It's hard to imagine that a person can produce a 30-minute show for less than $50, but I'm pretty sure that the following 9mm film, video drama and video documentary managed to keep within that budget!

Press one of the three buttons to view a Frugal Film!

Pyrrhic Victory Three Body Problem Old Abuquerque High

"Pyrrhic Victory" was filmed by my brother in 9mm when he was in high school, back in early 1970. (Special thanks to my sister Shelly Reuben who turned the decaying film into a video taped format.)

"The Three Body Problem" was produced by New Mexico Poet Joe Speer and written by yours truly for Albuquerque Public Access Cable Channel 27 in 1990.

And "Old Albuquerque High" was produced by Joe Speer around 1990, also for Cable Channel 27.

By clicking on one of the three buttons (located after the first paragraph) you will be lead to a web page which will allow you watch each of these films on a YouTube-redirected screen. Be sure to watch each of the three parts of each film!

Since YouTube can experience a lag at times, the best way to view these films is to activate all three segments of the film and let them "buffer" into your computer's cache. Or, as YouTube recommends:

"For best results, you may want to start the video player and then click on the PAUSE button immediately. Then, wait until the red progress bar has reached the end of the video before playing it. Allowing the entire video buffer lets you watch it without interruption."

Special thanks to my colleague Mike Majedi, who turned my video tapes into a DVDs!

And thanks for visiting Chucksville.org

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Check Out This
Frigal Film from Xtranormal.com! 

I wrote this one act play when I had the honor of taking a playwriting class with Digby Wolfe in the Theatre Department at the University of New Mexico.

I recently "produced" this film using the "text to movie" technology that can be found at http://www.xtranormal.com/ .  It's simple, it's easy and it's fun!

And it doesn't cost a penny!

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