Friend's Videos

Here are some links and videos made by friends:



Black Magic Rollercoaster is great. Thomas is skilled at mimicking genres. Mostly inspired to make stuff for Alamo Draft House's various competitions, his videos show great style and a suburb sense of humor. Whether it be the Unnecessary Sequel Trailer Contest, or the 48-Hour Bloodshots Horror Film Contest, or in the case of my personal favorite that I embedded below, the BPM 48-Hour Music Video Contest, it proves that Thomas has a cool brain.



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You should definitely also check out the unnecessary sequel "SON OR DAUGHTER? OF GLEN OR GLENDA?" because it is very very well done. Wiley does a really amazing job in it, tough role too. You may know him from Dazed and Confused and Waking Life. He made a little video that I'm in. Made from footage taken through his infrared camera of a little walk we took around my old neighborhood. Nothing crazy, very simple and sweet. What's awesome is that it looks like it's winter and we're on another planet, but actually it was summer in Austin, Texas. Here's a link to that: Going for a Walk, it's on his blog:New of The Dead.



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Speaking of things I'm in, but really this has very little to do with me, Jason directed and Ben produced and edited this Super 16mm film called Rut. It Won Best Overall at the 2006 Open APPerture Film Festival, got Viewer's Choice at the 2006 Jumpcut Film Festival, and an Audience Award at the 2006 Cinematexas Film Festival, and was Feature at Fantastic Fest 2006. I'm only in it for a second, dressed as Dorthy and holding a shotgun! Which made for a great photo op that got published in the Daily Texan, even though I barely did anything. That was one of the best costumes ever!

It's worth seeing eventhough it's in a little flash box as opposed to how beautiful it was in its original format. strange subject, odd tone to the film, interesting, really well shot.

Here's a link: "Rut"


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Speaking of little videos with me. My friend Brandi made this little thought provoking flower half outta footage from us karaoking and half outta I'm not sure what. She describes it as: "simpletone explores night setting." It's both kinda terrifying and sorta sweet...

dear deena




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There's much more I want to share at this moment but I'm tired of blogging. I'll come back and put more friend's videos up soon. And hopefully soon enough I'll put some stuff I've been working on as well. I went on an erasing spree recently, caused by Vincent Gallow. I'm afraid to write his name here now. He had one of my videos on youtube taken down due to "copyright infringement" because I mention him in the description. I didn't use any footage or music or anything that he has a copyright on. When I posted the little homemade video, of which I did the sound & music too, I threw together a description. It read "Vincent Gallo went looking for his lost love tripping on mushrooms and it was very difficult. He put all his blood sweat and tears into this journey, but to no avail. As if in a dream, he heard the eerie voice of a mysterious woman detective that could find his lost love." And that was enough reason for him to get it taken down and accuse me of copyright violation. Ugh! I'll also mention that he took down footage from the original movie that the song "Come Wander With Me" by Jeff Alexander was in. As you may know, he used that amazing song in Brown Bunny, which I really liked.

Anyways... tangent!