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Aluminum Journey

Oct 10th, 2011
by Dan.
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I just finished my latest video project today. This was probably the most effort I’ve put into anything I’ve done to date… more moving parts and shots than previous videos. I think it was also my first multi-location video as well.

Fun to shoot. Fun to edit (to a point). It changed focus from being an emotional, tiring journey to a lighthearted romp across various landscapes (the video, not my attitude toward making it). It also changed from having a somewhat serious message to… well… not.

I shot it using a Kodak Playsport and a Kodak Zi8. Editing was done using Hitfilm Ultimate. Music composed with SmartSound Sonicfire Pro. Additional sound cleanup was done using Audacity.

BadLipReading and Michele Bachmann

Oct 9th, 2011
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I saw this the other day and was stunned because of how well done it is… the substituted words match up perfectly with her mouth movements.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFB6LQ1-WKU

I’m also amused at the first comment.

It’s more coherent than she usually is.

Science doesn’t care…

Sep 2nd, 2011
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A friend posted this on her Facebook wall. Great stuff!

Science doesn't really give a shit about your beliefs

Culinary Conscience

Jul 17th, 2011
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I just finished the latest video that Megan and I shot back in October. I had some issues with the effects back then and gave up for awhile, which is why it took so long.

Hooray for bacon!

The effects and 98% of the editing were done using FXHome’s HitFilm. I used Adobe Premiere Elements for the titles and some of the sound.

Curse you, Phil Mickelson!

Jun 17th, 2011
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Phil Mickelson in commercial: “If you have painful, swollen joints, I’ve been in your shoes.”

Dammit, Phil! Get out of my shoes! You’re making my joints hurt!!! …and what the hell kind of disease do you have on your feet that causes my joints to hurt!!?!?

Conspiracies…

Apr 28th, 2011
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From indexed…

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Spot on, Jessica!

Yeah. She’s my daughter.

Mar 6th, 2011
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Megan was eating a warm, chocolate-chip cookie/brownie thing and had gotten to the center where it was all melty and chocolately.

I said, "Is that my part?"

She says, looking around in the bowl, "No. Your part is… Oh, sorry. I already ate your part."

I’m so proud.

Saving the Day

Aug 28th, 2010
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My latest video project is complete. I put the script together, shot it the next day (with an exceptional amount of help from Megan), and edited it together today. There are a few things I would have done differently, but I’m happy with it for the most part.

It involves an argument over what to have for dinner. I don’t want to give away the ending, but it involves my favorite type of meat.

The Button

Jun 26th, 2010
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Megan and my latest video project. We fight over control of a button with surprising results.

(h/t to Thundy for the rotoscoping tips)

Alien Rescue!

Jun 22nd, 2010
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Megan and I did some LEGO stop action work yesterday. And when I say “work” I really mean “play.” It was a good project for the first day of summer.

What if Twitter… came to life?

Mar 5th, 2010
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Twitter: The Criterion Collection

What if Twitter… came to life?

We asked some of our friends to film their favorite tweets. We didn’t care how they did it. They could read it. They could act it. They could do it with puppets. Whatever they wanted. The only rules were it had to be a tweet written by someone else and it had to contain the entire tweet and nothing but the tweet.

This is what they gave us.

We hope you enjoy it.

@poeks & @sween

(via Moltz)

Kitty is a very BAD Mystic

Jan 28th, 2010
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Really goofy, but it cracked me up.

Courtesy of Felicia Day via Twitter (@feliciaday)

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