Kid Cams

This is what happens when you let little kids borrow your digital camera.

"Dancing" with the Hai Chau Kids.

After teaching a filmmaking / videography session, the kids from the Hai Chau Community Home created this video. They came up with the idea and the plot. Kong (the kid with his shirt off) was the director. The kids literally told me (via Tam, our ever-talented translator) what to shoot and how to shoot it. I just set up the camera and pressed record and stop.... and then added a little music. We got to screen the short film there at the orphanage. The kids cheered and laughed.




Kong setting up the shot.

Tam and Kong giving their approval.

World Premier.

Touristy Videos and Images.

A few bits of documentation from our day trip to Hue, Vietnam.

Videos for you to Watch

Boat ride. Frank made me stop recording when I accidently insulted his facial hair.


Yo on the Soccer ball.


Yo in the hand-made dragon suit


Frank introduces mural.


My favorite moment of the night.

Images for you to look at.

Videos from Thursday

Exotic Brew

Sarah shares with us a culinary adventure inside of the Hong Kong International Airport.

Off to Vietnam!

It's 4:29AM. We're in the airport. That's about it. Sarah Jenkins and Erin Swanson will be blogging more extensively at:
conveystudios.blogspot.com
Frank is tired.

Even more Mute Math Vlogs

More MUTEMATH Video Blogs

Screenshots | Rachel and Jordan

Screenshots | Nate and Megan

Megan and Nate Super 8mm Wedding Movie from Brandon Goodwin on Vimeo.

Mute Math Vlog - The New Orleans Critique (part 1)

More Mute Math Studio Vlogs

Lomography

A few fisheye pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Mute Math Vlog - Lavatory Loops

Mute Math Vlogs

Here are a couple of video blogs I've produced for Mute Math here at the studio in New Orleans.

Youtube Off - Bad Music Videos

Last night we had a good ol' fashioned youtube off. I'm sure you're familiar with this tradition. It starts with one person saying, "hey I have to show you this video on youtube"... then someone is like... 'yeah, that's funny, but have you seen this!" And bam, out of thin air we have a youtube off. Here's the play-by-play from last night's youtube off.

It all started with the question, "What is the worst music video you've ever seen?" I quickly searched this one... I have to say, I've never feel stranger than I do after watching this video.



Then someone responded with this one... it has major early 90s factor.



Then, this music video took it to the next level



That's where it ended. It was a good youtube off.

Studio Tour with Papa G and Mimi J

Paul's grandparents came by to check out the studio. I followed them around with my camera for 5 minutes... and this is what happened.

Happy Mother's Day!

This is a special Mother's Day video blog. There's nothing like an ecard to tell mom how you really feel. Love you Mom!

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Kids Making Movies!

This is my favorite short film from this year's SATO 48. It was made by the kids of my friend, Frank Gonzales. He let them write and shoot it. It is beautiful.

Heart Surgeries - Giving it Back to Kids

How to Pack a Trailer w/ Mute Math

Here's a video I produced for Mute Math while in Nashville. Jordan is pretty darn funny in this one.

SATO 48 2008

Here is this year's SATO 48 film. Hope you like it!

Giving it Back to Kids

A few months ago I visited Vietnam with my good friends, Sesha, Jen and Reese at Convey Studios. We had the pleasure of working with Giving it Back to Kids, a nonprofit corporation that has one goal in mind: serving the orphans and widows of Vietnam. They brought us over to take photos and video so they could share the work they were doing with people back home. Somewhere along the way I got overwhelmed with the goodness they were bringing to the community and found myself in tears multiple times a day. Something amazing happens inside you when you see a forgotten, parent-less child receive a hug from an adult who cares about them. Something amazing happens when, in front of your eyes, an impoverished family is given not just a home and a means of living but dignity. The videos that follow are a gratis project I did for Giving it Back to Kids in order to express my thanks for allowing me to be a part of something so beautiful and redeeming. Check them out for yourself: www.givingitbacktokids.org

Bikes for Kids


Hai Chau Orphanage


The Father's House


Kindergartens


New Homes


New Homes Part 2

Morgan Eats Cheetos

Actual video footage of my girlfriend eating chips on the phone.

New Orleans Blog Number 1

After this I wandered around the French Quarter, had a shrimp po boy, met some annoying drunk people and generally had a good time.

Fish Eyes

Some of my very first fisheye images from our trip to Asia... and then there's a few from Kansas City.

Shooting Mute Math in Nashville

Production on the Mute Math documentary has finally begun. I've been in Nashville for the past two days gathering footage. We're planning to go to New Orleans sometime soon to start recording. Apparently we're waiting on some recording gear. There has been a fair amount of drama involved in the process of moving and I'm sure you'll hear all about it when you watch the documentary. From what I hear I have to be sort of careful about posting video or audio or screenshots of the time we spend here so just hang in there... we'll have some images really soon.

Megan and Nate - Super 8mm in Playa Del Carmen

Sometimes my job sucks... and sometimes I get to go to Mexico with my good friend Dawn Shields. Check out the official Dawn Shields Photography blog... or you can go to her real website.

The Arctic Boogie Jive Squad

Here's a short little film we made back behind the studio.



It's sort of in the vein of this one...

Remember when the Daily Show was awesome?

So, what have I been up to lately? Well, editing wedding videos… and watching Steve Carell’s late 90s daily show stories. Do youself a favor and go to the Daily Show’s website, search for “Steve Carell”, go to the 21st page of result and start watching! Here are a few of my favorite.

Christie and Vince - The First Dance

I've seen a lot of first dances in my day, but no one quite expected this...

The Final Few

Here you go folks, the last batch of blog videos we made during our little trip to Asia.

Lost in Translation

Here are some of my favorite mistranslated Asian t-shirts. This town doesn't sleep for 24 hours!