Feathers fly for student filmmaker
COM student chases his dream by being a "Jackas"
Cole Buckhart
Issue date: 10/30/06 Section: News
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Chicken suits are funny.
A feathered yellow body suit with red legs. A beak and long feathers sticking out of the head, being worn by a kid who is five foot ten is a humorous sight. And what would make this sight even funnier? Lighting the chicken suit on fire and then jumping off a pier into the Petaluma River, of course.
Logging onto any number of Internet video sites can bring up short videos of flaming chicken men or any number of other stunts. Along with being a student here at COM, Joe Carroll is just one of thousands -- if not millions -- of people of all ages who are contributing to the Internet video phenomenon by submitting home made videos similar to Carroll's own burning chicken.
"I like it," said Carroll. "Go on any web site, it's crazy how big it's gotten." It all started when he received a video camera for his birthday and started taking it when he went out with friends. While in Las Vegas, Carroll and some high school football buddies recorded themselves sloshing around in a hotel fountain off the main drag. Although they are all now permanently banned from the hotel, the video they took home with them will let the joke live on. The Vegas fountain wasn't the only video that received attention from authorities.
Eleven police cars, a police boat and police helicopter responded to a call of a flaming chicken jumping into a river. "They told us later it cost $50,000 in man power" said Carroll, who has film interests other than roasted poultry.
"I got the camera and just started filming. I always liked the entertainment industry." Along with public service announcements for his high school and Internet videos, Carroll said his future lies in documentaries, where he'd like to travel and film on location.
Carroll has also been working on a series of DVDs called "Juniors" which he began making in his junior year of high school. "We became known for doing some pretty crazy stuff around town," said Carroll. The "Juniors" series chronicles parties, fights, high school drama and anything else that may happen on a Friday night in Petaluma.
A feathered yellow body suit with red legs. A beak and long feathers sticking out of the head, being worn by a kid who is five foot ten is a humorous sight. And what would make this sight even funnier? Lighting the chicken suit on fire and then jumping off a pier into the Petaluma River, of course.
Logging onto any number of Internet video sites can bring up short videos of flaming chicken men or any number of other stunts. Along with being a student here at COM, Joe Carroll is just one of thousands -- if not millions -- of people of all ages who are contributing to the Internet video phenomenon by submitting home made videos similar to Carroll's own burning chicken.
"I like it," said Carroll. "Go on any web site, it's crazy how big it's gotten." It all started when he received a video camera for his birthday and started taking it when he went out with friends. While in Las Vegas, Carroll and some high school football buddies recorded themselves sloshing around in a hotel fountain off the main drag. Although they are all now permanently banned from the hotel, the video they took home with them will let the joke live on. The Vegas fountain wasn't the only video that received attention from authorities.
Eleven police cars, a police boat and police helicopter responded to a call of a flaming chicken jumping into a river. "They told us later it cost $50,000 in man power" said Carroll, who has film interests other than roasted poultry.
"I got the camera and just started filming. I always liked the entertainment industry." Along with public service announcements for his high school and Internet videos, Carroll said his future lies in documentaries, where he'd like to travel and film on location.
Carroll has also been working on a series of DVDs called "Juniors" which he began making in his junior year of high school. "We became known for doing some pretty crazy stuff around town," said Carroll. The "Juniors" series chronicles parties, fights, high school drama and anything else that may happen on a Friday night in Petaluma.
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