Film – Blood & Oil by Cale Glendening

Film by Cale Glendening 

“The last of the embers cool in the waking dawn
as the silence echoes through the empty roads
and the beat of heavy hearts stir the morning air
The wasteland smiles, a grin tired and stretched too thin

Built on rotting soil the city starts to crack, the foundations perish and crumble
Trapped and left wanting, the weary stay hidden behind heavy doors and rusted locks
The undeserving cling to chances untaken
There is no escape

The darkness starts to build
I welcome the storm with my fists clenched, the aching seething from my bones
I cannot show you. I cannot take you with me
The course is already written
Moving in harmony, tracers strangle out the light
The consumption of every movement greedy and unsatisfied
From the wreckage the oil runs
Turning the blood of the fallen thick and black

Quiet is the pulse of the driven
Freedom is not levity, but the untold fight of the knowing
A force understood only by those who possess it
Dare to look up
Dare to breathe

To trust the hopeful and stack your spine

No need to call to the willing, they are already at your side
No need to call them brothers, they already share your fire
The crushing allure of pure acceleration
Chase it down
Chase it down”

Produced, Directed and Edited : Cale Glendening
Prose Writer : Chloé Mclennan
Cast : Art Arcinas, Jiimmy Pruitt, Josh Orr,
Caleb Owens, JT Daly, Paul Moak, Patrick Ryan,
Robert Longhurst, Nick Georgiou, Tori Townsend,
Vijay Upadhyaya, Rachel Haag, Yve Assad,
Pap Shirock, Will Fulford, Cassie Locante,
Allison Rusche, Jenna Lane, Blake Williams

Director of Photography : Cale Glendening
Original Music : JT Daly
Sound Design & Final Mix : Defacto Sound
1st AD : Will Fulford
1st AC : Andrew White
Color : John Carrington
Narrator : Jeffrey Buckner Ford

Music “The Blackest Bird” Performed by
JT Daly & The Blood Orchestra
The Blood Orchestra Is : Avery Bright, Zach Casebolt,
Katelyn Westergard : Violins
Emily Kohavi : Viola
Austin Hoke & Emily Nelson : Cello and members of RAM

Audio Engineers : Justin March, Devin Vaughan, Zack Zink
Mixed By : Paul Moak at The Smoakstack (Nashville, TN)
Post Production Supervisor : Chloé Mclennan
BTS Photography : Yve Assad, Andrew White
Rentals : TVC Nashville, ELITE Multimedia
Special Thanks : Blackbirds Motorcycle Assembly
Austin Mann, Jordan Bellamy, Moto Moda, Barista Parlor,
The Fuselage, The Fort