Pumped from being on a film shoot this weekend, I have not one but two short projects on the near horizon... First up is Cinemasports, "the iron chef of filmmakers and actors." Even faster paced than the 48 Hour Film Project, they announce a set of things that must be included in each film at noon. You have until 6pm to shoot and edit a 4 minute piece. I'd like to do something fully improvised and shot with multiple cameras, all outdoors and all handheld, possibly in black and white. The second possible project is a political ad contest called Bush in 30 Seconds. I get to submit a 30 second ad about our wonderful president. 15 finalists are chosen by web voting, those 15 get judged by a panel of celebrity judges including Jack Black, Michael Moore, Donna Brazile, Gus Van Sant, Michael Stipe, James Carville, Janeane Garofalo, Margaret Cho, Eddie Vedder and Moby! The winner gets broadcast during the next State of the Union Address!!! If anyone has any ideas for this, please let me know. When I worked at the DNC I got to cut an attack ad on Bush that was going to run the day before the New Hampshire primary. I had cut it just for streaming, but they liked it so much they wanted me to cut a broadcast quality one to air in New Hampshire. They wound up cancelling it because the polls were favoring McCain and they didn't want to waste the money.