2001: Dot Com

Date of Creation: 2000

Synopsis: Where does wind go? Dot Com is the new fragrance for internet culture.

A Brief History: If memory serves, this was Dan's commercial for video production class (mine was the clam juice commercial), and technology had progressed along significantly further in three years, it appears. The goal was to parody the ridiculousness of fragrance commercials on TV by adding a ridiculous online twist to it. I don't believe we officially licensed Moby's "Honey", so I imagine a lawsuit will be forthcoming.

We borrowed a fellow filmmaker's (Tristan Cook...whatever happened to that guy anyway?) steadicam jr. to do a bunch of sweet camera moves, and found a great fountain location in the innards of some office building, and we were set. I believe the voiceover is some strange combination of Mike Brasher, Dan and myself, depending on who read the line better. Obviously the pitch was lowered and echo added to make it sound REALLY AWESOME.

Critical Analysis: For a cologne commercial, I would say it makes arguably more sense than most.

2001: Grade B Bacon

Date of Creation: 2001

Synopsis: An unlikely partnership forms when two strip mall security guards find themselves at the center of a vast money laundering conspiracy.

A Brief History: I don't exactly remember what this was even for; it might've just been for fun. We had a golf cart at our disposal, might as well use it. Either way, it was created a LONG time before Paul Blart: Mall Cop, so that Kevin James dick totally ripped us off.

We filmed the whole thing in a strip mall on Droste, without permission of course. It was our first experiment with camera mounts, rigging our XL1S to the golf cart frame with C-stand arms and cartellinis.

Myers Heritage plays the mustachioed Vinny, the seasoned private security veteran, and Brian Sturgill is Charles, or Char Daddy, the rookie with something to prove. Supporting cast is Rory Sherony as the thief, with probably the most fantastic wig I've ever seen on a man, and myself as the (mexican?) drug lord running things behind the scenes.

critical analysis: I had completely forgotten we even made this until I came across it the other day, and I'm glad I did. It's pretty entertaining.