Past Projects
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Losers Lounge |
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Genre - murder mystery, Crime,
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TRT: 1HR
27 MIN -
BLACK & WHITE
Losers Lounge is a film noir-style murder mystery set in 1948 that
follows the perplexing and often seedy life of a private detective who is
accused of murdering a troubled young lady with a dark history. |
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Audio Commentary by Director DON BONER AND EDITOR JASON JOLLIFF
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Cassopolis School Project Graduation 2003 (Video Yearbook) |
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45 minute video collage celebrating the seniors' last year of
high school. |
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This video was shown to the seniors on May 25, 2003 with a
warm reception. There was applause and happiness and tears. I
think it touched many of the students. I was told that this project is
regarded as the highlight of every project graduation and is looked forward
to by many of the students as well as the staff. |
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The Cottage 2002 |
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Different from the 1998 vacation in that this has more of a
"Real World" feel to it. It still has the crashes but it also
has interviews and commentary by the family. This version is much more
edgy and stylized. The vacation took place at the end of July and
lasted about a week; that's when I filmed almost 20 hours of footage.
It's my opinion that this is my best work so far. I had
no deadline and I could take as much time as I needed to get the results
that I wanted. Obviously there is always room for improvement but for
what this was, a pet project, it's pretty darn good. |
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project was completed at the end of February, 2003 after about 4 months
of extensive editing and special effects work. |
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This video was shown to my family when we all got together at
the end of February, 2003. It's not always easy to get together at our
folks house because they are in Niles, MI and some of us are in Chicago,
Indianapolis, and Tennessee. Anyway, everyone loved it! In fact,
we all watched it again the next day. DVD copies were then distributed
to everyone. |
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Cassopolis School Project Graduation 2002 (Video Yearbook) |
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45 minute video collage celebrating the seniors' last year of
high school. |
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project was completed on May 19, 2002 |
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This video was shown to the seniors on May 26, 2002 with a
warm reception. There was applause and happiness and tears. I
think it touched many of the students. I was told that this project is
regarded as the highlight of every project graduation and is looked forward
to by many of the students as well as the staff. |
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Dowagiac School Project
Graduation 2002 (Video Yearbook) |
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45 minute video collage celebrating the seniors' last year of
high school. |
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project was completed on May 22, 2002 |
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This video was shown to the seniors on May 26, 2002 with a
warm reception. There was applause and happiness and tears. I
think it touched many of the students. |
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Suspended
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Theatrical release date - October 31, 2003
DVD release date - March 23, 2004 |
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Animator Thomas Kempton gets more than he bargained for when
a snowmobile trip turns to terror in the wilds of Northern Michigan. He is
held prisoner by two cannibalistic sisters who try unsuccessfully to add him
to their long list of victims. |
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released on march 23, 2004
"making of" featurette
- (Produced by jolliff digital production)
production photo gallery - (Produced by jolliff
digital production)
director bio
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Suspended Animation
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In order to get an idea of what the actors would
look like on the snowmobiles and to get some appropriate framing for the
composites, the director and producer of Suspended Animation,
John
Hancock and
Dean
Jacobson, asked me to get some footage of the talent on the sleds.
I later took this footage and made a fun little piece set to music (Moby's
"Honey"). This presented a great opportunity to get some great
tracking shots. I was on the back of a sled as an instructor was
driving. I had one hand on the sled grip and the other hand held a
Canon XL1 (we used this camera only for reference shots - the actual film
was shot entirely on HD. I got some nice footage - even though some of
the crew was making fun of me because they thought that there was no way I
could get any steady, usable footage. The end result proves them
wrong. |
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This project was completed in early 2001 |
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Suspended Animation -
Snowmobile Composites |
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In order to get an idea of what the actors would
look like on the snowmobiles specifically in the avalanche scenes, the
director and producer of Suspended Animation,
John
Hancock and
Dean
Jacobson, asked me to get some footage of the talent on the sleds.
I framed up a majority of the shots to fit the stock avalanche footage that
we were going to use. I then took this footage, did a LOT of
rotoscoping, and composited the sleds over the top of avalanche footage.
This gave John and Dean as well as the crew an idea of what type of angles
and distance they would have to be away from the sleds when they started
filming. Here's one of my favorite
stories. When the crew was filming the remaining snowsled chase scenes
in Canada,
John
Hancock (the director) and
Dean
Jacobson (the producer) called me back at the editing room (in LaPorte,
IN) and asked for my opinion on what types of angles and distance to set up
the cameras at so that it would marry well with the avalanche footage.
It made me feel pretty good that they would respect my judgment on such
critical shots.
That footage would later be sent to
Calabash
(Oscar winning animation house) for digital compositing that would make up
several of the exciting avalanche shots in the movie.
Click here to see a
screen shot of one of the animations used.
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This project was completed in early 2001 |
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Cassopolis School Project Graduation 2001 (Video Yearbook) |
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Video collage celebrating the seniors' last year of high
school. |
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project was completed on May 26, 2001 |
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This video was shown to the seniors on May 27, 2001 with a
warm reception. There was applause and happiness and tears. I
think it touched many of the students. I was told that this project is
regarded as the highlight of every project graduation and is looked forward
to by many of the students as well as the staff. |
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Nun-Chucka |
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Another fun piece showcasing Matt's abilities to
wield the nun chucks. Actually, he's not that good at them but, you
can't really tell. Cory Molenda and Eric Wright were also in this,
briefly (everybody wants to be a star). Set to White Zombie's "More
Human Than Human". |
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This was filmed and edited one night when I
had "the boys" at the studio. I grabbed the steadicam and just
shot some stuff. I love the steadicam. |
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"Among Thieves" Theatrical Performance |
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Meet Jacob and Thameaus, two longtime friends who also happen
to be thieves. A life of crime has become something of a normality for these
two, until one day, something terrible happens. They unwittingly commit
murder. And not just any murder; their victim is none other than a Roman
guard. This crime is punishable by death. Thameaus justifies the murder in
his mind because he feels that the Roman "had it coming". But Jacob is
another story. He is wrecked with doubt and despair. Jacob seeks the council
of Jesus who walks the streets nearby. But is it too late for Christ's
words to do any good.
This is an original Christian based play written by Jason Jones and
performed by 8 actors in a small Penn Friends Church in Cassopolis, MI on
Easter Sunday 2000. Viewed in front of a packed auditorium, this performance
met with only positive reviews. |
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Larry & Marilee "The 1st 25 Years" |
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This video tableau was set to music from the
era, highlighting the life and love of Larry and Marilee Jolliff throughout
the first 25 years of their marriage. My mom "hired" me to put this
together as a surprise for my dad (and for her) for their 35 anniversary.
The video was made up entirely of home movies that were taken by the Jolliff
family through the years, dating as far back as 1958. |
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Editing was completed just before their 35th
anniversary in 2000. |
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The video was presented to Larry & Marilee on
their anniversary. My dad was surprised and my mom cried...I think. |
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Cali Forn Episode 1 |
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Documentary style, reality-based video on the
adventures of 5 friends and their journey from Michigan to California.
Highlighting activities in the mountains, Universal Studios, and even Late
Nite with Jay Leno. This is actually the sequel to Cali Forn Episode
1/2. |
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This project was completed in 2000 |
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Doug & Elly Walker - A Wedding Montage |
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Using the footage that I took on and around the
days surrounding the marriage of this couple, I created a short, beautiful
piece placed in slow motion and set to Enya's "The Long Ships". |
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This project was completed shortly after the
wedding in 1999. |
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I presented this to my sister and brother-in-law
and she cried. She says it is very special to her and they watch it
every year on their anniversary. |
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The Jolliff Family Vacation at the Cottage |
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High action piece isolating the speed and
disasters that occur while pulling crazy people on knee boards, tubes, and
skis behind a speed boat. Set to Chumbawumba's "I Get Knocked Down"
and various Enya music. |
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This project was completed in 1998 several
weeks after we got back from the cottage. I went through about 6
hours of footage. |
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Everyone loved this. The only complaint
that I got was that there was no other footage besides water sports.
That was my intention however. I will keep that in mind the next time
we go to the cottage. |
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Fire Balls |
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One of my first endeavors on the NLE system.
This was primarily experimental but extremely fun. My brother and I
shot make-believe fireballs at each other. The fireballs were added
later in Post for a very cool effect. |
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This project was completed in 1998 |
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This is one of the classics that friends and
family still ask to see. I recently (mid 2003) archived this on DVD
and distributed it to family. They were very appreciative. |
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Paintball Battle |
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A high speed action clip of paintballers going
at it. Set to the "Escape L.A." song by White Zombie and also with
sound bites from Pulp Fiction. |
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This project was completed in early 1998. |
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Psycho Ballistics Inc. (tape intro) |
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I got Eric Kessler interested in playing
paintball and he got so into the industry that he started his own business
and become one of the top accessory manufacturers in the business.
This :60 second clip was placed at the beginning of the installation tape
for one of PBI's aftermarket paintball products. It placed the
company's logo (a skull) into a "video tunnel". |
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This project was completed in 1998. |
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