I’m always putting stuff off because my camera’s not good enough. I don’t have enough sound gear and my lights are crappy and my computer is old. Well, none of that stopped Mike McVey. He went ahead and made a movie without spending a dime. After storyboarding and scripting for weeks, he ended up using a sorry excuse for a home video camera, friends for actors and whatever sound and lighting equipment he could borrow from his school. Which wasn’t much. A knowing spoof of b-movie cliches shot with urgency and edited with panache, Galloping Gertie shows that this isn’t the last we’ve seen of Mike Mcvey. While you’re on his youtube page, check out his impressive collection of 20th century pop culture fragments, a world of cult movie clips, film history excerpts, comedic mash-ups, indie documentaries, comic books and superheroes and sci-fi curiosities.
