Better! Faster! Funnier!
Ladies and gentlemen, this is our director, Mr. Noboru Ito.
Adorable, right? Noboru's also a writer, stand-up comic and my old college buddy who I tricked convinced to come onboard for Bozos. He's the Bebop to my Rocksteady.
Here's a dramatic reenactment of me pitching him the project:
Me: Hey man, so I've got this idea-
Noboru: I'm in.
Me: What?
Noboru: Whatever you're pitching, I'm in. I wanna work with you.
Me: What if it was drugs?
Noboru: Is it drugs?
Me: Answer the question.
Noboru's helped build Bozos from the ground up, writing an episode, securing our awesome crew and directing our actors in a style similar to Jean-Claude Van Damme's kumite training.
A day on set consists of Noboru wielding a bullwhip at cast and crew while screaming "DJANGO!" repeatedly. Anyone who forgets that the D is silent is sent to The Box. And by "Box" I mean his van. And by "his van" I mean Watts.
As the sun sets, Noboru assumes his final form. Harnessing the power of friendship that lies within his cold black heart, he transform from this:
To THIS:
At least that's how I think it happened. My memory's hazier than Nick Fury's left eye.
Sidenote: how dope was Captain America 2?! Second sidenote: I've been drinking.
Where was I? Oh yeah, Noboru. He's awesome. Always letting our actors experiment on set, but still keeping us on course. Putting in the time to storyboard shots with our Director of Photography Carlos Carlos (aka The World's Strongest Mexican) before production starts. Just staying on his grind.
Try to imagine being in charge of a room full of children hopped up on sugar. Now, add actors wearing clown makeup that melts faster than a Nazi looking at the Arc of the Covenant. Sprinkle in extras, your crew, and a big ol' list of camera shots that have to be filmed. Oh yeah, and you only have a few hours to film everything before the owner of the location kicks you out.
Noboru also handles most of the editing once everything's filmed, which means he spends more time in front of his computer than a high school boy who just discover what Brazzers is.
The point is, being a director is hard. Like a Now-And-Later sitting in the back of the freezer, hard. But somehow Noboru manages not to have a nervous breakdown while on set. I have no idea what happens once he's off the clock on account of the whole turns-into-a-werewolf thing, but that another story.
Without this guy, we'd be lost. Production would descend into madness and we'd never get anything done. He respects the material, builds bonds with actors and is super passionate about storytelling. In short, dude's pretty dope.
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