The Illustrious Todd Hammer
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 11:45PM Kevin Larry Throws A Day Away With Todd Hammer. What can I say about this video? Well... we came up with this great idea, and then proceeded to not write anything (aside from backstory) before shooting. We spent days creating the character of Todd Hammer, and planning out every little detail of his strange life... and then we left everything to improv. We shot for one whole day, and beyond that, there was nothing besides editing tricks to save us.
In the end, I think that Jon (Armstrong, Co-Director) and I would both say that this was a fun project to make, and I believe that Kevin and Billy play their characters incredibly well... but the humor is just so dry and specific that, as my wife puts it, she "didn't laugh once." You had better believe that review is going on the back of the DVD case!
And that's my big sell. This is basically a grown-up version of the kind of videos my friends and I used to make back in high school... so I love it. Regardless of my admission that this may not be an utter homerun, I still recommend giving it a watch. I'm definitely proud of the editing. I mean, it's improv, so a lot of the pacing is based on the actors' deliveries, but there's also plenty of conversations that had to be constructed from mismatched, random clips. Also, it's worth watching just to see two of the funniest guys I know trying to out-awkward the other one. There's definitely some real pleasure in watching the subtleties of these two... I guess you could say it's a character piece. Maybe?
It was a fun project to work on... and hey, it's definitely watchable. Actually, I don't care if you like it or not.
Black Box Society, Kevin Larry, Orangefield, Todd Hammer in Audio/Music, Video
Reader Comments (2)
So I did laugh... once... when the gay tennis player couple walks in to the Hammer's loft. I just though it was really funny that you would actually get two gay actors to play a gay couple for the movie, i guess that just through me for a loop. So that scene was FABULOUS.
The rest of the film was a snooze fest, Im not surprised that the interviewer fellow fell asleep multiple times.
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