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!
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.
