Posts Tagged ‘riley’

In Teh Toobs – New Episode

Friday, June 12th, 2009

I just posted a new episode of In Teh Toobs. In this latest report from Commander Riley, he takes us on a tour of his ship, the STFU-1138, and shows us where he lives and works.

It took me quite a while between episodes which was frustrating because I’ve been wanting to put them out at the rate of one per week. The trouble with that plan is the way I’ve been attacking the work. Rather than organizing myself as I would for a regular television or film production I’ve been treating this as more of an art project – which is just another way of saying I’m a lazy ass procrastinator.

As the show develops I’ve been discovering other themes that I want to explore with it and what was once supposed to be a simple talking-head vlog with a dog puppet has evolved into something a little more – ambitious.

Hopefully, as I continue to iron out the various technical and masturbatory artistic wrinkles associated with my supremely fat headed vision for In Teh Toobs the process of making the shows will become more of a routine – a fun routine – allowing me to post new episodes each week. The effort that went into this show was not in the shooting or the editing or the creation of the CG elements – the bulk of the time was taken up with thinking.

So I guess the lesson is: Don’t think about it, Mills. Just fucking do it.

I do plan on doing a video post here showing off how I make In Teh Toobs but I figured actually making the show was more of a priority at this stage.

Cheers.

P. S. I always appreciate your comments here but please be sure to visit the actual show site and leave a comment for Riley there. Your participation will make the show come alive. And be sure to tell your friends. Thanks.

P. P. S. And a special thanks to Ze Frank for giving me permission to include his mug design amongst the trappings of Riley’s ship.

In Teh Toobs – Coverage Part Deux

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Woosh!  Pew!  Pew!My dear friend Mark Achtenberg has posted on his Achtenblog about In Teh Toobs.

I want to thank you, Mark for your kind words about the show, my work and myself. And, yes, I will admit I used to work out of my home office in my bathrobe – and I used to direct in the studio wearing my slippers. I am built for comfort not for speed.

Speaking of which, I am woefully late in getting the next episode of In Teh Toobs online but that’s because — oh wait, I said no more excuses, didn’t I?

Okay – no excuses. You’ll just have to wait until the end of this week to see what I’ve been up to.

Cheers.

In Teh Toobs – Coverage

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Jill GolickIn the shameless self-promotion and recursive blog reference department I give you the post from Jill Golick’s Running With Eyes Closed blog wherein she heaps praise upon my efforts with In Teh Toobs.

I’ve known Jill for about 25 years now since we first worked together on Canadian Sesame Street. Since that time her work as a writer in series television and as an active member in the Writer’s Guild of Canada has been exemplary. More recently she’s been wading into the same trough of cultural chaos I’ve been wallowing in, pursuing the various forms of storytelling and narrative emerging across and throughout the interwebs.

Jill also organizes the Writers Watching TV events held each month at the Camera Lounge, the last one being a Web Creators Show & Tell where I got to show off the first bits and pieces of my work on In Teh Toobs.

Be sure to check out her Story2Oh web series and her most recent venture Hailey Hacks – which is a really cool intro to web wizardry for and by our young digital natives.

Thanks for the promo, Jill!

Cheers.

In Teh Toobs – Episode 002

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

So here’s the next installment of In Teh Toobs. In a way it’s just an extension of the Prelude, advancing the concept of the show further and finally introducing Riley.

Future episodes will carry further forward faster – and the audio will be better too. My excuse is that Riley is having technical issues from inside the tubes and that’s the only caveat I’ll ever offer from now on.

Later this week I’m gonna post a video here with me talking about this web series and the other projects I’m working on.

Cheers.

P. S. I’d really appreciate any comments you may have about it. Good or bad, I don’t care, I just wanna hear something. And please be sure to comment on the In Teh Toobs site itself. Many thanks. :)

In Teh Toobs

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

At long last I’ve opened up the web site for In Teh Toobs – a new weekly web series featuring the intrepid but hapless canine Cmdr. Riley aboard his trusty and rusty spacecraft, the STFU-1138, as he journeys through the interwebs.

This isn’t a full episode – just a prelude:

Tonight I’ll be at the Camera Lounge talking about In Teh Toobs and other projects for the Web Creators Show & Tell evening organized by Jill Golick. It’s part of a larger series of monthly events Jill has put together under the auspices of the Writers Guild Of Canada called Writers Watching TV.

Also participating tonight are Scott Albert and Christopher Guest with their web series Team Leader and Jill will talk about her new web series Hailey Hacks.

Should be a fun night. If you drop by please be sure to say Howdy.

Cheers.

P. S. I’m trying out a number of different video hosting options for the In Teh Toobs site and while although pretty much set on Blip.tv I must admit I was pleasantly surprised to see the quality of the YouTube post:

Maybe it just looks better on the YouTube site. Let me know what you think – I want to be sure I’m making the right choices.

Thanks.

Almost There

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Just another little teaser of that thing I’ve been working on and which I hope to launch within the next couple of weeks.

The Rocket - Almost

Cheers.