Busy Man.

I'm involved with many, many projects as of late.  This weekend I start production on what may be the last "You Would!" sketch I direct.  I will say nothing of the story except for one thing:

DEERGASM

Details to follow...

Sprinting to the Updates!

I now have only three weeks of spring quarter left and I still have so much that still needs to get done.  Amidst all of the writing of papers and studying for tests, there is a sketch I am directing for You Would titled "The Doughopticon".  It has been a fun little project and I have really been satisfied with the results up to this point, heres a little taste:

I am really excited to see how this one turns out. It is the first project I have directed that was not written or edited by myself, so I am interested to see how it all comes together in the end. I'll make sure to post it once its all completed.

In addition to my KVIK related projects I have finally decided on a story for my next short film and I have begun doing a rough draft of the script.  It is a very irreverent story but I think it will be a ton of fun to make and I am really looking forward to getting all my old KVIK friends back up here to help out. It will be a nice reunion of sorts. Developments will follow shortly....

Along with all of these projects I also made a quick little trip down to Philidephia for my friend Dave's wedding. It was a really great event, and I couldn't be more happy for him and his wife Helen.  While I was there I met up with some old friends from high school who were also attending the wedding. We got onto the subject of a little project that we all worked on a couple years ago entitled "Life with Lombardo".  We were all really proud of the work that we put into the many different iterations that we had created and wished we would've done more with it.  Then we got into a serious discussion about actually proposing the show to a network, more specifically, Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. So now I am in the process of researching how we should go about that.  We're not even sure if it will really go anywhere, but it doesn't hurt to try!  I mean, who knows, maybe it'll get accepted and then I'll be involved with the production of a show on Adult Swim! Or maybe none of that will happen.  Either way, its all sort of exciting happenings!

Spring Shattering

Hey everyone,

Finals Week is almost upon me and my fellow WWU peers and that can mean only one thing...

No one is getting any sleep.

In addition to the obvious that also means that Spring Break is right around the corner!

I am really looking forward to this one because for the first time ever I am actually going somewhere and/or doing something exciting for Spring Break: going to DC!  Washington, that is.

I am borrowing my friend's Canon Rebel SLR camera for the trip so I will make sure that the it is well documented.

Look forward to (hopefully) daily posts about my adventures as I explore our nations capital!

I will end today's post with a video that I did recently for the that VTV show I work on every once and a while.
Hope you enjoy it!

Busy week provides entertainment for the massess...

I have been extraordinarily busy this short week. Provided for your approval is one such project to be born out of this business.

I hope you enjoy!

You Would! Fall 09 Trailer from Nick Nielsen on Vimeo.

Funny thing happened today...

  

     I work with the television station on the college campus, it's called KVIK, and today I was filming a segment for one of the shows that they produce called VTV.  The segment basically comprised of my friend Ian, the interviewer, going around Red Square, a large area that is prime for social gathering, and asking people questions and getting responses. Pretty straight forward, not too hard to film and we couldn't have asked for a better day either. It was BEAUTIFUL! Not a cloud in the sky!

   The only problem that arose once we arrived in Red Square was we didn't count on there being loud jack hammering and sawing going on in the construction site adjacent to this social gathering space.  Me and Ian talked it over and decided it wouldn't be too much of a bother so we continued on.

As we were getting into the filming and having fun with it, suddenly and without warning at least 15 people walked into Red Square. Each one was carrying a large graphic picture of an aborted fetus. What they were doing there is pretty obvious.

We both were a bit taken back by the turn of events. We thought that today would be the best day for this kind of thing to be filmed and it was! The weather was amazing! Not a cloud in the sky!  With the exception of the jack hammering and the aborted fetuses, it was a wonderful day!

I guess the point of all this is that, as a filmmaker who is filming on location you never really have that much control over the elements.

And with that expectation, Murphy's Law reigns.

But, having to work with these unexpected occurrences on set is what makes this work interesting.

It keeps you on your toes.

Or, something like that.

30% chance of rain = No rain at all

Last Sunday I had another great shoot for a little short film I wrote and am co-directing.  It's called "Bluebook Odyssey" and I couldn't be more excited with how it is turning out.

Below are just a few shots of the production so far.

  

 

As we near completion I'll be posting more photo's of our shoots and the final product.