Behind-the-Scenes of the 1st Burning Man: The Musical video
The weekend of August 8, 2015, a mad group of Burners, actors, and filmmakers made a 5-minute video of the opening number for a new musical called Burning Man: The Musical.
With $5,000 raised via Kickstarter, this group of about 30 people on camera and another 20 behind-the-scenes put in a Herculean effort shooting in 4 locations over 3 days, mostly in borrowed spaces in Brooklyn and Queens to pull off this shoot.
For many of us, it was our first time meeting, but there was a wild energy that weekend, and ultimately the whole was greater than the sum of our parts. What started as a small concept video grew into a full-blown music video under the guidance and vision of Kyle Fasanella and Amanda McHugh. We released the video 1 week before Burning Man 2015 (after Lillian Mauser-Carter edited the RED footage for 2.5 days straight) and put it out for the world to see.
We did not expect 130+ newspapers, radio stations, websites, and blogs to pick up the video and write about it:
We're releasing our next video (much shorter) on August 15, 2016 and a song cycle featuring half the music from the musical called "A Burning Mixtape" on August 22, 2016. Thanks to all of those who've supported the project so far, and we can't wait to share what we've been working on later this month!
Regards,
Matt Werner, writer/producer
Gene Back, composer
Burning Man: The Musical
With $5,000 raised via Kickstarter, this group of about 30 people on camera and another 20 behind-the-scenes put in a Herculean effort shooting in 4 locations over 3 days, mostly in borrowed spaces in Brooklyn and Queens to pull off this shoot.
For many of us, it was our first time meeting, but there was a wild energy that weekend, and ultimately the whole was greater than the sum of our parts. What started as a small concept video grew into a full-blown music video under the guidance and vision of Kyle Fasanella and Amanda McHugh. We released the video 1 week before Burning Man 2015 (after Lillian Mauser-Carter edited the RED footage for 2.5 days straight) and put it out for the world to see.
We did not expect 130+ newspapers, radio stations, websites, and blogs to pick up the video and write about it:
- “Bizarre, possibly brilliant.” - Ryan Bort, Newsweek
- “Steve Jobs would watch this video” - Melissa Locker, Time Magazine
- “Burning Man may be headed to Broadway” - Patrick May, San Jose Mercury
- “It's a little bit In the Heights, a whole lot of Rent, with maybe some Godspell and Les Miz thrown in.” - Robert Viagas, Playbill
- “I'd never go to Burning Man, but I'd probably see this Burning Man musical.” - Bobby Finger, Jezebel
- “The tension between the self-proclaimed true Burners and the brogrammers...can only be resolved through song and dance.” - Fast Company
- “High production values...close to Jason Robert Brown...The people who put this together clearly have talent.” - Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
- “Burning Man now has its own musical, and it’s fantastic” - Adam Brinklow, San Francisco Magazine
We're releasing our next video (much shorter) on August 15, 2016 and a song cycle featuring half the music from the musical called "A Burning Mixtape" on August 22, 2016. Thanks to all of those who've supported the project so far, and we can't wait to share what we've been working on later this month!
Regards,
Matt Werner, writer/producer
Gene Back, composer
Burning Man: The Musical
