So I’ve recently been posting about a video per day, but have just realized that I’ve missed updating THIS site with those videos. Here they are!
1. Vlog Six | On the Set of “Jinx” (Part Three)
More from the shooting of our new short.
We couldn’t sing at him, and we couldn’t ignore the ridiculousness. The internet was our only way to call out the grade 11 kid acting *way* too cool.
2. Vlog Seven | On the Set of “Jinx” (Part Four)
We’re done Day One of filming. Just lettin’ loose.
3. Vlog Eight | On the Set of “Jinx” (Part Five)
Our second and final day of filming. We find an AV cart and things get crazy professional. But crazy first.
4. Vlog Nine | Vancouver 2010
The opening ceremonies of the Olympics? More like the opening ceremonies of the future.
If you don’t like reading words, you’ll love this description:
Started shooting a new short today. Here is some extra footage.
At TEDxVancouver a few months ago, our region’s best working filmmaker, Neill Blomkamp (now an Academy Award-nominated writer, ya heard?) was featured as a headlining speaker.
Now as if this fact wasn’t enough to get me excited (the newspaper I read about it in was unfortunately printed after the conferences registration deadline; of COURSE print is going to survive…), it was his topic and the way he presented it that left me pretty amazed.
The basic premise of his talk? The aliens in District 9 are nothing like how he believes real aliens are/would be. Fair enough, one would go on to expect 13 minutes about Weta and the impracticalities of non-humanoid creatures in a narrative film. This does not happen.
What he does, rather, is take advantage of the medium of a pre-recorded talk (he was out of town during TEDx) to edit together and narrate a captivating, theoretical science-driven vision of our universe, life on other planets, and the future of human civilization in a way that most of us probably haven’t ever thought of.
I know the man has his passions, but his level of research and knowledge on this topic is still surprising. I can’t help but feel that he might be using at least part of this as his next film, another sci-fi piece that he seems incredibly excited about in other interviews and spaces.
If it isn’t part of his next film, it’s still a fascinating quarter-hour to watch. If it is, however, we’re in for a mind-bending treat once his second film is unleashed in cinemas in the next couple of years.
There is no longer any doubt in my mind that DSLRs are potent tools for real filmmaking. shot on the Canon 7D by Eliot Rausch Luke Korver, and Matt Taylor, this short-form doc captures a beloved dog’s life as it comes to a close.
Beautiful, touching, and near-impossible to make or see without modern technology.
Less than 24hrs after I told Ben Wright (star of such classics as our short films Open Doors and Like a Soapbox) my idea for a podcast for us to do last night, we are now starting what we hope will become a regular podcast - taking various popular DVDs and recording our own comedic insights and thoughts in the form of a commentary track. Today we recorded our first episode, and it’s a fun one.
I hereby present to you Episode One - Twilight, the film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s classic novel.
Neither of us had seen the film before, but we hope to provide both comfort and company for all those forced into watching the film, as well as a fun re-watching for fans with a sense of humor. It works as a standalone podcast, but is really a lot better when you have the movie to go with it.
Download the mp3 here (right-click and save as), and enjoy!!!
The musical accompaniment at the start and end of the track are from Childish Gambino’s “Get Like Me”. It’s a free download, so have fun with that.
P.S. if the tagline in the above image was more prominently in the film’s marketing, I would have been a lot more interested in seeing it earlier. The film didn’t follow through on the promise of that question, but it still seems like a really powerful theme to explore.
UPDATE: Episode Two is out and you can subscribe to us on iTunes!
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At this time next week, we should (Insh’Allah) be done shooting a new short film, “The Impractical Job”. It’s the story of a man (Ben Wright) who decides to rob a video game store so he can trade the games back in and buy himself some tap dance shoes.
We actually filmed about 85% of it in March 2007, but, due mostly to technical difficulties and partly to insufficient effort on my part, it didn’t make it all the way to online release.
I’ve wanted to reshoot for a while now, and my lazy side just this afternoon forgave my proactive side for telling Ben that I was interested in reshoots over spring break and thus essentially commiting to following through. When the thought crossed my mind that I only did one fictional narrative film in all of 2008, and even that for a pressure-on 48 hour film competition, I realized I actually WANT to do this. I’ve been all talk, no action - exactly the kind of person I don’t like.
So as I kick into high gear on Montage 2009 (our district-wide film festval), I figure I might as well do the same on the film side while getting scholarship applcations sorted. I knew I worked well under pressure, I just didn’t realize it was so crucial to my sucess.
Screenplay rewrites tommorrow. Let’s do this.
