Grab Your Chalkboard…

Two and a half years ago, in my second video for Meridian Woods, I had an opportunity to do some sci-fi. Being one of my favorite genres, I wanted to return to it once more before wrapping up my tenure. I wrote this script pulling bits from Star Trek (using a metaphor to explain technobabble), Back to the Future (drawing on a chalkboard), Doctor Who (music) and numerous other sci-fi sources.

There’s a running gag at church that’s been labeled Meridian Woods Time. That concept is explained in the video. It’s something that a lot of people joke about and I felt it played in perfectly to my desire to revisit this genre.

My Homage to Sesame Street

For about two years I have been formally in charge of the “Media & Communications Ministry” at Meridian Woods Church of Christ. And for a few months before that, I was putting together videos unofficially. It’s been a good experience and I’ve had fun doing it.

However, it takes a lot of time to put these together. Between the writing, wrangling, shooting, capturing, editing, exporting and uploading, I can spend hours on a project that maybe only has a final run time of three minutes. And in light of the upcoming arrival of my second child, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s time, at the very least, for me to take a break from this. So, I informed the church leadership that I am resigning as deacon over this ministry effective November 2. They had already asked me to put together videos promoting “Freedom Sunday” (a day in which they are hoping to raise the remaining funds needed to pay off the mortgage on the church building), so this series will be my last set of videos for Meridian Woods for the foreseeable future.

It took me some time to figure out what I wanted to do with these, but being my last ones, I decided to take this opportunity to do a couple things I’ve long been wanting to do. In this week’s video, I put together my homage to Sesame Street. This video features Ralph Whatnot and fellow member Kime Landes.

Next week, I’ll post the second video which is also is an homage to one of my favorite things ever. It’s a fun one as well and has gotten some good reactions so far from the people I’ve shown it to. I look forward to sharing it here.

Missed Me

Here’s a fun little short that I co-directed a while back. I won’t say much about it here because most of what I have to say will go on the director’s commentary. It’s something that I’m proud of and I’m happy to share it with you now.

Missed Me from Carlin Trammel on Vimeo.

Tastes Like Chicken

 

There’s no more fitting debut post on the Stormspeed Now blog than this early Stormspeed Entertainment project: David Von Fange in Tastes Like Chicken produced back in 2004.

David Von Fange in Tastes Like Chicken from Carlin Trammel on Vimeo.