This promo video was made for the TREC program for ARCUS. TREC stands for Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating. The TREC web site describes it as "an educational research experience in which K-12 teachers participate in arctic research, working closely with scientists, as a pathway to improving science education." I made this video using just still photos and a few audio and video clips. The finished product was very well received by both ARCUS and TREC staff members. The video is currently being shown at various conferences to promote the TREC program.
Date: December 2005
Length: 4:07
File: 25.8 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
ARCUS - Arctic Forum internet ad version 1
Date: January 2005
Length: 2:04
File: 8.2 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
I made this Internet ad for ARCUS's 2005 Arctic Forum and Annual Meeting held in Washington DC. ARCUS wanted to find an exciting way to promote the conference that year, and thought an Internet video on the ARCUS home page would do the trick. After I completed the video it was on the homepage for 4+ months. The turnout for the Arctic Forum was higher than in previous years. Along with this 2:04 version, I also made a shorter 1:05 version for the sake of variety.
ARCUS - Arctic Forum internet ad version 2
Date: January 2005
Length: 1:05
File: 5.2 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
This is the shorter 1:05 version of the 2005 Arctic Forum Internet ad. This version was originally planned to replace the 2:04 version on the ARCUS home page after a couple months, but instead it was decided that the first version was probably more effective, and seemed to be the staff's favorite.
A-pearl-calypse Now
Date: April 2005
Length: 8:09
File: 35.7 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
A-pearl-calypse Now was made with a team of friends for the 48 Hour Film Project. For the competition, you are given a line of dialogue, a character, and a prop that you must use. Also a genre is chosen for your group by drawing out of a hat. The line of dialogue was "I'm not really like this", the character was 'J. Whithers - former child star', and the prop was a string of pearls. Our genre was 'horror'. We went with a campy comedic horror. Our movie ended up winning the viewer's choice for our screening at the Brattle Theatre. This is the most recent example of a short movie I have made.
Collision Masters television ad
Date: August 2003
Length: 0:30
File: 2.1 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
This is a 30-second television ad I made for Collision Masters. The audio track was made by Doney Advertising staff and I constructed the video using just the 'before and after' pictures and the Collision Master logo. I have made hundreds on TV ads such as this one, but unfortunately I have only a few examples, as the masters were all on Beta SP. Most of the television ads that I have copies of are the ones I made at home on my personal computer. I made this ad in Boston, and it aired locally in Fairbanks, Alaska for a number of months.
Showdown 2003 television ad
Date: May 2003
Length: 0:30
File: 4.8 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
This is a 30-second television ad I made for the 2003 Showdown at the Top of the World tournament that takes place annually in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. The 2003 ad was the third television ad I made for the tournament. I also made the main logo for the event back in 2000, as well as making the team application form, event guide, and print ads. The ad was created to appeal to a younger crowd of basketball players.
Four Days video poem
Date: May 2002
Length: 1:30
File: 8.0 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
Four Days was a short movie I made back in 2002. After the credits role I included a bonus 'video poem' reedit of the movie. Basically it is just a 1:30 review of the movie edited to a villanelle poem I wrote that covers the theme of the movie. This 1:30 short is just the video poem. The duration of the entire movie is over 20 minutes, so I did not include it here. In some ways, I think the pace of the video poem was more effective than the movie itself anyway. The main actress in the movie is my friend Jessica Hunt.
Box Office Video - Crouching Tiger television ad
This is one of several television ads I made for Box Office Video, and one of two that spoof a popular movie of the time. I made this ad at the height of the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon craze in 2001. I had my friends Jenny Regitano and Chris Taylor act out the part of the staff warriors in a birch forest outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. While obviously appealing to a slightly younger crowd in particular, mainly this was one attempt at countering the often drab content of local television advertising.
Date: July 2001
Length: 0:30
File: 4.9 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
Reversed
Date: May 2001
Length: 8:14
File: 57.0 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
Reversed is another short movie I made, this one in the spring of 2001. It follows a very basic plot line, and in many ways is essentially a music video. In it, the actress Rebecca Mease breaks free from a reversed world by walking in forward motion. To film this I had Rebecca walk backwards and reversed the footage. I am still impressed with her ability to look quite normal while walking backwards, as it enhanced the illusion that the whole world (except her) was in reverse.
Media Make Up
Date: April 2001
Length: 5:21
File: 30.7 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
Media Make Up is a short movie I made for a class project that uses 'found footage' to create a critique aound the theme of the objectification of women in television and movies. Clips from Weird Science, Howard Stern, Bloussant and Girls Gone Wild television commercials, as well as other sources, are edited repetitively and in conjunction with other footage to make one aware of how ridiculous the content can be.
Box Office Video - Box Club television ad
Date: August 2000
Length: 0:30
File: 2.8 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
Box Club is the other television ad I made for Box Office Video that spoofs a popular movie. This one took advantage of the DVD release of Fight Club. It begins with actor Scott Ledbetter explaining to his new Box Club recruits what the "first rule of Box Club" is. This ad aired for several months in the fall of 2000.
Metal Box
Date: May 2000
Length: 6:38
File: 31.1 MB Quicktime MPEG-4 320X240 15fps
Metal Box is the earliest short movie I have decided to put in this section, but certainly not the earliest movie I made. There is another 10 years of movie making before this, totaling 35+ movies. The plot of Metal Box involves a young man (played by Chris Taylor) that mysteriously finds a metal box in his stomach that allows him to see into the future. Considering I made this movie when I was 18, it is still one of my favorites.
