Well, I've posted a couple of my videos here and there around the forum, but I thought it'd be nice to have my own little thread all to myself. Makes me feel just a tiny bit like an evil overlord. *gazes out over thread with enigmatic evil overlord expression* Speak only if you are spoken to, peasant, or I will do something nasty to your cerebellum.

Haha. Just kidding.

My brothers and I started making short comedic (well, we thought they were funny) videos back in 2006, capturing video on our long-suffering mother's Canon Powershot and editing our masterpieces on Windows Movie Maker. The end results generally stunk, and now it's with great pain that I remember how eager we were to gather anybody who had a functioning brain stem in front of our tiny computer monitor and roll our latest flash of pixelated glory.

It's been almost six years now, and we've transitioned through three computers and four different cameras, but we've kept the original name we stamped on our very first video--Broken Lens Productions. Just 'cause we're kinda sentimental like that.

And now, without further ado... the videos. Some of 'em, anyway.



Guy vs. World
A parody on the popular reality tv show, Man vs. Wild. Featuring brief violence and a horrendous Australian accent; viewer discretion is advised.




Redneck Winter Sports
A comedic short involving our wannabe YouTube celebrity redneck, Bucephalus T. Dingleberry.




Return of the Smoorai--Director's Commentary
A sarcasm-infused "director's commentary" we did on one of our first videos.




Awkward Hugs
Concerning hugs, and some of the potential social faux pas that can result from this popular greeting.

Well, that's prolly enough for now... Iffen you wanna see more, check out our official channel here: http://www.youtube.com/brokenlensprductions
And you can also follow us on our Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/brokenlensproductions

We put out a new video every other week, so stay tuned, y'all.

And do not forget to subscribe to our channel, small and insignificant peasant, or you will wake up in the depths of my torture chamber. *does evil overlord-ish malignant chuckle*

Fidle out.

*laughs heartily * How did I miss the hug one, Braden? I've never seen that one before, and it was hilarious!

I hadn't either, Airi! Very funny!

I watched through all your videos I think, Fidle, on You Tube a while ago. I love them, they are so witty and so funny!

I've watched the entire channel... several times. The last was particularly hilarious.

I really enjoyed your channel, Fidle. My favorite might be the one where Bucey proposes to Martha Mahinsky.

Thanks, guys! Glad I could bring a few chuckles into somebody's day.



Heh, thanks. Bucey has a pretty interesting outlook on life...
So have you seen Martha Mahinsky before?

Those are hilarious! Good job you and whoever else was involved! *goes to youtube and subscribes*

You have my most earnest thanks, Oh Subscriber.

You're welcome!

Ahahahahaha! Those are hilarious!

I really want to watch these but can't as my family is on our annual movie fast.

Well, I suppose the upside is that they won't be going away. You can have something to look forward to now, when your movie fast is over.

Yes. My whole family and I are big fans of the Jostieflicks.

Why sank you.



Well, hopefully they'll still be there when you get off. Unless the 2012 apocalypse strikes early or something... Gosh, what a terrible idea. O.o
A media fast is probably a really good idea. Kudos to your family for taking the initiative to do that!



Couldn't have put it any better myself.




Us too! An awesome family.

Okay, I haven't been able to be really active on the forum lately, so I've got a little catching up to do... but here's the last two videos from BLP.



Another Spoofentary! And yes, that is probably the only time you will ever see me wearing that particular color...



A video about homeschoolers. And socialization. And girlfriends. Enjoy.

I saw those! I especially loved 'Socialized = Girlfriends' one. I also like the thumbnail for it... Keep 'em coming!

Same here! So true, I think that's the one thing that most homeschoolers often get asked. Are you Socialized enough? So it really made me laugh!

I was laughing so hard as well. Please make more!

Wow, Fidle; your newer videos are even more hilarious than the early ones! My sisters and I just cracked up at Girlfriends=Socialized. And we giggled a lot at all the others, too.

Thanks, folks. Actually, this last one was a bit of a surprise--I intended it as a “filler episode” more of a last resort because the one I wanted to do that week was out of the question due to weather, but Socialized = Girlfriends has been my most popular video to date. So I guess I need to figure out what I did right and keep doing it. XD

I think part of the appeal for me was that it was debunking a common misconception about homeschoolers...if you did stuff like that relating to homeschooling and other things like that, they might be popular too.

I did finally get to see these. Great job! I especially like the Homeschooler one and the awkward hugs. Probably because they hit so close to home.

"Awkward Hugs" was your best in my opinion, with "Socialized" running near it. They were both good because they were relatively short and a frequent set of jokes that weren't running all into each other into a mess.
I have been working on a film myself, a rather longish one, so I actually watched your videos to see what made funny movies work. Keep up the good work!

Yeh, I'll definitely be doing more homeschooling vids in the future.



Awkward Hugs is one of my favorites, too. I'd like to work towards keeping my videos shorter--in this day and age, not many people want to sit through a ten minute YouTube video.
Which is somewhat ironic, saying that, because our next video is gonna be kinda long...

So what kind of films do you work on? Is yours a comedy?

I specialize in comedy.
although that is not quite true...
All I do is comedy.

It's actually going to be pushing 20 mins probably. I star as both the MCs, and one of the writers, with my younger bro co-writing and directing. I have a few friends for the other parts. My humor is mostly based on rapidly repeating randomness and sillyness, not so much the deeper clever humor of yours. I can do that, too, but not for 20 mins straight and I wanted to create something that long. Mostly just silly.

Being the boring, unadventurous person I am, I haven't been about the GD room much and didn't rightly know this thread existed until I was told to "go there, and watch that video". So like an obedient minion, I came and watched it, and I'm so glad I did!

Fidle, these are awesome! I especially liked "Awkward Hugs" and "Socialized". They were hilarious! Your humour and delivery is spot on, I ran around my house with my iPod earlier this morning showing all my siblings these two videos because they were that awesome.

I'm running over to your YouTube channel to subscribe. Keep up the good work!

Hey, randomness is awesome. I utilize much of it in my own humor.
So will you be posting yours online?



Ha, great! Thanks for sharing and subscribing. Glad you're such an obedient minion.

*laughs * I love this new one, Fidle. I sent it on to my parents, knowing they would get a kick out of it.

"Guy vs Farm" = hilarious.

Agreed! That was funny! Especially the last part...

Glad you guys liked it! Making it was pretty stressful--I had to manipulate the heck out of it in post-production to get rid of background noise (a noisy oil rig) and fix really crummy outdoor lighting, but I think it turned out okay.

Grizzly seems to think I'm purposely portraying him as a buffoon. Can't imagine how he got that idea.

Yeah, I think it turned out well, especially considering you needed to edit a lot background noise and stuff!

Yeah, I have no idea how Grizzly would get that idea...

Wow, you did awesome getting the background noise out of it, because I didn't notice any of it! You also did really well with the lighting, I thought it was great.

My favourite line has gotta be: "I love a big glass of chicken milk!"

Hey, it's delicious stuff.

I do apologize that you had to sit and listen to an Aussie accent abused like that for five and a half minutes. That's one thing I can't fix in post.

Hey, I thought it was pretty good! That might be because I don't know well enough to tell the difference, or because it was in a silly setting, so it didn't matter...of course, I don't know how Bush would feel about it... But she doesn't seem to be very mad at you!

That was meant to be Aussie?

I thought it was British all the way!

He was parodying the Crocidile Hunter with the accent, hence his usage of crickey. it did kind do wade in and out between British and Aussie.

I thought he was parodying Bear Grylls...or maybe he is parodying both?

I think he's parodying a lot of people. The croc hunter was the main one that stood out to me, though.

Ohhhhh, right. Steve Irwin, now I get it! I thought it was a take on Bear Grylls!

By the way, Bushy, (and everyone else, please ignore this if this is derailing the thread It's not meant to do so [and is related because it has to do with the croc hunter]) did you ever meet Steve before he passed away? Or go to his zoo? I am a fan of the croc hunter, and am just curious.

Unfortunately I didn't get to meet him before he died, no. I was very saddened to hear of his death, though. From what I know about him, he was an amazing guy with a passion for living life to the fullest, and he loved his family very much. His death was a tragedy for Australia; we lost - in my opinion - the icon we were most proud of.

Grizzly is a combination of the Croc hunter, the Doctor, Bear Grylls, Jack Sparrow, and Hank the Cowdog. :p So his dialogue's a little hybrid-ish.

Yeah, Steve Irwin's death was very sobering. I believe he was also married to the same woman all his life, too--which is really saying something in the entertainment industry.

Yes! I had two of them!



Agreed. His wife was still pregnant with their son when he died too, I think.

No, they had had their son when he died. But his son was very very young. Their daughter gave a very sweet speech at the Zoo about her dad.


That's a really interesting hybrid, Fidle! But I can hear them all.

Steve Irwin's wife is amazing. I love it that she kept the memory of her husband alive for her children and continued to live out his passion.

Love the new homeschooling vid, Fidle! Almost your best one yet! Loved the "school shootings". I emailed it to my two cousins who have only recently decided to homeschool. I'm sure they'll get a kick out of it!

Thanks, Bush! It was a lot of fun to make. And it's had the biggest response out of any of our videos--apparently we need to make more videos about homeschooling with cute kids...

Seeing as how I forgot, I'll just post it here now. :p

These are fantastic! I especially love the recent homeschooling one. "School shootings" occur regularly in my household as well.

I hadn't seen the most recent one, Fidle. I like it, it's great!

*laughs * Braden, that was epic!