As the VP Communications of the Economics Student Association for the University of Ottawa, I have to do all of the promotion for the upcoming 101 week (Frosh) in September for the new students. Here's the video I just shot.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
High School Videos I Wrote/Directed/Edited...and Acted In.
Here are the videos I made in high school. I wrote, directed and edited each of them. Some of them are unlucky enough to have me act in them. The best of the bunch is the last one. Watch as my filming skills develop before your eyes like a beautiful butterfly.
Anti-Smoking Ad (Winter 2005)
So I was forced to make this. I hate smoking. I've never touched the stuff. I never will. I don't hate smokers. If they've had a hard day and want to smoke, then good luck to them. I also hate annoying ads like these. Doesn't mean I'm not I'm going to do my best at making a video.
Student Bodies (Spring 2005)
The concept for this is a live action advertisement for a fictional side-scroller videogame similar to Street Fighter or Marvel vs. Capcom. I play "Slomo".
Untitled (Summer 2005)
I'm currently in university studying Economics. I'm sure if I went to film school, this would be the first idea I would have. "Ok...what's a good idea for a short movie...a guy in a chair... getting tortured....but we don't know who he is... and it's slowly revealed through flashbacks...It'll be so edgy." Since I was in high school at the time, the equivalent is "Violence is cool, and we have no budget, let's use a live power drill to someone's face." Which I actually do.
So yes, there's no story, it's a lazy concept, the characters are never explained, and I'm a terrible actor in it. Enjoy.
Jack Montana (Winter 2007)
I'm going to be honest. I think this is genius. What originally started as a 15 minute long short with one fleeting joke shot of a friend in a cowboy suit saying the "I wish I could quit you" line from Brokeback Mountain (which I've never seen, but I hear it's wonderful) turned into a five minute monolog with him now as the main character. That shot is still at the end of the movie. Jack Montana represents to me what the cowboy truly is. An idiot. The monolog is ultimately about nothing, and by the time it's over he's attacked typical republican targets: scientists, Ellen Degeneres, New York City, and foreigners, all with straw men arguments. The Brokeback Mountain theme used in the beginning is just to throw those off expecting another movie about making fun of Brokeback. I have to put the asses in the seats somehow, people.
Anti-Smoking Ad (Winter 2005)
So I was forced to make this. I hate smoking. I've never touched the stuff. I never will. I don't hate smokers. If they've had a hard day and want to smoke, then good luck to them. I also hate annoying ads like these. Doesn't mean I'm not I'm going to do my best at making a video.
Student Bodies (Spring 2005)
The concept for this is a live action advertisement for a fictional side-scroller videogame similar to Street Fighter or Marvel vs. Capcom. I play "Slomo".
Untitled (Summer 2005)
I'm currently in university studying Economics. I'm sure if I went to film school, this would be the first idea I would have. "Ok...what's a good idea for a short movie...a guy in a chair... getting tortured....but we don't know who he is... and it's slowly revealed through flashbacks...It'll be so edgy." Since I was in high school at the time, the equivalent is "Violence is cool, and we have no budget, let's use a live power drill to someone's face." Which I actually do.
So yes, there's no story, it's a lazy concept, the characters are never explained, and I'm a terrible actor in it. Enjoy.
Jack Montana (Winter 2007)
I'm going to be honest. I think this is genius. What originally started as a 15 minute long short with one fleeting joke shot of a friend in a cowboy suit saying the "I wish I could quit you" line from Brokeback Mountain (which I've never seen, but I hear it's wonderful) turned into a five minute monolog with him now as the main character. That shot is still at the end of the movie. Jack Montana represents to me what the cowboy truly is. An idiot. The monolog is ultimately about nothing, and by the time it's over he's attacked typical republican targets: scientists, Ellen Degeneres, New York City, and foreigners, all with straw men arguments. The Brokeback Mountain theme used in the beginning is just to throw those off expecting another movie about making fun of Brokeback. I have to put the asses in the seats somehow, people.
What This Blog Isn't
...a blog at all, since it will rarely be updated, and the updates themselves will mostly be for my benefit or my friends'. However, don't let that stop you from enjoying what I post. Since it won't be updated often, you'll be able to catch up very quickly.
There are only two blogs I read actually. Both are just components of much larger sites. One is the text complement to an excellent weekly podcast from St. Catherines. The other is a part of much larger website of film criticism and award show prognostication.
http://www.filmjunk.com/
http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/
PS. I'm not silly enough like most bloggers out there to think people care about what I have to say, but since this isn't a blog we'll do just fine.
PPS. I lied. I am silly enough to think people care about what I think. There will be one bloggy-type post at the end of the summer where I describe the 50 or so movies I've seen (most of them for the first time) this summer. If you live in a big city, check out your local library. I get all my movies from there for free.
There are only two blogs I read actually. Both are just components of much larger sites. One is the text complement to an excellent weekly podcast from St. Catherines. The other is a part of much larger website of film criticism and award show prognostication.
http://www.filmjunk.com/
http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/
PS. I'm not silly enough like most bloggers out there to think people care about what I have to say, but since this isn't a blog we'll do just fine.
PPS. I lied. I am silly enough to think people care about what I think. There will be one bloggy-type post at the end of the summer where I describe the 50 or so movies I've seen (most of them for the first time) this summer. If you live in a big city, check out your local library. I get all my movies from there for free.
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