Friday, May 25, 2012

1999: The Epps Geometry Project


Date of Creation: 1999

Synopsis: 3 high school students venture into the woods in search of...geometry. Their academic adventure turns south when strange objects begin appearing around them.

A Brief History: The Epps Geometry Project was, in fact, a geometry project, in which we were supposed to document geometry in nature. The assignment was actually to do photographs, not video, if I remember correctly, but we decided to take it a step further.  In fact, it wasn't even my geometry assignment; it was Dan's.

Mike and I had been taking kenpo lessons at this point so that we could choreograph fight scenes, but I guess we pretty much just threw that out the window and went for pro wrestling moves instead. Or maybe we started taking kenpo shortly after discovering how much we sucked at choreographing fights.

Realizing that 15 minutes of shapes would probably be the most boring thing literally every, we called upon some friends to make cameos to liven things up. Jim Zepp as the old redneck and Brian Cook and Michael J. Cline as the british fisherman added much needed color to the piece.

Critical Analysis: I can fervently defend the awful, awful camera work as visual motif that nods to the original Blair Witch, but the truth is, it's pretty much just awful camera work. Also, why do we bring sleeping bags and a tent for a two hour hike, then sleep on the floor of our shitty tent uncovered?

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