We often have people visit who are curious about what we’ve been up to, so we thought it would be fun to do a little silly video tour for those of you who can’t visit in real life. We had fun making it, and we hope you like it. We should probably do a video like this every year to see all the progress we make. We’ll see about that.
We have had so much fun with our friends Jon and Rachel that we were super bummed when they told us they were soon moving back to Portland. We are going to miss them tremendously and have learned so much about the film-making industry. However, before they left, we were able to be a part of one more project with them: a commercial for a contest submission!
We went to various sites in Rincón and in the final scene I was to be “blown away” by the flavor of the product. And I most definitely was blown away! Shortly after this picture below was taken a bunch of debris from the leaf blower hit my eyes and face and I reacted by yelling and covering my eyes! All in the name of show business…at least they were able to pull enough of the blown away part and cut out the misadventure that you wouldn’t even know! And hopefully after all that the commercial wins big!
It is fun to hang out with friends anyway, but when you have a common project where you get to be goofy and do crazy things like wear legs on your head, pretend you are at a gyno appt and get blown in the face with a leaf blower, come on, of course I am game!
We do still have our one last joint project *yes, the big mystery project* that we are still working on and that has been really interesting as we meet and talk with various people around Rincón. So I am happy that we will still be all working together, but just from a distance. At least for now.
The moment has arrived.
Please take your seats. Turn off any cellular devices. Grab a refreshment and some popcorn…but just don’t choke! Because you are about to see a hilarious short film.
This is my acting debut, and as strange as the scene is, it was so fun to do and fits in great with the film. Britton is also an extra in the film so see if you can find him. It was filmed entirely in Rincón by our friends Jon and Rachel Meyer and many local businesses graciously let them/us film in their spaces.
So without further ado…I present: Empty Stirrups, a Vanjam Production:
Well, I hope you enjoyed watching it as much as we did making it. Here are a few other “behind the scenes” of the end party with the infamous “legs”.
With my co-star and fellow subtitler Jessika Providence
The amazing thing about a complete lifestyle overhaul is that you really have no full idea of what you may be doing from one day to the next and that is part of the appeal! A completely new set has been built for us to write our newest parts and dramas to our life including many unique characters. And this is not just a metaphor…
Since our move we have met so many varied and incredible people with all sorts of talents and histories. Two of those people are our new friends Jon and Rachel Meyer.
They are film-makers, video editors, producers, directors, musicians and all around fun people who have brought us such local recent hits as the Disfunction music video “Johnny” as well as the awesomely absurb webisode series “All Four Love” and have won many commercial video contests. And we are so grateful to call them our friends.
Anyhow, we have been working with them on a few of their projects in various ways: as extras or playing small roles, or even in a larger ongoing project (hint, hint).
Photo Hint Number 2 of our big project!
The most recent one I was a part of was for a short comedy film written, produced and directed by them. I play a local gossip and doctor’s patient trying to get the good dirt. It is a pretty hilarious movie and my scene makes me laugh already just thinking about it.
You never know where you may end up when you say “SURE!”
When I was a small child, my dad used to have a landscaping business in the summer and a snow shoveling business in the winter. When I would go out with him in the truck in the winter he used to sing “There is no business like snow business” and it wasn’t until years later that I found out about the original song.
Now that I have worked with Jon and Rachel on some of these projects, I can say that there is definitely no business like SHOW BUSINESS. No business I know. Stay tuned for more…!