So I guess this qualifies as a viral video… I had the pleasure of catching the Indiana Jones 4 trailer the day it was released and it was a pleasureful morning in part because the trailer actually looked good, content wise if not quality. The trailer brought back some nice memories from my childhood when movies lived up to expectations or better yet set expectations so high they would never be met. For many kids my age it was Star Wars and I put myself in the mix as a fan but not a fanatic, but my true hero was Indiana Jones and the chills it brought me as a eleven year old. I remember begging my grandmother to bring me to the theater to see the original over and over and her tolerating the film to see me enjoy it. Months later I traded a copy of “The Howling” for a betamax copy of the original Indiana Jones and watched it over and over with the very poor quality, dubbed a thousand times look that it had. Anyway a few days back when I saw the “sneak peek” of the trailer on the WGN morning news ripped off from the web with a quality very degrated and similar to the old Beta film that gave me chills years ago I got chills again. Not necessarily because the trailer was amazing but because it brought me back to my childhood again when Indiana Jones was the man.
I like the video I saw earlier today with the dancers on the subway dancing to Thriller. It reminded me of my buddy Kyle’s video he made in high school years back. That video was a serious attempt at a remake and didn’t have any significant comedy to it other than hoping with all my heart that Kyle becomes famous so I can show the tape to Jay Leno and embarass him. Maybe with Kyle’s permission I’ll post a clip of his video so you guys can check it out and start the embarassment early.
So I was watching the fox video of Montel Williams when he’s asked a question about Heath Ledgers death and started going off on all the dead soldiers not getting attention in Iraq and it got me thinking. I’m getting a little sick of all the paparazzi coverage of things, mostly Brittany Spears, and I can see the Heath Ledger coverage building a little but at least there was some news there. The thing that pissed me off with Montel is that regardless of how much he’s put into the public awareness of the war he’ll still be a hypocrite in my book and gets a thumbs down for taking an any means necessary approach to getting his Iraq message across. Take a deep breath Montel and focus your anger in a more positive way towards the politicians who can make a difference.
VFV has partnered with Rochelle to produce a new series of videos which premiered earlier this week on the web. The videos are very simple and are born from the feeling in the midwest of being stuck inside with the frigid weather outside. Rochelle approached me after seeing a trailer for 27 Dresses with Katherine Heigl where she has a huge closet with 27 amazing dresses. Rochelle’s closet didn’t have 27 Dresses in it but had eleven dresses that she thought represented what a real girl might have in her closet. So when Rochelle approached me, I jumped at the chance to show the world her closet, which grew into ROCHELLE SHOW after I spent a day with her trying on various items from her closet. Thumbnails below show some of the items she tried on. What’s interesting about the Rochelle Show is her openness to share stories about herself and the clothing with the audience as she tries each item on. The stories range from being accosted at a night club to getting “laid” in Hawaii. Instead of cutting between each dress we get a voyeuristic view as she struggles pulling a dress on over her head or pulling up a zipper. Rochelle Show might be just an experiment or it might grow into other episodes that explore other aspects of her life. Only time will tell.
Shot a series of videos Saturday for Our51stState.com and now the editing begins. The shoot featured an ensemble cast as comedy writers performing content that would make some people blush. I’ll post some still grabs in the coming days and look forward to having the first clip ready for release by the first of the year. Special thanks to the cast and crew for helping make everything happen, especially Gary Teideman and Amy Steele for going above and beyond.
VFV is proud to announce that Our51stState.com has hired ViralFilmVideo.com to produce Viral Videos to promote it’s website. The site (still in pre-launch mode) will be a place for the public to learn more about the US involvement in Iraq and as well as socially network and purchase T-shirts, Bumper Stickers & Buttons. If you get a chance, buy a button and say that ViralFilmVideo.com sent you.
Just looking at footage from the recent shoot for Assisted Living episode 8 (and parts of 9 & 10) last week. We returned back to the apartment briefly where Dustin returns home and is welcomed back by his sister after her hissy fit. It’s been a couple episodes since working with Grace McPhillips who plays “Sarah” and it’s a dream. The only downside is being cramped back in what’s a drab apartment set. We introduced a new character “Daryl” played by comedian Darius Kennedy. He’s another Stand-Up Comedian, and Dustin’s only “black” friend. They bump into each other and catch up and Dairus invites him to perform his stand-up. It also gives him someone his own age to bounce jokes off of. (this will make more sense after people watch the episodes). Anyway, we’ll try to sneek in another shoot outside before winter really hits but either way we have a two month supply of episodes ready to go.
Started posting our videos to three new sites over the weekend. VEOH.COM , CRACKLE.COM and STUPIDVIDEOS.COM are three great sites. I love youtube for the mass qualities but I really am hoping that our videos, especially the NEW SERIES can find a permanent exclusive home. One of the pluses would be building a home and hopefully having a revenue stream so we can continue making the videos with less focus on us having to package the advertisers. Our advertiser base is growing but is still very small, it also gives us more time to focus on the creative.
I can’t wait to release the new videos we have produced but I want to try to see if we can find an exclusive home that will really market and promote the film. Hopefully more to come soon.
ViralFilmVideo.com has been hired to create new video clips for an upcoming feature film directed by Joe Otting called “Under New Management.” The clips that were filmed late October will play on video screens within the feature film and hopefully will be showcased at a theater near you on the big screen. Contractually we’re not able to show you the clips until after the movie premieres, but you’ll have to trust us that they look great. Thanks to Joe and everyone at The Good Film, LP for thinking of us and best of luck with the rest of the film.
What’s interesting about the Rochelle Show is her openness to share stories about herself and the clothing with the audience as she tries each item on. The stories range from being accosted at a night club to getting “laid” in Hawaii. Instead of cutting between each dress we get a voyeuristic view as she struggles pulling a dress on over her head or pulling up a zipper. Rochelle Show might be just an experiment or it might grow into other episodes that explore other aspects of her life. Only time will tell. 
