Pretty Darn Funny

It is often the subject of conversation that there is a limited amount of wholesome or "clean" media being created in our days. And although I don't entirely agree with that (there is a lot of good clean media out there but most of us choose not to watch/indulge in it because it gets filed under "not entertaining enough") However, I have been part of a student crew that has been working on this web series over the past semester. It was created by Jeff Parkin & Jared Cardon (BYU faculty) and Produced by Deseret Book with the goal in mind to create something that is fun, enjoyable, and humorous, without compromising personal values. The show is really awesome and fun. Its free and the episodes are short. I haven't ever worked on a project quite like this one before and it has been truly a great experience. Check out the link below:



http://prettydarnfunny.com/

Story Walking

Blazing Toy Guns

The elders quorum in my ward right now is having a film festival. All of us were invited to contribute a short film of some sort, clip from home movies, or whatever. So me, Shellena, and my bro-in-law's family put this together. Its somewhat of a "Toy Story" inspired type of story. It was a lot of fun to make, and I think it turned out quite nice. I'll let you know if I win any award from the Elders Quorum Film Festival!


Thanks to
Tim Hall
Bethany Hall
Ethan and Eli Hall

and Shellena Tietjen for producing the short film.

The Hobbit - Behind the Scenes

I am predicting that 2012 is going to be an amazing year of film.
Hunger Games, Dark Knight Rises, Arriety (Studio Ghibli) Brave (Pixar), The Avengers, John Carter of Mars, Star Trek II, The Amazing Spider-Man, (possibly the Ender's Game adaptation?) and--The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Watching this behind the scenes video has made me long for Middle Earth much like I did every December in high school, with each installment of the Lord of the Rings I think its going to be rather amazing!