Skeez Video is are notes about videos about books about videos about books by Ian Daffern, aka the SKZA.
"Clips that jumped out at me for one reason or another can be found here. Many of the, are book related; some are inspiration for their content; some for their style. Some are just weird. That's how I like it."-The SKZA
Ian Daffern is a writer, producer and director based in Toronto, and he hopes you like this stuff. Check out his portfolio at www.iandaffern.ca
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
DJ SoCalled’s latest is an inspirational, one-to-grow-on, the-more-you-know video but like, through the eye of like a park-lounging afternoon-drinking maniac, hipster uncle, with cool records and arts-and-crafty inclinations. It’s damn happy, nice craft, catchy tune, mad kid friendly, totally weird. Got some, almost Guillermo Del Toro vibe going on in those kid designs too. Get this sucker on Saturday morning cartoon rotation! My friend Todd from The Workhorsery press shared this on Facebook. Which is why Todd is awesome.
National Geographic busts out the kinetic typography to explain population. Staggering stats. It’s about balance.
cb cebulski on getting into comics
lots of practical thoughts here on keeping it pro
Rapper Fresh Talks collabs with Kevin Sorbo in new track: Never Sleep Outside! Hercules got rap yo!
Ghosts with Shit Jobs is a new sci-fi feature “doc” about surviving a post-economic crash America. It’s written by Jim Munroe and edited and co-directed by my production partner and good friend Tate Young. I also have a cameo as an office-drone of the future playing the air-harpischord…
My lovely Liz worked on this Penguin spot for the Toronto Zoo and it just won an award. Paper!
Eyes in The Sky
New comic! Part of a short story collection I’m bringing to Fan Expo called A Nail in the Heart. Drawn by Frank Fiorentino, I righteous dude I met at the Kazoo comics fest in Guelph. For me it’s a twist on The Hills Have Eyes, and a first pitch for Creepy comics. But with the updated look of the protagonists, Frank’s dubbed it a new genre: Creepster. Next up: The Haunted PBR! 
A wicked sweet adaptation of the Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; done by a group of Toronto kids at a film camp cosponsored by Type Books. What’s not to love about that? I like how they made the whole story which set in England to mixed-race Toronto. Cause why not? They also made a werewolf a werecat so as you see, these things balance out perfectly fine when the story’s there.
Courtesy of Torontoist.
Recently directed this trailer for Third Floor, a new Play by my friend Jason Hall (@halljas) that’s premiering at Summerworks this year. Theatrical trailers are only slightly more obscure than book trailers, but they make sense for getting the word out. You can get a taste for the dialogue, the performances. The trick is you can’t really show the actual on-stage action— because you don’t give the whole thing away, or simply because there is something lost in just straight trying to tape an on-stage production. Or like in our case, because the stage isn’t even built yet. So what do you do?
We went with recording some of the more enigmatic dialogue of the play, scenes that captures the tone and the essence, and then matched it with our thriller-ish shots of condo interiors, which was quite a challenge when you don’t want to show the actors exactly.
Third Floor itself is set entirely in the hallway of a condominium. It’s a liminal space, claustrophobic, always not quite home, not quite away. And as a location I think has a great sort of psychological aspect— floating through hallways like traveling through your mind, surrounded by locked doors. Which will open? And will you like what you find on the other side?You’ll see it in videos like Karmacoma which in turn seems to lifted it’s weirdness from the Shining. Trent Reznor lifts it for his spin-off project How to Destroy Angels. But check your urban thrillers your horror. You’ll find that floating hallway shot in every one.
Well this looks stunning.
