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04-17-2003, 06:23 PM
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Yes, I have been involved in many amatuer films in school as I am friends with a possible up-and-coming cameraman or director hopeful. I am always the one willing to help my friends, so, of course, I say yes to whatever part he wants to give me. Eventually, my acting "ability" was picked up by another group of friends and chose to use me in further films... April 2001: "Cain and Abel: Cain's Day" A Meade-Yuen Production
This is a story of Cain's perspective on that fateful day in the Bible. The point was to make Cain look like an innocent. The only way to do this is to show he was weak...or how shall I put it? Well, helpless...a bumbling fool? Who played Cain? Well you know....
Well Cain is portrayed as a weakling and a bit fruity, too, actually...and he gets pushed around by Abel, including getting thrown to the ground after smelling flowers, and getting beaten by a flying twig. All ends when Cain defends himself by throwing a rock onto Able... October 2001: "The New York Minute" A Meade-Yuen Production
A gangster movie, if you will. I played the mob boss, leader of the rich organization out to dispose a hot-shot detective and protect his goods. But in the end, the mob boss loses more "goods" then originally planned...Every member of the mob was killed off someway at the end of the film. The mob boss, who I played, got to be disposed as getting hit...well, where the sun dont shine, too hard. We had to do multiple shots and closeups of my face as the kicks from the detective landed in the *ahem*. But we certainly managed to capture the "moment" well with all them shots. November 2001: Music Video for "We Didnt Start the Fire" A Freelance Production
Somehow, at the end of the movie, the group convinced me to get tied to a column in the school cafeteria. Dont ask me how they convinced me to do this...Regardless, they managed to use three rolls of tape to tape me to a column. And managed to get it all on film. For 35 minutes, I was either being tied or was stuck to the poll in the cafeteria. All of this voluntary, of course. And of course, we attracted an audience while filming. The climax of the video is when I gather all my strength to break free from the rolls of tape the put me in. And of course I broke free as soon as they threatened to leave me there. Im surprised I broke through all that tape with no help.
So, if you think Ive never been taped to something before @Scayde, youre wrong.  April 2002 "Bullet Time" A Meade-Yuen Production
Once again, I land the position of Mob-boss,named Fat Tony. This time one of the mumbling Italian bosses. However, this time the plot is there is another mob boss with plans of disposing of me. He manages to break into my house while I am sleeping, and I am shot multiple time while sleeping, not a very noble end for a boss...and furthermore, Fat Tony is the only character besides his thugs to bite the dust.
And now I am under contract for: May 2003 "Never Mime 2" Globus-Hoenich Productions
I am supposed to be in but three minutes of this film. However, I am to dress up in a giant clown costume (Yes, WITH oodles of makeup) and I am supposed to sit in the background whilst drinking beer. I ask, why am I the one to be chosen for such a roll and elaborate costume. Answer: Because I am me.
Yes, this is my resume. And Ive seem to lost my dignity years ago, so whats the point in struggling. May aswell enjoy the ride.
NOTE-I have directed my own amateur music videos, and Ive actually created 2 of them. They are cool, IMO, and I have more ideas, just no equipment or money, and also note I am hardly a victim in any of them 
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04-17-2003, 06:27 PM
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Hey tyb my roomate is a Video FREAK. He works for two local cable television channels. He basically runs one. If curios I could send you one of his comedy cd's he made. He would most likely give tips and hints and stuff too for you. Just email me.
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04-17-2003, 06:37 PM
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| | Heh, I can relate Tybs.  I’m not going to post any of my roles though (I’ve got to retain some self-respect).
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04-17-2003, 06:42 PM
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“Caw, Caw!” The call of the wild calls you. Are you listening? Do you dare challenge their power? Do you dare invade? Nature will always triumph in the end.
[color=sky blue]I know that I die gracefully in vain. I know inside detiorates in pain.[/color]-Razed in Black
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04-17-2003, 06:46 PM
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| |  Quote: Originally posted by Tybaltus
November 2001: Music Video for "We Didnt Start the Fire" A Freelance Production
Somehow, at the end of the movie, the group convinced me to get tied to a column in the school cafeteria. Dont ask me how they convinced me to do this...Regardless, they managed to use three rolls of tape to tape me to a column. And managed to get it all on film. For 35 minutes, I was either being tied or was stuck to the poll in the cafeteria. All of this voluntary, of course. And of course, we attracted an audience while filming. The climax of the video is when I gather all my strength to break free from the rolls of tape the put me in. And of course I broke free as soon as they threatened to leave me there. Im surprised I broke through all that tape with no help.
So, if you think Ive never been taped to something before @Scayde, youre wrong.
| LOL.No wonder you do it so well, I see now you have a natural 'talent' for it 
*Duct tapes Ty to the flag pole* 
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04-17-2003, 06:55 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Tybaltus
Awww...wheres the fun in that? You got to let it all out. | Argh, no way. *Sigh* Okay, I'll throw you a slight bone. A while back a friend of mine required my services for a film he was working on. It was a cheesy political satire set against a fantasy backdrop. It was up to me to do all the puppeteering and creature work. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen me operate an incredibly crude goblin puppet while effecting a bad Nixon impersonation.  And that was probably the least embarrassing of my roles. I had better luck in the theatre though.
P.S. I think I still have that scruffy Nixon goblin puppet lying around the house somewhere…
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04-17-2003, 06:57 PM
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04-17-2003, 07:03 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Chanak
I, for one, would like to see that Nixon goblin puppet. | I'll look around for it. If I can find it I'll post a photo. But trust me, it's bad. Quote: Originally posted by Chanak
Did you do the required "Your president is not a crook" line when impersonating Nixon? | Naturally there was a variation on that. Oh God, I can't believe I brought this up.
__________________ Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
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04-17-2003, 07:08 PM
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__________________ CYNIC, n.:
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04-17-2003, 07:11 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Chanak
Perhaps...but I am nonetheless intrigued. | Hell, if I can find the fugly little thing it'll probably end up as my new avatar! Quote: Originally posted by Chanak
Hey, whatever it is, it can't be as bad as being taped to a pole for over half an hour. | Well, that's true. Once again Ty’s humiliation is source of consolation.
__________________ Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
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Then leaf subsides to leaf.
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04-17-2003, 09:45 PM
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LOL @ Tybs. Great stuff man http://gamebanshee.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif
Mind you, having the police interrupt an amatuer video shoot is the worst thing that could happen. Two to three weeks ago, we were filming a "confrontational" scene in a park when some old lady mistook us for thugs and called the police.
A friend of mine is a media student, and I have little to no shame about doing anything. However public shots are no longer recommended
Mind you the most fun we've ever had is when we did a satire of the old martial arts movies. We had someone jump off a house and then reversed the footage so it looked like he jumped upwards. Amazing what you can do with digital camera's these days.
We just make funky little satires now generally, unless my friend has an assignment to do.
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04-17-2003, 10:11 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Tamerlane
LOL @ Tybs. Great stuff man http://gamebanshee.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif
Mind you, having the police interrupt an amatuer video shoot is the worst thing that could happen. Two to three weeks ago, we were filming a "confrontational" scene in a park when some old lady mistook us for thugs and called the police.
A friend of mine is a media student, and I have little to no shame about doing anything. However public shots are no longer recommended
Mind you the most fun we've ever had is when we did a satire of the old martial arts movies. We had someone jump off a house and then reversed the footage so it looked like he jumped upwards. Amazing what you can do with digital camera's these days.
We just make funky little satires now generally, unless my friend has an assignment to do. | Funny you should mention police....
During the filming of "The New York Minute", we were parked on the roadside, and the scene requires us to stuff the first kill-off of the film into a trunk. He was duct taped as well, as we all were weilding plastic guns, and his partner was covered in bloody makeup. Well this IS a roadside and people passed by. Someone must have called the police via cell phone.
To make matters worse, our school principal passed by while we were filming, and he stopped. He asked "Are those guns?" One of us responded, "C'mon...where can we get REAL guns?" The principal looked at us funny. And then someone yelled out "We've got more too!"....I was just silent shuddering in my head, but also secretly laughing...
Well before long, the police arrived at the scene, with a person duct taped in the trunk, a bunch of plastic guns, and bloody makeup. But one noticed the digital camera and the obvious fact it was a video and he couldnt stop laughing. While the other one was more stern and asked us questions and investigated. He made sure that the kid who got duct taped and stuffed in the trunk was doing this voluntarily, and he said he was of course.
And also note this is October of 2001, a month after 9/11 and the person being stuffed in the trunk was my best friend, also a muslim, so it looked sort of...well...bad to the unknowing eye, those eyes that didnt know all of this was voluntary and just filming...
So they drove away. Shame we didnt get more footage of the cops...could have helped the video pretty well.
@Kayless Sure...divert it back to me.
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04-17-2003, 10:21 PM
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You guys don't keep outtakes?
We just keep filming and getting the cops on footage would of been pretty cool.
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04-17-2003, 10:31 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Tamerlane
You guys don't keep outtakes?
We just keep filming and getting the cops on footage would of been pretty cool. | Sure we do. And we often add them on at the end while the credits role, or we just skip them. Most out takes arent really that interesting.
Though they managed to save about all of the 10 or so shots of me getting hit where the sun dont shine.
We stopped the tape when they came, because we had no idea what would happen
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“Caw, Caw!” The call of the wild calls you. Are you listening? Do you dare challenge their power? Do you dare invade? Nature will always triumph in the end.
[color=sky blue]I know that I die gracefully in vain. I know inside detiorates in pain.[/color]-Razed in Black
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04-17-2003, 11:15 PM
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| | Quote: Originally posted by Tybaltus
@Kayless Sure...divert it back to me. | That was kind of the plan, yeah.
__________________ Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
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