A Stitch in Time
May 31st, 2010

Posted by Matt

The new video is up. Head on over and check it out!

Paul provided me his thoughts on the writing and production of this video. I’ve quoted him below:

“A number of years ago we made a video called One Minute Shorts that was a collection of vignettes, each exactly one minute in length. My favorite of these was one that dealt with someone time traveling one minute into the past, and ever since doing that short I have had the idea in the back of my mind to take that concept and expand it into a full video. The actual shoot went surprisingly quickly, considering all the split-screening involved, and I am very happy with the final product. I think the workshop really shows off the new camera well (especially considering that the lighting in the basement where we shot was not that good).”

Pictured below is the timeline for the video that Paul used to keep his writing on track, to keep the characters straight, and so that all the entrances and exits happened when they were supposed to. He also tried to use it to explain the video to the rest of us, but I’m pretty sure it didn’t help.

If you think this video was confusing to watch, try writing it! (Click to embiggen.)

Preview Pic for May 31 2010
May 30th, 2010

Posted by Matt

Hmm…

Installation Anxiety 2010
May 24th, 2010

Posted by Matt

This week’s video is here! Go check it out!

Naturally, this is a remake of this video. (which you may, or may not, have seen before).

In the forum thread on this video, James has answered some questions you may have about this video, which I have re-posted below:

Why did we remake this?
As most of you know, we were invited to w00tstock this year to showcase some of our videos. We decided that Installation Anxiety was a great video and could play really well with that type of audience (It totally did by the way). But we quickly realized that while it was a solid video, its production values no longer reflect what we are capable of making. So we decided to re-shoot it. Once w00tstock was over, we discussed using it as one of our regular weekly updates. After several talks we decided to go for it for it. We know there will be a couple people that won’t agree, but we are proud of the remake and wanted to showcase it.

Are you going to remake more?
Who knows. It won’t become a regular thing, so for those who think we copped out this week, don’t worry. It won’t happen again anytime soon. Brand new, totally original content returns next week, and the week after that, and the week after that, and the week after that. After that I can’t make any promises as we haven’t planned that far ahead.

I’d like to amend to that that there are a few videos in our back catalog that we have definitely considered remaking in the past, and we may still do so in the future. But this is certainly not going to become a regular thing, with this video we simply wanted to give it a try and see how it worked.

The Gay Chicken
May 17th, 2010

Posted by Matt

You’ve asked for them. You’ve pleaded for them. You’ve practically begged for them. So here they are: Bill and Morgan, starring in a new episode of commodoreHUSTLE.

The Gay Chicken

As is usually the case with commodoreHUSTLE, this episode is based largely on real events. Morgan is truly the king of ‘flapping’, and Bill is, without question, the king of remaining unflapped. Even the tactic used to obtain ultimate victory in this video was word-for-word taken from the events as they actually unfolded.

You’ve likely noticed by now that Bill and Morgan have scaled back their involvement in videos somewhat, but Hustle just wouldn’t be Hustle without them – so fear not, though they may not show up as often as they once did, they’re not going away forever.

Finally, since Graham apparently doesn’t respect his work as an actor sufficiently to grant him a place among the credits, I’ll be the bigger man and give credit where it is due. The cat in this video is named Khavren, and he belongs to Kathleen. He is one of the precious few cats on this earth that I don’t dislike, so let’s all congratulate him on his stellar performance, and his being generally tolerable.

Rock on kitty.

(Oh, it occurs to me that Kathleen’s other cat, Annika, made his debut on tehz intarwebs today, too. He’s on this website, being extrememly bewildered.)

Split Decision
May 10th, 2010

Posted by Matt

Clocking in at four minutes and twenty six seconds, with a history of leaving people crippled with laughter, providing you with nothing but sheer entertainment, it’s…. THIS WEEK’S VIDEO!

As mentioned by Tim in the forum thread for this video, the concept finds its origins among some work we did with our good friend Woody Tondorf while we were in Boston for PAX East. We spent an evening filming with him for a project he was making, and the idea became something we just had to run with. I don’t want to say too much, but I can tell you that the video we were involved with will be online in about 2 weeks. In the meantime, you can catch some of the other videos that Woody’s been making as a part of this project right here. Foursquare Cops gets my:

Cheers!