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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
Collected Jul 25, 2007
A Tribute to Every Video Site
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
Collected Jul 25, 2007
tagged panda, smash, tribute, to, every
The Daily Reel - July25
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
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Collected Jul 25, 2007
The Daily Reel - July 18
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.

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"Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl"
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Collected Jul 18, 2007
tagged politics
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
Collected Jul 18, 2007
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
Collected Jul 18, 2007
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
Collected Jul 18, 2007
There's Something You Should Know...
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
Collected Jul 18, 2007
tagged comedy
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
Collected Jul 12, 2007
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
Collected Jul 12, 2007
Ultimate Medis Center
Even the most basic editing software offers some kind of low-rent CGI. But filmmakers Leo Bridle and Leo Powell isn't having any of it. In his short Ultimate Media Center, everything's analog, and in these Leos' hands, analog kicks ass.

Filmed in two long-take shots, UMC takes the viewer (via the camera's P.O.V.) inside a computer, where robots, old film strips, and other media peacefully co-exist to create, well, a pretty ultimate media center. Bridle says they were going for "Tron meets Fischl and Weis
Collected Jul 12, 2007
FriendBuddies
Awkward Pictures won in the semi-finals of the YouTube Sketchies contest thanks to this hilarious short, which sends up the online dating world in general and eHarmony in particular. Looking for a casual acquaintance, someone who cares about the same trivial crap as you? FriendBuddies is there for you.

Says Payman Benz of Awkward Pictures, "Those eHarmony commercials are really silly, and we've always wanted to do some sort of a parody, but not a straight-on parody." To capture the authentic feel of the
Collected Jul 5, 2007
The Daily Reel Podcast - July 5
Today on The Daily Reel...Princes William and Harry throw a Concert for their late mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 46th birthday... Team Tiger Awesome released "Jefferson Vs Adams "on SuperDeluxe... and what could be more American than Apple Pie from American Cookbook.

http://www.thedailyreel.com
http://www.concertfordiana.com
http://www.teamtigerawesome.com
http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/index.jhtml?ml_video=89215
Collected Jul 5, 2007
tagged wales, news, england, online video, apple pie
Race Flag
Produced by comedy troupe The Message for ThisJustIn.com, "Race Flag" takes a controversial point-of-view towards race relations, suggesting that before calling someone on their potential bigotry, one might look towards oneself first. The use of a literal referee to judge when the race card is being unfairly played gets implemented in an extremely clever fashion, especially when it comes to the implementation of instant replay. By demanding true equality across race lines -- in fact, by addressing race is
Collected Jul 2, 2007
Incarcerex: It's Time for a New Bottom Line
Created for the Drug Policy Alliance by Brooklyn-based artist Haik Hoisington, this brilliant and satirical faux ad-spot highlights the wonders of a fictitious drug called Incarcarex. Aimed at politicians who favor imprisoning drug-users instead of a more comprehensive and constructive drug policy, the mock-commercial suggests, "Talk to your spin-doctor about Incarerex," says the voice-over, sounding like an ad for Viagara. "It's simplistic and fast-acting."

Drug Policy Alliance's Jeanette Irwin admits,
Collected Jul 2, 2007
The Daily Reel - June 29
Collected Jun 29, 2007
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