Ode To My Brthren - Part 1 - Conception

I'm not sure when this came about, but my brother, Carey Ashton, and I had shot ideas back and forth for a long time about a film involving our friends. I grew up witnessing and hearing about the crazy things my brother and his friends did. As my older brother, he got to see me and my friends doing crazy shit as well. We talked about this script a long time before we ever put anything on paper, but one thing is for sure, the story was inspired by our friends and a lot of things that we all went through.

One day I sat my ass down and banged out a rough script. I printed it up and gave it to my brother to read and see what he thought. Soon we were at it with vigour and the story developed. Before we knew it, it no longer resembled our actual friends and real experiences, but it was cohesive and we both liked it – little did we know that it would re-resemble them and our experiences…