http://www.jawbonecontest.com/watch/DoctorsOrders1

The more views, the more likely we are to win.

Although… I’ve been contemplating these contests lately. They get thousands of people to make commercials for them, and the makers of the commercials get tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of people to watch the commercials! They don’t care about getting a high-quality commercial, it’s all about getting the brand out!

In other news, two auditions today: A nerdy guy in a West Virginia lottery commercial, and an obsessive neuroscientist in a short film called Braaains!

What you should do now (or before 9/16):

1. Go to http://www.thedoorpost.com/register/ and sign up so you can watch and vote on films.
2. Go to http://www.thedoorpost.com/hope/Portraits/ and watch Portraits.

What you should do after you’ve watched Portraits:

Did you watch it? Only read further after you’ve watched it.

Not bad, amirite? (If you disagree, feel free to disregard the rest of this post.)

1. Now you can vote on Portraits. (You might notice that you can only vote on a film after you have watched it while logged in.) There’s a little button on the lower-left of the video player. Use that to get to the voting page.
2. Now, uh… watch and vote upon the rest of the films. I realize this is kind of a tall order. But, see, the more films you watch, the more your votes count. And these are finalists—they’re going to be high quality. I’m making a night of it and watching ‘em all (http://www.thedoorpost.com/2009/FinalFilms/) this evening. I hope you do too.

Online mentions:

• Huffington Post
• Videogum
• CNet News
• Metro UK
• I Am Bored

The Outer Puppets is busting at the seams from its tremendous volume of creative juices. I left the theater feeling invigorated by the designs, the rich wit, the smart and playful performances, and not least because of the seductively immersive score played live by musicians Naa Koshie Mills, Dan Sullivan and Beth Thomason. If I were to look at the work from on high I would write about its examination of our destructive urge to outclass our mere humanness. But that wouldn’t do justice to the work’s ribald spirit. So as a mere human I’ll just say: This is one cool, rockin’ show.

Remaining Performances:
May 14, May 28, Jun 11 at 10:30pm
Under St. Marks Theatre

The Funeral is now premiering at this year’s Aspen ShortsFest. We’re pretty psyched for audiences in both Aspen and Phoenix (as previously announced) to screen our most ambitious film to-date, not to mention the chance for some winter skiing in the Rockies. See the blurb below detailing the highlights of the Aspen ShortsFest, and come west with us. We’re told that The Funeral will be shown the aftenoon of Saturday, April 4th. We’ll post more information as it’s released.

Exciting!

Funny Videos | Funny Cartoons | More Video Clips

We want it to get as many “hits” (to use the parlance of the interwebs) so that they’ll hire Untucked (yes, it is another Untucked Films project) to make more! So please take a look, and if you find it to be suitably funny, SHOW YOUR FRIENDS AND TELL THEM TO PASS IT ON OR YOU WILL NOT BE THEIR FRIEND ANY MORE.