For the first time in a long time my web site, ianlucero.com, is complete.

Thanks for all previous feedback. It helped me hone the bugger.





2008

I was in the middle of making this and came across "The Chronos Project" VIDEO CHALLENGE #6

vimeo.com/forums/topic:3881

then decided to see if I could add this to it.

Here's why.

First the images are from our past trip to Mt. Rainier in Washington State. The whole process and trip seemed to be all about time.

For instance: The planning of how to get there - do we take the 4 hour route or 2 1/2 hour route? We just get there and we just happen to cross paths with the friends we were meeting up with. Perfect timing. The cabin we stayed at wasn't ready even though we were pretty early. Chris and Deb, the other couple, are a little older than us, not that much older but I thought I'd throw that in. Otis didn't poop almost the entire time we were there. That's a long time.

Going up to the mountain, driving on icy roads with chains, is a slow drive but the way snow neutralizes everything kinda brings you into a time warp and you begin to forget about time. You just become engulfed by how amazing everything looks. Snow has a way of not only muting the way things look but also how it all sounds. Sound doesn't travel very far. The snow eats it up. So in a sense I felt like I was in a vacuum. I love vacuums. You lose equilibrium, and if you are not from the snow, you almost have to learn your senses again. Time.

The title. Roger Moore. I don't know. This video is kind of all over the place. The images and the retro-ness of Mt. Rainier, its Paradise look-out, its James Bond-esqueness. When I got home and viewed the ice and snow images, Roger Moore (although I think he is the worst James Bond and Timothy Dalton doesn't count) is what popped into my head. The lameness and dorkiness, almost comedic way he portrayed James Bond. Anyway, my initial Flickr postings poked fun at the James Bond nostalgia.

Then as a technical challenge, I wanted to pull all the images, sound and music to fit that time theme. I let the music do that. Gershon Kingsley's rendition of The Beatle's "Nowhere Man" was perfect. The Moog, despite its futuristic nostalgia, is a great instrument to denote time or a time period. It just gives that right mood. But I didn't think it's 1969 age was old enough. It needed, for lack of a better term, crappiness. I'm not saying crappiness is a negative thing, as in "Our time on Mount Rainier was crappy." I laugh at crappiness. At times crappiness can be hilarious. Which is what makes Roger Moore's James Bond to me, still watch-able. Anyway Nowhere Man is along the lines of The Fool on the Hill for me and how it was used in my favorite Beatles movie, Magical Mystery Tour. I thought for its time, THAT was crappy.

I realize if you've made it this far into my description that you've spent a bit of time reading and NOT watching the video. I'll stop wasting your time and especially your imagination and let you view the clip.

(Vimeo staff, if you are reading this - This is why I would love to have a way to set descriptions, from the publishers side, to be hidden and give the viewer a choice to read or not read.)



Hello 2008

So yeah I'm pretty excited about the new HD feature.

Enjoy this Spider and Nick Cave.

2007

NOTES: just for knowledge sake. Originally the HD file was at 140MB for a 1'30 clip. Way too big. After Blake Whitman suggested using VisualHub I was able to get the file down to 70MB. A little more tweaking an I was able to get it down to 35MB! I was able to shave off 105MB. And it still looks great.

Just a sort of long (short) video about this past labor day weekend adventure at the annual Art in the Pearl arts festival in (where?) you guest it, The Pearl District.

Woooooo!

Check it out. Tell your friends. Look for us at you local arts & crafts festival.

music / scene
Shooby Taylor / Intro
Some mix off a eDan party mix cd / Tent Sides
Art Tatum / Timelapse
Billy Ocean / Scenes of the festival
Donovan / Lavendar Man
Shooby Taylor / Outro

2007

Thinking of taking a trip to New Berlin (New York's original name)? Think again! You'll have a lot to think about after watching this exciting and informative guide to our nation's capital! Don't just sit around thinking about it, go to New York today!

NEW YORK!

Music: The Village People and a MIDI file

2007

Written/Directed by Dalas Verdugo & Adrian Chen
Shot/Edited by Ian Lucero

Another Today In Our Backyard episode.

Music - Julien Neto

2007