Fire Flame Studios

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**Fire Flame Studios** is a production company based out of Long Island, New York. It has overseen the production & filming of 4 cult films, all within the Trash Video Series, as well as many more coming in the next couple of months. The studio was first envisioned by Christopher Leone, who is also the director of 3 of the 4 Trash Videos that were created by the studio. Since September of 2017, *Trash Video 4,5,6,7* and the upcoming *Trash Video 8* have been directed by Christopher Leone. The studio is known for it's low production value. Valuing more on acting and props, rather than the production cost.

Currently, the CEO of Fire Flame Studios is Christopher Leone, who is also currently the leading director. He has been CEO on-and-off since August of 2017, only leaving the company for 3 months between September & December of 2019.

## History

### **Beginnings**

In October of 2016, Brett Senzer released a video onto his YouTube channel, reviewing his trash can outside his suburban home. This idea from Senzer was from comments from his friends, calling his YouTube videos "trash", which led him to come up with reviewing a trash can. Considered a funny joke by him and his friends, the video was just thought as such. This was until he created a second review, recommended by Christopher Leone.

After months of being left alone, Brett got together with Connor Francis and Ben Bass to create *Trash Video 3*, which was unlike the first 2 videos. It was based off of a series of story ideas made by Senzer & Francis. It was a very successful video in the eyes of Leone, who would think of an idea for the next *Trash Video*. However, before such video was created, he formed Fire Flame Studios, in order to create a name for themselves. It was named after the Birdman song "Fire Flame", which is featured in the background of *Trash Video 4*. With no announcement, their first project, *TV4*, was posted onto YouTube.

Fire Flame Studios was founded by Leone, Senzer, Francis and two of their other friends, J Green (Jake Greenspan) and Spencer Kolodny. Leone became the CEO, while Francis became the Head Talent Scout. Senzer became the Head of the Music and Sound Department (later joined by Scott Barsky). Greenspan would become the Head of Cinematography, and Kolodny would become the Head Editor. (He was later replaced by Leone after *Trash Video 5*, demoted to assistant editor). With the founding of the company, it began a more organized operation for Trash Video & other Fire Flame movies.

### ***Trash Video Series* and other studio productions**

In September of 2017, *Trash Video 4* was released, with great success, the studio had created plans to release more. However, scheduling became a problem. This led to the entirety of 2018, being without a release of *Trash Video*. *Trash Video 5* was released on April 3rd, 2019, the first directed by Christopher Leone. The scheduling problem came from distractions coming from Leone's personal life, which he has kept private from the public. With the film's success, the films caught another wave of popularity.

In June of 2019, the studio announced that they will be coming out with a Trash Video once a year, following the success of *Trash Video 6*. In September of 2019, Leone announced that he will be temporarily being resigning from his post as CEO, due to personal reasons. He announced that former actor turned talent scout, Lucas Alexander, would become temporary CEO. During Alexander's tenure, he kept the status quo left by Leone. Alexander is the reason for the studio signing Sam Atlas to a one movie deal, which would be fulfilled in 2021. In December of 2019, Leone returned to the position of CEO, and has been there since.

With the great news, production on *Trash Video 6* would begin in early March of 2020. But with events outside of their control, the COVID-19 Pandemic began to overtake their plans. Senzer announced that TV6 would not be delayed and is on schedule. *Trash Video 6* was the first film to go more than 10 minutes. Released on July 8th, 2020, the film came with massive success. The introduction of Scott Barsky, who played King Jablowme, was considered to be the "greatest addition to the series so far".

*Trash Video 7* was announced in August of 2020, with the date of January 2021 to be the release. However, with the heightening of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Production slowed down, and the new date was set for June 6th, 2021. Early production began in late January 2021, with production still in session as of April 2021. *Trash Video 7* will also feature the largest cast of Fire Flame Studio's history. In June 2021, *Trash Video 7* was released onto YouTube.

### ***Trash Video 8: The Finale* and the future of the studio**

The studio temporary delayed production due to conflict of ideas between the board members. On May 30th, 2022, production of *Trash Video 8: The Finale* began, and is currently in production, with a set date of release unknown, however, it will be out in the summer of 2022. It will be the final installation of *Trash Video*'s main storyline, as director Christopher Leone, believes that the story is basically almost done being told.

It is in the plans that a new storyline is to be created by Brett Senzer, with Leone taking a more backseat approach on future of the franchise's production. After the release of *TV8*, Leone will be stepping down as Head Director of Fire Flame Studios, spending more time on the day-to-day operations of the company as CEO and head editor. On June 1st, 2022, the studio promoted Lucas Alexander to become CFO.

The future of Fire Flame is based off the success of the rest of the Trash Video Series. This is as well as the time-off from College for the cast, crew and board members of the studio. This is as well as funding from the films through YouTube & other sources of income.

## Board Members

* Christopher Leone
* Brett Senzer
* Lucas Alexander
* Connor Francis
* Nick Napoli

## Filmography

* *Trash Video 4*
* *Trash Video 5*
* *Trash Video 6*
* *Trash Video 7*
* *Brett Blackman: The Movie* (Canceled movie)
* *Trash Video 8* (In production as of June 2022)