Video Games

I'm about one-fourth done now with shooting my music video. I filmed six people today, which is my new record. If I could maintain that kind of efficiency everyday, I'd be done in less than 2 weeks. Too bad I'm not a very efficient person in general. The incredible thing is that I actually could have doubled my output today if people hadn't refused shooting on the premise that they "looked like crap." Not to raise controversy, but most of those comments came from girls. Girls always look good to me, so I guess I just don't understand. I mean, yeah, we had an exam today (which totally rocked me, btw) and everyone slept two hours each the night before. But then again, I'm sure everyone looks better than I do at this point, with my unkempt hair and beard, so I have pretty low standards these days. I think that "looking like crap," though, could give the video a little character. What's wrong with reflecting reality?

I'm really happy with the way the scenes are turning out. There are a lot of funny and creative ones, and it's been a lot of fun working with everyone on it so far. The reason that it's been so fun is due to a lot of spur-of-the-moment things, like grabbing random props and people expressing various body motions. So the video's kind of been evolving on its own and going beyond what I scripted originally. I'm glad that I left a lot of room for improvisation since my actors have contributed a lot to the creative process. I'm actually surprised at how receptive people have been and how much they've been getting into it. It helps that many med students are used to volunteering for random things and are comfortable enough to put themselves on display, so to speak. I imagine that for many people, there might be an internal struggle between looking goofy on camera and getting that five seconds of fame. I know I'm embarrassed as hell when I have to see myself on video, so I applaud all these brave souls, leaving their motion pictures in my hands. There's already a small blooper real in the works. My hope is that the final product does everyone justice.