Date of creation: 1992
Synopsis: A farcical yet shocking predecessor to the great flood of 1993, Too Much Rain chronicles a brief interview between hard-hitting veteran news reporter Jeff Muddy and generic central american resident Nico Arocha.
A Brief History: As far as I know, this was quite literally the first documented video I ever made. It was for a 4th grade project on...something educational, but I'm not exactly sure what. Probably Hurricane Andrew/Felix/Henriette striking the mosquito coasts in 1992. i.e. Nicaragua if my cringe-inducing, pun-filled name is to be believed.
My dad ran our state of the art Sony 8mm video camera, while my mom stood on our deck and sprayed our umbrella with the hose. I made my titles with a toy I had called a Video painter (rev-depot.com/2011/08/26/v-tech-master-video-painter-v-tech-1994/), which I ran into the VCR and recorded the titles in-line. The b-roll was of my backyard during a particularly heavy rainstorm. If you squint really hard and imagine it as helicopter footage, it totally works.
Critical Analysis: Unencumbered by the concept of doing multiple takes, Nico Arocha was uninspired, stumbling through his lines and relying heavily on a non-regional central american accent to flavor his character. As Jeff Muddy, however, Jeff Geiss was the epitome of perfection, and in my opinion, robbed that year of a regional emmy for best news broadcaster.
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