The Screening Room – Submitted Videos We Love

• The Watchmaker

  This is a nicely crafted mini-doc about a watchmaker in Brooklyn by Dustin Cohen. I reached out to Dustin to get the inspiration behind the video.

• MyKim

  A nice little piece by Micky Jones shot with a C300. It’s nice when the subject of your video is easy on the eyes, has a talent worth showcasing, and she can also sing the soundtrack.

  There is a shot out the window that I thought was a particularly clever …

• We Got The Trailer to “Open Our Eyes”

  I wrote about the Gail’s movie yesterday. Today I’ve got the trailer. Classic Mooney, stunning visuals illustrating an extraordinary story.

• How “Dinner With Fred” Got John Williams’ Players for the Music

  “Dinner with Fred” is one of the best shorts to come through the PCN screening room. It tells the true story of how chickens saved the life of a Canadian Lieutenant during World War II. Written and directed by Ben Proudfoot, who you’ll know from our story about his immensely …

• See What Happens When You Know How to Dance

  Back in September we featured an interview with dancer Marquese Scott who told us about his all night adventure to shoot a video of himself dancing. His video went viral and turned Mr. Scott into an overnight internet sensation.

• Boatlift, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience

  An absolutely stunning short about the great boat lift of 9/11.

• The Brilliant Feature Film That Was Shot for 6K

  One thing struck me as I watched Kent Lamm’s feature film “Bad is Bad.” It was really, really good. Not good like, “nice effort old darling, isn’t it amazing what you can do with DSLR video,” but, rather, it was better than some of the studio features that made to …

• Watermann Continues to Amaze With One Camera

  My friend Greg Watermann, a rock and roll photographer who took it upon himself to do one camera music videos, just emailed me the details of the behind the scenes the new Pitbull video that he shot that we teased you with a few weeks ago.

• Slow Motion FPS Comparison Shot on Fantom

  I feel a little behind the times because I haven’t seen these videos from the British team calling themselves the Slo Mo Guys. This film shows the difference in shooting a coffee mug breaking at 500fps, 1000fps, 2500fps, 5000fps and 10,000fps. Of course you can only get these results with …

• From Pineapples to ink&paper – the Unusual Path of a Fabulous Short Documentary

  “ink&paper” is a captivating documentary. It is the story of the oldest paper seller in Los Angeles that is next to a letterpress printer that uses 600 year old technology. Both businesses support each other. Both businesses are just holding on. Ben Proudfoot beautifully tells the story of these two …

• Pitbull Video “Latinos In Paris” Teaser

  My friend Greg Watermann sent me this today. Directed by Pitbull and shot by Watermann. I’m looking forward to the video.

• $150 Sci-fi Movie

  I saw this featured on IO9 and thought it worth featuring here. It’s technically a trailer for a non existent sci-fi movie named Goliath but I think it stands on it’s own as a visual short story. Maybe because I used to play Mechwarrior and because I am a huge …