On Saturday, I began a new series, which is also an old dream. Demonstrate a number of ways to kill your TV. Found these sets out by the trash, and got to work. New footage will have to wait until I find more TVs to kill. Here's a tease of the footage thus far.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Improvisational Combat Choreography #1
Partly as a dare from Bragster ("Show Us Your Ninja Moves"), I encouraged my buddies to stage a little melee practice. It went so well, that I've started a totally separate IMP YouTube channel (ImprovMeleePlayers), because I think there's more fake fighting to be done! Here are the five battles from our first clash!
Tye vs. Andre:
Tye vs. Baylen:
Andre vs. Baylen:
Andre vs. Stick:
Tye vs. Stick:
Tye vs. Andre:
Tye vs. Baylen:
Andre vs. Baylen:
Andre vs. Stick:
Tye vs. Stick:
Saturday, February 14, 2009
The Protein Guy
Today was crazy fun and busy; lots of firsts and realized dreams. Hit the Sunset Strip with a mission, to fill out the footage shot previously. Found this inflatable protein guy on the roof of a sports nutrition place, and knew I had to make him mine.
The Stair Sign Sled
Another dream of mine: to sled down concrete stairs on some object that would keep me safe. Found the stairs, four flights down to the 101 from Western Ave. Turns out there's a bus stop on the 101, and easy access up. I looked around for something to sled down it, but the padded cushion belonged to a homeless woman ("That's mine!"), and the pallet, my original idea of a sled, was on a flatbed truck, so its use was clearly theft, and possibly destruction of property.
But then I found a fiberglass street horse, property of LADOT, so I figured: "not quite theft, not quite vandalism, hope it survives". And it did, as did I, thanks to robust construction standards. God bless the DOT.
Of course, I put it back, just a little worse for the wear.
But then I found a fiberglass street horse, property of LADOT, so I figured: "not quite theft, not quite vandalism, hope it survives". And it did, as did I, thanks to robust construction standards. God bless the DOT.
Of course, I put it back, just a little worse for the wear.
The Cooperative Construction Crew
My policy has been: better to ask forgiveness, than permission. How do you explain to someone: I just wanna dance on your property / equipment / rooftop / overpass? Better to just do it.
However, today I realized a remote dream: to ask for help in creating an IMP-Style moment, and receive it.
I went off in a new direction today, heading north instead of east, toward population instead of industry. I saw the blockaded street and construction gear off of Western, and hoped it would be vacated for the weekend. There was, however, a crew working on the site, so I kept it low-pro. I played with a water hose, attached to a fire hydrant, because who could resist matching the elephant SFX to a fire hose? Especially an active one.
But shortly after I cut the water, and put my camera away, one of the crew came through, (I assumed) irritated, to put the hose completely out of sight. I figured I lucked out, got out of the way before the shit came down.
But then Junior, the dude with the plan, asked me what the hell I was doing, and when I told him, he invited me to come and dance on the construction site with them all still working. Cool, I thought, but they were putting away their gear. I said: "I'm gonna ask the impossible", that I be able to dance in the bucket of the bulldozer, as it was driving down the street.
Sure, said Junior, and what happened was this:
However, today I realized a remote dream: to ask for help in creating an IMP-Style moment, and receive it.
I went off in a new direction today, heading north instead of east, toward population instead of industry. I saw the blockaded street and construction gear off of Western, and hoped it would be vacated for the weekend. There was, however, a crew working on the site, so I kept it low-pro. I played with a water hose, attached to a fire hydrant, because who could resist matching the elephant SFX to a fire hose? Especially an active one.
But shortly after I cut the water, and put my camera away, one of the crew came through, (I assumed) irritated, to put the hose completely out of sight. I figured I lucked out, got out of the way before the shit came down.
But then Junior, the dude with the plan, asked me what the hell I was doing, and when I told him, he invited me to come and dance on the construction site with them all still working. Cool, I thought, but they were putting away their gear. I said: "I'm gonna ask the impossible", that I be able to dance in the bucket of the bulldozer, as it was driving down the street.
Sure, said Junior, and what happened was this:
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