Bananaman Moves Forward.

Sorry for the infrequency of posts, Scooby Gang. I've been busy/lazy/hungry/coupla' other things.

Let's get the cool stuff out of the way first. we have had two days of shooting for Bananaman, and it looks totally adequate! Hooray! That is a lot better than terrible! Actually, it looks pretty good. We're about halfway through the script, and the rest should be a cakewalk. I hope. We decided to make it black and white, because it makes the lighting look better film look artsier. I'm pretty excited to see what how the rest of the shoot goes. One thing I learned: that banana suit is warm. Like, crazy warm. You could use that thing for a sleeping bag when you camping in March kind of warm. The things I do for my art. Speaking of things I do, the shoot yesterday made my mouth taste like styrofoam. I won't tell you why though, you'll just have to see the flick; coming to a Film Festival near you! And if it isn't, well then, send me money and I'll send you a DVD, maybe.


Man, I totally had more stuff to talk about tonight, but I can't remember what they were. I got so caught up in talking about Bananaman and learning how to do this that I totally forgot. Ah well.

Until next time, Welcome to Earf!

Late Nights With Stu. (Third in an ongoing series)

It is almost two o'clock in the A.M. and i have just finished watching the Star Trek movie that came out last year. I really dig it. But enough about me. Why don't you tell me a bit about yourself? Uh-huh... Really?

I'm not interested.

So lately I've been trying to figure out which area of my body is the most uncomfortable when it sweats, and I'm thinking that it just might be the back of my knees. I dunno, I'm probably just saying that because they are currently sweaty and I'm not enjoying it. I'm sure there are places on my body that are even more uncomfortable when I sweat, but right now all I can think about is how gross this feels right now.

Now aren't you glad I wasn't interested in what you had to say, so I could share that tasty tidbit with you? Don't answer, your silence is thanks enough. And also, orange you glad I didn't say banana? Ha HA! Its funny! this is the part where you laugh at my ridiculous Internet antics! Good times...

Speaking of bananas... They are delicious. Eat some and grow strong from their potassium-y goodness. Like Bananaman would. Check him out.


Yes, kiddies, it is true. I was not the first person to realize that "Bananaman" sounds funny, nor will I be the last. It was actually a cartoon in the eighties, based on a British cartoon strip, and it's five minute episodes were shown alongside the likes Dangermouse. It is chock full of what we expect from kids cartoons in the eighties: silliness, bad animation, and awful jokes. Now, I realize that "awful jokes" kind of falls under the umbrella of "silliness," but eighties cartoons generally had enough bad jokes to warrant it's own category. Deal with it.

You can find episodes of Bananaman on youtube, and they are totally worth it. I know I laughed. Also, a little fun fact for youse guys: If you google "Bananaman Teaser" the first video to pop up has me in it. Bananaman (my version). This is it. Tell your friends.

Long over-due Bananaman Updates

So, it's been a little while since I told you guys anything about what's going on with Bananaman. Basically, I've been super lazy, and done anything. BUT! BUT! Fear not, Bananafans! I'm ready to shoot it, pretty much. I just have to clean up my entire apartment! Oh, yeah, and set a shoot date and get the Banana suit ready for the action scenes, but i plan on getting that all worked out this week. I'm going to try to get this thing ready for the middle of August at the very latest. I promise. And if I break that promise, then screw you, I'm lazy.

Seriously, though. I'll try. Just for you guys.




Now, get off of my lawn!

When you milk awesome, you get Awesome Milk. (Bananaman Teaser)

Okay, so I haven't posted for nearly a month. Get something better to do with your time than check up on my blog.

I'm kidding! Stay here! I'll get better, I promise! Just don't leave me alone!

For those of you interested in all things Bananaman, Jon and I did some test shooting yesterday, just to see how the costume worked, and were slightly disappointed in the actual banana suit. I was, at least, I don't know about Jon. But, with the help of my girlfriend Amanda (she doesn't know it yet, but she's helping), we will have the costume in a working state by the time we do some real shooting. Huzzah!!

The footage we got was pretty rough, and we didn't get a lot, since it was mega windy, but Jon still edited it together to make a fairly decent little teaser in spite of our fairly bad footage. Enjoy it!

Bananaman Teaser from Butter Puddle Productions on Vimeo.

Did you enjoy it? If you didn't, then watch it again until you do.

Updates on my fairly boring and mundane goings-on

Okay, so it turns out I am TERRIBLE at posting on this regularly. I've been feeling like I've got nothing to say, for one thing, and I've been busy (sort of) as well; hence my lack of posts.

Let's begin with news

Amanda's brother Chris stayed with us this weekend while he was in town for fashion week, and that was pretty cool. He was overly generous and bought us lunch a couple times, and that was awesome, as we are constantly super broke. Chris and I mucked about around town on Saturday, which was fun, but far more walking than I am used to. Whilst we mucked about, we stumbled upon some cow statues; Chris then insisted I ride one. The photos are pretty sweet, I'll see if it's alright with him if I share them on here.

I'm running into a wall with Bananaman. I have to do the shot list, and I just can't get motivated. I kind of sat and stared at for a while, making a few notes here and there, but no substantial progress has been made. I don't know what it is, but I always do this with projects. I make a little progress, only to be thwarted by my own insecurities and laziness, which explains why "Sneaky Bank" has been four years in the making.

Okay, I'm gonna go now; I have errands to run, and then when I come home I'm gonna shotlist the crap outta Bananaman.

Unless I get distracted by God of War.

Bananaman Updates

Yesterday was a fairly productive day. Jon came over to work on Bananaman, and we barely got distracted, which was totally rad. I also tried Vera's Burger Shack; so worth the 14 dollars I spent!

But, yeah, Bananaman is really coming along. We Finished the script (huzzah!) and started breaking it down and figuring out how to shoot it. We even made a little map of my living room on Paint. It's colour coded and everything! Check it out!

Now you can all layout your living room like me! First you have to figure out what all the different boxes are though. It'll be fun! Like a Puzzle!

I've decided that I for sure am going to direct Bananaman. Remember how I was unsure before? Huh? Do ya? Well, colour me certain... because I am... certain. Damn. I could have worded that better. I also might wind up playing the role of Ben/Bananaman. Hopefully I can avoid that, but we'll see.

Well, I feel like I have nothing else to say right now, so I'll see you guys later. Or I won't. It's not like I'm some kind of psychic; able to predict future events and what-not. What do you want from me?

Bananaman

As you know (do you like how I write this as if somebody is actually reading it?) Jon came over to work on the Bananaman Script yesterday. It was definitely a good session. We got the entire story fleshed out, all that needs to be added now is some extra dialogue and some voice over stuff. Then storyboards! Huzzah! It looks like it should be between 10-20 minutes, which is perfect festival length. Jon wants me to direct it; I've gotta be honest, that makes me pretty nervous, as the only thing I directed in school didn't turn out well. Well, it turned out alright, but I got bored with the project and abandoned it in editing. We'll see. Bananaman is pretty awesome, and is much more my style.

I also dug out some scripts I wrote in film school that I had forgotten about, or just written off. Turns out, I actually really dig 'em, so I think I'll fix 'em up a bit and shoot them, see how that turns out. I'll keep you posted on that, assuming my enthusiasm doesn't wane.