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Jul

2007

Today on The Daily Reel...Sprint dreams up a little behind the scenes, Jessica the Hippo makes herself right at home, Christopher Guest directs viral videos for Intel, and Hillman Curtus brings us Embrace. Behind the Scenes: Sprint's "Dreams" http://www.thedailyreel.com/spotlight/commercials/archive/2007/07/23/behind-the-scenes-sprints-dreams Jessica the Hippo http://www.thedailyreel.com/spotlight/adorable/archive/2007/07/23/jessica-the-hippo-part-of-the-family Christopher Guest http://www.theda

Upscale Plastic Surgery

Straight out of Chicago comes a fresh approach to making stand-up both visual and viral. Here, comedian Mike Bridenstine tells the tale of a girl too high class for bargain-basement plastic surgery. The mixture of narration and reenactment does a great job of preserving the rhythm of stand-up, while adding some delightful sight gags and interaction. Chicago is legendary for its improv comedy, but a few years ago the stand-up scene was nonexistent -- save for a few struggling independent clubs, where t

A Tribute to Every Video Site

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Tribute... or satire? In this spot-on spoof of the production values and styles of the various leading online video sites, the folks at Panda Smash take us through various incarnations of a first date, according to YouTube, iFilm, AtomFilms, JibJab, CollegeHumor.com, et. al. Even Homestar Runner's animated characters make an appearance. Founded in October 2006, Panda Smash are Midwesterners Paul Jury and Sam Greenspan, former Northwestern University students who after trying Hollywood screen-writing and

Jul

2007

The Daily Reel - July 18

politics

Today on The Daily Reel....Larry Strong and Kevin Arbouet bring us "Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl" for BarelyPolitical.com...Guy Bar'ely's thesis animation "Cycle" explores homeless life in Brooklyn...and Ghostlight Digital shares their visual effects secrets on their REELEDin profile. The Daily Reel http://www.thedailyreel.com REELEDin http://www.thedailyreel.com/reeledin Looking for the videos featured?? "Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl" http://www.thedailyreel.com/videos/obama-girl-vs-giuliani-

Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl

"Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl" reunites the creative team behind viral sensation "I've Got a Crush on Obama" for a "Beat It"/The Warriors-inspired gang fight, mostly shot guerilla-style on the streets of New York. When Obama Girl meets Giuliani Girl, a fierce supporter of the former NY Mayor, the result is a explosion of political debate as represented through dance-offs -- and pillow fights. For the sequel, according to co-directors Larry Strong and Kevin Arbouet, "we wanted it to be a little more polis

SPAM!

Creator Casimir Nozkowski continues the "First!" trilogy with this character study of a typical spammer. In three minutes, we are given a chilling glimpse into the self-delusion that enables a man to become a polluter of email boxes. "Why call it spam? Why not call it veal?" asks this most virulent of Internet pests, before busting into some freestyle rap. The motivation behind both "First!" and "Spam!" was simple: after working on several projects featuring other performers, Nozkowski wanted a chanc

Funny or Die - Cautionary Tales of Swords by drewhancock

Words of wisdom from one-eyed anti-sword advocate Trip Fisk: "Swords are not just for decoration, they'll fucking cut you wide open." In this funny webisode created and directed by Drew Hancock, the crotchety Fisk narrates two tales of sword mishaps, "Honey, I Killed Our Son" and "Swords Will Cut Your Fucking Hand Off." Hilariously embracing its low-budget approach, "Cautionary Tales" follows in the footsteps of previous Hancock creations, such as "The Wastelander," a "Mad Max"-like spoof about a renegade a

There's Something You Should Know...

comedy

Six Finger Fist's approach to producing comedy is to do it often and do it fast -- specifically, "it" is a new 48-hour shoot every month. In the week leading up to production, website visitors vote to select one of several prospective titles, and then Saturday morning the team (which consists of Rick Castaneda, Lawrence Everson, Dwayne Bartholomew, Samira Izadifar, Zach Turner, and Arian Saleh) begins the collaborative writing, shooting, and editing process, culminating in an explosion of video comedy Monda

Jul

2007

Lean Em by The Errorplains

TDR Take: From Spite Your Face Productions's Tony Mines, the London-based director of our favorite lego-film "Spider-Man: The Peril of Doc Ock," comes this rocking animated video for The Errorplain's new single "Learn 'Em." Inspired by old Nintendo 8-bit hand-held video games, "because it just looks cool," Mines writes on his blog, the project was made as an experiment with 2-frame animation. Created By: Tony Mines Genre: Music Video Location: London Comments: The new single from The Errorpl

Shaky White Guys Making Friends

TDR Take: One day, Barcelona-based Swedish filmmaker Erik Eliason received a 38 pistol, designed to fire SOS-rockets from boats, and a box of 9mm blanks. The weapon made him curious about the mixing of real gunfire and smoke with rotoscoped actions. "Would the effect be as cool as I thought?" We thought so. This slick, hallucinogenic short featuring angry figure-drawings, bloody gunshots, and a hip soundtrack came together after Eliason played around with After Effects and Photoshop. "I had ideas I

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