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"Dude!" The Battle

One day as two students exit bathrooms, they bump shoulders which triggers an ultimate battle.

Only one will return.

(I suggest that you turn up your speakers really loud for this one...it makes it much more dramatic.)

Liability Insurance

Once there was a boy who was running late to school

when he suddenly stumbled upon something...convenient.



A little rough on the edges...but deadlines always come quicker then re-shoots do.

Feel free to steal my realistic technique of "hitting a person with a car."

If you watch the video directly beneath this...you'll see a better technique of that...

Newton's Three Laws of Motion

For physics class, Jake and I had to make a series of pictures demonstrating physics concepts.

So, being the over-achievers that we are (heh...) we made a video instead.



Jake somehow got credit for this in his history class as well, even though the two seconds of historical content was made up.

Beachemitis

Now that the school year is over, I have gathered all my videos from my video-tech class.
Here's my first one.

Assignment: Create a video with an interview and parallel footage.

A deadly plague is running throughout our school. Its name: Beachemitis.
Here is my interview with Dr. V.X. Sarlow, a researcher of this horrible plague.

Depression

Here's the final one!

Enjoy!





Credits for all Chili Cook off Videos-

Forrest Lybrand
Jake Ritter
Mark Lemmons
Megan Murata
Moriah Jones
Charlotte Sassman
Raechel Adams
Drew Englund
Peter Johnson
Holmes Lybrand
Myranda Bradley
Luke Vanley
Daniel Murata
David Gonzales
Andre Jones
Katelyn Fray
Ashley Hall

Written and Directed by:
Forrest Lybrand
and
Jake Ritter

Servant Boot Camp

Here's the fourth commercial for the Chili Cook Off!

The Coin Raid

The youth are at it again. Desperately trying to raise money for summer camp, they search all the practical places where people accidentally lose their quarters around the church.

The Car Wash Ambush

Here's Chilli Cook Off Commercial #2.

I loved the concept for this commercial, unfortunately our filming time was very limited that day. The "lifting up" shot, which got the most laughs, was not originally in the script, but our youth pastors idea. Just goes to show you: actors can have good ideas too!

Basking In Jake's Sorrow

Indeed...I have been absent from the blog a long while.

To make it up to you, I have a special treat.

Way back in February, my church had our 2nd annual "Chili Cook off," a huge event that raises money for youth to go to summer camp and mission trips.

My friend Forrest and I volunteered to do the advertising, and fabricated five commercials.

My next five posts will be these commercials. Here's the first one.

More Flea Market Madness

As I mentioned in the previous post, a bunch of us from my Spanish class went to a flea market a few days ago.

There were all sorts of ridiculous things for sale. David found this wrestler mask that was too small for his hair to fit in it.


I don't even think Steve (left) can see out of that one.




Cole constructed crude visual innuendos with food, garbage and flea market toys.


And Steve... did this.


But Joey bought the most awesome thing in the flea market:



The thing is made awfully flimsily for something that people are going to drop. The screen is now cracked.

New Year in New York

Over Christmas break, I went to upstate New York to see my mom.

It was rather cold there.

And her fake Christmas tree was ravaged by the newest of her many cats

She doesn't have as many cats as I do, but she's getting there.


While I was there, we went to a skiing/tubing resort called Titus Mountain. I nearly froze my right hand off taking this video, but I did it!



Better videos soon.

Steve and Joey

Yes, I really do know Steve (Plexilate) and Joey (Fanoto) from the Cbox. They're in my Spanish class, and they're both dumbasses.

Steve is the sort of dumbass who puts his clothes on wrong,

and then doesn't fix them.

Joey distracts me from my diligent work with his astounding magic tricks.


Steve also sometimes challenges me to "punch wars."

Yeah, I usually pussy out first. Kind of like with Austin and his ultra-painful high fives.

I swear the boogey man was in my closet!

So I'm sitting there in my Mexican friend Angel's room, when he tells me that he once shot his BB gun inside his room. It ricocheted and hit the wall near his trophy shelf.


The pellet is still stuck in the wall.


I thought to myself, "What kind of dumbass fires a gun in his bedroom?"

This kind of dumbass:


And, as promised, my daily picture of Dexter:


It was difficult getting the camera that close and getting him to look the other way.

Learning the Hard Way

Behold! The versatile, powerful hot glue gun.

It's great for fastening things.

I got the bright idea to fasten a cotton ball to my chin so that I'd look like Colonel Sanders.

That weird face I'm making?

It turns out that hot glue is fucking hot!


Then Steve thought it would be cool to rip it off.


As Honesty (the 'H' is pronounced) points out...


Second-degree burns and the tearing of flesh don't go well together.


Learn from my experience, children. Never hot-glue anything to your chin, then rip it off.

My Hand!

I hope the video works.

The Library Dance

I went to the library the other day. Most people go to the library to read.


Some go to the library to dance!

I should have started recording earlier. As it went on, he became a tad more lethargic, but still crazy.

Phone-imation

You all know that my phone takes decent pictures, but when I was in Barcelona, I discovered that it also does a sort of crude animation. Here I am at the Park Güell, a large, multi-level park made by artist Antoni Gaudí.

Check out this Frame-O-Rama of me leaping gracefully from this odd outcropping in the wall.

Mouse over the picture for framey goodness. It takes a second to load.

The title piece took more time to make than the actual animation.

But who am I kidding? You're all cheap, good-for-nothing thrill-seekers. (Insult is the sincerest form of flattery.) You just want video, what with your new-fangled YouTube and Myspace.

Here was my first attempt at running along this wall.

I hadn't really gotten a feel for the curve of the wall.

My second attempt got me further, but...

...eh... the second attempt hurt a bit more, as well.

The third time was a charm, though.

Barcelona's walls kick San Antonio's walls' ass.

Frogz

Why would someone make this?



I'm actually appalled. That doesn't happen too often. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't hate rap, but giving your baby a toy that looks like a happy frog who is quite obviously just like the dumbass people who wish they were gangsters, and is singing the most worthless song ever to have been written is the most asinine thing ever. That's like having a Paris Hilton doll.

Now I'm not saying that a kid is going to emulate everything they see, but honestly, what value is there in this? How could it possibly be entertaining in any way? I saw this guy seeing if his baby liked this toy. The baby was completely uninterested (he'll grow up to be sensible), but the dad was all into it. I only found it entertaining because of how stupid it is.

Grow up, people. "Gangster" used to be a bad label to be branded with. Seriously, just stop being douche-bags, all of you.

Egg Toss