Proposal Videos

Many of my friends are extremely talented filmmakers. So talented, in fact, that one of them created a proposal video for his girlfriend.

Don't you just love love?

RJ took Katie back to Grafton (JMU's campus theater, which we all basically ran back in college, yaaaaay filmies!!) for their 7-year anniversary. She was under the impression that they were just going to see a movie, but RJ set everything up so that the video would play on the big screen. How cute is that?!

Katie studied Animation and RJ was in the same program I did back at JMU (video directing/producing/editing), and next year they're moving to California to pursue what I believe will be very successful film careers. RJ's just finishing up his first feature full-length film, Kidney Beans, that all of you should check out:

Kidney Beans Blog

Congratulations, Katie and RJ! I am so incredibly happy for the two of you and wish you the absolute best!

America's Next Lady Liberty - A campaign for Liberty Tax Service in Virginia Beach

Something I don't blog about that often is my day job, and honestly, I don't know why because it's a pretty amazing day job if I do say so myself.

I work for an advertising agency located in the heart of the Virginia Beach Oceanfront and we're producing some top-notch work. The project I've specifically been involved with is the Liberty Tax Service - America's Next Lady Liberty campaign. We just released our first batch of videos this week, and there are more to come in the future, so check in later this month for updates.

A special shout out goes out to all the actors who came out for these shoots, as well as the Salon at 31st and YNOT Pizza for graciously allowing us to use their locations.

Here are the spots, written and produced by yours truly:

This is what happens when you don't sleep for 48 hours.

Earlier this month, a group of us got together to write, shoot, and edit a short film in 48 hours. It was made for the 48 Hour Film Project, an international film competition that came through Hampton Roads a few weekends ago. My role in it was writer and assistant director, and I am so happy to have had the opportunity to work with some of the most talented filmmakers here in this area. Everybody who worked on the project was a huge asset to the team and none of this could have been done without their contributions.

Our required elements were as follows:
Character - Ed or Emma Butler, Travel Agent
Prop - Kite
Line - "When will she be back?"

The genre we ended up drawing was Film de Femme, which basically required a strong female lead.

We didn't win Best Film, but we did come away with a couple of awards, including Best Costumes and Best Special Effects.

Here is our film, but let me warn you that it is not family friendly. Please screen with caution :)



The film that took 1st place, Sea of Trees by Idyl King Entertainment can be found here.