On The Ropes

On the Ropes was my first video project and boy what a lesson. I wanted
to do a video project and the Kino Louisville event was coming up so I decieded to
go for it. Kino is a fourty-eight hour film fest where all the teams meet up on Friday
night, and a secret ingredent is given. You then have until Sunday evening to shot,
edit and screen you short with said ingredeant.

With the help of my good friend Xal Glover, we set out
with what ending up be a nearly perfect format for creating fourty-eight hour cinema.
The idea was that "the Man" was in the hospital in critical condtion and we went
out to see how folks felt about it. Were they happy, scared, were they taking
steps to protect there families? Of course we where taking some jabs at main-
stream media, by including question like, "do you think this is a terriorist action."

I was really happy with what we came up with and I still watch and enjoy this
short on occasion.

You can check it out on www.ifc.com, or you can order Keep it Reel with
extras which includes this short plus a couple others. Watch out for the harsh language!