It’s been a while, but Troupe Dynamic is back with a new video!

Trouper Timmy just celebrated a milestone; as a surprise, the rest of the gang got together for a down-and-dirty, super fast and furious filming of a four-and-a-half hour opus! Or rather, the trailer for that four-and-a-half hour opus. It runs a mere 1:48.

Enjoy!

Troupe Dynamic is my comedy group passion; whenever and wherever I get a chance to play with this group, I jump (it’s not nearly often enough). “Timmy’s Trailer” was written*, produced, directed, and edited by yours truly, and I also play the character “Jay” (it’s a stretch). It was shot by myself and fellow Troupers Doug and Janet, with further assist by Teddi Lucas.  No equipment was used other than my Canon T1i (which accounts for the shoddy sound). We knew going in this was to be a quick-fire project; I’m cool with the audio all things considered.

*Really, I can’t really say I ‘wrote’ it since these characters’ voices live inside my dome. I just type out the dialogue I’m hearing up top

It breaks down like this: Flo bakes, I decorate. I’ve got peeps helping with the basic outlining and filling, but the faces are all 100% Jay. Here’s a peek at a couple’a Frankenstein trays; keep your eyes open for the Easter Egg cookie in the bunch (hint: its not easy being green). I’ll post some more later!

Speaking of secrets, it’s a secret no more. Coney McKane’s – owned and operated by the family of one lovely @TeddiLucas – will be opening a Holiday Cookie Shoppe, and I will be helping in decorating the character cookies! First up, some Halloween-inspired goodness. The designs are all simple (the better to produce many quickly) but packed with personality. I will share as soon as we start batching!

Also, finishing up my project with Hickory Point Bank: a short video starring their Safety Sam character! We’re tweaking just a few things and then I’ll throw it up here.

I have a few more odds and ends to take care of project-wise, and then I will start reposting samples of my work! Can’t wait…!

Here’s a look at my full “Influences” sketch, currently used as this site’s background (depending on your browser size you’ll be seeing only a fraction of it). This was done with a Wacom tablet and the Sketchbook Pro app for Mac. The idea was to just open up the floodgates and see what came out, quick-sketching and not over-thinking it. Obviously, it weighs heavily Muppets/Henson (go fig). I’m sure there’s plenty more on here I could have added, but this is a pretty good roadmap to what is rolling around in my noggin at any given moment!

Starting today, I will begin posting again (semi, fairly) regularly, sharing projects both professional and personal covering all the many mediums I cultivate!

The gameplan here is to build everything up from scratch, eventually re-posting many of the projects that were featured here before with updated commentary and new insights.

I can’t wait to jump back in and start sharing the adventure again!

TTFN!