Some ‘a you people just about missed it!

That was me. I’m the guy in the Roundtable Pizza commercial where the tomato freaks out and turns over the table!

Don’t believe me? Watch this over and over and over.

Black Dollar Productions was hired by Image Line Productions to handle the voice-over duties for Shell’s promo video for the 2009 Eco-Marathon.

The Eco-Marathon is an international competition between university student teams each attempting to build the most fuel efficient vehicle.

Here is a sample:

Download audio file (shell.mp3)

From the Shell Eco-Marathon site:

• challenges students around the world to design, build, and test vehicles that travel further using less energy.
• is an educational platform that encourages innovation, reinforces conservation and fosters the development of leading technology for greater energy efficiency.
• is a global forum for current and future leaders who are passionate about finding sustainable solutions to the world’s energy challenge.
• is a visible demonstration of Shell’s deep commitment to face head-on the growing demand for energy worldwide in a responsible way. It is an invitation to others to do the same.

I have just signed with the commercial department at the Clear Talent Group.

I’m excited to be working with the CTG crew and I have no doubt that in the next couple months you’ll be seeing me on your TV screen as you fall asleep.

Pleasant dreams.

PART II!

This time I had a friend take only 579 pictures of my face.

This edition of Headshots, The Movie isn’t as hypnotic as part I, however it does find our hero in faraway lands escaping a Turkish prison and running from the forces of evil.

Feel free to compare and contrast part I and part II. There is a seizure warning in effect for children under 12 who watch both videos simultaneously.

Headshots are normally pretty depressing to look at, especially the ones where you are half blinking. But a video like this breathes new life into the half-sneeze, the shit-eating grin, and the sex criminial pictures that are normally deleted as soon as they’re opened.

Enjoy!

Hypnotic and creepy, eh?

Black Dollar Productions recorded and edited over 2500 GRE/SAT words, definitions, and sentences in preparation for testwisers 2007 site launch. For a glisp of the finished product, try testwiser’s online demo.

Listen to a sample:
Download audio file (vocab.mp3)

About testwiser.com:

Testwiser has been authored by expert test takers who scored in the 99th percentile on the verbal sections of the GRE and SAT, with advice from skilled teachers and real students. The Testwiser system is proven to help students succeed in learning the vocabulary essential to their test.

Imagine a heart warming situation comedy about a group of friends learning to love in the big city.

Now imagine this show has no budget.

Now imagine the credit sequence to this show.

Our entry in the Summer 2003 Fast Forward Film Festival. Teams were given two index cards with a word or phase determining the opening and closing shot. Films were screened in order so each closing shot is the opening shot of the next film. Teams had 24 hours to complete the film. We won a bag of coffee.

The Cannonball Run Scavenger Hunt was a bicycle scavenger hunt organized by Urban Bike Assault recreating the magic of the Cannonball Run on the streets of LA.

Black Dollar Productions rode along and filmed the ride. The short film documenting the day’s events went on to play in the 2006 Bicycle Film Festival in LA, the 2006 Filmed by Bike in Portland, and the 2007 Celluloid Cycles film festival in Melbourne.

I couldn’t find a version of the Cannonball Run theme song without the sound of revving engines drowning out the music. I used Reason and Pro Tools to cover the song.

Bicycle Film Festival
Celluloid Cycles
Filmed by Bike
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