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The Dexter Years, Episode 1

2009-12-31T15:44:00.000-08:00

Kevin Arnold has a Dark Passenger. A Smashing Frames edit.

Remix to the Future

2009-12-13T13:58:00.000-08:00

Back to the Future Remixed and Mashed Up with Beastie Boys, Timbaland, Diddy, Fergie, Justin Timberlake, Nelly, Britney Spears, and Dr. Dre. A Smashing Frames edit.

JulieRae - "YOU"

2009-06-18T20:27:00.000-07:00

Music video for the song "YOU" from the show In Conclusive Woman, now appearing off-off Broadway. Visit inconclusivewoman.com for details.

Written and performed by Ben Schrag and JulieRae
Directed by Daniel Mollenkamp
Director of Photography Roy Millen
A Smashing Frames Production

quicktime version

In Conclusive Woman in NYC

2009-05-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

Visit inconclusivewoman.com for details

Box Elder on DVD

2008-02-28T20:59:00.000-08:00

Buy it today!

Article About Box Elder

2007-10-06T20:59:00.000-07:00

read it here

Taking Out the Trash (2006)

2006-08-14T07:51:00.000-07:00

I collaborated with some friends for this year's One Night Stand 24-hour video contest, again sponsored by CAT3. Credit goes to Nathan King Miller for doing most of the work, from concept to editing. Elizabeth Plue is the lovely lady in the frame above, and special thanks go to Justin West for his powerful 4 second cameo.
We had less than a day to make a 3 minute or less short film using a randomly drawn genre and object. This year the genre was Suspense/Thriller and the object was a trash bag and its contents. Don't be surprised if ours doesn't make sense to you-- it's pretty bizarre--but that's what you get when you make a movie in one night. Aside from the sleep deprivation, it was a lot of fun, once again.

Site Redesign

2006-02-19T20:50:00.000-08:00

I'm going to redesign the whole site soon. It will be more website and less blog. The RSS feed will remain the same. So you can look forward to that.

Genre Holiday--Noir New Year's Day

2006-01-02T14:23:00.000-08:00

Occasionally, I'll post a genre holiday short on this site as well as the project's site. But to make sure you see them all, check genreholiday.com.

Here it is. The first movie in the project. I made this one alone. Hopefully it's the only one in the project that will be like that. That wasn't my plan, I just did it as a last resort. In any case, we're off and running. [4 min 20MB]

Edit 1/3/06: I adjusted the brightness slightly, so it should look clearer than when I first uploaded it.

For more information on Film Noir, try these pages:

Filmsite-Noir
Wikipedia-Noir
IMDb-Noir

The Genre Holiday Project

2005-12-18T14:30:00.000-08:00

I'm launching a new project and a new site. It's called The Genre Holiday Project. What is The Genre Holiday Project? It's your favorite site that has a new original short film each holiday, with the theme of that holiday, paired alliteratively with a different genre. It begins Jan. 1 with Noir New Year's Day, followed by Martial Art's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Jan. 16. A full schedule is on the new site. I've also set up a message board. So check it out.

Exit Sign (2005)

2005-12-04T17:39:00.000-08:00

Dan Ware and Rachel Proffitt star in this video that won third place in the One Night Stand 24-hour video contest presented by CAT3-TV. We had less than 24 hours to make a three minute (or less) video using the randomly selected genre and object. This year the genre was Sci-Fi and the object was a sign. [3 min 13MB]

Thanks to CAT3-TV

2005-12-03T20:05:00.000-08:00

We took third place in this year's annual "One Night Stand" 24-hour filmmaking contest presented by Columbia Access Television, CAT3-TV After a long day, I'm ready for some sleep, but I'll post the video in the next day or so. Please visit www.cat3.tv for more information. Thanks to them for a really fun night.

The Car Sale (The Lost Episode)

2005-10-29T13:31:00.000-07:00

For years, anthropologists have speculated on the existence of a "lost episode" to complete the Mid-Mo Movies "Car Sale" Trilogy. The episode, according to the legend, would feature Evan and Daniel switching roles, with Daniel selling the car. While mainstream researchers swore it was a myth, akin to the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, or Sammy Davis Jr., there have always been those who claimed that not only was it made, but that it still exists and would eventually surface.
Today, the faithful are vindicated. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Lost Episode. [5 min 23MB]

Plenty of Bandwidth

2005-10-24T12:51:00.000-07:00

I was out of bandwidth, but not anymore, thanks to the free services of archive.org, Blogger, and blip.tv So download all you want. Thanks for watching. (p.s. The comments left before the switch were unfortunatley lost).

The Car Sale (part 2)

2005-10-24T09:38:00.000-07:00

Evan and Daniel are back in Part 2: The Negotiation. [4.5 min 21MB]

The Car Sale (part 1)

2005-10-24T09:37:00.000-07:00

Written and performed by Evan Grimes and Daniel Mollenkamp. [7 min 32MB] And now some keywords inspired by Steve Jobs: video ipod video podcast.

Another Great Day (2003)

2005-10-24T09:36:00.000-07:00

My first short film. [7 min. 21MB]

Time Machine

2005-10-24T09:33:00.000-07:00

A 5-second movie created for a contest.