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Posted on: January 25th, 2010 Oh, really…me too

Here’s a couple things that are going on lately around here…

1.  Lost – Maybe watching this show for the first time & getting hooked last week was poor timing on my part.

2.  Flares – I want some Optical Flares.

3.  There’s some talk about some 2010 dirt.

4.  Seabird – Rocks into Rivers (trust me)

5.  We had a creative arts retreat and had a contest making these.

6.  There isn’t a #6.

Posted on: January 9th, 2010 100% Defective Openers

For our new series at New Life Church in January & February 2010…we wanted to make sure our perspective was right heading into the new year.  Looking at other people and pointing out their flaws only hurts our walk with God and ultimately – no one wants to be around a self-centered Christian…let alone a Christian who acts like they’ve got it all together.

We wanted to produce 2 openers that had a very good blend of different personalities – and do it in a way that was unique.  We’d seen several videos out there with a technique using masks and cropping to go between several source videos.  The first was from a music video by Sleepwalking called Everything is Made in China – and the second was from a Honda Civic ad titled “Everything“.

We failed completely at producing a video that had the same look – for one main reason.  We didn’t realize how creepy it would be to have 7 people all saying the same thing at the same time while their faces switch back and forth.  We painstakingly had all the actors reading their lines in the same cadence with playback which was rolling in the background – to make sure that we could slice between footage seamlessly.  It was completely creepy – and we spent about 18 hours in the edit process trying to make it not creepy.

No dice.

We had to roll with plan B – which we never really intended to do.  We created 3 separate spots using the same actors – saying some of their original lines.  You can see them below.

To show that we did have a couple wins with this opener – we shot with our new Canon 7D and Micro Red-Rock rig (photos on Nathan Pruzaniec’s Flickr). We also found a use for an amazing song by Kings of Convenience titled Boat Behind.  Toe tapper category.

Posted on: January 3rd, 2010 Kicks

Although they’ll probably never dethrone the Chuck Taylor All-Stars….these things would be my vote for next upcoming popular shoe of 2010.

According to StarWars.com, the first season collection will be split into three packs:

• Characters Pack: This pack takes the most iconic moments and characters from the Star Wars saga and brings them to life across five sneakers, two short sleeve T-shirts and the Superstar Track Top.
• Vehicles Pack: For this pack, we have taken inspiration from the well known vehicles and crafts from the Star Wars saga and translated them to our five most iconic adidas Originals sneakers and two key adidas Originals apparel models.
• Direct Pack: Darth Vader and the Stormtroopers appear in this pack as well as in the Characters pack.

They’ve got shirts, too – but I’m almost positive that’s only one step above Garanimals.

And these shoes are a little too close to “light-up Power Rangers shoes from Wal-Mart” – but I’m still intrigued.

Posted on: December 31st, 2009 Princess Cassidy

We’ve got a tradition of making movies around this house.  In case you missed Roman’s or Sydney’s – you should check those out too.

This time around, Cassidy got dolled up for her feature film debut and the red carpet was lined with A-list celebrities for hours after the premiere.

My personal favorite part – the apple.  She was so patient with multiple takes…it was a joy working with her and I’d be happy to do another picture with her if she would so desire.  (and I’m pretty sure she would so)