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mix it up

chris — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:23:15 +0000

The Mixer is a weekly show at the Playground Theatre where. Well, why don’t we let the video we made for them explain:

A Very Clever Offbeat Bride

chris — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:06:24 +0000

Offbeat Bride, an “ongoing celebration of couples who dare to walk off the beaten aisle” has featured the Steampunk Save the Date we produced for Sean Kelley & Chelsea Ives on their blog.
You can check out the other unique videos couples used to announce their nuptials here.

The Outlaw Josiah B

jeremy — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:41:31 +0000

A few old college pals contacted us a while back with an idea to shoot a Titular Head* style short film to take back to the Grinnell Reunion Weekend. We jumped at the chance.

Nick traveled to Grinnell with the film’s creators – the Janson siblings: Tor, Per, and Lara – to direct, shoot, and play the villian. Jeremy edited and did the sound design (leaning on the classic work of Ennio Morricone).

The film premiers tonight in Grinnell, but you can watch it below. Fair warning: if you didn’t attend Grinnell, you might not get many of the references.

Watch for the stellar guest appearance of Grinnell Professor (and Nihilist?) Erik Simpson.

The Outlaw Josiah B from very clever media on Vimeo.

* Titular Head is a Grinnell College tradition with a long, storied history, evolving sometime in the nineties to a student film festival celebrating, primarily, Grinnell in-jokes.

Steampunk Save the Date

chris — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:55:42 +0000

This September friends of Very Clever Sean Kelley and Chelsea Ives are having a Steampunk-themed wedding in Martha’s Vineyard. Obviously, a Save the Date video with Tesla Coils and Zeppelins was in order.

You can follow Sean & Chelsea’s adventures at their blog Frakking Shiny.

Music is Stoptime Rag by Scott Joplin. Zeppelin exterior from a.j.unknown via Google SketchUp 3D Warehouse. Zeppelin steampunk interior door created by Chris Schaie, used with permission. Photo “Warm Chicago Skyline” by Brooke Ferguson via Getty Images.

Lighthousekeeping

chris — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:05:57 +0000

Very Clever has produced a new video promo for New Leaf Theatre‘s upcoming production, Lighthousekeeping.

For more information, and to buy tickets, head to http://newleaftheatre.org/

a lot of phasers in the fire

chris — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:09:38 +0000

that would actually be pretty dangerous. Regardless, Very Clever has been hard at work producing podcast episodes for Improvised Star Trek, a Chicago improv troupe taking their space-based comedy to the final frontier of of the internet. And yes, you might notice a certain amount of overlap between Very Clever and the IST cast.

You can subscribe to the podcast, to get another new episode ever week by clicking here.

A Very Classic Short

chris — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:13:13 +0000

Take note! Very Clever’s 2007 award winning short Sing O’Muse is now on the site. Its one of our favorites, and the only one to include a cheerful ditty about the brutal sacking of a city. And we made it only 12 hours! Enjoy.

Chicago Politics

chris — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:47:03 +0000

Sadly, Chicago Alderman Ed Bus failed to garner the necessary votes to force Rahm Emanuel into a run-off, ending his Very Clever endorsed bid for Chicago Mayor.

Very Clever is proud of our contribution to Alderman Bus’ candidacy, and all Ed Bus videos can be seen at 53rdward.com and Schadenfreude.net.

Ed Bus Shovels Out Chicago

chris — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:36:52 +0000

Another campaign video for Alderman Ed Bus, from Schadenfreude.net and Very Clever. Enjoy.

Ed Bus for Mayor

chris — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:30:07 +0000

Very Clever is please to offer its endorsement for Chicago’s upcoming Mayoral Election, 53 Ward Alderman Ed Bus. We were lucky enough to be able to work with Schadenfreude as they followed the long-time Alderman on his campaign.

To view the videos, and to follow Ed’s campaign for mayor, head to Schadenfreude.net