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The Fox and the Chickadee

About a month ago Evan DeRushie asked me to be involved on his short film "The Fox and the Chickadee". I instantly said "Yes, I will." It is now seeking additional funding.

Check out the link below, and donate and/or spread word of this stop motion animation.

http://www.indiegogo.com/thefoxandthechickadee

Timber Timbre - Black Water

All we needed was some sunshine while working in a dungeon we call our studio. While half our space was being used to shoot a short animation, Winston and myself were in the other half creating sets, and puppets for Timber Timbre's music video - Black Water. It was two months of planned building and creating; going over shot lists, checking that we had everything, making sure puppets were functional and that we would be ready for the 3 days of shooting in a flour covered room.



The most stressful of the puppets were the fish creatures. They were made up of clear balloons and had LED lights wired into their bodies that lit up. The wire that was fed through the balloon was tightly wrapped with an elastic band around the mouth piece to prevent the air from escaping. This method barely worked. The faces of the creatures also caused problems. They were held on by clear tape, and once the fish was covered in flour it made it nearly impossible to make any adjustments to the face. The tape would not stick to the flour covered balloon. However the dangling floaters made up for it. They were a lot of fun.




We needed the look of sand blowing around underwater so we were constantly blowing on certain areas to achieve the effect. It created such a mess. Flour was everywhere; on the floor, up our noses, and even in our pants.

3 Spots Aired

Here is one of the finished spots I worked on. Directed by Matt Unsworth

MuchMusic / Doritos The End - Werebag from Matt Unsworth on Vimeo.

Doritos - The End

To bring you all up to date with the new Doritos campaign, they are holding an online contest open to all. The idea is to submit a short written ending to a previously shot commercial - you can go here www.writetheend.ca to check it out - and than the ideas are voted upon.

MuchMuch in conjunction with Doritos recently shot 3 demo commercials/endings at Film Fort Studios. We had a week to shoot the 3 stop motion animated spots and under the Direction of Matt Unsworth we were able to get it all complete.

The sequences can be seen on MuchMusic on a regular rotation.

Duncan(s) Stor(e)y

Here is a recent portrait video I shot. Duncan is from Grimsby and is the younger brother to Basil - a former documented candidate. This short, documents our trip to beamer falls in Grimsby. We tried to capture a live recording of Duncan's song on tape with some frogs in the background but for some unknown reason we could never find any. When we were quiet the frogs would all start chirping in every direction around us however there were no frogs in site.

We then drove to St. Catharines, to find the fish, but like the frogs, there were none.



cheers

Shitty Puppets Make Shitty Music Videos

In September we began creating puppets at the Exploding Motor Car Studios. It was for a non-music video concept for AIDS Wolf. We assembled the puppets with basic fabric, and sewed the fronts to backs tall enough and large enough for our arms to fit inside. We then cut out the shapes of the mouths, and painted each character and tacked on old foam peanuts, and scraps from previous videos.

To create the effects of poo smearing, we used oatmeal mixed with pudding and it made me hungry for cookies. The large turd monster, was created out of a disassembled plastic bag igloo from a Tegan and Sara music video and bound with some excess cheesecloth. The large monsters head had a hole in the back so I was able to reach in and stick my hand out of the mouth and manipulate it like a tongue. Once my hand was in, it was covered in pudding to look slimy.

The video starts off like a "How We Made" video, like previous videos and progresses into a chaotic battle between a band and their shit.

Enjoy!