I HAD TO BECOME A PLUMBER

This little short had been growing on me for months. The situation was a constant obstacle I found myself running into. Having a teenage boy in the house, I had to become a plumber. Repeatedly running into the same toilet issue, I immediately became an expert with using the plunger. My nightmare was that one day I would run into a clog I wouldn’t be able to get rid of.

My everyday obstacle.

I put this shoot off for a while. I storyboarded it the day prior and set aside my gear. Before anything happened in the space, I had to deep clean the toilet and the surrounding areas. It took about 2 hours in total to sanitize everything. Then I ran some tests.

Clorox, Bleach, and sanitizing wipes.

I moved some equipment in and started to figure out my angles and the lighting.

Preliminary equipment set up.

There were issues with how I was going to record sound, iteration, and order of the story creation process. It was hard deciding which shots should be recorded first.

Things got moving.

The hardest shot to take, ever is the first shot. Pushing the button to start. It’s the hardest. I suggest you push that damn button whether you’re ready or not. Just push it. You’ll find out what you messed up or missed right after. Get it out of the way.

Just put it in the toilet.

The best feeling is finishing. Just show up. Push the button. And get to the end.

So…thank you too, for just for showing up.

WATCH THE COMPLETED VIDEO HERE

The Fuck Series: The Clogged Toilet” is a darkly funny short about one dad’s battle with the porcelain enemy. Armed with nothing but a plunger and persistence, he faces the recurring nightmare of raising a teenage boy and the toilet disasters that follow. What starts as a daily nuisance turns into a hilariously relatable tale of dread, determination, and the fear of the one clog that might finally win.

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STATE OF THE NINJA

Been busy lately with a couple of clients greenscreen® & Quikflip®. Both uniquely different companies but with a common thread-amazing people. We were fortunate to have been able to work together and execute their projects for them.

greenscreen® is a company that provides modular trellis products for their clients. They were in need of some fresh photography of a client installation here in Los Angeles. Digital Ninja® was able to provide them with photography and photo editing to help them with their marketing needs.

With Quikflip®., we had a totally different target and project . The inventor and CEO of the company, Rener Gracie is a third generation jiu-jitsu master in the Gracie Family. He created a convertible jacket and it has been featured on  Shark Tank and also featured in Time Magazine. His team wanted to create a video on how to decorate on their line of products. So we shot down to San Diego and were welcomed by apparel printers, Duds by Dudes .

2020 was a bittersweet year. Digital Ninja® was able to finish a short movie, Make Believe (2020) and win some awards. There will be more on that later. 2021 has been a great. Please subscribe to the blog and get notifications in your email when there is a new post. Thanks for your support.