My friends’ horror film I edited this past Halloween Mischief Night has been accepted to the Fright Night Film Festival in Louisville, KY! Road trip?

Jesse and I are pleased to announce our editing for FIRST Lego League: Food Factor has won a Communicator Award!

So I have been tossing around the idea of a web series based around a guy in a small town with his embarrasing family and vlogging about it. I just didn’t know how to execute it… until now. So I tried out a pilot to see if it could be done, and indeed it worked. Once I fine tune the puppetry and human world, and get more crew than just myself, I really hope The Autobiography of Eddie Jacques will take off. But for now, please enjoy the pilot!

DISCALIMER: This has nothing to do with Jim Henson Productions. Using Whatnot Muppets from FAO Schwarz, I feel using their puppets is more of an homage which inspired how I could make the character work, and I couldn’t be happier with how it is progressing. Enjoy!

Jesse Dufault and I were recruited last year to shoot and edit a video for FIRST Lego League robotics. The video focused on the program, championship, and actual FIRST members. It was a blast to film with the kids. We decided to submit to some awards, and we won a Telly! I put the video below if you’d like to see the award winning video!

Goober Smoocher has been accepted into the 2012 SENE Film, Music, and Arts Festival! Be sure to come and see us with other great films at the Cable Car, April 15 at 7:45 PM!

We had to produce a found footage music video in my class. When I was young, the Christmas video tapes I watched with my grandparents, and staying home sick from school and weekends in Decembers, a Rankin/Bass special would sometimes pop up on a main channel, or some other random cable network. I would be kind of creeped out by the puppets (possibly because of a Child’s Play poster that our local video store took down for me and replaced with Care Bears II).

In high school when Fox (now ABC) Family started showing Rankin/Bass marathons, I became so fascinated with the productions’ history. Above all, there were way more specials no one truly knew about. Over the years I collected as much Rankin/Bass I could as they became available on DVD, or which obscure one I could find on VHS online.

One thing I did notice as I continued to watch the films through college- there is a lot of dark themes running through these specials. So, as the films irked me as a kid, I wanted to create a montage of those scary, violent, and creepy moments that occurred in each film.

Though, I did include A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Small One, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Besides all the Rankin/Bass, these three still hold dear to my heart, and I wanted them to make an appearance. We Wish You A Merry Christmas’ is from a Yule Log DVD I found in a bin while working at a record store.

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So some of you may know I’m back in school getting my Masters in Media Studies. In my Digital Workshop II class we had to animate a children’s book with basic keyframing. I wanted to do more than that- So I decided to go through a bunch of Dr. Seuss books and create a world with all different characters from one of my literary heroes. I’m still a big fan, and I feel I eventually had to make this.

Back at the end of October I won a Davey for my editing in Haiti: Triumph, Sorrow, and the Struggle of a People. My statuette finally came in, so I thought I would share with you all! Thanks for all your support in a wonderful project. It’s was truly an accomplishment this year- to think a film with my name on it would be on store shelves was only a high school dream. And after international festivals, an Associated Press Award, Davey Award, and Emmy Nomination- I’m ready to take on the next year.

It’s true! Jon and I remain broke and felt it was time to create a follow up to everyone’s favorite holiday gentlewoman. This year’s journey she is joined by her sister-in-law, Marlo. Happy Holidays everyone, and enjoy!