David West
Regular Member
Hey guys, I don't post here a whole lot but I've been an avid, "Every day, no days off," kind of open carrier for about 5 years now. I'm an aspiring filmmaker from Southern Oregon, and on my way home from Paul Fest and the Republican National Convention last summer me and a few of my friends (one of whom I have also converted into a regular open carrier) decided to shoot an impromptu short film. I've been working on it off and on for a few months now and I finally released in online this week. All things considered, I'm very pleased with how it turned out considering the manner in which it was shot.
I thought you guys might be interested in it because it actually features open-carry. One my goals with my film making is to present gun ownership as something that good, normal people engage in, and treat it in a nonchalant manner. Too often films portray gun ownership as something that only criminals and cops/ex-cops/ex-military action heroes engage in. It's almost never treated as a "normal" thing. Hollywood films go to great lengths to explain WHY someone would own a gun instead of treating it as the common practice that it is. You rarely see a normal, decent person own a gun in movies, let alone carry one. I hope to work towards changing that perception someday.
Anyway, here is the link to the film. It's about 14 minutes long. Hope you enjoy it, and be sure to share it around if you do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-TQcDpFMJY
Open-carry won't show up until a few minutes in, so just give it some time. Hope you guys like it! It's largely subtextual in this film, but hopefully my virulently pro-gun stance is at least evident here. Some of my past work is even more pro-gun, and a few of the films I'm developing are really, REALLY pro-gun. Let me know what you guys think!
I thought you guys might be interested in it because it actually features open-carry. One my goals with my film making is to present gun ownership as something that good, normal people engage in, and treat it in a nonchalant manner. Too often films portray gun ownership as something that only criminals and cops/ex-cops/ex-military action heroes engage in. It's almost never treated as a "normal" thing. Hollywood films go to great lengths to explain WHY someone would own a gun instead of treating it as the common practice that it is. You rarely see a normal, decent person own a gun in movies, let alone carry one. I hope to work towards changing that perception someday.
Anyway, here is the link to the film. It's about 14 minutes long. Hope you enjoy it, and be sure to share it around if you do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-TQcDpFMJY
Open-carry won't show up until a few minutes in, so just give it some time. Hope you guys like it! It's largely subtextual in this film, but hopefully my virulently pro-gun stance is at least evident here. Some of my past work is even more pro-gun, and a few of the films I'm developing are really, REALLY pro-gun. Let me know what you guys think!