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"Lupin" Our Unofficial Video for Nit Grit

Allow me to clear the air here. I know these past “Arting” updates have been a bit cryptic as to what the end result was for, so here’s the story: we drew our inspiration from a track by Nit Grit called Lupin and made a music video for it. Let it be known that this was all done without the permission of the artist. To say it in a way that someone who might attempt to sue us...

Dec 10th

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Arting, 4 of 4

There’s a 4 next to that 4 up there, which means it’s the last entry of our attempted Arting. Here we are. The last post about our soon to be completed project. For this scene we brought all of our featureless beauties together in one spot, and wouldn’t you know it? We let them have their faces back. Maybe we know how to use pretty girls in music videos after all. ...

Sep 21st

When pulp just isn't enough

While trying to be organized and shuffle media around I happen to stumble upon old footage and workings from past projects long forgotten. This would be the first installment. This is pure cinema in the making. The dedication and commitment are fully present, even up to the point of actually choking at the :22 marker. You don’t want to know how many oranges were devoured in the making...

Sep 17th

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Arting, 3 of 4

You know we can’t stop, won’t stop… Arting. In this installment of Arting we’ve got Iona Grace stepping in as our featureless woman. Naturally when you’re trying to art you’re going to have to problem solve, but the challenges of this scene were magnified by the size of the set, working with half the man-power, and needing to make it rain indoors. We had our...

Sep 13th

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$10 Bill tonight Sept 9th at Brainwash!

The 17th Annual Brainwash Movie Fest is not over yet. Tonight $10 Bill will be burning its image on the big white tarp over at the Mandela Village Arts Center in Oakland. Hector and his drunken ode to women far out of his league has been our most well received project thus far and Brainwash is a great crowd so it should be a good night. Show starts at 9pm with food starting at 7. ...

Sep 9th

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Arting, 2 of 4

We’ve digested our ideas and now it’s time for another spat of Arting. Our gaffer, Pete, setting up the panels If you’ll remember from the last episode of “Arting” we’ve got a creature trapped in a world and forced to explore and accept her environment. Add a pinch of art to fool the good people at home, and you’ve got...

Sep 6th

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Goodnight Harvey gets again at Brainwash Tomorrow

Harvey was definitely <spoiler extracted> at the end of “Goodnight Harvey” but the tenacious little guy just won’t seem to stay <spoiler extracted>. And in this case, since the film is showing again at the 17th Annual Brainwash Movie Festival as part of their “Big Weird Time” television pilot, he’s going to have yet another chance to be <spoiler...

Sep 2nd

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IFYW presents: Arting, 1 of 4

In case you were ever curious, this is another look at IFYW in production. It looks like this with a lot more sighing and frustration A few months ago we were testing a bunch of different ways to go about this new project. Testing make-up, testing set dressing, testing our patience… but now all those tests have paid off and after six weeks of production we’ve got...

Aug 30th

Brainwash Movie Festival. Great taste in films? or...

IFYW’s favorite film festival, Brainwash, just accepted our latest puppet project “$10 Bill.” The music video for MC Vulgar’s ode to drunken reminiscence will be shown sometime in August (exact times TBA.) It also looks like Goodnight Harvey will get another showing as it was selected to be part of the Brainwash television pilot “Big Weird Time” which will get...

Jul 6th

A Little Something on the Side

Over the last few months Josh has been working as Director of Photography on the short film “Mind Glow.” A project directed by “Goodnight Harvey” lead actor Sam Wohl and his creative cohort Eric Svedas. The film centers around two friends that go on a wild mind-bending adventure after a burrito dealing trash troll impregnates one of them with an alien. A finished clip of...

May 26th

Latest In Development

Here’s a little taste of the next project; scheduled for a Summer shoot. We’re letting this one challenge us in areas we haven’t explored before. It’s definitely more abstract than our previous work as the mood will be set with the visuals of the scenes and the editing in which it’s presented. That image at the top is what we call the Red Panel scene. This was Josh...

May 13th

IFYW's new office

Now we can sort of take ourselves more serious with a new and improved work space. Not really though. Somewhere in this collage of commerce and street spirit lies the lair of your favorite cabrones. Ok, it’s more like a janitor’s closet without the sink. Yet somehow we were able to fit everything in there. Come on in and I’ll give you a tour. There’s Josh, pretending...

May 10th

Dec 8th

So Apparently 'Harvey' got into Another Festival

So that’s pretty cool, right? One more notch on the belt of ‘Goodnight Harvey.’ Thing was, everyone here at IFYW (and I do mean EVERYone) thought that we got rejected from this festival. Come to find out just recently that they’ve got it up on their site and it’s going for a $1.50 a screening. Truth be told that’s not a bad deal considering the film isn’t...

Nov 23rd

Goodnight Harvey in Atlanta!

Tonight Goodnight Harvey will be screened as part of the Ninja Puppet Shenaniganza produced by Ninja Puppet Productions. I wish we could make it out there for it but Harvey seems content with being the IFYW ambassador to the South on his own. I get it Harvs, you’re too good for us now! Go ahead and stay in the South with your peaches and your Falcons games. Who needs ya. I lied! I need...

Nov 6th

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Upcoming Project: You Can Buy 8 Beers with a 10...

So remember when I was talking about our upcoming project being “Sack and Cack”, but then I posted an episode of “Crime School,” and all the while I’m blabbing about “Goodnight Harvey?” Well I can understand your frustration when I start talking about this new thing that none of you have ever heard of. Here’s the skinny. It’s a music video for...

Sep 7th

Harvey Takes 3rd at Brainwash

This post has been a long time coming, and here’s the reason why: we agreed that if we won an award at the Brainwash Movie Festival we would go on a bender that would last as many weeks as the number we placed. (Ex. 1st = 1 week, 2nd = 2 weeks, etc.) This seemed to make sense seeing as how based on this system our bender would be proportionate to the amount of depression and/or level of...

Sep 2nd

Harvey Closes Out Brainwash TONIGHT

Tonight starting at 9pm The 16th Annual Drive-In, Bike-in, Walk-In Brainwash Movie Festival starts its final night and Goodnight Harvey is wrapping it all up. Bring your car, your bike, and/or your butt, take a seat and enjoy 11 short films in the crisp Oakland air the way God intended. Directly following Goodnight Harvey will be the awards presentation where you will find the answers to the...

Aug 14th

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Here is the latest episode of Crime School. Freebase is out of drugs so he and Daruthers pull together the last of what they have in order to set a trap for a neighboring bum.

Aug 3rd

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"Goodnight Harvey" tomorrow night at the...

If you’re in or around the Sacramento area tomorrow (Saturday) night, you can catch the first festival showing of “Goodnight Harvey.” The movie will be playing with the feature length film Weeding Out at 6pm at the Crest Theater as part of the Sacramento Film & Music Festival. The Crest Theater is located at 1013 K St. and tickets are $10. Order online before they get...

Jul 30th

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Another Fest for Harvey

Our short “Goodnight Harvey” has made it into its second film festival. This time we’re a little closer to home at the Brainwash Movie Festival in the notoriously beautiful (sic) city of Oakland, CA. This is pretty exciting for a couple reasons. One, it’s right across the Bay so we can show up to it completely hammered on time. And two, it’s a drive-in, bike-in,...

Jul 30th

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Upcoming Project: The Sack and Cack Show

The gentlemen of IFYW always have a few projects circulating the various burners of the production line. Front to back and back to front they go. Eventually some go somewhere while others are left to smolder into a charred skeleton of their former selves. Like that potato you didn’t notice jump out of the pan… or children. Sack and Cack is one of those projects that has been making...

Jul 27th

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"Goodnight Harvey" at the Sacramento Film and...

Ripping out of his skin and into the Sacramento Film and Music Festival is none other than Harvey. “Goodnight Harvey” has been selected to play along with the feature-length film, Weeding Out, on Saturday, July 31st at 6pm. This being the first festival for Harvey I had one thing on my mind: when do we get that olive branch thing that proves this movie got into a festival. Well,...

Jul 20th

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Things with IFYW’s latest recruit just aren’t working out. It’s time to up the ante.

Jun 6th

Goodnight Harvey featured on puppetbuzz.com →

Pasha Romanowski, founder of projectpuppet.com, just wrote an update about Goodnight Harvey on Puppet Buzz. Pasha was of great assistance in the early stages of the film, offering his advice and experience when we were designing Harvey and the other 19 puppets featured in the film. Most of the materials used to create them came from projectpuppet.com making this site an invaluable resource for us.

May 12th

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Goodnight Harvey wrap-up

On the first of May Goodnight Harvey premiered to 2 packed houses at The Dark Room in San Francisco. I estimate that we had between 100 and 120 people show up which is absolutely incredible. Thanks again to Aaron and Marc from B-Minus Comiks, E.Dubois, Sam Wohl, and Brain Kennard for helping us put on a show. And a very big thanks to everyone that came out and showed your support. In case you...

May 10th

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Goodnight Harvey premiers tonight. One night only.... →

May 2nd

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Goodnight Harvey in the SF Examiner Movie Blog →

Check out this article that just got posted to the SF Examiner Movie Blog. That’s right, we’re taking on the big film festival. And yeah, we are doing it with a puppet show. …well, ya know, until we enter it next year.

Apr 30th

The Premier of "Goodnight Harvey" and Muppos Live!

It’s less than a week away. On Saturday May 1st the premier of our short film “Goodnight Harvey” at The Dark Room Theater in San Francisco. The all-nighters have continued for us as we’ve been getting the film ready for its debut. Will it all be worth it? You can be the judge of that when you come out for the show. (Come on, even my grandma is going to be there.) In...

Apr 27th

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The trailer for our next short film Goodnight Harvey. Sam, a puppet skinner’s apprentice, must confront the realities of his profession when a puppet named Harvey wakes up on the cutting table. With a customer anxious to get Harvey’s hide, Sam must choose whether to set him free, or finish the skinning that has already been started. Ripping out of his skin and into your hearts. May...

Apr 21st

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The Audio Master

With the help of Will McCarty, Post Sound Designer and author of The BLACKAU! Manifesto, the sound for “Goodnight Harvey” is finally complete. Color correction is on the horizon, and the score is so close we can taste it with the tongues that we have in our ears, yes really. We expect the film to be completely finished within the next couple of weeks.

Mar 26th

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The Men Behind the Melons

A puppet show just isn’t complete without puppeteers. And despite all the things we do we’re only, at best, marginal at all of them . That’s why we’ve enlisted the crew from B-Minus Comiks to show us what’s what about puppetry. They’re the famed creators of Ms. Monster and her Monster Melons, a horror-comedy show here in San Francisco. They’re fresh off...

Mar 23rd

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Harvey Gets Scored

We recently had a meeting with the Bessoni brothers. These are the composers that are writing the score for “Goodnight Harvey.” The score is nearly finished, and so far sounds amazing. With it’s creepy strung out sounds, and thick up-beat vibe the score is not only original, but brilliant. We think the score will really drive the film home, and add to the already eerie feel. The...

Mar 10th

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Goodnight Harvey May 1st at The Dark Room

As our next short “Goodnight Harvey” nears completion we’ve begun producing a live puppet show to precede the screening. The performance will be about the events that take place before those of the movie and feature the Muppos in their natural habitat. The night will be hosted by Josh, Orlando, and Derek, in full Muppo regalia. Come see us for 2 performances on Saturday May 1st...

Mar 5th