Doing the Dew, Old School Style
Russ
Improv Everywhere heads out to a little league game to make them feel like they’re playing in the major leagues.
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Russ
For quite some time I’ve wanted to make a short film with a war theme. I’m thinking about 15 minutes in length. I was originally thinking about World War 2, but far too many films are made about WW2 so I want to think about something different.
I’m looking for some input, to see if anybody has any suggestions as far as a time period to use. We have a bunch of Soviet / Russian gear that we could use, and I think we could pull off one of the many crazy things the Russians have done. I haven’t really looked too much into all the conflicts they’ve gotten into but I am sure there are plenty to pick from.
I had wanted to do this in the winter, but it looks like it will probably get filmed this summer instead. I’m also still thinking about if I want it to just follow like one person, a group of people, etc. The less people involved always makes it easier to shoot.
What I’m really looking to do with this war film is massive experimentation. I want to play around with fake explosions, squibs, special effects, smoke, guns, bombs, etc. I really want to be spending tons of time in After Effects and Lightwave making it look awesome.
We’re setting up a green screen to use for the Youth Group so I’m sure we can use that for anything as well. I’m really just hoping to get some great hands on experience figuring this stuff out and making a really awesome movie.
If anybody is interested in throwing some ideas my way, or even if you’d like to help make this (I’m in the Colorado Springs area) please let me know. Your help is more than welcome!
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Russ
Sweet! The creators of South Park have learned that the internet is the perfect place to make money from your show! You can now watch pretty much every episode of South Park on the South Park Studios website! This is awesome and a major breakthrough in getting more shows online!
I’ve seen some people complaining of the ads and that really gets to me. First, how do you expect them to make money if they don’t show any ads? Second, there are three 30 second ads in the whole show. That’s like a bajillion less ads than if you were to watch it on TV. And the ads they show aren’t really that bad. Get over it and watch some freaking South Park!
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Russ
Here’s an awesome video put together of some of the greatest moments in Quentin Tarantino’s films
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Russ
Even though I canceled my satellite service I still get some time to watch a few shows. I am really glad the major networks put their shows online, but I wish SciFi and Bravo would do the same.
Top Chef just started back up and that’s one of my favorite shows. I don’t know what exactly makes me like it, probably just the whole general competitive cooking deal. Hells Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares are also two of my favorite shows.
Battlestar Galactica starts back up on April 4th and it couldn’t get here any sooner. If I could only watch one TV show it would be Battlestar Galactica. Check out the What the frak is going on video on the BSG website. I also love Stargate Atlantis, but haven’t watched it too much.
The Office comes back April 10th! Booyah! Who doesn’t love the Office? You don’t, well screw you, the Office rules!
And I’m really glad the writers will start getting paid when I watch one of their episodes from the network’s website.
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