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!
THEY ARE ESPECIALLY LOOKING FOR PRODUCTION PEOPLE AT ALL LEVELS!
And as a side note… (in alignment with the general M.O. of this blog) Vegas 1404 started without any production people and as they have continued to create more and more projects, they have acquired more and more help. That is the power of action and the power of momentum and I highly commend them for that. This is a great group to get involved with, and if you’re in town, I recommend you check it out.
Better Homes and Gardens was trying to do a food decorating segment on NBC’s Today Show, but things got wacky when some Drunk Ewoks entered into the party…
Seriously, it’s pretty funny and then sort of awkward when the Ewok started hump Han Solo’s leg.
Yes, I said leg humping.
(Apparently, even Ewoks had crushes on Han Solo… *sigh*)
And then Darth Vader takes away the martini. Vader is such a party pooper!
Gotta love live TV…
This is the link to the story as well as the video clip:
The prolific Vegas 1404 has come in with another short… “The Good Stuff”
I’m not going to call this a comedy movie, because it isn’t really funny as much as it interesting. I get what they are trying to do, but I didn’t really get it until the last line of the film.
Still, they continue to get technically better and better as far as production quality goes. I like the use of music and slow motion/fast motion. Framing was nice. Lighting was good.
The only thing that they need to look into is sound. I missed some of the dialogue because of the music and the hiss sound indicates use of an internal mic. An external mic would worked better.
Great job Vegas 1404! Looking forward to more… of the good stuff.
After waiting a long (albeit great) summer, South Park Studio is out with a new show tonight to kick off the 2nd part of Season 13!
It on Comedy Central TONIGHT at 10pm, my time (that’s the only important time because the world revolves around me…)
haha…
Just kidding…
(not really)
10pm Pacific / 9pm Central
PS: Episodes are posted HERE after they air, but the aliens won’t be on the posted episodes… So don’t forget to look for the alien during the broadcast… See website for details.
As promised in June (I’m a slacker, I know) here is a vlog and a new comedy movie online at YouTube from 80’s chicks, Brittany and Tiffany!
As I mentioned in the vlog, there is an upside to me taking so long to get this up here… I am learning Final Cut Pro (Finally!) and have been able to practice with this project. So it might take a while for me to get the edited version to you, but here is an unedited clip.
Another reason why it’s taking a while is because, honestly, almost the whole thing cracks me up. I’m finding it very difficult to cut because I don’t want to eliminate much of it.
And it was not scripted, so it’s not like I have the framework of a script to work from.
Enjoy and please let me know what you think of the new comedy movie!
