» Blast from the past

UbseyMovies 10th Anniversary – Live Broadcast Event July 30th at 1pm pst

Jeff B. — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:04:41 +0000

I recall the year 2001, when Robbie and I would talk about the possibilities the internet wielded in terms of video distribution – Then a few years later YouTube occurred and here we are! With our videos, we’ve tried to bring a unique perspective to the internet, and we’ve only just started. To celebrate we’ll be having a major musical event! As well as a showcase of our films with a live audience! The event itself will be hosted outdoors, and you’ll be able to catch it on justin.tv/ubseymovies on July 30th at 1pm PST. The event will most likely span into the late evening, once night falls we’ll be watching our films via projector, with a few surprises! Its gonna be a blast!

Elliot Kane ends 5 years of our CMF’ing lives

Jeff B. — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:01:15 +0000

Last weekend we returned from our trip to Hollywood California, where we saw Elliot Kane play at the Campus Movie Fest International Grand Finale. There were a lot of interesting little flicks out there, and everyone had a great time! Though our film did not succeed in any of its nominations, we couldn’t be happier with the turn out. We also want to send our warmest thanks to CMF and its employment, who are by far the most exceptional people in showbiz! David, Dan, Vijay, Megan, Abe “Abey Baby”, Michael “Mikey”, Evan, and many many more! Thanks for 5 great years, everyone.

If any of you are in college and interested in film, we highly recommend participating in this festival! It’s a wonderful experience, and is a great resource for up-and-comers like ourselves. Plus, these gents do a real bang up job! Free equipment and prizes, WOW!

We’ve entered CMF 5 years in a row, and every time we’ve managed to get to the finale. We feel this is an accomplishment for us, and if you enter the festival you’ll see how much love and hard work goes into creating a short in one week. Please consider participating, and learn as much as possible from the experience. It surely helped us grow as filmmakers, as well as people. Thanks again guys! We’ll never, ever, forget you.

Elliot Kane (2011)

Vigorade (2010)

Bus (2009)

Bobby’s House (2008)

Chicken Strip Jeff (2007)

Milkshake: A Malti-path Adventure (Holy-Ubsey-Homage!)

Jeff B. — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:05:09 +0000

Holy homage! The UbseyMovies fan art contest is still happening. In fact we’re stretching the deadline out from July to December.

The new deadline for entries is: December 31 2011. Prizes include DVD’s, props and burned out lighting fixtures from our assorted film sets.

[ Start Game ]

A group of dudes and bros that always surprise. Life-Long-Ubsey-Fans: Ridgways Films, have done it again! In this surreal, yet entertaining hodge-podging of some of the most bizarre UbseyMovies. So no matter if you can’t get enough Jon Magram or you just love UbseyMovies a whole lot! You’ll find this choose-your-own-adventure style Ubsey-game very enjoyable, perhaps even lovable! Thanks Ridgway Films!

On a random side note, check out some Epic Pac Man Jammin’! Recorded live from the Video-Game-Music-Extravaganza at Iguana’s Burritozilla. More videos from that show to come! Including tunes from: EarthBound, Zelda, Mario, Pilot Wings, Kirby Pokemon and more!

Lost crappy videos from 2005 – 2008!!

Jeff B. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:17:46 +0000

Lately Robbie has been having some fun going through, compressing, and uploading old videos we whimsically made from 2005 to 2008. You can check them out on the UbseyGang youtube account.

I suppose it goes without saying, but just in case: These movies are intended to be bad, and laughed at.

And possibly more to come! Enjoy.

R.I.P. Meagan

Jeff B. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:47:07 +0000

Today, everyone’s friend here at UbseyMovies “Meagan the cat” continued onward.

She was 15.

Thanks for being our friend!

Duel of the Brothers

Jeff B. — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:43:28 +0000

Geocities is shutting down their servers for good this coming October; Robbie was saving his old websites, when he came across this.

Duel of the Brothers (2002)

Made in the height of our special effects years, when we had no idea that movies could be used to tell stories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh43DtNAsf0

Robbie gets thrown through a fence.

Jeff B. — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:19:12 +0000

Back in March of this year, our friend Jeremy Inman asked Robbie and me (Jeff) to make a 1970′s Spider Man movie parody to be played during his feature length film: Super Hero Party Clown.

A few days ago Robbie and I wrapped our shoot for the 70′s segment, which consisted of an obligatory warehouse fight and an origin scene.

Robbie starred as the 70′s Arachnid-Man, and I was directing.

The first day of shooting was in the basement of the San Jose State theater, which was frightening because literally just as we walked in we saw a man putting up a sign for asbestos.

The second and final day was the warehouse fight, which was a lot of fun because we had so many resources at our disposal. Four actors as thugs, break away wooden boards, an entire empty pool filled with junk, and a jib for the camera.

We choreographed an entire fight scene that turned out beautifully. At one point Robbie gets a box on his head while three thugs smack him with boards. Check out the behind the scenes footage here.

I’ll hopefully post the segment online when it’s finished being edited by whoever it’s being handed off to. But for now I’ll leave you with a behind the scenes shot: Robbie being thrown through a fence.