u.s. census commercial! finally!

Whelp, this spot was shot over a year ago and aired eight months ago, but I've finally been able to find an online copy of it. I appear briefly in the :30 version as the dude with the guitar who opens his door to fire trucks. Cool, eh? Sorry for the delay.

pilot for web series.

This post has been a long time comin'. I shot the pilot episode for a web series called Green Manor in September where I play the friend of the lead character. The series is about a young guy who takes the manager position of an apartment building so he can have free rent and get away from his girlfriend. There's a host of characters who are tenants already, and with ten episodes written, who knows what'll happen? Hopefully, the friend will stay around....

best u.s. short at rome international film festival!

The Man in the Glass Case just won "Best U.S. Short" at the Rome International Film Festival! This adds to the list of awards this short has received, and while I only had a small role (and my fight scene was cut), I am proud to have been part of it. It is shot beautifully in black & white, and the writer/director is extremely talented. Super. (Rome, Georgia, by the way; don't get too excited.)

seafishing!

I did a really cool stop-motion project several months back where I was a sea captain fishing for love. I won't tell you what he found, but I bet you can figure it out by looking at the photo. The photo/video project was turned into a physical flipbook, too! I'm published!

Seafishing from Jessica Kucinskas on Vimeo.

overloaded reviews!

Whelp, I think the first review is a good one, saying that the only complaint is that it was too short. Read it for yourself and judge accordingly. But I will gladly repeat this gem: "... this is a charming work, if ever I've seen one. It has an alarmingly interesting cast of characters with great, funny and easily lovable performances". Why, that's awful nice.

The second review is also quite positive and thinks it should be developed into a feature-length film. Okay.

http://www.moviesmademe.com/movie/review/2316
http://www.roguecinema.com/article2315.html

'the man in the glass case' screenings and awards!

I shot a film last summer that has garnered the People's Choice Award at the Arizona Black Film Festival, and has been chosen to be screened at the Texas Black Film Festival, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, RAW: Hollywood Showcase at Cinespace, Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival, and the Rome International Film Festival. Kinda crazy my face is the one chosen for the poster for the RAW event!

Also check out the filmmaker's page of the film at www.maxwelladdae.com

adventure time!

Cartoon Network Choir from fredseibert on Vimeo.

Here is the Cartoon Network commercial I shot in Toronto at the beginning of May. I helped produce the music when I worked at the music house in Santa Monica, and they used me as the harpsichordist in the bottom left of the wide shots (:01 and :40). You'd never know it was me otherwise, but now you know.

american dad!

Here is a clip from the episode I did of American Dad!, May the Best Stan Win, Season 5, Episode 12, which aired 14 February 2010. I did the voice for Toshi's Father, with Sandra Oh as Toshi's Mother. I also recorded the voice for a character called CJ who comes to pick up Hayley, but that scene was cut.

brazilian audio commercial.

Blind Date - Audio Design Commercial - Capsula Filmes (legendado) from Marco Carvalho on Vimeo.

Here is a commercial that aired in Brazil but was shot by my friend and colleague, Marco Carvalho, here in Los Angeles. I recorded the voice over for the spot, as well as making a cameo as the nephew. The location of the house in the beginning also happens to be where I live....

no one remembers linus hutchins.

No One Remembers Linus Hutchins from Christopher Guetig on Vimeo.

This is a little film I shot as part of This Is What We Imagine's ongoing series of art, music, film, and photography projects. Called Weekends of Wonderment, a group of creative people get together over one weekend and create interesting and unique projects that are then screened, witnessed, felt, and experienced at an event called Show+Tell. I am so happy to have fallen into this fun group of people, and can't wait to share my next project I've recently completed with them. Until then, check them out: www.tiwwi.com

cartoon network shoot, toronto.

I helped produce the music for three upcoming spots for the Cartoon Network, and was lucky enough to fly to Toronto for the filming. We recorded a twenty-piece boys chorus in Los Angeles on a Monday, and the composer/creative director and I flew out that Thursday. On Friday, we rehearsed with thirty boys from a school choir and ten more random boys that would make up the on-screen choir lip-synching to the prerecorded tracks. We shot Saturday and Sunday at a public school's auditorium and the set of the new Cartoon Network show, Unnatural History. I also got to play a cameo role as the harpsichordist in one of the spots!

kentucky derby.

I was this close ( ) to missing the Derby this year, something I haven't missed in recent memory. I was on set for a series of Cartoon Network commercials in Toronto for four days, and knew it would be a struggle to find a TV in the public school we were shooting in. Somehow, I was able to find a website that was streaming the race live (and illegally) just before it began. Had I known it would've been that easy, I would've tuned in earlier for the playing of My Old Kentucky Home, which is really all I wanted to see. But I did see the walk up to the post and the race, so my Derby day was not totally wasted. My only other goal was to find a mint julep somewhere in the city, but the bar we chose to go to was not equipped with fresh mint or good bourbon. So it goes. Maybe that will just make next year's that much sweeter....

us census commercial is airing!

It's kinda neat to be getting texts, calls, and messages from people telling me that they saw me on TV. While my screen time is only 4-5 seconds, it's still pretty cool to be recognized by friends and family across the country. The ad is the one urging people to open their doors for the census takers, and I'm the dude playing guitar who opens his door to fire trucks pulling out. Yes, those were real fire trucks, and the timing of that shot took awhile to nail. The second day of shooting involved constructing my "apartment door" on the street in front of a firehouse in the middle of Hollywood. Neat.

"dear god", monsters of folk.

I shot a music video for Monsters of Folk (Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes, Jim James from My Morning Jacket, and M. Ward) that came out this past month. It was created and directed by Lauri Faggioni, who has worked with Michel Gondry, Bright Eyes, and Iron and Wine (www.laurifaggioni.com). There was a video contest for the song Dear God, but this one is the official band video.

From Stereogum: "The soulful, dreamy opener to Monsters Of Folk’s self-titled album tackles big spiritual questions, and its official video tries to put this all in perspective. Director/animator Lauri Faggioni begins among the stars and zooms to the cellular level, in a clip reminiscent of Charles and Ray Eames' classic Powers Of 10 short film. Of course MOF’s video goes deeper, revealing a whole universe inside us. Wild. Members Jim James, M. Ward, Mike Mogis, and Conor Oberst are likely busy with their other projects, so you don’t get to see them here — a bummer if you were hoping to see what the universe inside James’s beard looked like."

things i should have said.

Sooo, in debating how to handle this blog, i.e. what the hell I should write, I thought about another blog that might be interesting. You know how when you meet new people or you have a fight with someone, sometimes the words don't flow as eloquently as they do in your brain after-the-fact? And you wish you could go back and say those things? Whelp, my blog idea would be Things I Should Have Said. I probably shouldn't use AMinuteWithGuetig to discuss another blog idea, but I'll be bloggedly blogged if one blog doesn't lead to another. Blog.

first minute.

I've never attempted bloggery before, but thought it might be a nice companion to my website and easier to update. Sope, we'll see how it goes and how often I'll share my thoughts and happenings with the whole innerwebs. My goal is to keep things short and sweet, so a minute is all you'll need. Welcome. You have a minute.