You'll Never Forget Your First!
Here's the first video I've produced for Mob Logic. Let the fun begin! The show launches March 7th. If you're in Austin next week come by our party on Sunday. Details to follow soon.
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February 27, 2008
February 24, 2008
People in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones
Obama called this the "silly season" in politics. Let the silliness begin:
Network Graphics Folk Rebel!
Either the graphic designers are mad with the host and love to play them the fool or there's a more overt Obama smear agenda going on. Check it out:
February 18, 2008
Political Love
One of my favorite political online shows, "Political Lunch" showed me some love last week by listing the mash-up videos as their #1 story. I sent him a link to the videos through FaceBook. I love when the love goes around. Almost makes me believe in Valentine's Day again. Not really. Here's the show. Watch to the end:
Here's the URL for the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/YouChooseCandidates
February 17, 2008
Putin, Chavez and Sarkozy Hates Us!
Our soon to be launched show has been discovered by world leaders... and they're not happy.
February 14, 2008
Valentine's Day Wishes from the Trash Can
My loving wife, Luci, took and sent me this photo for Valentine's Day.
I love you too!
It goes perfect with this video:
February 12, 2008
It's a Small Web After All
A while back, I put subtitles on a YouTube video and since have garnered over 5 million views. Today, while Googling Pat Buchanan (don't ask), I came across someone else's mash-up of the debates and my video. It's a small web after all.
Here's their video:
What Makes a Good Parody?
The empty messaged and overly emotive, Barack Obama video, "Yes.We.Can" by the "can you believe they take themselves seriously" Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am has been poignantly spoofed:
Here's the "original":
Apparently, the band is ripe for parody:
February 03, 2008
Art on YouTube? Could It Be?
YES!!!
SXSW Here I Come. As an Exquisite Corpse!
So I've signed on to be a in The Exquisite Corpse Film Experiment (read below). I've also been asked to participate as a panelist at SXSW this year as the representative filmmaker of the project. The panel is part of both the Interactive and Film festival. This will be my first time as a panelist and it will be my first major film fest to attend while NOT working.
It's been about 15 years since I've been to Austin so I'm really looking forward to it. Wallstrip's brother show, Moblogic.tv is going down there to tape some shows, so they're taking me along.
I just got my "moment of inspiration" yesterday. I wish I could post it for all to see, but I'm bound to secrecy. That goes for my story and filmmaking plans as well. Luci has been documenting the progress of the film. She's still trying to get clearance for the panel in Austin, but the available pass limits her to taping from her seat. It'd be a shame to miss the opportunity to integrate SXSW into the film. Read more about her process HERE!
Here's some detailed info about what we're doing:
Tag, You're It!
The Exquisite Corpse Film Experiment
A SXSW Film/Interactive panel & Film project
Tag, You're It! is a filmmaking experiment that explores creative collaboration.
In 1925 the Surrealists invented an art experiment/game called the exquisite corpse, or Le Cadavre Exquis . In it a group of artists collaboratively created artworks. It started as a word game in which each participant would write a phrase, fold the paper to conceal part of it and pass it on to the next player. This process started as a game, and was adopted by the Surrealists and Dadaists as a way to make art. The participant artist fights against the chaos that the form imposes on her, and tries to make a coherent whole.
Tag, You Are It! is a project that explores how the exquisite corpse experiment could be applied to filmmaking. In 2008 a group of filmmakers will come together to create an exquisite corpse film, collaboratively creating a feature film. Each team will create a 4-5 minute segment on film or video. When they are finished they will pass the last minute of their film to the next team, along with a collection of headshots of the actors involved, and a prop or object featured in their segment. No other information will change hands. The next team must incorporate one of these elements into their piece and will have 2 weeks to write, cast, shoot, and edit their segment. The final film will be submitted to the 2009 SXSW film festival.
The teams will span the spectrum of story creators. Traditional filmmakers- both narrative and documentary, conceptual video artists, playwrights, animators- all are fair game. A website will track the creation of each piece, showcasing behind the scenes footage, each segment's final minute, as well as information about the filmmakers, and an ongoing production blog. This website will go live shortly.
Tag, You're It! will be kicked off at the 2008 SXSW Film/Music/Interactive festival. A March 11th panel will discuss the challenges presented by collaborative story creation. Issues of ownership, creative control, traditional story structure, and what happens to all of these when they are shattered by an arbitrary set of rules that mandate surrendering control.
February 01, 2008
Sex, Guns, Booze and Hilary!
This was a fun one to shoot, but a challenge to edit.
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