Chris Valenti is another friend/filmmaker of mine (also a great musician and comic) and he has some really great comedy movies online and I just wanted to turn you on to his blog.
In 2009 he vowed to do a short film each month and he succeeded and I think that by setting a goal that is both a stretch and something that he can track, he made a great choice, and he achieved his goal! YAY!
For anyone who is a fan of SNL… especially the classic Saturday Night Live shows from the 70’s and 80’s… this is a great series of videos from Funny or Die that have all the actors that ever played U.S. presidents, going back to Chevy Chase as Ford.
There is the main video, directed by Ron Howard, and then the other “outtake” videos. I especially like the “dream sequence” with Dana Carvey as Bush Sr.!
I <3 Dan Aykroyd!
Oh, and only non-SNL person they had was Jim Carrey play Reagan. (”Tag you’re it!”) HAHA!
It was a lazy Thursday yesterday when I shot this. I stayed in all day editing and was in the middle of working and thought “I should post a vlog update.”
If you like any of the following videos, please give them a “Funny” rating (by clicking on the word “funny” below the screen) on Funny or Die.
Hiring Pundits: I directed, wrote and edited this one.
Wide World Of Bowling
(My comments) Good job on Graphics and greenscreen. Might want to stand a little further away from greenscreen next time. The outline around the actors will be better.
Sometimes people used to writing for theater don’t realize that people are used to watching video with a lot of different shots, so it would have been cool if they had cut to “The Bulldozer” bowling or something like that… Especially if he was drunk when he bowled or other physical comedy. This would have added to the comedy and also made it more visually interesting. I’m very impressed with the ambitious use of graphics, though. Very cool, and most of them looked good!
VEGAS 1404 News
(My Comments) I like that they are shooting downtown Vegas. Very interesting area… I’m not involved with this but if I was, i would be highlighting the positive stuff going on… The artists, the new businesses to improve the area, something about themselves (Vegas 1404), First Friday, new theaters…
Everyone knows that Vegas has pimps and hookers and druggies… but why is that news? I think they’re still testing out this genre and it will get tighter as they go on. And I have a tendency to look for the up-side of things, and that may not be what they are going for which is cool. All voices are necessary in the world of art and flimmaking. Good job, guys!
Not going to comment on the content, winners, dresses, etc… But just wanted to alert you to the Oscars website, which is super-interactive and really fun!
It covers everything… not just the winners, but pre-show interviews, dresses, presenters, “thank you cam” (great idea for those that get cut off by the music), surveys and other great info.
My only dissatisfaction is that the official Oscars website asked who, in ceremonies past, did you like the most in terms of wardrobe, and I was not able to select Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s lovely dresses and wigs…
Trey Parker & Matt Stone at the Oscars 2006
I think that tops them all!!!
And the one kudos I would like to give is the director of The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow. FINALLY, a female director wins Best Picture and Best Director! YAY! Well Deserved… And for a war movie, no less… Double YAY!
Katheryn Bigelow
(If you want to see the Oscar winners without the http://oscar.go.com/ hooplah, you can also go to IMDB.)
Well, I spent this weekend shooting footage for NAZ Today of the Sedona Film Festival.
I got a tremendous quantity and high quality of footage, including an event called “Conversation with Michael Moore” and several great interviews with directors and producers of the films being screened at the festival, but unfortunately I don’t have the footage.
Sorry.
Here are some pictures… (sorry about the low quality)
