1/30/09
As some of you may know, I create "films" with my friends Charlie, Jase and Ian (with Chris sometimes making a guest appearance to attract ratings during sweeps). Any of you who have seen those films might call them "less than good." I'd like to say that we strongly disagree with you, but with almost all of them, we are mostly in agreement.
Every other film of ours is a flop artistically (with all of them being flops business-wise of course since we make $0.00 off of them). We can't really act all that well (with the exception to that rule being Charlie) and for the most part our plots are mostly pieced together by ourselves while we are in the process of post-production on the film.
So why do I still love making films when I see for myself that most of them suck?
I'll tell you why: because justice never rests.
That's not really true. That's not the reason and that statement isn't true (I recently lost my iPod and no one has returned it to me. Tell me how that can't be explained by justice taking a catnap). No, here are the real reasons why I enjoy creating films, whether as NGCG, WDG, etc.
Here's a sampling of our work:
I'll tell you why: because justice never rests.
That's not really true. That's not the reason and that statement isn't true (I recently lost my iPod and no one has returned it to me. Tell me how that can't be explained by justice taking a catnap). No, here are the real reasons why I enjoy creating films, whether as NGCG, WDG, etc.
- Editing. I love figuring out how to form scenes together and finding ways to improve the source material. One of the best experiences with editing I've had is the music video we made for "The Doorway". Fantastic editing by myself and the crew if I do say so myself.
- Filming. Kind of an obvious one, huh? When the NGCG demolition crew gets together to create a new masterwork, we have a blast and combine all of our greatest strengths to try and create a unified piece. The best experience we have had filming is probably GHASP. What a fun night that was.
- Creating a soundtrack. Picking the music for our films is a total blast. In NGCG's later years, I really stopped appreciating this as much. I just threw on random songs on such pieces as "Duality" and "Ghost Blasters!" with "AxE" having a surprisingly great soundtrack. Our best soundtrack IMO is our most recent work "The LARP Meet-up"
- Re-watching our films and being proud. There's nothing like gathering us all together to watch an old movie of ours. Some movies have aged better than others, with GHASP and Acupressure only getting better with every viewing.
Here's a sampling of our work:
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haha im a bad actor cos i smile at random times lol
this was a good piece of writing tho and ya i always enjoy making the movies. i know i would enjoy choosing songs to go with it too but thats your and Jase's job i guess
We're kind of dicks about the soundtrack, or I guess I am.
Very good it truly captures the movie making experience of ours. I hope the next one doesn't blow like the others lol
-Ian