Here’s our latest
video, made for McDonald’s and Coke.
It’s currently airing in movie theatres
and on television, throughout the states. As
with the last T-Shirt War video, it all started
with a series of brainstorming sessions with
Rhett & Link about what
the video needed, and figuring out the gags.
Once the basic designs were approved(I’ll
post some of the "rejected" designs soon), I
then went ahead and created the final versions
you see in the video. Joe Penna came back again
to photograph and edit it to perfection. And,
like before, I also abused my face to create all
of the sound effects. Enjoy!
I just got back from a whirlwind McDonald’s and Coke
commercial shoot with Rhett & Link and Joe Penna. Like T-Shirt War
before it, I created all the art and animation
as well as the sound design.
*thwack!*
The fine folks at Webnation had me come in on
Wednesday, and talk about my experiences with
internet video. For those who don’t know,
“internet video” is a new form of
touch football. With lasers, or something.
Click pic for video page. Jump to the 10 minute mark
to see me mumble.
I just got back from a great trip in North Carolina,
visiting my pals Rhett & Link. We've got a
fantastic video in the works, but because of
some delays out of our control, that video won't
be seeing the light of day until November..ish.
I also had the pleasure of spending some time
with the enormously talented Joe Penna, who will be
directing that video.
Speaking of directing, Link directed my upcoming
music video. Say tuned for that, I'm just in the
editing process now.
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Alexis
Stoymenoff for her piece on comedy and music for CBC Radio 3. Click
the link below to listen. I’m in the first half of the piece.
The Globe & Mail have written a
cool article about Toronto rapper Abdominal,
an artist I had the privilege of featuring on
Youtube recently. There are a few quotes from me
sprinkled throughout. Here's part of the piece :
Abdominal's video was selected for the YouTube
homepage (U.S. and Canada) by Billy Reid of
verytasteful.com, who YouTube tapped to pick his
favourites for the hot spot. Reid is a Toronto
based artist who creates original quirky music
videos that have earned him a YouTube fan base,
like the popular “ White Chicks & Gang
Signs.” Reid made a conscious effort to
select Canadian videos, especially ones that
haven't been showcased on YouTube.
Well, so far 2008 is coming along nicely. I'm currently
working at CBC this month, helping out at Radio 3 (a great group of people,
btw). I'm also in the process of creating a new
video with Vancouver photographer Adam Schelle. We're excited about
the idea, and hopefully we'll be able to shoot
that sometime next week. I also have some cool
news involving YouTube, but I'll post that
sometime next week or so.
Keep you eye on the site, I'll be posting new music
very, very soon.
I've been working hard these
last two weeks over in Vancouver forCBC's upcoming show
Exposure.
I'm basically writing, producing and editing
pieces right now, with a little composing for good
measure. The show doesn't premiere for another 6
weeks, but you can check out the site atcbc.ca/exposure. I encourage any of you guys n'
gals to upload your best stuff to the site, as you
could get your stuff broadcast on national
television. There is also a cool $25,000 web
development deal that you could win, so check it
out.
