http://www.crapbotproductions.com Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:50:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can’t believe the day has finally come. Today is August 3rd, 2010 which means that our documentary Nerdcore For Life is now officially available to own on DVD! If you’d like top purchase a copy, just head to www.nerdcoreforlife.com to place your order. What does the ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2010/07/31/nerdcore-for-life-now-available-on-dvd/ [caption id="attachment_729" align="aligncenter" width="582" caption=" "][/caption] In the early spring of 2009, I got a fancy new DV camera and I decided the best way to test it out would be to create a weekly web series. Yes, I was insane. The show was called In ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2010/04/25/in-your-face-chicago/ The Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland is (finally) up and running! While the folks over in Europe are busy celebrating, we thought we'd take this opportunity to pay homage to the ORIGINAL king of the particle accelerators; Fermilab in Batavia, IL, USA. The LHC got it's own rap ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2010/04/13/fermilab-music-video-hits-the-web/ Hey! You’ve seen those Coors Light commercials where regular dudes crash a press conference and ask NFL coaches questions about Coors Light, right? Well Coors wanted more of those commercials to play on the “Coors Light Channel” on Tivo so they posted some footage of some NFL coaches ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2010/02/28/coors-light-buys-our-spec-commercial/ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Qs6xQL04I] Way back in October I shot a mini-documentary for an ingenious event called Haunts Against Hunger.  Basically a bunch of very committed Halloween enthusiasts dress like zombies and hold a food drive.  The drive has grown nicely since it's inception and now "home haunters" leave boxes in their front yards ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2009/12/16/haunts-against-hunger-mini-doc/ A few months back I found an awesome website called Poptent which hooks up filmmakers with brands that are looking for creative content.  Harley Davidson held an Open Call on Poptent for videos that promote the new Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee.  Milwaukee’s only a 2 hour drive for me ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2009/10/02/harley-davidson-buys-our-promo/ One of the best things about being a filmmaker is that sometimes you get to go places and see things that are off limits to the general public.  My camera has opened a lot of doors for me but of all the crazy things I’ve been allowed to shoot, the ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2009/08/15/it-is-on-like-a-tevatron/ I'm very happy to finally announce that we've signed a worldwide distribution agreement for Nerdcore For Life with a fantastic company called Journeyman Pictures.  Journeyman is based in the UK and they specialize is distributing offbeat documentaries.  They do a ton of business throughout Europe which is a market that ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2009/07/30/nerdcore-for-life-takes-on-the-world/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHMYDNm5h-4[/youtube] It was exactly one year ago today, on July 12th, 2008 that Nerdcore rapper/producer Doctor Popular and I spent an afternoon in a garbage filled alley in San Francisco filming a music video for his song LOLcats. Nerdcore For Life is roughly 84 minutes long.  It took about 5 months ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2009/07/12/lolcats-musik-video-unleeshed-on-teh-internetz/ I stopped submitting Nerdcore For Life to film festivals a good while back and now that I think about it, I don't think the doc has had a festival screening since October!  Oh my God, that feels like it was last month.  No wait!  We screened in the Lake County ... http://www.crapbotproductions.com/2009/07/11/end-of-the-road/