thank you

this is so great. 5 minutes in and I'm really enjoying this guy. Funny thing is, he's probably telling the truth ; )

much love

thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it

It was certainly a challenge, but I somehow managed to keep it all together while shooting.

Endearment. Not tragedy. The video starts well, with Jody explaining his worlview in a general way, and quickly, immediately really, sinks to some kind of stylized portrait of tragedy. The tone - the colors, the framing, pacing and sound - although they all work together, work in the wrong direction. Assuming this guy is as he seems, genuine and peaceful, the underlying theme of tragedy does not seem appropiate to his worldview. There's so much condescension going on, and that is very clear in the video write up and some of the comments, as well as the short video preview. This guy does not seem to be particularly concerned with style, but the video obviously is.

Dome rooms are awesome. His may not be the best, but it is pretty cool, really. {awesome dome room example - vimeo.com/15641661}. Jody's worldview is not uncommon {here's just one example, with an appropiately monied presentation - vimeo.com/22912273}.

It is definetily worth your while as a member of the Vimeo community to offer positive, respectful critiques. And it would definetily be worth somebody's time to do a real ethnographic piece focused on Jody, focused on the person and not on achieving a common, contempary cinematic style. The focus on style, and all the snickers to the side, and the very short questions stand in contrast to Jody. He seems to fully get it, and for what's it worth, a peaceful and sincere hippy like that is worth me than a million stylistic pieces.. Jody is not 'extremely unique', he is simply unique as a person. The project is extremely unique, maybe, but ony in the sense that he actually brought to life his worldview and created a simple space out of very little. This link - youtube.com/watch?v=Sc7ZXYZ8bWg - goes out to Jody. And for the day when YouTube suckily removes that video, the link is to Finley's Rainbow, by A Guy Called Gerald.

Endearing expression. Not stylized tragedy.

P E A C E

Homer

Not to be brash, but try spending only one day with Jody Pendarvis and see what you come back with. My brother and I did the best we could to keep a concise train of thought for what we intended to be a short film. We focused on the most obvious issue, his 30 foot ufo and why he built it. I chose to simply portray him the way I saw him, like any filmmaker would. Did I put a style on it? Yes I did. Vimeo is made up of stylized films. The purpose of the film wasn't to follow him around and show his lifes work, it was simply a portrait explaining what some might see as an oddity and others might see as art. In the end you decide how you want to view it, and you saw it that way.

Style's divorced from content? The viewer 'decides? Try doing it again without the snickering, in conversation with the dude. Two hours, or one day could easily be enough to get someone as open as Jody talking. You've already got the footage, change the filter that's so common_ Here's a couple stylized films that Vimeo is made up of: Light - Years vimeo.com/4208293, Elizabeth Tunstall, Design Anthropology vimeo.com/22599259 Good luck on your next project. RESPECT

Homer

Homer Simpson-opps I mean Homer Samson. I think you criticism is way off in left field. If you don't like documentaries, OK. I think the documentary did a good job of presenting Jody. The video leaves much up to the viewer in terms of judging whether Jody takes any of that seriously or is just having fun with the world.

cool. I think the snickering, and describing the tone are pretty concrete.. I don't see why it should be hard not to laugh at the guy. If you want to laugh, laugh. Simple. peace

I thought Mikey did a great job at showing it in a neutral view. If you thought Jody came across as a wacko then maybe it's because of the way Jody presented himself.

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Exactly.

Amen to that. I'm certain the people of Bowman, S.C. are pleased. Quite frankly, I didn't make it past halfway of this film. This guy needs some professional help, and someone needed to wipe that bit of BBQ sauce off the corner of his mouth. I wouldn't have set foot in that contraption, nor would I have given this guy 5 minutes of my time...what a pig stye.

No offense to the film makers, but this guy didn't make a very interesting character study, at least not for me. Technically, the filming and editing seemed okay.

Why should he need professional help? He seems like a perfectly content person, can clearly get by on his own, and is probably one of the least dangerous people on the planet. He's not doing anything wrong. He's not hurting anyone. Sure he's not all there, mentally, but I think it's a real bummer that you would say things like that about this guy. "Nor would I have given this guy 5 minutes of my time..." That's really sad, and it's attitudes like this that create a lot of negativity and problems among people (unlike Jody's).

Agree. I personally would have loved to of spent all day with this guy. Really enjoyed the video.

"5 minutes"...poor choice of words...what I meant is that I would not have not spent much time considering him as a candidate for a video. Of course, if he were a person in need of emergency help, then yes, I would be there to help.

But Chris, I wonder if you would have the same objectivity about this person if he lived next to you. I kinda doubt it. I am all for "live and let live" and "to each his own", but if a person decides to encircle his house with 3 layers of junked automobiles, then I would say that person has gone above and beyond what is socially acceptable for his neighbors, his community, and his town. At that point, he intrudes upon others, and affects property values. It's cute and quirky until you have to live next to it. I would NOT have this criticism if the "UFO" was halfway well designed and built, and, if the surrounds were kept up....but that is not the case.

Thank you for not considering him for one of your videos.

My pleasure.

Yeah the criticism seemed a bit wayward and I totally agree the story was told great. Couldn't help but feel a bit sad for jody because my personal view is if he is serious he is a bit deluded lol as he is obviously very passionate about his friends (the aliens) hopefully someday they come to relax in the jody's spaceship! lol

I agree - The world is a better place with "Jodys" and he/we - is/are not alone.
This is a link to another such land based "spaceship" - I have personally visited, built with surprising technical detail and has some very curious acoustics.

integratron.com/Welcome.html

"The Integratron is the creation of George Van Tassel, and is based on the design of Moses’ Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials".

Built without the societal acceptability restrictions and building code enforcements in the middle of nowhere in the desert. I recommend someone here at VIMEO check out the "integetron" and compare stories. - And/Or - possibly start a new channel on UFO's - there certainly seems to be plenty of opinion to go around on this subject.

Thanks go to the Livingston Brothers for creating this cameo.

I agree. I would've liked to turn this into a 30 min doc, but unfortunately there wasn't enough there. He has no living family, no friends, and works pretty much alone at a night shift in a factory. He is in every essence a hermit. He didn't want to talk about his past and wouldn't show us his home, he was only interested in explaining his encounters. The neighbors didn't want to say anything either, the ufo is a bit of a sore subject in the town. Given all that, I still managed to make this.

And there you go... Job well done Mikey!

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awesome. thanks.

Thanks I highly appreciate you guys' putting it up