The Vector was a movie philm that I worked on in High School with my old friend (he was a much newer friend at the time) and chief collaborator, Pete Desiderio. He stars in the picture and directed and edited. I was sort of a script doctor, visual effects lead, and poorly acted minor character. This movie is posted as a historical novelty, and was made over the course of just a few very short weeks while all of us had very busy school schedules. We won our high school film festival with this, so however much you might be able to find flaws in this production, I assure you it wasn’t the worst of the bunch. Adults who watched The Vector and saw the scene where 10,000 Pete Lawsons stuffed into 10,000 lockers sing Mr. Sandman have typically remarked that my generation has “no need for acid.”
I promise, it’s actually pretty funny if you have just watched the Matrix. If you aren’t as familiar with the scenes and material being parodied, it does come off as a bit strange. Anyhow, let me point aout a few of the visual effects highlights… Pete’s infamous jiggly mirror inexplicably in the real world shot is around 9:00 minutes in, and the scene with Mr. Sandman starts at about 10:00, with the actual lockers sequence at about 10:45. “Books, lots of books” is at about 16:45. And, the all CG gymnasium because we couldn’t actually shoot in the gym is about 16:15. You can view it in a wee little flash video here, or download the full sized version.
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