This is the last short film for the "Video Art" course. I know I said something about "no more pointless movies", but here it is, because you wanted it, another pointless, albeit entertaining, movie, which, despite what I said to Mark Ball, I'm not planning to update. I would rather move on to other things instead of adding and updating a few new FX shots that, quite frankly, are more trouble than they're worth. It is a deranged comedy built around two co-workers, Hurford Blumper (Mark Ball) and Zachary Bang (me, Matthew Hornbostel). They run a company that produces disastrously bad video games. Costars Tracy (Julia Wallace) and a soldier (Paul Tenney, a receptionist/support person (HEather Maris), plus a telemarketer and some robots (Matthew Hornbostel, voice only) Hurford Blumper is having a bad day - his company is a mess, his old girlfriend Tracy has become a criminal, and to top it all off, a poisonous soft drink is being distributed nationwide, and he may be the only one able to uncover the conspiracy - a deranged conspiracy involving robots and telemarketers. It's one surreal day for Hurford...

The movie is 14 minutes in length, with 48 VFX shots. It was recorded with a brand-new camcorder and top-of-the-line microphone, though if you're watching the online videos and not the DVDs, well, you won't notice any real improvement. The microphone was screwed up for half the shoot, that explains why so much audio was recorded later and then dubbed. Somehow, though, the dubbing only enhances the 50s-style B-scifi-monster movie humor. The whole thing is YouTube-ized now. Part 1 is more comedy, Part 2 is more action. They are available below:

Part 1

Visit this link on youtube to watch the second half

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