Bunny Blog

When I was young and on a constant quest of finding things I like to do and don’t like to do, I was lucky to speak with a ton of professionals (filmmakers, stock brokers, lawyers, doctors, scientists) who came in, told me what their jobs were like, and whether they were happy in their work. In trying to pass that on, I dropped in on my friend Albert’s Drama class today at Roosevelt High. Not only did I pass on what I’ve learned, I got this shameless photo op!

I’m the dorky one in the red shoes. I showed them some recent videos made for our Mayday Contest, a video I made when I was in high school, and then answered a few questions and then hopefully didn’t make too much of a fool of myself.

Speaking of FOOLS, the class told me of an environmental video they made called “Recycle, Fool!” which totally exists on the Youtubes!

It’s pretty hilarious, and apparently had a huge effect on the high school, getting everybody to start recycling. “Yeah, I remember back in the day, when recycling was cool. These kids today, they don’t seem to care.” HAHAHA. You guys rock.

This past weekend, Psychic Bunny started production on its very first feature film, “The Echo Game.”  It’s a low budget horror film in the style of the slasher films we grew up with and still love, complete with some pretty awesome murder scenes.  It’s also a great chance to pull together with a lot of people we have worked with over the years as Psychic Bunny has grown and do something really fun.  We’ll keep you updated on production and post as we move forward.  It’s going to be a good time.

Here is an incredibly shabby cell phone photo I took on set:

“The Golden Egg” just got accepted to the Toofy Film Fest 2008 taking place in Boulder, CO on September 13&14. Started by two guys in trucker hats and named after an inside joke (the two used to place black licorice over their two front teeth and try to buy a can of beans with a bag of pennies at convenience stores at 2am), this festival…wait, no, I don’t actually have a second part to this sentence. That’s it.

But check out their awesome logo!

In other news, the feature movie we created an animated sequence for, “One Day Like Rain,” just got Honorable Mention Grand Jury Prize at the Dances With Films festival here in Los Angeles. Way to go, guys.

What you can barely see in that photo above is PB partner Jesse Vigil recieving his MFA in Interactive Media from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Way to go, Jesse!

And guess who wrote it? Us!

Creative Cow was so impressed with our spoof trailer for the movie “P2″ that they asked us to write an article about it for their website. For those of you who don’t know, Creative Cow is an amazing user’s group, forum, and magazine for media producers and artists, and we’re very very proud to be featured in one of the very places we’ve turned to for help so many times for technical questions.

For any of you who have ever wondered about how we make things over here at PB, the following article gets pretty dang explicit.

P2 is a movie about getting stuck in a parking garage and being held captive by a deranged parking attendant. Our spoof is about getting stuck in a parking garage and being held captive by a deranged tapeless HD camera.

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/spice_doug/P2.php

April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and in honor of this fine tradition we are introducing all of you out in the great wide internet world to the newest bunnies, Jazz and Aaron.  They may even be popping up around here posting to the blog, so get used to them.

And as long as we’re here, let’s not forget this guy:

This used to be all fake wood panelling, much of it chipped off to reveal the particle board underneath. Now it is a creative masterpiece!

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Hey all - just wanted to let you know that our short, “The Golden Egg” will be screening at SXSW.

http://2008.sxsw.com/film/screenings/film/F9651.html

11:00 PM, Friday March 7th - Alamo Ritz 2

*NEW DAY* 11:00 PM, Tuesday March 11th - Alamo Ritz 2
11:00 PM, Thursday March 13th - Alamo Ritz 2

I’m going to be in Austin from March 7-16th, so if you’re reading this and want to meet up at any point, please give me a call, or email.

We’ve been working on some new reels over here… here’s the first one off the assembly line!

Enjoy!

My Dad made this awesome piece of art for the office:

It is etched in Ferric Chloride (FeCl3) onto a four inch diameter copper water pipe. My Dad used to be the executive director of a migrant clinic in Pasco, Washington called La Clinica, and a lover of copper, he took some of the pipes home with him when the clinic was being remodeled.  He then cut them apart using an arc-welder, etched the bunny logo onto them, and then mounted them on this red stained wood.  It is attached using homemade copper rivets, which he cut and fashioned from copper wire.  He then painted inside the etching so as to give it more dynamic contrast.

According to my Mom, he was tap-tap-tapping on those rivets for quite some time.  Probably almost driving her crazy.

Thanks, Dad!  It’s gorgeous!