Bus Blues
on October 8th, 2009, by nathanBefore I flew over to Amsterdam to start work on Durian, I traveled a bit to visit friends and family. While in California a friend of mine from college, Sean Kraft, and I made this short film:
Sean did all of the editing and effects work. I basically just acted stupid in front of the camera.
Enjoy!
—Nathan
October 8th, 2009 at 11:47 am
LOL! Nice to see you again , Nathan, even if in “stupid acting”. 🙂
All the best for Durian.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
I thought only mean girls end up like this. 😉
Great effect.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Your line delivery was spot on! No actor of today could have matched the intensity or immediacy of that performance.
“Wait! Your gonna be hit by bus!”
Bravo!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I find this short subject to be symbolic of the Nanny State and how by reducing the freedoms of others, in this case preventing the crossing of the street, one ends up destroying one’s own individuality.
And Nathan gets hit by a bus!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Awesome!
Although it was a bit weird that the bus portrayed as the one about to hit the guy across the street (the one with the bicycle on the front) was actually the one that hit you 😛
Can’t wait for Durian!!!!! woohoo!!!
October 8th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Nathan character seams to have a little bit of Nostradamus…
But it’s cool and very well done 😉
October 8th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Well as long we don’t see it too many times…
…then you note that the bus must be a ghost bus… or a dimension jumper 😛
I also found strange when Nathan looks the first time for the bus, I would film it from Nathans point of view, instead it looks that it’s filmed from the distracted walker point of view… this confuses a little the brain 😛 unless it was intentional made with that purpose.
…Anyway I maintain the previous opinion 😉
October 8th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Nice, made me chuckle. Pretty good effects.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Wait! You’re gonna be hit by bus! 😀
Its funny that if you view the frames, the crushy sound comes a bit before the actual hit:P
October 8th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Naah, nah, nah, nah… you don’t fool me… is fake.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Haha! Amazing!
October 8th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Funny. Nathan is surprisingly a good actor. 🙂
October 8th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
ahuauhauhauhahuauhauhauh
sooo funny!
October 8th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
lol good one.
October 8th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
Lol, that was funny xD
October 8th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
dude, please don’t get killed in the second durian day! … LOL
cheers!
October 8th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Fury_jin Says: I thought only mean girls end up like this
so i guess he is ^^
No sorry nathan 😉 Funny video. Great effects Sean.
best wishes
October 8th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Heh, you guys are goofy…
All the best for Durian!
October 8th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
This video is very fun.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
please, don’t make the durian character playing like that :p
October 8th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Is this Vancouver? (it certainly looks like)
October 8th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
you made me LOLed.
October 9th, 2009 at 4:47 am
You have the style of the bigest ones! Like Griffith and Spielberg.
And your acting on the fly will be the inspiration of the young actors! jajaja
October 9th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Hahahahahaha! That made my day! Lol. Good to see you acting again after the Blender Institute tour. Lol. ^_^
October 9th, 2009 at 6:01 am
Okay, come on, post the the Blender file, show us how you did it, did you use After Effects . . .
October 9th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Oh no, Nathan is dead!
What will the Durian team do now without him???!
Oh yeah, I remember, Nathan himself said he had “no idea why they wanted him on this project” because he “sucks”. (http://www.blendernation.com/meet-the-durian-team/)
So everything’s all right
😉
Well done!
October 9th, 2009 at 10:30 am
That’s so funny!
October 11th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
NOOO!!! Nathan got hit by a bus!! I guess durian is ruined. lol, jk. Awesome video.
October 11th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Great and very funny short! Watch it several times, keeps make laughing!
October 14th, 2009 at 2:56 am
Hah! Gave my family a good laugh.
October 16th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
i don’t get whats so funny about someone getting ran over by a bus lol…
i guess i’ll know as soon that it happens to me…
anyway funny short, i wonder how u montaged the actuall impact
best regards
Nixon