Short Films

Sometimes you just get a hair up your butt, and before long you’ve written and shot a short film. Let’s pay close attention to the use of the word “film” here too — these were all shot on video. Oops.

Black Swan Trailer Parody

2010; written & edited by Marc Chambers, voiceover by John Salwin

They pitched Black Swan as a dark, shocking thriller based on the play Swan Lake. That marketing strategy tested poorly. So they played up the lesbian angle instead.

Featured on KROQ-FM’s Kevin & Bean Show and on AM570 KLAC.

The Pitch

2010; by Marc Chambers & Mike Cioffi, starring Noah Kaufman, Mike Cioffi & Seena Akita

Ever wonder how bad TV shows somehow get produced anyway? Follow our hero on his journey from LA’s Union Station to his pitch meeting, down into the depths of depression, up the stairs to his shady hotel room and straight into the primetime network schedule.

Official selection, 2010 Santa Barbara Minute Film Festival.

Spy Team

2008; written by Marc Chambers, produced by Katie Fellion

Written, shot and edited by a small, industrious team of kids for the National Film Challenge. Someone’s boss wants him to spy on his cheatin’ wife, and it blossoms into a delightfully amusing spies-for-hire business. Wee!

Awarded “Best In Genre – Spy” in the 2008 National Film Challenge.

The Last Regret

2005; by Marc Chambers, starring Lalo Reyes and Michelle Alicia Chase

Remember. When you’re… chopping carrots?… with your live-in girlfriend, don’t storm out of the house angry and run off down some dark weird alley. It might be the last thing you ever regret. Or something.