Planet #5
Director Joe Bowden on Planet #5 AKA God Help Us. "I had made a couple of videos with The Builders and the Butchers in the past so when they asked me if I had any video ideas for their new record, I went over to drummer/keyboardist Ray Rude’s house and pitched him and Ryan on some ideas- all of which they were lukewarm on. Eventually I mentioned a sci-fi episodic I had been working on comprised of simple stories that take place on one or more strange planets. I originally intended to release these in a short series, more or less as a writing exercise and proof of concept for a larger sci-fi project i'd been working on. My first idea, called "Planet #5", featured a dog that needed to retrieve a MacGuffin in order to save its companion who had helplessly collapsed on a dangerous shoreline. The band loved the script as well as the idea of doing something sort of off-brand for them that intersected with narrative film, so they greenlit it. I found an amazing puppet maker and production designer from Portland, Clifton Chandler, who designed, fabricated, and puppeted the incredible creatures and the script was supported by Portland’s Desert Island Studios. The result is what you see here. Look out for the next installment of the series in whatever form it happens to take."
CAST: Tanuki Ashley Song Clifton Chandler
Produced by Andi Hummel
Two Detectives
A string of disappearances has two detectives lost in a sea of "mystery" as they investigate an east-side apartment complex.
Starring Noel Taylor and Travis Visscher and Eli Hopkins.
The following are projects that I both wrote and directed.
Ezza Rose - No Means No (Official Music Video)
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“My goal with this video was to shine a light on the clandestine battles women are forced to engage in, specifically in public spaces. While many of our public spaces are designed to facilitate and improve our lives, too often they allow for a double standard in which all woman must negotiate uncomfortable, unfair, hostile, or dangerous situations, while men either as perpetrators or as bystanders get the choice to opt-in or opt-out.
I asked some of the women in my life to share real stories from their lives and I took those accounts and translated them into vignettes, each one designed to highlight something specific about this inequity. My hope is that all men, myself included (at :43 seconds) will learn to challenge each other to be better."
-Joe Bowden Writer, Director
The Builders and The Butchers - No Grave (Official Music Video)
Rio Grands - Beverly (Official Music Video)
Parts 1 & 2 of It Was No Good a music video for the band NEW MOVE:
On The Court
Jeff explains the virtue of lying.
P@#n Simple
An exciting new app for your home computer, work computer, smart phone, and even tablet.
It Immediately Backfires
Ritchie jumps to some hasty conclusions about animal magnetism.
Wisdom From Grandpa
Grandpa offers some sage advice to his granddaughter as she copes with the death of her kitty-cat whom she drowned.