SquiggleBooth
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 14 years ago -Squigglebooth is a playground for videobloggers. This is where ultra-cool videobloggers come to play and test out their ideas. Please don’t pee in the pool or poke an eye out.
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Glowing review of Hello Sorry Whatever
December 04, 2009 16:25Marc Maximov in his review of the Carrboro film festival: The three filmmakers who won Indy Arts Awards this year, Nic Beery, Ajit Anthony Prem and Todd Tinkham, made a strong showing, with five films between them. Particularly impressive was Prem’s HELLO, SORRY, WHATEVER, a Cliffs Notes romantic tragedy built around snatches of dialogue consisting […]
2009 Carrboro Film Festival Intro
November 23, 2009 17:43 - 21.6 MB VideoAdditional formats: iPhone Credits: Commissioned by the Carrboro Film Festival Director – Ajit Anthony Prem Steadicam, Cinematography – Bill Elias Additional Cinematography – Jim McQuaid Color & Effects – Ismail Abdelkhalek Music – Carmela Sinco Balloon Wrangler/Make-up/Costumes – Kelly Cook Actors: Mary Wilcher Mike Harris Jackie Helvey Jim McQuaid Selena Lauterer Alisha Agemy Alyssa Madden […]
Two premieres at the 2009 Carrboro Film Festival
November 22, 2009 01:41Update: Glowing Review of Hello Sorry Whatever I have two films premiering at the 2009 Carrboro Film Festival. I’m no longer a part of the committee but I was commissioned to the do the festival intro once again. My Films: Hello Sorry Whatever is a short narrative about a love story said with three little […]
A Walkthru with Kathleen Connally
October 20, 2009 05:33 - 108 MB VideoI spent a morning with photographer Kathleen Connally several years back. We talked, we walked. I came back hoping to put something together immediately but life got a little crazy and I had to put it aside. Till now. Many of things we discussed that misty morning still come back to me from time to […]
2009 Indy Arts Award
July 31, 2009 14:54The Independent gave Todd, Nic & I the 2009 Indies Arts award for filmmaking. A couple of quotes from the fantastic article by Marc Maximov. On Hello, Sorry, Whatever: Prem is most interested in themes of romantic love and disappointment. His perceptive ear for truth in acting performances is matched by a meticulous eye for […]
Boy with the Wet Thumb
December 29, 2008 00:18Additional formats: LARGE QUICKTIME - SMALL QUICKTIME Ajit says: Love this confident little film by my friend Nic Beery. The film revels in being lost in its own thought, following its own impulses for what it deems fun and interesting.
Carrboro Film Festival Intro
November 26, 2008 23:09I created this intro for the recently completed Carrboro Film Festival, the intro played before each block of films. Music was created by Carrboro local Jay Manley. A big thanks to my wife Kelly Cook and Jennifer Evans. It was a great festival, a packed and enthusiastic audience, talented filmmakers and a wonderful group of […]
Favorite Childhood Photos: Christie Trice
October 06, 2008 04:29 - 58 MB VideoAdditional formats: LARGE QUICKTIME – SMALL QUICKTIME To learn how to submit your own favorite childhood photos, check this page for instructions and guidelines. To see other submissions, check here.
Awesome review of Dear Stranger
October 03, 2008 00:58Rob Baldus reviewing the Secret City Film Festival shorts for the Tennessee local paper Metropulse says this of my short film Dear Stranger: In his quietly aching study of bereavement, Ajit Anthony Prem reminds us that it’s the invisible world that is the real one. Not only that but he proves that cinema can portray […]
Favorite Childhood Photos: Nic Beery
September 29, 2008 13:41 - 28.5 MB VideoLarge Quicktime - Small Quicktime To learn how to submit your own favorite childhood photos, check this page for instructions and guidelines. To see other submissions, check here.
Favorite Childhood Photos: Maggie West
September 21, 2008 21:37 - 22.2 MB VideoLarge Quicktime - Small Quicktime Our first submission! To learn how to submit your own favorite childhood photos, check this page for instructions and guidelines. To see other submissions, check here.
Banana Bus screens at Hi Mom! Film Festival this weekend
September 05, 2008 06:46My podcast Banana Bus will be playing at the 10th annual Hi Mom! Film Festival. It will be part of the Matineevening block which will screen at the Arts Center in Carrboro at 6pm on Saturday, September 6th. For those who are new to the site, you can view Banana Bus here. The Hi Mom! […]
And Then There Were Nun
June 15, 2008 06:11 - 15.6 MB VideoPodcast by Todd Tinkham Flash file available here. Ajit says: Another entry by Todd Tinkham, this short film is one of his early works. Like many of his films, there is an undercurrent of religion which normally reveals itself in unusual and surprising ways. Like it were prehistoric relic with a dark past waiting to return to its former glory. Todd: It’s strange looking back at your own films. One begins to see unplanned patterns emerging on the screen. Although I am not religious, relig...
Borderline Bonfire
May 22, 2008 22:57 - 9.33 MB VideoPodcast by Nic Beery Flash file available here. Ajit says: Hello everyone, Welcome Nic Beery! Nic: This experimental podcast is an atmospheric piece that explores the contradictions of life, the environment that surrounds us, and human relationships. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes confusing, it’s always a journey worth taking. Enlightenment begins when one is curious to explore, seek answers and question what they are experiencing around them. Shot in and around the Haw river, natures n...
Trailer for Hello. Sorry. Whatever.
March 12, 2008 02:58 - 8.96 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem Click Pic to play. Flash file available here. The trailer for my upcoming short. Starring Amory Casto & Dan Kelly, with cinematography by Jim McQuaid. The idea is pretty simple: a love story told in only three words. The music for this trailer is "Dance, Dance, Dance" by Lykke Li. Will update this page when I have more info about release dates and all that good stuff.
All American Film Festival Retrospective
March 01, 2008 06:13There will be an hour of my films screened at this year’s All American Film Festival. My program will be part of a local filmmakers block that starts at 3pm on Saturday, March 8th at the Marvell Center, Durham. Dear Stranger, Indian Giver and (crowd favorite) Banana Bus will be among the films I will […]
American Road Teaser
February 07, 2008 15:18 - 57.6 MB VideoPodcast by Todd Tinkam Click Pic to play. Flash file available here. Okay, Ajit, here it is. This is a teaser of our film, AMERICAN ROAD. I've never made a teaser before, so I'm not sure if anyone will feel teased by it. Teased - as in they'll wonder about the film, the characters, and what happens to them beyond the few minutes shown here. Not sure if I'm doing it right, getting to the essence of what the film is about without revealing too much. Mary & I are interviewed briefly about the ...
Holiday Bokeh
December 18, 2007 03:24Along with giving and receiving gifts, driving to see family has become a holiday tradition. In these parts, as I drive by small towns, the silent glow of holiday lights bring out the warm fuzzies within me. The song is the theme music from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, composed by Jon Brion. A […]
Screenings, interviews and some comedy
December 07, 2007 00:45As part of his retrospective, local filmmaker Todd Tinkam will screen my film Banana Bus on Saturday December 8th, 7pm at Carrboro’s Century Center Cinema. I have emailed everyone in the area that I could think of but if you haven’t received an email, it doesn’t mean you aren’t invited. Come, and bring people. It […]
ConvergeSouth Film Festival Screening
October 12, 2007 18:16There will be several videos from SquiggleBooth that will be screeened at the ConvergeSouth Film Festival this October. ConvergeSouth is the annual meet-up for bloggers from the South (the biggest of its kind), so if you are one, please make sure to come because it doesn’t get better than this. Last year, they had some […]
SquiggleBooth Retrospective at AGFF
September 24, 2007 19:17If any of you live in North Carolina or close to, I invite you to the Ava Gardner Film Festival where there will be a retrospective of our work. The SquiggleBooth program will be held at Johnston County library in Smithfield, North Carolina. This program starts at 10am on Saturday, September 29th. There will be […]
Dear Stranger
August 02, 2007 21:25Podcast by Ajit Anthony Prem (click pic to play, flash file available here) This is a short film I completed more than a year ago but has received little love in terms of marketing. After the film premiered at the Annapolis Film Festival last fall, promoting this film fell behind other projects that were in production. It belongs on the big screen but it certainly works on the small one, so here it is. I had been running a blog that was dedicated to the film but I am no longer posting the...
Banana Bus
May 19, 2007 16:57 - 26.5 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem Click Pic to play. Flash file available here. My good friend, JaCynthia Shepherd, recalls her experiences on the Public School Bus system. It seems she received much of her education while riding to and from school. This project was originally supposed to play as part of Videoblogging week. The beautiful song is "She Was a Girl, She Was in Love" by Matt Baldwin. You can purchase it on iTunes.
Fishtank Ferrari
April 06, 2007 09:25 - 29.8 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem for Videoblogging Week 2007 click pic to play, Flash file available here. I am probably breaking some Videoblogging Week bylaw by posting a podcast that was not made this week. But the original Day 5 episode needed a little more tender love and care. The Fishtank Ferrari episode was one fragment of a bigger documentary project on tricked out cars. Sadly, the project was abandoned. Credits: Directed & Edited by Ajit Anthony Prem Produced by Trevor Bayack Shot...
Thoughts On The Road
April 04, 2007 07:15Sometimes, the best place to think is on the road. Music by Hisato Higuchi. Buy the album on iTunes. You can view or download the larger-sized photos or watch the slideshow.
Mr. Concentration & Mr. ADD
March 16, 2007 05:02 - 22.9 MB VideoPodcast by Ron Barba click pic to play, flash version available here. It is always intriguing to see yourself through other people's eyes. Ajit wrote this and it is loosely based on the conflict in my creative life. It was shot, acted and edited by me. To see more of my humorous videos, please go here.
Meet me in Atlanta
March 04, 2007 05:57 - 708 KB application/pdfI will be on a panel on videoblogging at the PodcampAtlanta (Un)Conference talking about SquiggleBooth. If any of you live in the area or can drive up, please do come and say hello. The videoblogging panel will take place in Atlanta on Saturday, March 17 at 1:45pm in the Governor's Hall room. I will stick around after the session, if anyone is interested. Besides me - the other panelists are: Kary Rogers - Inside Mr. KaryHead and Good Commitment Erin Nealey - Mom's Brag Vlog Chris Dani...
Wings Castle
February 21, 2007 03:29 - 45.1 MB Videopodcast by Rachel Connolly click pic to play, Flash version available here. After filming a narrative short at Pete Wing’s castle in 1995, I returned at the break of dawn after several years to follow Pete around with the Mini DV. Hours and hours of his ramblings were whittled down to this 10 minutes documentary. I wanted to tape Pete until he finished the B&B extension but realized he was probably going to be working on the castle forever and I needed to wrap things up. Turns out, he dis...
Riding in Stride opening
January 24, 2007 00:11 - 9.62 MB Videoclick pic to play, Flash version available here. This is the unofficial opening scene to a documentary completed last year. It is currently playing at most of PBS stations, check your local listings. Riding In Stride (25:30 mins.) probes the age-old relationship between girls, women and horses by documenting girls on ponies and women at the racetrack, including interviews with veteran jockey PJ Cooksey, trainer Joan Scott, and bestselling author Mary Midkiff. Riding in Stride focuses on...
Happy New Year Scott
January 11, 2007 23:27 - 7.54 MBSquiggleBooth's first audio podcast. My neighbour Scott recieved this telephone message from one of his good friends, Jonathan, right after New Years Eve 2007. It is exactly what you'd expect -- emotional, hilarious and out of control. Music by Carmela. Note: This has strong language.
12 Verses in Water
December 14, 2006 02:54Unlike much of the other Squiggle podcasts, this podcast is purely sensory. No stories, no characters. So take a break from your day and dive into these beautiful waters. The wonderful music is by Carmela Sinco. The images were shot mostly on my little digital camera over a period of time. I’ve tried to keep […]
Dear Stranger Trailer
November 03, 2006 20:23 - 15.6 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem Dear Stranger will premiere at the Annapolis Film Festival. Details: Crown Theater 1 in Annapolis, Maryland at 1:30 pm on November 11th. I will be there for the screening and the Q&A afterwards. If you live in the area, do come. If you know someone in the area, tell them to come. If you make it, make sure to say hello.
Tuning Out Roadkill
October 20, 2006 17:52 - 21.2 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem click pic to play Voice by Scott Wallace. And I proud to say the music is by me.
Mexico Trips
October 16, 2006 18:34 - 19.6 MB VideoPodcast by Marc Miller My favorite memories associated with California are those simple spontaneous trips south of the border to a small campground in Mexico. Credits: Camera: Jan Vlasto Music: Carmela Sinco
Indian Giver
September 28, 2006 01:23 - 19.9 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem A music video for The Tourist (a.k.a Hunter MacDermut). Credits: Music by The Tourist Directed by Ajit Anthony Prem Him: Hunter MacDermut Her: Lindsey Glass Produced by Kelly Cook Special Thanks to: Carla Cherry Jim McQuaid
Not Sure
September 20, 2006 23:02 - 11.1 MB VideoPodcast by Marc Miller Just a small chaotic piece that reflects some of my thoughts and anxieties.
Once Upon 13
September 14, 2006 03:12 - 50.3 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem A film that I shot in College but finished much, much later. By the time I had completed it, I had forgotten many of the full names of the cast and crew. My sincere apologies to them wherever they are. (Credits below) This film is wonderfully and insanely abstract, I have a love/hate relationship with it. Many of the initial ideas I began with disappeared once production started. And what was already a pretty abstract plot became even more.
Mr. & Mrs. Blue Skies
September 08, 2006 03:46 - 30.8 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem September 7th marks three exciting years since meeting my Wife. In that time, my life has changed dramatically for the best. It seems like I finally have a life! This video should certainly remind you of being forced to sit through the family vacation videos by your parents. If it doesn't then you should watch it a couple of times. Music: Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra
Blurring Fat
August 31, 2006 04:02 - 25.2 MB VideoPodcast by Ajit Anthony Prem Part one of a series of Blurring video podcasts. Everyday stuff, everyday conversations and all that drama it carries. Credits: - Her - Kelly Cook - Him/Writer/Director - Ajit Anthony Prem
Extreme Skipping #2
August 23, 2006 20:29 - 18 MB VideoPodcast by Marc Miller & Marc Levine click pic to play Part two of our look at Extreme Skipping -- a sport that hasn't recieved the recognition it deserves -- and its biggest supporter. Part one is here.