Jak Locke | Videos

2020 August 30
Jak Locke: Soon
rock / pop punk
runtime: 04:08

Directed, shot, and edited by Jak Locke

2020 August 30
Jak Locke: Hear This Out
blues / antifolk
runtime: 02:07

Directed, shot, and edited by Jak Locke

2020 August 30
Jak Locke: Autumn
alt rock
runtime: 02:34

Directed, shot, and edited by Jak Locke

2010 September 19
Jak Locke: Beautiful Day To Be Dead
alt rock
runtime: 04:16

Directed, shot, and edited by Jak Locke

2009 March 14
Jak Locke: Thrift Store Reject
alt rock
runtime: 03:34

Directed and shot by Andy Elliott; edited by Jak Locke

2007 August 07
Jak Locke: Molotov Cocktail
alt rock
runtime: 04:44

Directed and shot by Jak Locke and Jon Conkle; edited by Jak Locke

2006 February 11
Jak Locke: Good Luck
alt rock
runtime: 04:36

Directed, shot, and edited by Andy Elliott

2006 January 27
Jak Locke: Upstream Downstream
alt rock
runtime: 03:07

Shot by Jak Locke and Katie Kingdon; directed and edited by Jak Locke

2001 November 18
Jak Locke: Junkfish
alt folk
runtime: 02:31

Directed by Jak Locke and Brandon Zeringue; shot by Brandon Zeringue; edited by Jak Locke

2001 November 18
Jak Locke: Fireplug
alt folk
runtime: 03:36

Directed by Jak Locke and Brandon Zeringue; shot by Brandon Zeringue; edited by Jak Locke

2011 October 26
Making of the "Beautiful Day To Be Dead" music video
documentary
runtime: 14:00

I learn about both the joy of directing and the sting of karma over the course of a week. I also stumble around blindly a lot while dressed up as Slender Man.

2009 March 30
Making of the "Thrift Store Reject" music video
documentary
runtime: 09:11

Andy Elliott and I join forces to make a music video once again. Ambition runs away with us but it turns out okay in the end anyway.

2009 March 24
Making of the "Molotov Cocktail" music video
documentary
runtime: 09:07

Chaos as a method

2009 March 09
Making of the "Good Luck" music video
documentary
runtime: 06:15

Angles are everything

2016 April 25
Jimmy Makton & The Counting Room Three
comedy / western
runtime: 9:10

This film is a prequel to "The Bounty Hunter And The Butcher" focusing on the back story of one of its main characters.

Jimmy Makton is a Pinkerton Agent and two-fisted Chicago hero in the 1870s who nearly meets his match when he tracks three vicious bank robbers to their hideout -- well, according to what he tells the press anyway. At a certain point, the reputation does all the work. There's more than one side to a story and Jimmy's got them all covered, depending on who's listening.

Original screening: 2015 October 16
Visit the dedicated Targeted series website

· 2016 February 15: Forest City Short Film Review: Ambitious Western "Targeted" Fires, But Does It Find Its Mark?
· 2015 December 03: ReelRomp: Targeted film review
· 2015 November 12: IndyRed: Targeted film review
· 2014 October 29: The Tri-Parish Times: Nicholls alum is 'Targeted'
· 2014 September 08: The Houma Courier: Low-budget film features local people, places
· 2012 June 26: GeekNewWave.com: GNW Exclusive - An interview with Jak Locke

2016 April 18
The Bounty Hunter & The Butcher
western
runtime: 20:20

This film takes settings, characters and situations from "Targeted!!!" and adapts them into a more mature and coherent story and film.

In 1874, acclaimed local hero and Pinkerton Agent Jimmy Makton is called in from Chicago to California to track down Billy the Butcher, a vicious murderer targeting soldiers and lawmen. Paired against his will with the wild bounty hunter Samuel Barnet, Jimmy soon finds that he may not be as ready for the frontier as it is for him.

It's a frantic ride of guns and blood for Jimmy, and it's only just started -- the Targeted series begins here!

Original screening: 2015 October 16
Visit the dedicated Targeted series website

· 2016 February 15: Forest City Short Film Review: Ambitious Western "Targeted" Fires, But Does It Find Its Mark?
· 2015 December 03: ReelRomp: Targeted film review
· 2015 November 12: IndyRed: Targeted film review
· 2014 October 29: The Tri-Parish Times: Nicholls alum is 'Targeted'
· 2014 September 08: The Houma Courier: Low-budget film features local people, places
· 2012 June 26: GeekNewWave.com: GNW Exclusive - An interview with Jak Locke

2016 April 11
Targeted!!! (A Western Written By A Seven-Year-Old)
comedy / western
runtime: 18:39

See what happens when a script I wrote when I was seven is shot and played completely straight.

In the 1980s, a seven year old wrote a western movie script. It made no sense at all. It was soon forgotten... then found again over 20 years later. This short film was shot from that unedited script.

Jimmy Makton is a naive greenhorn who's found himself in the wild west. Luckily, Samuel Barnet's showing him the ropes of how to survive in the area... but Bickerin' Billy's in town looking to get back the money Samuel owes him by the deadliest means.

Original screening: 2015 October 16
Visit the dedicated Targeted series website

· 2016 February 15: Forest City Short Film Review: Ambitious Western "Targeted" Fires, But Does It Find Its Mark?
· 2015 December 03: ReelRomp: Targeted film review
· 2015 November 12: IndyRed: Targeted film review
· 2014 October 29: The Tri-Parish Times: Nicholls alum is 'Targeted'
· 2014 September 08: The Houma Courier: Low-budget film features local people, places
· 2012 June 26: GeekNewWave.com: GNW Exclusive - An interview with Jak Locke

2016 September 10
Commentary for Targeted / Bounty / Counting
commentary
runtime: 49:49

The Targeted project's crew provide commentary over the three films in the series.

2016 May 07
Behind the Scenes of "Targeted"
documentary
runtime: 23:25

We talk about the experience of utilizing an outsider art approach to filmmaking in producing a series of western films with no budget, a crew of five, and a cast of mostly first-timers.

2016 April 28
Outtakes From "Jimmy Makton & The Counting Room Three"
gaffe reel
runtime: 02:48

The actors playing the bungling criminals show some method acting techniques! Here are the most entertaining outtakes from the Counting Room Three shoots.

2016 April 21
Outtakes From "The Bounty Hunter & The Butcher"
gaffe reel
runtime: 03:52

Blown lines, ripped pants and derailing trains ahoy! Here are the most entertaining outtakes from the Bounty Hunter shoots.

2016 April 14
Outtakes From "Targeted!!!"
gaffe reel
runtime: 04:54

Shoot a no budget period film with an untested skeleton crew, you'll get a few outtakes. Shoot it from an unedited script written by a seven year old, you'll get more than a few. Here's our favorites.

2015 October 28
The Not-Podcast #10: Life after Targeted? Not a'tall!
podcast with pictures
runtime: 13:25

Angie, Zach, Noel and I talk about how the premiere screenings of our no-budget western Targeted went, the features on the DVD, and what's next for the Targeted project, with the video enhanced with relevant images.

2014 July 24
Highlights from 8/8/2012 Targeted Campaign Countdown
fundraising special
runtime: 39:29

As the final hour of the campaign approached, we had some fun for three hours talking about the project, doing a reading of the extremely silly B script, and hanging out with the people who joined us in the live chat. These are highlights from that, (arguably) enhanced with sometimes relevant text additions.

2012 August 04
Targeted campaign promo #3: Props
fundraising commercial
runtime: 00:28

There's authenticity, and then there's just recklessness

2012 July 30
Targeted campaign promo #2: Special Effects
fundraising commercial
runtime: 01:33

This gunfight could take a while

2012 July 25
Targeted campaign promo #1: Locations
fundraising commercial
runtime: 01:38

It's cruel to keep our heroes in a state of confusion

2016 September 07
Welcome to Silent H-- oh, I mean Fountainbleau
horror
runtime: 00:31

At Fountainbleau Storage. "I'll just take a walk to the restroom," I said. "It's just down the hall, it'll be all right," I said. "It's just an old building, that's all," I said.

2015 March 05
Stickmn Kills
animation
runtime: 00:45

Some flipbooks I drew when I was 14 of stick figures killing each other, probably when I was supposed to be paying attention to something else. Now with music, sound effects and glowy parts, as requested by nobody at all. This is how I teach myself new video editing software (Sony Vegas in this case)

2014 February 10
CGI Train
animation
runtime: 00:03

Top of the line computer-assisted artwork / sound effects. So real you'll think you're about to get hit by a train, so THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.

2013 February 25
Left-handed guitar session 1!
fail
runtime: 00:06

After playing right-handed guitar as a lefty for 16 years, I decided it's time to learn left-handed guitar! It doesn't start out too well.

2012 May 02
Final trip across the Huey P Long
documentary
runtime: 02:31

In April 2012, the old lanes of the Huey P. Long Bridge which had been in operation since 1935 were shut down in favor of the new lanes which began construction in 2006. I filmed Angie and I's last trip over it to preserve the unique driving experience that hundreds of thousands of New Orleanians dreaded on a daily basis.

2012 January 09
Louisiana will give anyone a driver's license
un-documentary
runtime: 06:03

The Westbank Endowment For Motor Vehicle Education presents this point-by-point instructional video on driving, from practice to driver's license! Or not. This may actually make you a worse driver.

2011 October 03
Jak & Jeremy Are Off: North Texas
comedy
runtime: 04:28

In this episode, Jak and Jeremy take a detour off the interstates onto north Texas's Highway 82 between Paris and Sherman, the famed "C%!# Stretch", to document C%!# Riders, the first whorehouse franchise which was started in the mid-to-late 1800's. Truly a real American treasure.

2011 August 02
My dog helps wash the dishes
dog
runtime: 00:04

You'll think twice before you eat at my house again, I bet.

2011 April 28
Jak & Jeremy Are Off: Missouri Nightlife
comedy
runtime: 03:47

In this episode, Jak and Jeremy decide to find the true definition of 'action' and scope out some of that famed crazy nightlife in the city of lights, Warrensburg, MO.

2007 September 05
ZBS: Today's Incomprehensible Art Film: Thirsty
comedy
runtime: 03:00

Combining some of the segments from the "Molotov Cocktail" music video with title cards was apparently my idea of fun one evening in 2007. I like the piano thing I came up with for it, at least.

2007 July 09
Carnicero del Pelo 2: The Debearding
comedy / horror
runtime: 03:31

Our friend gets invited to a pruning party. This time there will be blood.

2007 June 08
Carnicero del Pelo: The Mohawking
comedy / un-instructional
runtime: 09:00

My cousin decides to lose ten pounds from his head. Angie helps, I film, you watch.

2007 May 24
27 Hallucinations
horror
runtime: 02:32

A recreational re-creation. 4x dose meclizine, 6x dose dimenhydrinate, vodka w/Benadryl chaser. Do not try this at home or anywhere else for that matter.

2001 December 14
Z vs L 2
interview
runtime: 03:44

You know what, I really don't know anymore.

2001 December 07
Z vs L
interview
runtime: 03:41

Z and Jak in a battle of wills -- who will crack up and end the video first?

2024 March 07
Goodbye Jorges
show commercial
runtime: 00:36

What doth the midnight hour wrought? Well, this. Last minute midnight collaboration to promote the March 8th 2024 show!

2023 July 08 - 2023 January 28
Video flyers
animated flyers
runtime: varies 14 to 28 seconds

2022 August 30
Escape From The Secret Lab: The Return (Again)
show commercial
runtime: 01:30

Will Dr. Pinkerton ever get enough of Jak? Apparently not yet, so it's back to space we go! Jak's parts filmed by Jak Locke in Metairie, LA (see uncut segment here) with Angie Tusa as Mr. Remington; All other aspects produced by Escape From The Secret Lab

2022 January 31
Escape From The Secret Lab: The Return
show commercial
runtime: 01:28

It looks like Dr. Pinkerton learned nothing from last time, so we're coming back to beat him again, this time at his new lab in space! Jak's parts filmed by Jak Locke in Metairie, LA (see uncut segment here) with Angie Tusa as Mr. Remington; All other aspects produced by Escape From The Secret Lab

2021 July 02
Escape From The Secret Lab: Aftermath
segment for broadcast
runtime: 00:27

After the Rock Show's triumphant win on Escape From The Secret Lab, Dr. Pinkerton activates the Zom-Beam he installed in the victory plaque -- the effects are sudden and devastating, though my chess game has never been better. Filmed by Jak Locke in Metairie, LA for broadcast at COG's 25th Anniversary concert; Angie Tusa as Mr. Remington

2021 April 13
Escape From The Secret Lab promo
show commercial
runtime: 01:13

The scientists are locked out of their lab and interrupt my chess game to bother me about getting captured or somesuch. Jak's parts filmed by Jak Locke in Metairie, LA with Angie Tusa as Mr. Remington; All other aspects produced by Escape From The Secret Lab

2020 August 16
The Jak Locke Rock Show promo reel
live act reel
runtime: 01:02

Assorted live video clips of The Jak Locke Rock Show

2019 March 16
Red glitter stickers are here
product commercial
runtime: 00:11

Because glitter only works in motion