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 (just the) "Film" Entries Timing is Everything/Unconditional June 16, 2008 
Two PSAs for the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Council of North Carolina (written/co-written by Alex Wilson). Available on YouTube: Timing is Everything and Unconditional (and that's me with the beard in the latter). More details here.
 Trade Up May 17, 2006 
Spec commercial for the Firefox web browser, 2006. Directed by Drew Buchanan, shot by Steve Milligan, written by Alex Wilson. Details here, Steve's technical details here, and the "film" itself at Firefox Films.
All's Fair in Love and Police Actions November 13, 2005 
What if an icon like Marvel's Captain America was to the U.S. government what Mickey Mouse has been to Disney? Here's what a taxpayer-funded Steamboat Willy might've looked like during the Vietnam War in 1971.Southparkesque animation by Alex Wilson (writer, director/animator, all voices), 2005. Concerns superheroes and was created for a Wizard Direct-to-Video contest, which is why it's padding the "comics" section instead of confining itself in "film." Four-minute comics-parody film, available in Quicktime, iPod video, and YouTube (flash) formats. "That was f--kin' tops, Alex!" - Brian K Vaughan "Amazingly funny and well-executed." - Cory Doctorow An IFILM "Clip of the Day," written, animated, and voice-acted by Alex Wilson.
Continue reading "All's Fair in Love and Police Actions" Filed Under: Comics, Film, Multimedia Projects The Three Rs November 13, 2005 
Ten-second (you read that right) humorous film created for the first annual Fruitcake Film Festival, a Greensboro event sponsored by the Triad Independent Film Network in Greensboro, NC in December 2004.
Continue reading "The Three Rs" Filed Under: Film Tommy (The PSA) November 13, 2005 
In 2003, MoveOn.org sponsored a "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest/challenge for a public service announcement (PSA) that would rally people around the cause of voting whatshisname out of office in 2004. Around 1500 entries were submitted, and Tommy was one of them.
I wanted to create something upbeat and fun rather than taking the "this is what Bush has done wrong" route. Our recipe: Take some old-school physical comedy. Put it to a traditional-sounding jingle. Stir vigorously and see if you can't dillute voter disillusionment, one of the big causes of low voter turnout--which is one of the bigger frustrations on either side of the political aisle.
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Alex Wilson writes fiction and comics in Carrboro, NC. His work has appeared/will appear in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Rambler, Weird Tales, The Florida Review, Futurismic, Shimmer, ChiZine, FutureQuake, Pif, and Dragon. Locus Magazine has called him a "promising new writer," and Publishers Weekly also has nice things to say. Alex runs the audiobook project/podcast Telltale Weekly and the writer wiki Guidevines. He publishes the minicomic/zine Inconsequential Art. He is a 2006 Clarion graduate. Blog Archives 2008 - Clever Label TBA 2007 - BadYearNoCookie 2006 - Clarion! 1st Pro Sale! 2005 - Peers and Peerless 2004 - Telltale Launch 2003 - Dog bites, acting out 2002 - In my mind, I'm going... 2001 - Marriage, Macs, 1st Cons 2000 - Setback, Milestones 1999 - Engaged, Graduated 1998 - Creative Independence    Powered by MT 3.35 MySpace Profile Technorati Profile |
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