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5 Minute Movie House XIV

POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, MAY 11 2008 03:31 PM | PERMALINK

This week's winner was "Man in the Basement" by Ritchie Steven Filippi. I thought it was very creepy, and he did some really neat things with it. 

You guys continue to create really amazing stuff, and it's always a pleasure to watch the submissions, but as i've said before, I can't do 5 Minute Movie House WITHOUT YOU, so please keep submitting your videos and works here at the 5 Minute Movie House Thread

Tags: five minute movie house , horror , bloody , Ritchie Steven Filippi , man in the basement , Matthew Metzger , violence , revenge

Friday Video Contest: "If Only Your Apartment Furniture Could Talk"

POSTED BY JESSE JOHNSON, MAY 09 2008 05:01 PM | PERMALINK

 
Sounds like kind of a boring conversation, actually.
 
 

Tags: contest , video , online

Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Night Vision Goggles

POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, MAY 07 2008 11:16 PM | PERMALINK

 
So you want to stalk your enemies in the dark, striking out of the shadows, your wrath boiling out of the end of a surpressed pistol like a furious cobra, silent, quick, and deadly? Well that's up to you to figure out how to do that (or just check back on Erik's Ninja Tutorial for some extra tips) , but I can sure help make you LOOK like you can with your very own Night Vision Goggles!
 

Get a pair of plastic safety goggles, I got these at the hardware store for about 3 dollars.
 
 
I got a toliet paper roll again, and I cut it a little under 3 inches.
 

I got this little keychain flashlight, for a few dollars, also at the hardware store.
 

I cut a slit...

Tags: wesleys weekly , tutorial , goggles , ninja , spy , stealth , special forces , spec-ops , night vision

Erik Beck nominated for Hottest Male Web Host!

POSTED BY LINDSEY CHEN, MAY 06 2008 02:08 PM | PERMALINK

Hey Indy Mogulers!

I have some big news. Yours truly, Erik Beck has been nominated for the HOTTEST MALE WEB HOST. Now I've discussed this with Steve and both of us think that Erik is hot and should win this hands down. But it's not up to us. It's up to YOUR VOTES. It only takes a minute to vote for Erik on Tv Week's website.

And if you've already voted for Erik in round 1, you can still vote again. The votes were narrowed down and it's down to 9. He's up against people like Leo Laporte (who is currently winning), Kevin Rose from Diggnation, Jeff MacPherson from Tiki Bar Tv, David Price from The Middle Show and a few more.

So do us a favor, do yourself a favor, do Steve a favor and VOTE FOR ERIK BECK!!!!!! Voting ends at 2pm PST...

Tags: contest , erik beck , tv week , hottest maie web host , web host

WestHavenBrook UPDATE! - 05-06-08

POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, MAY 06 2008 12:57 PM | PERMALINK

Another update from our friends over at WestHavenBrook! Check it out!

Also a great tip for making a neck breaking noise. 

Tags: westhavenbrook , feature film , production log , update , sockbaby

5 Minute Movie House XIII

POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, MAY 04 2008 06:37 PM | PERMALINK

This was a great week, i've been loving the great videos you guys submit, and I realize how much potential some Mogulers have, and it's really astounding how far a lot of you have come, keep up the good work, and keep up the great submissions. Stop by the 5 Minute Movie House thread and submit your videos, and next week you might be up here.

The winner this week is Jonathan Franklin, with his short "Tungsten". It was very creepy, and I thought it was a great idea, very simple and wonderfully shot, looking forward to more from Jon in the future most definitely.

 

 

 

Tags: five minute movie house , horror , tungsten , end of the world , flashlight , light bulb , twilight , apocolypse , jonathan franklin , scary

Video Contest: Way2Save VCAM

POSTED BY JESSE JOHNSON, MAY 02 2008 05:31 PM | PERMALINK

 
 
 
There's quite a lot of money in this one if your ad is good enough to be played on TV, so do your best.
 

Tags: contest , video , online

Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Retractable Wrist Blade

POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, APRIL 30 2008 11:59 PM | PERMALINK

 
So you made your Ninja Costume, but you wanted something extra that is definitely a Ninja staple, The Retractable Hidden Blade. Well fear not, because today, i'm going to show you how to make one from odd's and end's for almost nothing!
 

First, start out with some foam board, and almost exactly like a scaled down Sword Tutorial, make a blade. I sketched out a kind of long skinny blade, but you can do different shapes, or longer or shorter blades, but I sketched mine out, then cut it out with my X-Acto and a ruler, any straight edge will do so you get nice clean cuts.
 

 
I painted it with a layer of silver acrylic paint, and compressed the edges to make it look more like...

Tags: sword , weapon , stab , ninja , assassin , hidden blade , retractable knife , wrist blade , assassins creed , cuting

Zombies, Dancing, and Filmmaking!

POSTED BY STEVE NELSON, APRIL 29 2008 08:25 PM | PERMALINK

As of recently, there are 3 things that really excite us here at Indy Mogul. And yeah, you might be thinking "Zombies, Dancing, and Filmmaking" and although this is very true; our latest love is for the work of California-based Three Legged Legs. The group was started in 2005 by Greg Gunn, Casey Hunt and Reza Rasoli.

Combining art, professional production, and Internet culture; their latest project, “Piece of Me, Piece of You”, exemplifies the collaborative and sharing attitude of Zune Arts, who commissioned the video. It’s an optimistic look at spreading zombie rage…or zombie love, rather, through the use of puppets. Fellow Zune contributors and musical duo, Chromeo, delivered the eFunk necessary for the zombie puppets to...

Tags: zombies , zombie , puppet , puppets , zune arts

5 Minute Movie House XII

POSTED BY WESLEY SCOGGINS, APRIL 27 2008 07:22 PM | PERMALINK

                
A Broken Promise from Ben Eades on Vimeo.

Another fantastic week of submissions, and another tough decision. This week I chose Ben Eades short film "A Broken Promise".  I thought it was very emotional and had some great special effects in it.

Check out the 5 Minute Movie House thread here, and keep submitting your own films, we can't keep doing it without your films.

Tags: five minute movie house , stabbing , new york , dramatic , ben eades , broken promise , insanity