Out of This World Entertainment

22/06/2024

The real question is, which side has the pot of gold? 

07/05/2024

Our newest short film, "Wonderful" is premiering tomorrow, May 8th on YouTube and Facebook! In collaboration with the Southwest Catholic Youth Conference, this is a film you won't want to miss!

18/04/2024

Shiprock illuminated by a gorgeous sunset...

08/01/2024

Like something out of a dream...

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City of Durango - Government

16/11/2023

My beautiful home!

29/10/2023

Soak in the color before it's gone! 🍂

03/10/2023

Silverton is aglow with the vibrant colors of fall!

01/09/2023

Congratulations James & Melanie on the big day!
Your wedding was beautiful and I'm grateful you invited me to capture it for you. Here's to a lifetime of unconditional love for you both!

26/05/2023

It's Summer in Durango!

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Powerhouse Science Center

06/05/2023

Break a leg, !

05/03/2023

Welcoming a whole new level of professional camera stabilization to our arsenal with the RS3 Pro. The creative possibilities with this gorgeous tool are very exciting!

17/01/2023

In the bleak midwinter...

Hyperlape shot on DJI Air 2s
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05/11/2022

Need a professional drone pilot for your next video project?

Out of This World Entertainment is licensed in professional drone operation and can't wait to take your project to greater heights with its new DJI Air 2s!

25/10/2022

A young squire pushes towards Knighthood through the trials and tribulations set fourth by his mentor. Witness courage, trust, strength, and bravery, (and swordplay) all Forged in the fires of faith.

Premiering at the 2022 Southwest Catholic Youth Conference, enjoy "Forged" and it's story of a knight to be.

Based on Ephesians 6:10-17.

For the best experience, what this short film on YouTube!
https://youtu.be/_RN_Lk6IXiI

09/05/2022

Performance Promo!

Located in Rangeley, Colorado, the TANK hosted the FLC Chamber Choir for an evening performance.

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Fort Lewis College Music Department

06/05/2022

The TANK Center For Sonic Arts

03/02/2022

“Movie Knight”
Taking place on a Hollywood film set, a director struggles to film a climactic final showdown between a knight and a fierce dragon. On-set antics ensue between the bonehead actor, hot-tempered director, and animatronic dragon puppet.

A work of blood, sweat, tears, anger, worry, expense, and exhaustion, the production of this float really checked all the boxes. Be that as it may, this project was my dream come true. For much of my life, I had always wanted to build my own controllable puppet, with inspiration drawn from movie creatures made by Stan Winston Studio and theme park animatronics made by Disney. With Snowdown providing a catalyst towards this lifelong desire, I decided to go for it.

The production of this dragon began two years ago. Originally, the float was meant for last year’s Snowdown, until it was cancelled. But as soon as Snowdown was announced for this year, work on the float resumed.

The story, as mentioned above, molded the design. An articulating dragon puppet needed to be constructed. It did not need to be hyper-realistic as many movie props are not and gain help in post-production. This puppet only needed a head and neck as something for a knight actor to interact with. The creature was planned and designed in CAD over 10 days. With only a month to produce the float from start to finish, I knew January would be busy. After a final design was settled, I began buying supplies and building the dragon.

The project began with a Styrofoam block. This block was expertly carved into a terrifying head by my sister, Annie. The inspiration behind the design was the dragon beneath the castle in Disneyland Paris. This is a slender yet angular dragon. One with an ominous presence like no other. After the head was sculpted, I sculpted the jaw. I had never sculpted foam before, but as challenging as it was, I rather enjoyed it. Next up was casting the head to create a sturdier final product. The Styrofoam was covered with plaster bandages, creating a negative mold. That mold was filled with a lightweight, yet very strong foam, like Nerf material. With the “skeleton” of the head complete, it was then covered with cloth using pins and spray glue.

With the head complete, a sturdy base and control arm had to be assembled to operate the movements of the head. Due to my budget, the arm had to be entirely wood, making it heavy, but I made do. The neck assembly consisted of a 16ft boom arm which pivoted on a solid wooden base. At the end of the boom arm, a hand-made u-joint allowed the head to move in all directions. A mechanism for the jaw was attached to this u-joint. The entire dragon was controlled by steel cables and pulleys with controls built on the back of the boom pole to be operated by puppeteers. This aspect of the build took many sleepless nights of trial and error to get the dragon to move correctly while maintaining structural stability and ease of operation.

As soon as the neck was complete, the head could be mounted with all effect mechanisms installed, such as the gas lines for fire and the smoke machine. With everything installed, the dragon was fully covered in a “skin” and mounted to a trailer for the parade.

Now the story I just told was insanely oversimplified, but you get the idea. What this story fails to tell is of the immense stress, weathered hands, zero sleep, bitter cold, design challenges, and logistical nightmares associated with this project.

But even with all that, I do not regret this project and I'm so happy to have done it! I learned so much and can now say that a lifelong dream is complete. And given another opportunity, I would do it all again.

To everyone who supported me by keeping up with my progress or coming to see the parade, thank you! To the Culhanes for generously lending me their flatbed trailer, thank you! To Emily for writing such a cool script, thank you! To my brother (Nicholaus) and his family for helping bring the head to life and act in the parade, thank you! To my sister, Annie, for her creative help and wonderful sculpting skills, thank you! To my amazing parents (Martha) for dropping everything to help me finish the float in time and making sure it turned out as I wanted, a huge thank you! To my friends, Garrett and Holden, for making time in their busy schedules to be part of this dream and providing such appreciated talent, thank you! To my girlfriend, Marissa, for keeping me standing through all my mental breakdowns, doubts, sleep deprived nights, and concerns, thank you!

Thank you everyone for being a part of this dream of mine! I very much hope it brought you joy and wonder. Until next time!

27/01/2022

Come see our float on Friday the 28th during the Snowdown Light Parade! 6pm in downtown Durango.

🦄🧚‍♂️🧙🏻‍♂️🔥

22/01/2022

Check out this awesome video from my best friend, Matthew!
It's so much more than just a truck review, it's a touching story of family and adventure!

The amazing story of how I came to own my truck.Thank you, uncle Steve. Your gift has been used well and I hope you know I appreciate it every single day. It...

31/10/2021

Happy Halloween! 👻

30/10/2021

SWCYC 2021 was a major success!

The theme this year was Genesis, rather fitting after taking the conference online last year. Genesis marked 10 years of SWCYC - Southwest Catholic Youth Conference and a return to an in-person conference.

As always, it's a joy getting to work with LifeGuard and grow my storytelling skills through more complex projects.
A huge thank you to Holden Grace for his work on the short!

19/10/2021

03/07/2021

A huge congratulations to Brie and Jacob today! It was such an honor being your videographer!

22/05/2021

A very welcomed upgrade!

16/05/2021

Strut your stuff, Studio 444!

15/05/2021

Burn up the dance floor, Ballet Durango!