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So it's finally here.

This short film marked my return to film-making after something like over a year of just being fat and lazy.

Should I mention that it was a million degrees when we shot this? It also took 3 days of shooting (seriously). Oh and in between the last two shoots, Spencer had to shave his goatee for a play and it hadn't grown back fully...so we used black face makeup to make it look thicker. I think it worked.

Oh and if you're saying "Why didn't you just wait another week for his beard to grow back?" Well you should know that he had to shave for the publicity photos and that after those photos were taken he had something like a week before the play started. So we had a few day window where he could grow some facial hair out.

One thing I noticed is my framing and audio was kinda lousy, especially in the truck scenes. But I had never shot anything in a moving vehicle so it was a learning experience. The main thing to take from this was that it got me back in to the film-making mind set. Which led to the three Sweded films, and my next project (it's gonna be big)...

So enough bull crap, enjoy.

The Birds & Creep Show (Sweded)

Below is the Sweded Film that started it all. An old friend from college said he was doing a few Sweded shorts, and I was all for it. Helped out, even had my fat face in the flick. This was The Birds.

During the shoot, I learned of The Shadowbox.

Now The Shadowbox (www.theshadowboxcinema.com) is an awesome micro-cinema in Roanoke that I endorse 100%, and that day I learned of the Sweded Film Festival they were running. (I had just thought my friend was making the films for the fun of it) SO naturally I had to make my own. This lead to Reservoir Dogs (which crushed it) and The Evil Dead (also crushed).



You'll notice that I am credited as Jawn Ashe, and my friend credited himself as Temple Lee. (So we're clear, my name is Jake Wood. And his name is not actually Temple Lee) Also noted, Temple Lee was in my Sweded Reservoir Dogs under another alias.

I also included his entry into the Horror Sweded Festival, which is a segment from Creepshow.



I do have another short, which is LONG OVERDUE. It's been sitting on my computer for like almost 6 months now. I've just been lazy and haven't dug up some music for it.

The Evil Dead (Sweded)

Here's probably the end-all Sweded film from me. I just don't think we could top this.

It's The Evil Dead (with a few choice bits stolen from Evil Dead 2). We shot this in Ethan Cockerham's old house that is abandoned and it was SCARY AS HELL. There were HUGE spiders and rat droppings everywhere. The paint and wallpaper was peeling off and it was amazing. We absolutely trashed that place. We cut up a door so it would shut, the carpet in the main room we shot in was absolutely soaked in Karo Syrup.

Very tough shoot, it rained 90% of the time (over 2 nights of shooting). One cast member got drunk before the first shot, another was 2 hours late both nights. We also had half of the first days shooting ruined by a technical error (the video was all pixelated and the audio was messed up).

But we got it done, by the deadline for the Sweded Horror Festival run by the Shadowbox.

Check it out!

Reservoir Dogs (Sweded)

I told you I was working on videos.

So here it is, the first of atleast 3 videos I have been working on this summer. This all came about because an old acting buddy of mine was making a Sweded version of "The Birds" for a local film festival (which I have a couple cameos in, don't worry, I will post it here eventually). We all had a blast working on it, and dangit I had to Swede me my own movie.

For those of you who don't know. Remember that boring Jack Black movie? Where they erased a bunch of videos and started remaking them? Yeah that's what a sweded film is, remaking your favorite movies. With all of the heart, but none of the budget.