First two videos/other news and ramblings

I finally completed the first two FaceHead videos. I put the finishing touches (mixing and timing the music and the overdubs, etc.) on both of them and uploaded them last night. I would provide direct links in this post, but YouTube is blocked at my school (where I am currently writing this from), so I will give each video an individual post later, but for now, you can just go to the FaceHeadVideo YouTube page and access them there.

The first video I uploaded is called "Vote for Me." It is a campaign video for Tom Perkins' bid for class President against Kevin. The second video I uploaded is titled "Mother's Day Tips." It is pretty self descriptive, as it is a funny video offering you tips on how to make your mothers feel appreciated on Mother's Day.

I also would like to tell you about how I am (kind of) connected to two of my video-making idols, Luke Barats and Joe Bereta of Barats and Bereta fame. About two years ago or so, I found myself with some rare content made by Luke and Joe Bereta that was not available on YouTube (or anywhere else that I could find). So, I created a YouTube account, baratsandberetarare, to give these videos an online home. Every so often, I would gain access to a new video, put it up, and it would get a pretty decent amount of views. Every now and then, Luke and Joe would have a problem with some of the videos I put up, saying that they were not satisfied with them or that they were ideas currently being developed by them, so I took them down. Since, we have sent a few messages back and forth. It is an honor to be in contact with Luke and Joe, because I look upon them so highly.

Some of the videos on baratsandberetarare have gained some popularity and have garnered a decent number of views. That inspired me to start making videos myself. I am good at writing and I'm told that I'm pretty funny, so I thought I could make a decent filmmaker as well. Right now, I am working with pretty amateur equipment, but I plan to invest some time and money improving that. When I come into more money (which oughta be happening soon), I plan on purchasing a decent camera (maybe one of those Flip video cameras: I've seen video taken with those and it looks pretty good, and the camera is only about $200), a tripod and maybe some lighting.

So anyways, go watch the first two videos at http://www.youtube.com/faceheadvideo and if you like them, please subscribe and tell everybody you've ever met in your entire life about my videos.