Video was created originally by Brett Senzer in September of 2016. The original video consisted of Senzer reviewing a Trash Can. However, the ideas that would come wouldn't come around until after the second video, which was released in February of 2017. The "lore" of Trash Video would come from Connor Francis and Senzer after this video. The last fully independent independent film came in June of 2017, when the lore was solidified. During the summer of 2017, Brett Senzer signed a 6-movie deal with Christopher Leone and Fire Flame Studios for Trash Video. Leone promised that Trash Videos would be released quickly and orderly. Professionalism was a major part of the upgrade with Fire Flame, guaranteeing Senzer the best quality videos done the easiest way. With production for what was called Project 1 (which would later become Trash Video 4), the deal began to show great success for both Senzer & Fire Flame. Senzer later became a "founder" of Fire Flame. Leone considers Senzer's deal with Fire Flame the beginning of the studio's history.

In September, Trash Video 4 was released was massive success. A cult following began to arise with the entire cast and crew. This came with issues on creating the next project (deemed Project B by Leone in December of 2017). 'Project B' would be delayed into 2019. This was mainly due to infighting between the members of Fire Flame. This was not due to the production, but to due internal rivalries and fighting which lasted into the Summer of 2018. However, by November of 2018, pre-production began on what was now announced as Trash Video 5. Production for Trash Video 5 began in March of 2019.

Cinematographer, J Green, was put onto the project. His style of filming would become another reason for the cult following. Trash Video 5, while cheaper in production value, had about the same amount of success as it's prequel. The studio then decided to follow a "Trash Video a Year" model, trying on releasing one Trash Video a year. This plan would succeed in the end.

In June of 2019, Fire Flame Studios announced that they would take a short 2-month hiatus from planning, mainly due to half of the creators going away to college, including Senzer. This did not halt any production. In August of 2019, Leone temporarily resigned his post as CEO until December of 2019, mainly due to his time away from the company, while he was at college. Producer Lucas Alexander was put in the role of acting CEO.

In March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the future of Trash Video looked dim. This would change when in April, they began to write the next Trash Video, deemed 'The Production of a Lifetime' by Leone. Christopher Leone, Brett Senzer, Connor Francis & Ben Bass got to writing the script for the production. With pre-production ending in June, the shooting of what was now, Trash Video 6. The film would become the 2nd longest film of the series. It also introduced Scott Barsky as King Jablowme and Nick Napoli as Trash Lord Colombo. The film became a smash hit, with the cult following growing from before. Fire Flame Studios even released a Behind the Scenes in August of 2020.

The future of the series will continue with the announced Trash Video 7, which was originally set to release in January of 2021. However, with the heightening of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was pushed back to June. The cast list was expanded to include 10 members for TV7. The film was produced over a 6 month period, which ended up delaying the film to be released on June 6th, 2021 instead of May 2021. *Trash Video 7* was the most successful of the Fire Flame produced Trash Videos, and led to Leone canceling the about to be produced Brett Blackman: The Movie, and put funds towards Project Q, which is to be the finale to the series.

Since the release of Trash Video 7, the professional and personal friendship between Senzer & Leone deteriorated, and led to the company being almost dissolved. However, Leone retained the rights to the company, while Senzer retained the rights to the films. After not speaking for months, the friendship was rekindled in March 2022, leading to the company to come back together with the films. As of May 2022, discussions for Trash Video 8 are being made amongst Leone, Senzer, Scott Barsky and Connor Francis. It is set to be released in the summer of 2022.

## Films

* *Trash Video 4*
* *Trash Video 5*
* *Trash Video 6*
* *Trash Video 7*
* *Trash Video 8: The Finale*