My Parody of "24" (shot with XH-A1) at DVinfo.net

Barry Gribble · April 1st, 2007, 09:37 PM

Hey all,

Instead of a normal weekly episode of my sitcom Buddy Jackson, we decided this week to do a parody of the show "24." Take a look and let me know what you think:

http://www.buddyjackson.com/

This was shot using two Canon XH-A1 cameras. Kevin Good was the DP, and he did a great job on it. He also did some pretty slick post. It was edited in FCP, with the motion graphics created in After Effects. We scored it together using CueBase (sp?).

All of our episodes starting with 14, "The Agony of Defeat," have been shot with the Canons. I really love them.

Thanks.

Peter Jefferson · April 1st, 2007, 09:47 PM

LOL loved it..

the 3 hole punch line was the killer...loved the pen eye torture... hahahahaha

Barry Gribble · April 2nd, 2007, 03:51 AM

Thanks Peter, I'm glad you liked it. I love those also :).

Mike Teutsch · April 2nd, 2007, 06:41 AM

Barry,

I thought it was great! Now I have a whole bunch of other movies to watch too!

Mike

Cole McDonald · April 2nd, 2007, 08:53 AM

That's been forwarded to everyone I know :) really funny stuff...too familiar for we corporate world folks.

Chris Barcellos · April 2nd, 2007, 10:11 AM

Nice parody. I sent it off to my wife who is all over 24..... Really enjoyed this one !!

Jon Fairhurst · April 2nd, 2007, 10:52 AM

Sweet 24-ness!

Mike Andrade · April 2nd, 2007, 04:02 PM

I laughed all the way through it. Very well done.

Barry Gribble · April 2nd, 2007, 06:00 PM

Thanks guys, I really glad you liked it. We had so much fun making it that I wasn't sure if it was just us who would like it or not :).

Brian Brown · April 2nd, 2007, 10:50 PM

Very good parody. And very nice production value, too. Loved it.

Thanks!
Brian Brown

Glenn Chan · April 2nd, 2007, 11:01 PM

Great work and nice story/parody.

The lighting was very nice... and it looks like you pulled off a lot of setups with a small crew.

2- Nice job with Angst barbie too.

Chris Harris · April 3rd, 2007, 05:11 PM

Awesome dialog, great lighting and set design... It was hilarious too! This is by far the first good 24 parody I've ever seen.

Cole McDonald · April 3rd, 2007, 06:26 PM

lighting diagrams or descriptions?

Colin Sato · April 3rd, 2007, 08:17 PM

I loved it! The 3 hole punch, the urgency, and the guy playing Alamida, he phrased his words perfectly.

I'm a big 24 fan and even have a few parody clips too. I'm just doing this for fun, so it's just me and a cat named Jack (link below).

http://www.satoauto.com/video/Interrogation_v2.wmv

I'd be interested in the number countdown sequence you did, what program produced the digital number effect?

Barry Gribble · April 3rd, 2007, 09:05 PM

Thanks all for the great feedback... I'm really glad you like it.

Glen - yeah, I didn't count the setups, but it was pretty much all in one day. Our crew was me, a DP, a B cam op, a sound opp and two PAs. The complicating factor is that the DP (Kevin Good) is also the actor who finds himself at the business end of a stapler. I ran his cam for the segments he was in. It may seem like a tight scedule, but it was light for us... we only shot one episode that day whereas for regular episodes we always shoot two. Glad you liked Barbie too...

Cole - For lighting we had two Kino Diva lights (one filled with daylight bulbs, the other tungsten), a couple Arris, and a few random things thrown in. If you have a particular scene you'd like a diagram off I can probably recreate it, though I may have to ask Kevin.

Colin - the countdown was done in After Effects. I think there was a stock 7-segment display font used as a mask, but I never actually saw the timelines for that. The guy playing Almeida, Danny Rouhier, is a fabulously talented stand-up comic who is also a huge fan of "24." Once I saw his impression in rehearsal I had to add a couple more lines for him. I hadn't written that character to be Almeida, Danny just threw it in. I wish I could have captured for posterity the impression of Chloe O'Brian he did also, because it was probably even better. Your cat thing was fun :).

April 1st, 2007, 09:37 PM	#1
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	My Parody of "24" (shot with XH-A1) Hey all, Instead of a normal weekly episode of my sitcom Buddy Jackson, we decided this week to do a parody of the show "24." Take a look and let me know what you think: http://www.buddyjackson.com/ This was shot using two Canon XH-A1 cameras. Kevin Good was the DP, and he did a great job on it. He also did some pretty slick post. It was edited in FCP, with the motion graphics created in After Effects. We scored it together using CueBase (sp?). All of our episodes starting with 14, "The Agony of Defeat," have been shot with the Canons. I really love them. Thanks. __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

April 2nd, 2007, 03:51 AM	#3
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	Thanks Peter, I'm glad you liked it. I love those also :). __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

April 2nd, 2007, 06:41 AM	#4
Mike Teutsch Inner Circle Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Port St. Lucie, Florida Posts: 2,614	Barry, I thought it was great! Now I have a whole bunch of other movies to watch too! Mike __________________ Chapter one, line one. The BH.

April 2nd, 2007, 08:53 AM	#5
Cole McDonald Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sauk Rapids, MN, USA Posts: 1,675	That's been forwarded to everyone I know :) really funny stuff...too familiar for we corporate world folks. __________________ Web Youtube Facebook

April 2nd, 2007, 10:11 AM	#6
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Nice parody. I sent it off to my wife who is all over 24..... Really enjoyed this one !! __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

April 1st, 2007, 09:47 PM	#2
Peter Jefferson Inner Circle Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aus Posts: 3,884	LOL loved it.. the 3 hole punch line was the killer...loved the pen eye torture... hahahahaha

April 2nd, 2007, 10:52 AM	#7
Jon Fairhurst Inner Circle Join Date: May 2006 Location: Camas, WA, USA Posts: 5,513	Sweet 24-ness! __________________ Jon Fairhurst

April 2nd, 2007, 04:02 PM	#8
Mike Andrade Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 136	I laughed all the way through it. Very well done. __________________ Mike A

April 2nd, 2007, 06:00 PM	#9
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	Thanks guys, I really glad you liked it. We had so much fun making it that I wasn't sure if it was just us who would like it or not :). __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

April 2nd, 2007, 10:50 PM	#10
Brian Brown Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Estes Park, CO USA Posts: 426	Very good parody. And very nice production value, too. Loved it. Thanks! Brian Brown

April 2nd, 2007, 11:01 PM	#11
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Great work and nice story/parody. The lighting was very nice... and it looks like you pulled off a lot of setups with a small crew. 2- Nice job with Angst barbie too.

April 3rd, 2007, 05:11 PM	#12
Chris Harris Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 487	Awesome dialog, great lighting and set design... It was hilarious too! This is by far the first good 24 parody I've ever seen.

April 3rd, 2007, 06:26 PM	#13
Cole McDonald Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sauk Rapids, MN, USA Posts: 1,675	lighting diagrams or descriptions? __________________ Web Youtube Facebook

April 3rd, 2007, 08:17 PM	#14
Colin Sato Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Honolulu Posts: 85	I loved it! The 3 hole punch, the urgency, and the guy playing Alamida, he phrased his words perfectly. I'm a big 24 fan and even have a few parody clips too. I'm just doing this for fun, so it's just me and a cat named Jack (link below). http://www.satoauto.com/video/Interrogation_v2.wmv I'd be interested in the number countdown sequence you did, what program produced the digital number effect?

April 3rd, 2007, 09:05 PM	#15
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	Thanks all for the great feedback... I'm really glad you like it. Glen - yeah, I didn't count the setups, but it was pretty much all in one day. Our crew was me, a DP, a B cam op, a sound opp and two PAs. The complicating factor is that the DP (Kevin Good) is also the actor who finds himself at the business end of a stapler. I ran his cam for the segments he was in. It may seem like a tight scedule, but it was light for us... we only shot one episode that day whereas for regular episodes we always shoot two. Glad you liked Barbie too... Cole - For lighting we had two Kino Diva lights (one filled with daylight bulbs, the other tungsten), a couple Arris, and a few random things thrown in. If you have a particular scene you'd like a diagram off I can probably recreate it, though I may have to ask Kevin. Colin - the countdown was done in After Effects. I think there was a stock 7-segment display font used as a mask, but I never actually saw the timelines for that. The guy playing Almeida, Danny Rouhier, is a fabulously talented stand-up comic who is also a huge fan of "24." Once I saw his impression in rehearsal I had to add a couple more lines for him. I hadn't written that character to be Almeida, Danny just threw it in. I wish I could have captured for posterity the impression of Chloe O'Brian he did also, because it was probably even better. Your cat thing was fun :). __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB