Christmas re-imagined

Now that the re-imagined trailers have taken off, people are re-cuting and dubbing in new sound to create new videos.

Videos here

Here are a few from 10 Zen Monkeys, via Boing Boing and Candleblog

Boing Boing's videos linked to in '06

New look coming

Blogger is offering a new look. I will migrate soon.

This also features multiple authors and an RSS feed, so I'll be getting a little more into the 21st Century. Looking forward to having other folks being able to publish their thoughts and photos here.

Bronx sunrise

I have ben working on a short film and had to be in da BX at 7am. It was pretty nice out and the sunrise was partiularly stunning.

Kalua

I was giving Charles (who's name is actually Chris), one of our PA's, a ride to the LIRR after a long day of shooting. After dropping him off at the Jamaica Station, I was looking for the way back home, when I spotted a likely place to pull over and look at the map. I looked across the street and I was in front of Club Kalua, where Sean Bell was killed. Very weird.

Hopper Exhibit at the Whitney

My good friend Christopher and I went to the Whitney last month, to see the Edward Hopper exhibit. We're both fans and a good chunk of his work was given to the museum, including sketches, notebooks, ledgers, etc. Hopper is one of my favorite painters and probably one of my biggest influences.

As we left the musem, we decided to take a walk and look for somewhere to have lunch. Around the corner from the museum we found this signpost, where people leave their Whitney ticket/sticker. Like good museum goers, we added ours to the post.

Manscaping made easier?

Most of the time, Earthlink has really annoying ads in their bannerspace. Really annoying ones. Just now a rather funny one is running. It's for Norelco's Bodygroom. I clicked over to the website and the intro is pretty hilarious. After it runs, Mr. Handsome model strikes a new pose, or does a humorous move.

If you're really bored, you'll have a good laugh.

Watch Don't Sweat It, Saturdays at 11:30AM, on HGTV!!

That's right! Steve's Got the bull by the horns.

Mark Very unhappy now :~((

BUT...

Don't Sweat It makes Mark Happy :~))


More random pix from DSI:

Monica and I at the wrap party. Monica was always fun to have on set and she has a good sense of humor.

Not bad for a girl.


Me and Sean. I've comandeered his doo rag.

Comedy Webisodes Mark shot coming to you soon, via those internets

A couple of weeks ago I shot three "Webisodes" for Turner's new broadband comedy network. Yep, I'm gettin' in on the ground floor. I'll let y'all know when the webisodes are posted. I've been ordered to change this post, so It's more generic. Keep an eye out for updates once Turner's site launches. Sorry 'bout that Turner, just trying to get the word out.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable network owner Turner Broadcasting System on Monday said it plans to launch a broadband comedy network in January as parent company Time Warner Inc. bulks up its Internet businesses.

The company that helped popularize cable television with CNN and TNT cable networks will launch Super Deluxe, an advertising-supported Internet site that features originally-produced comedy videos aimed at young adult viewers.

The move comes as big media companies race to profit from a surge in online video viewership by making many of their television shows available for free or a small charge per episode.

Web video growth has been dominated by the viewing of quirky, viewer-created clips and pirated segments of copyrighted programs on sites such as YouTube Inc. Google agreed to purchase YouTube for $1.65 billion earlier in October.

Turner said it aims to create and distribute "television quality" short-form films and episodic shows featuring established and emerging actors.

Super Deluxe shows will also be available on cable TV video-on-demand services.

CBS Corp. also distributes originally produced video programs on the Internet.

Reuters, via Yahoo News

Rush Limbaugh is a fat stupid fuck

There, I said it . But then, we all knew that, right? Spewing all that hot air and bullshit, I'm going to say that Limbaugh is the source of global warming.

Here endeth the rant.

Watch Don't Sweat it on HGTV, Nov. 4 at 11:30 am

The show that I gaffed on this past summer, Don't Sweat It, with Host Steve Watson will premiere on November 4 at 11:30 am on HGTV -Home & Garden TV. Check out the schedule Here.


The Gang.



Steve Watson, Host of Don't Sweat It. He funny. He make things.




Drew our on air Carpenter, was discovered at the 23rd St. Home Depot.



Jane, Steve's Co-Host and Teh Hott Sidekick. That's Max, one of the homeowner's dogs.

We had a lot of fun, worked hard and made some pretty cool stuff. The crew was really great and we all got along, even when it was hour 14 and there was still a few more hours to go. Hopefully there will be a second set of episodes. We shot the first thirteen episodes from the beginning of August 'til the end of September.

When Ed wasn't fixing his hair, he was helping me hang lights.


Moto, my good buddy and Key Grip/Swing. Not sure what he's doing there.


Our DP, Matthew, doing what he does best.




Jimmy, the guy who made it all happen. He took everything we could throw at him and he just smiled. A true Professional.


Kim directed a few episodes. There, there, punkin. It'll be alright.

Each episode took two days to shoot. Sometimes day two was long. Really long. I got to scout the first two locations, but after that, every time we arrived on location, it was like hitting the beach at Normandy. We just looked around real quick and then I stuck lots of Kino tubes on the ceiling.
I invented a rig to help me do that. Patent pending.