120 second Test of Spirit

Probably my favorite martial arts documentary. Finally something with substance and value.

This was a test documentary I did about a sword school I enrolled in while in Edmonton. The audio suck I know, but hey you live y'learn. This was one of the places I was grateful for taking.



Now after doing that filming and such on the documentary, then there came F.A.V.A.'s 48 hour film contest. Now this was just for fun, and we didn't take it very seriously as we only spent like 10 hours on it. But anyway, if it's too rediculous to understand here are a few clues: we had to have

tinfoil
shopping cart
one scene with a telephone booth
using the word vagesimal
one line "my girlfriend still doesn't know why her sweaters are stretched"




Now this other one is my grad film from 2004 at Sheridan College. Many pain staking hours...and many thanks for help from Firas and all those deep discussions, and to Justin for his sounds and ideas. Props!

Films for YOU

check some of these out.

A film a friend and I did in a 48 hour contest, my grad film, and a recent test documentary about a sword school I used to go to.

SHINKAGE RYU KENJUTSU (short documentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czmNlnWK-m4

VAGESIMAL (48hr film contest)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY1gilIZ3Zk

JUNE 30 1908, TUNGUSKA SIBERIA (grad film)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG1XC9wqrT0

ENJOY

to start off

Although its direct translation "mind of no mind" can be confusing, mushin refers to the total absence of discursive thought or a state in which the ego is forgotten and the individual is free to perform without concern for dualistic notions of good or bad, success or failure.