My youth pastor friend, John Bryan sent me this video this afternoon! You’re gonna love this:
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Over 15-hours of work went into these 3-minutes and 11-seconds. Spread this link like wildfire. I’m really proud of how this short film turned out!
I know you’ll enjoy.
Some quick notes on the movie:
Filmed on three separate days.
Each shot is actual – no “special effects”, though if I had the technology, I probably would’ve used it.
We probably only used a total of 6-different Mt. Dew cans through the whole process.
We weighed one can down with about 20 rubber erasers to give it some weight for some of the long-distance shots. All other cans were empty.
This video premiered tonight at theBOX Road Trip (our final one) and was met with a thunderous applause at the close!
Josh and Gene are SO PROUD of this film!
Again – pass it along to anyone who’s willing to watch!
Breakfast this morning as a family included two teens – Josh and Gene. Good times at Maria’s House of Pancakes!
After a full breakfast, we began a day’s worth of movie-making. We finished the final edit around 7PM tonight and are debuting “Recycled” on Wednesday at our final BOX Road Trip! When it’s done being debuted, I’ll post it online to show off.
While I was away all day, Jess had some quality time with our amazing daughter – who, by the way, slept in HER OWN ROOM last night for the first time ever! What a momentous occasion!
Jess was able to find time to do a little Ella-recording this afternoon, too, and I was so proud at what I found on the camera tonight I just had to post it!
She also took a bunch of pictures that would be a pitty if I didn’t share with all of you:
Last night I had a mental breakthrough…
Everyone has seen the Mentos and Diet Coke fountain.
They are getting boring.
Most of us have seen the Mentos and Diet Coke rockets.
They are NOT getting boring, they are, however, hit-and-miss at making happen.
So. Why not build a sort of Mentos & Diet Coke “rocket launcher”?
Good idea, Mister Sheets, good idea!
First idea – PVC tube that a 2-liter bottle would fit in.
Problem – 4″ PVC tube is too small for 4.25″ 2-liter bottle.
Solution idea: split PVC down the middle and maybe it will “open up” enough to allow for smooth 2-liter travel.
Nope. Just collapses on itself (bought the thin-walled kind, note to self: try thicker wall PVC.
Idea #2 – the “trough” – a trough of PVC tube that allows bottle to fall down smoothly.
Nice idea, I thought. Here’s the build photos:
The unmodified mortor – a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke
a 2-liter bottle will not fit in 4″ PVC
even when split, the PVC doesn’t allow for “optimal bottle slide-age”
New idea: “the trough”
The 4″ to 2″ PVC reducer
threaded bushing
the “puncturer”
finished setup
NOTE TO SELF: next time, wear eye-protection when working with PVC (not small bits of PVC that AREN’T in the eyes, but are close
So, I built this bit of day-off engineered goodness and after a wonderful dinner with Eric & Meagan Barker (and baby Nate!) I came home and tried it out.
It needs a bit of fine-tuning – as you’ll be able to tell from the two videos:
Attempt #1
Attempt #2
