Call me Clara Bow.

Late last night I had the most uncontrollable urge to make a silent movie. Don't ask. I have absolutely no clue what got this idea into my head. So, I went into the garage, looked for a box of old toiletries, and found my trusty old tube of black Halloween makeup. After all, there's really only one way to get that great look. After applying my makeup and doing my hair, it was all a piece of cake. Well, not really. I pretty much spent most of the night editing the webcam footage. Who knew that thirteen seconds of film would be such a beast? Luckily, the program I used -- QuickEditor -- had a film-grain filter. I couldn't really see myself being too enthusiastic about my silly silent movie if I had to age every individual frame. It's short and plotless, but so what? I had a great time making this little movie. View the movie (2 megs). Update: I just had to make another one of these little movies. This time, Ben was my own John Barrymore. Ben would like me to remind my dear readers that sleazy little mustache is NOT real and only a product of a inept make-up artist (me.) View Ben's movie (2.4 megs). Note: This version was saved at a pretty low quality in order to keep the file-size down.

Comments

[Helen]

Oh, wow! Those little videos are so cute! You have a lot of talent, between this, your site layout, and the Movable Type stuff ... kudos to your husband too :)

[lauren]

oh boy howdy! i was lol-ing all over the place on those two movies... very cute, funny stuff : )

[Achim]

... great! Great! Great! Also take a look through my Cosmoscope. And what is the reason of mankind’s existence? Just type it in here >>> http://achimhaas.de/42 or here >>> http://achimhaas.de/ForumInfo ...

Ciao ... enjoy consuming fun! (-:

P.S.: By the way — WHEN is Halloween (exactly)? We Germans dunno ...

[slack]

Very very funny...I want to do that.

Achim - October ein und drisig. vielen dank.

[allie]

nice vids. you've inspired me.

[billy pooper]

i haven't downloaded the vids yet. actually they are downloading cow but i am on a slow connekshin so it will beep a while till i get to see them. anywayz, i like your site and think you design a good layout for it. i am kinda new at this whole internet site thing, but if you want to check out my real home page you can at http://www.pooper.cc or you can see my blog at the link aboove or http://www.diaries.com/secrets. ok man, i will enjoy the videos/ laterz

[Neil]

Really lovely, even though Ben has this pained look on his face like either he's /really/ embarrassed, or he senses a foul odor of some kind. {grin}

You do a lovely Mary Pickford, however... D.W. Griffith, eat your heart out!

[Ron]

Thanks for the video's they were cool! it sparks idea's for the rest of us. Saw you guys on TheScreenSavers and came over to check out your site.

[onegoodtum]

For some reason there was no image for the first video when I tried to watch it, but the second one was fabby-doo. Kudos. I just wrote kudos.

[Andrew Baasch]

Loved the silent movies. Very cool.
Where did you get the music for them?

[Ginger Makela]

I love everything about your site. Love the name Movable Type, too. So appropriate and smart. I hope you are well and continue to thrive.

[Paul Wilde L'Heureux]

So are these what you would consider "Dollar Shorts"? Laughed my head off — definitely worth a dollar. Where do I pay?

[Pfish]

Ack! I want to make a silent film.

(But I don't think I would make a good subject. My spectacles kinda kill the Roaring Twenties look. To say nothing of my short spiky hair.)

But your films look great!