Zero on YouTube!

You might remember the storyboard I did for a short film my friends were making a while ago (that's it above). Well they've finished editing and it's now up on YouTube. It's also going to be shown in the Galway Film Fleadh next week!

Compare and contrast:



I especially like when Martin gives out about the traffic at 0.19!
It's interesting though in terms of the process of film-making to see what made it into the finished piece from the original storyboard.
Well done to everyone involved.

Lucia Evans' New Single!

The Other Man. Honestly women are always writing songs about me.

Sorry Shane!


Lucia's single is available for download on iTunes via her website.

Incidently I'll be doing some work with the guys shortly on the Chernobyl Children's Project. More on that here later. Now off you go and buy Lucia's single!

New Young Pony Club: Very Cool...

Apart from the guitarists who appear to have come straight off the stage from an Abba Tribute gig.

Also by New Young Pony CLub (sounds remarkably like CSS):

Financial Improvisation on Dublin Bus!

If you don't get it you might not have seen this:

Green Party's Political Broadcast

This is simply one of the nicest pieces of PPB I've ever seen:

And I know a few of the stars, so I have to put it up!

Fox News and a shred of human decency

As in, it doesn't have one:


This came the day after Kurt Vonnegut died. I actually feel a little ill.

Kurt Vonnegut RIP

I meant to post on the passing of Kurt Vonnegut before now but didn't have a moment. I only quoted him a few weeks ago, and I have that quote on the wall beside the computer screen where I see it every day. I think it captures something of the essence of his work- pessimism peppered with hope.

The above clip (apologies for the quality) is an absolute gem.

As has been much quoted the last week:

So it goes.

The Bird and the Bee: My New Favourite Band!

I saw this The Bird and the Bee video last night on the telly and it just stopped me in my tracks. It's hypnotic. Buy it now!

the bird and the bee player

visit inara and greg on myspace or get the code for this player

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Storyboard for a Short Film on YouTube

This is something I worked on with some friends last year. They're due to start shooting it in May having secured some funding, so I popped it up on YouTube. I'm going to put up the trailer they made when I get my hands on it, and hopefully the finished short. It'll be interesting to see the page-to-screen process.
As for the storyboard, it was rattled out over a few meetings. The actual storyboard is here, but I fancied seeing how it read with transitions etc. I scanned each frame, put them together in Windows Moviemaker and dropped some music over it (Aphex Twin and Matrix soundtrack respectively!). It only took about half an hour and there's no dialogue but it really helped to see it moving, even in this limited way.
I'll be posting more about the film as it progresses.

Fowl of the world on Best Behaviour following Birdflu Outbreak...

Clearly word's got out about the Bernard Matthews Massacre among the chicken community. Not only are chickens everywhere on their best behaviour, the're keeping the peace among other species as well: