DVC#7 - Meet The Rod

Brent Graham · January 1st, 2007, 11:45 PM

This could literally be a sitcom!

These guys have so much character and the way they piece together a story (even with differing perspectives of it) makes for a really funny short. I'd like to see these guys recall other moments! Maybe that time when Rod drank the water down in Tijuana!!! Hahaha.

Hugh DiMauro · January 1st, 2007, 11:57 PM

Bruce, Dennis and Brent:

What a pleasant surprise to see even more feedback! Thank you, fellows, for a great Christmas present this year. You know, when I post the outtakes I will include the footage that never made the cut due to time constraints. Did you know that Charlie (the guy at the restaurant counter) tortured poor Bob with months worth of magazine subscriptions sent to his house in phony names that made fun of Bob's, er, girth. And these magazines covered topics that Bob despised. I won't give them away but you'll see. Brent, you are not too far off the mark with that Tijuana reference. Bob is quite a character, always the center of attention and the brunt of everybody's jokes (in an affectionate sort of way).

I thank everybody for the positive feedback and am glad everyone had a good laugh. These guys really are nuts. But then again, what do you expect from cops?

Brent Graham · January 2nd, 2007, 12:00 AM

They're cops?!

Oh that has to be a tv show!!!

Hugh DiMauro · January 2nd, 2007, 10:31 AM

Charlie just retired after 30 years on the job. Bob is currently a sergeant with 30 years getting ready to pull the pin. John and I are still hanging on for another three years until the 25 mark. I can speak for all of us when I say that being a cop has been a blast (although lately things have changed dramatically, and not for the best).

Thank goodness for the DV Challenge, eh?

Bill Mecca · January 2nd, 2007, 10:56 AM

That was funny! and familiar, in a couple ways... one the standard pull my finger, but I had a roommate in college who used to tend bar at the LibraryII on rt 73 about that time. thanks for the memories!!

Hugh DiMauro · January 2nd, 2007, 12:24 PM

I ate at the II. It didn't hit my hot button. :-( Do you realize that every time I dine at the III I think of this little incident?

Bill Mecca · January 2nd, 2007, 12:40 PM

I could only think it would! LOL

I was only at the II a couple times, mostly because Sean was tending bar hic!

Kris Holodak · January 2nd, 2007, 04:14 PM

That was really funny. I'm assuming unscripted, which makes it even better. Though if it was scripted then it was well written and well acted. A couple of picky things: the sound was a bit low, and not even among them. The light was also a bit hot on Charlie. If there had been room (and I'd bet from the space that there wasn't) to pull the instrument back a foot or so it would have helped.

Smile,
Kris

Bob Safay · January 2nd, 2007, 04:29 PM

Laughted my butt off, even my wife liked it. Great work. Bob

Hugh DiMauro · January 2nd, 2007, 07:43 PM

Bill: If you ever visit the III in Egg Harbor TWP walk through the middle dining room on your way to the salad bar and check out the crime scene. Pretty morbid thought, like how people visit the Marshall, Garden State Parkway murder scene from the book and movie "Blind Faith."

Kris: Part scripted (when the dialog went where I didn't want it to go) and mostly recollections. Yes, the sound and lighting were way unbalanced. Poor Charlie got a tan from my SV 500 watter that was as far back as it could go because I had to shoe horn it behind the counter.

Bob: If you think that was funny, check out my soon-to-be-posted outtake and "Too Gross For The DV Challenge" extras! Hee hee hee! Beware! My obnoxious background cackling is annoying as all GET out!

Sean McHenry · January 3rd, 2007, 12:04 PM

Hugh, well done. I liked the buildup and frankly was praying it went another direction but -

Shot well, interesting angles, edited together well and lit pretty good too.

Another one of my favorites.

Sean

Hugh DiMauro · January 3rd, 2007, 01:00 PM

Sean:

Thank you for making "Meet The Rod" another one of your favorites. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon your POV), with good old Bob, it usually goes in that direction. But really, I could have lit the locations better. As far as the angles, I was at the mercy of my existing "sets." I have much work to do! Thanks again for you kind review.

Dylan Couper · January 9th, 2007, 06:19 PM

I don't usually post feedback, but I really enjoyed this one Hugh. Ok, the production value could have been tweaked and it could have been cut a little tighter, but what is important to me is that it got my attention (slowly at first) and then drew me in to the point where I HAD to know what they were talking about. Nicely done, it'll stand out as one of my favorites of DVC7.

Hugh DiMauro · January 10th, 2007, 06:29 AM

Thank You, Dylan!

I appreciate your kind words. I even hope you laughed out loud which is why I made that movie.

January 1st, 2007, 11:57 PM	#17
Hugh DiMauro Trustee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,207	Bruce, Dennis and Brent: What a pleasant surprise to see even more feedback! Thank you, fellows, for a great Christmas present this year. You know, when I post the outtakes I will include the footage that never made the cut due to time constraints. Did you know that Charlie (the guy at the restaurant counter) tortured poor Bob with months worth of magazine subscriptions sent to his house in phony names that made fun of Bob's, er, girth. And these magazines covered topics that Bob despised. I won't give them away but you'll see. Brent, you are not too far off the mark with that Tijuana reference. Bob is quite a character, always the center of attention and the brunt of everybody's jokes (in an affectionate sort of way). I thank everybody for the positive feedback and am glad everyone had a good laugh. These guys really are nuts. But then again, what do you expect from cops? __________________ Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.

January 2nd, 2007, 10:31 AM	#19
Hugh DiMauro Trustee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,207	Oh Yes. Cops. Charlie just retired after 30 years on the job. Bob is currently a sergeant with 30 years getting ready to pull the pin. John and I are still hanging on for another three years until the 25 mark. I can speak for all of us when I say that being a cop has been a blast (although lately things have changed dramatically, and not for the best). Thank goodness for the DV Challenge, eh? __________________ Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.

January 2nd, 2007, 10:56 AM	#20
Bill Mecca Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 475	That was funny! and familiar, in a couple ways... one the standard pull my finger, but I had a roommate in college who used to tend bar at the LibraryII on rt 73 about that time. thanks for the memories!! __________________ Award-winning Pine Barrens Documentary! Video, Audio, Music & More

January 2nd, 2007, 12:24 PM	#21
Hugh DiMauro Trustee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,207	I ate at the II. It didn't hit my hot button. :-( Do you realize that every time I dine at the III I think of this little incident? __________________ Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.

January 2nd, 2007, 12:40 PM	#22
Bill Mecca Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: New Jersey Posts: 475	I could only think it would! LOL I was only at the II a couple times, mostly because Sean was tending bar hic! __________________ Award-winning Pine Barrens Documentary! Video, Audio, Music & More

January 1st, 2007, 11:45 PM	#16
Brent Graham Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 222	This could literally be a sitcom! These guys have so much character and the way they piece together a story (even with differing perspectives of it) makes for a really funny short. I'd like to see these guys recall other moments! Maybe that time when Rod drank the water down in Tijuana!!! Hahaha.

January 2nd, 2007, 12:00 AM	#18
Brent Graham Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 222	They're cops?! Oh that has to be a tv show!!!

January 2nd, 2007, 04:14 PM	#23
Kris Holodak Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 302	That was really funny. I'm assuming unscripted, which makes it even better. Though if it was scripted then it was well written and well acted. A couple of picky things: the sound was a bit low, and not even among them. The light was also a bit hot on Charlie. If there had been room (and I'd bet from the space that there wasn't) to pull the instrument back a foot or so it would have helped. Smile, Kris

January 2nd, 2007, 04:29 PM	#24
Bob Safay Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,559	Laughted my butt off, even my wife liked it. Great work. Bob

January 2nd, 2007, 07:43 PM	#25
Hugh DiMauro Trustee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,207	Bill: If you ever visit the III in Egg Harbor TWP walk through the middle dining room on your way to the salad bar and check out the crime scene. Pretty morbid thought, like how people visit the Marshall, Garden State Parkway murder scene from the book and movie "Blind Faith." Kris: Part scripted (when the dialog went where I didn't want it to go) and mostly recollections. Yes, the sound and lighting were way unbalanced. Poor Charlie got a tan from my SV 500 watter that was as far back as it could go because I had to shoe horn it behind the counter. Bob: If you think that was funny, check out my soon-to-be-posted outtake and "Too Gross For The DV Challenge" extras! Hee hee hee! Beware! My obnoxious background cackling is annoying as all GET out! __________________ Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.

January 3rd, 2007, 12:04 PM	#26
Sean McHenry Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,193	Hugh, well done. I liked the buildup and frankly was praying it went another direction but - Shot well, interesting angles, edited together well and lit pretty good too. Another one of my favorites. Sean __________________ ‘I don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m shooting on D.V.’ - my hero - David Lynch http://www.DeepBlueEdit.com

January 3rd, 2007, 01:00 PM	#27
Hugh DiMauro Trustee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,207	Sean: Thank you for making "Meet The Rod" another one of your favorites. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending upon your POV), with good old Bob, it usually goes in that direction. But really, I could have lit the locations better. As far as the angles, I was at the mercy of my existing "sets." I have much work to do! Thanks again for you kind review. __________________ Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.

January 9th, 2007, 06:19 PM	#28
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	I don't usually post feedback, but I really enjoyed this one Hugh. Ok, the production value could have been tweaked and it could have been cut a little tighter, but what is important to me is that it got my attention (slowly at first) and then drew me in to the point where I HAD to know what they were talking about. Nicely done, it'll stand out as one of my favorites of DVC7. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

January 10th, 2007, 06:29 AM	#29
Hugh DiMauro Trustee Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,207	Thank You, Dylan! I appreciate your kind words. I even hope you laughed out loud which is why I made that movie. __________________ Interesting, if true. And interesting anyway.