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“Trying It At Home” (2014)

When I posted this documentary I made and Days N Daze’s “Misanthropic Drunken Lone” in the same week, I thought every video I posted from now on was gonna get 10,000 hits. This is another video that people are usually quick to identify me by. And I always tell them, if I had known so many people were gonna watch this documentary, I’d have made it a lot better! I really don’t have any reason behind why I was making this documentary, one day I just started filming shows, then I did some interviews, then I said, well, I might as well make a documentary!

The reception I got to this was overwhelmingly positive, except for the douches who thought you should be allowed to be misogynistic and homophobic, but screw those people anyways. One person even said that it saved their life. One day I intend to go back and re-make this film. Have it look a lot prettier and touch on the subjects I want a lot firmer. Until then, you can watch it here!

Update (8/23/17): I think it's important to mention that Chris Clavin is in this documentary. This was filmed several years before the accusations against him surfaced. As you watch this, you should bear these accusations in mind. Demand accountability, support the victims, do not perpetuate rape culture. (https://imgur.com/D8IBhW0,f25kJsE | https://imgur.com/a/11Bzz)

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“Life n Stuff” (2013)

Ah, Life n Stuff. This was my 3rd feature length film in 3 years, an accomplishment I am as proud of as being an Eagle Scout or traveling to 49 states. This was the first movie I shot with a completed script. We still improvised on top of that though. The script was essentially just an outline for how long each scene could be. How this came out to be the perfect length, I have no idea, but it worked.

Keeping everything in the same universe, Mat plays his same character from Longview. Emily was the first time I ever sought out someone that is an actually actor, and not just a friend I knew could talk well. The night I met Taylor I knew I wanted to put him in a movie. I did know that after this I’d be taking a break from feature-lengths for a while, simply because it’s easier to get people to watch something that’s short instead of something that’s long. I did however, come close to doing another feature during Fall/Winter 2014, however that didn’t come together as quickly as it needed to.

It still racks up a few view on YouTube, and every now and then I’ll get a comment or Facebook message from someone saying how much they loved it, which is as surprising as it is awesome.

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“Longview” (2012)

Longview was the product of everything I’d learned about filmmaking up to this point. Well... I guess that’s true for every movie I do because I seek to make each movie better than the last. I aimed to make a more structured version of Vital Signs. I was always really into day-in-the-live movies, so I made one about my good friend Spencer. There was an arch, good acting, creative shots.

Also, a little known fact about all of my movies, is that when I re-use the same actors, I always have them playing the same version of themselves from my other movies. I think it’s fun to keep everything in the same universe. It helps me keep a consistent backstory. It’s also a lot of fun for me to have call-backs to previous films, even if I’m the only one that notices them. So in this movie, Spencer was playing the same character he was in Vital Signs.

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”Vital Signs” (2011)

My first feature-length films. A shameless rip off of one of my favorite movies of all-time, “Slacker.” This movie was an experiment for me for several reasons. One was to see if I could start and finish a 90 minute movie, which I did. It was also an experiment with my directing skills. I wanted to work with a lot of different people. While all of the movie was improvised, the first half was outlined, for locations and conversation topics. The 2nd half, we just made it up as we went along. There’s some brilliant scenes in this that I stand by to this day, and there’s some pretty bad stuff that I still cringe at.

I was really glad I made this movie because it instilled a lot of confidence in myself. I knew I was able to make a full-length film. It gave me confidence in my directing too. I knew if I picked the right people, they would be able to have interesting conversation on camera in a believable manner. I always say I made so many feature-length films early in my career because it’s important to learn from mistakes. I wanted to make my crappy movies now, so every movie I made after would be better than the last.