Category: Other
Walmart and Monsanto: A Love Story
A few weeks ago, I was asked to put together a short video poking fun at the new, controversial relationship between agricultural giant Monsanto and the world’s biggest private employer, Walmart. The concept we came up with was a parody of celebrity gossip show, TMZ, which we renamed CCZ. A few volunteers developed a couple [...]
Music Video for The Beanstalk Library
Last weekend (Jan 21), I headed over to my friend Ryan Walker’s apt in Arlington to film his band, The Beanstalk Library, at rehearsal. He’d had an idea to put together a video of them covering R.E.M.’s “World Leader Pretend” live in the living room. The proceedings had a wintery vibe to them, with fresh [...]
DC Beer Documentary – Trailer #2
I finally got some time with DC Brau, who broke the decades-old microbrewery dryspell in the District upon opening its doors in NE DC in 2011. First, I stopped into their Saturday afternoon growler hours a few weeks ago on their busiest day at the brewery, according to Brandon. They were previewing their new Thyme [...]
DC Beer Documentary – Trailer #1
I’ve been kicking this idea for a couple of months, talking to some local folks and casually assembling resources and research: DC hasn’t had its own microbrewery in decades and in 2011, three launched inside the district (with a fourth, Port City in Alexandria VA, leading the way). Why has this happened, exactly? Craft beer [...]
VIDEO: The Home Gymer
During our break from covering events around town, we’ve gotten somewhat addicted to the idea of shooting commercials for PopTent, both in a competitive sense as well as for the process of shooting and editing. This is our latest creation, or, technically our first, since we only acted in the UPS spot. The Canon Vixia [...]
UPS My Choice: Package?
We recently discovered Poptent, a web portal that allows companies looking for new commercials to solicit them from budding filmmakers. So, in collaboration with Tony, our director in Ripped Off, we submitted our first entry, for UPS’ new My Choice feature for deliveries. On a seemingly related-but not-really-note, our (“my”, sorry the third person habit [...]
VIDEO: Dog Costume Competition at Jackson 20
One of my favorite stand-up routines is the closing bit on Brian Regan’s first CD release, Live, in which the comedian details a conversation between two dogs that reveals two very bored individuals reminiscing about chasing cars. Dogs’ personalities have always fascinated me, but maybe not as much as what their owners put them through for the [...]
Meridian Pint Pig Commercial
On my way home from the Helix pumpkin carving event, I noticed the smoker parked n the sidewalk outside Meridian Pint in Columbia Heights and I know what that means. Pork is inevitable. I took some footage of the coming roast and found some Mozart to go with it. They do this every once in [...]
VIDEO: Helix Pumpkin Carving Contest
With Halloween approaching, I wanted to do at least one event that references the holiday in some way that did not involve cross dressing. Thanks, to Greg’s List (no affiliation), I found this small, low-key pumpkin carving contest at Helix, a bar I’ve been to exactly once, for a birthday party probably 5 years ago. [...]
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