https://www.dougsmithfilms.com/shortfilm daily 0.75 2020-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583185152896-VL00O824H9ZVL2GNN87R/image-asset.png Films - Pittsburghia (2019) A short parody of the intro to "Portlandia," compiled from stock and assorted clips of Pittsburgh, PA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583185152896-VL00O824H9ZVL2GNN87R/image-asset.png Films - Pittsburghia (2019) A short parody of the intro to "Portlandia," compiled from stock and assorted clips of Pittsburgh, PA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583634786852-PLXSLNXH296WLFYA3GEM/NarrativeProjectsBanner.jpg Films Scroll down to see a selection of my narrative projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583184349996-5MH4LKEYA6X8TS0GUP31/image-asset.png Films - A Small, Unimportant, and Beautiful Life (2018) Watch the official trailer #1 for the long-awaited debut feature film from international award-winning writer and director, Matthew Gaynor (Frames: a handful of love stories (2015) The Final Action of Ananias (2016)). The film intimately interweaves quantum mechanics and melodrama to portray a world-changing event and the philosophical aftermath among three friends and two lovers. Set to release in early 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583188549720-M06WOJ1NLUKOY3IRRPT8/image-asset.png Films - No Signal (2016) When a student takes a hike into nature to escape a never-ending stream of messages, she finds a happy surprise... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583462647201-WXQB3HJ3YA56GA42NOKX/NarrativeProjectsBanner.jpg Films https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583187973075-UN7V7YTQ42A92RQH331U/image-asset.png Films - How to Survive Your Freshman Year (2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583187623631-UFQ83TJ8Y7YH6WL1W638/image-asset.png Films - The Final Action of Ananias (2016) The second short film from Director/Writer Matthew Gaynor. This offers the follow up to Gaynor's debut, internationally award-winning "Frames: a handful of love stories" The viewer is thrown into a conversation among five college friends waiting for their buddy's funeral. The tongue-in-cheek humor reaches a peak when one of the characters admits to an impossible crime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583188163067-3YGBH4Q6SY24868P6XLQ/image-asset.png Films - No Experience Needed (2016) A comedy about finding value in the absurdities in life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583187464382-0IKK13OW1S4DHY6CAPNS/image-asset.png Films - Visit Mars! (2015) A comedy short that uses found footage to pay tribute to b-movies. https://www.dougsmithfilms.com/essays daily 0.75 2022-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583195129533-ICSTF9AO3K02XC28NRQ3/image-asset.jpeg Video Essays - American Vampire: A Series You Can Sink Your Teeth Into With Vertigo Comics officially closed, a lot of original series are going with it. But one series in particular, American Vampire, is returning in 2020. In this video we take a look back at American Vampire and its sequel, Second Cycle, to determine why it's so inimitably good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54c6b3d3e4b075649696ac58/1583195129533-ICSTF9AO3K02XC28NRQ3/image-asset.jpeg Video Essays - American Vampire: A Series You Can Sink Your Teeth Into With Vertigo Comics officially closed, a lot of original series are going with it. But one series in particular, American Vampire, is returning in 2020. 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