{"id":2908,"date":"2025-06-27T17:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2908"},"modified":"2025-06-27T17:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:50:09","slug":"the-john-beck-show-trailer-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2908","title":{"rendered":"The John Beck Show &#8211; Trailer (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written and produced by John Beck<br>Music performed by John Beck<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the official trailer for my short film, *The John Beck Show*, created as my thesis project at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in the spring of 2008. The full film ran precisely 22 minutes and 22 seconds and was screened in Room Main 222\u2014an intentional design choice. It was showcased in its entirety during the 2008 MICA Commencement Show from May 15 to May 20.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Select segments of the film are available on my website under the titles *<a href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2877\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2877\">Walk the Walk<\/a>*, *<a href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2880\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2880\">Elephant With Stitches<\/a>*, *<a href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2872\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2872\">Marty the Elephant<\/a>*, *<a href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2869\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2869\">John Beck Interlude<\/a>*, and *<a href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2875\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2875\">The Western Scene<\/a>*. Otherwise, the full version remains exclusively available on DVD-R. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music featured in this trailer serves as the film\u2019s theme song, performed by me and heavily inspired by Jackie Gleason\u2019s *Shangri-La*. Appearing in the trailer, in order, are Aaron Sagneri, John Beck, Nikita Zeyfman, and Dani Stitz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wr_JQ91FOsU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written and produced by John BeckMusic performed by John Beck This is the official trailer for my short film, *The John Beck Show*, created as my thesis project at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in the spring of 2008. The full film ran precisely 22 minutes and 22 seconds and was screened in &#8230; <a title=\"The John Beck Show &#8211; Trailer (2008)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2908\" aria-label=\"Read more about The John Beck Show &#8211; Trailer (2008)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2598,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2908","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"wp-image-borders"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6XpZy-KU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2598,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2598","url_meta":{"origin":2908,"position":0},"title":"Video","author":"John Beck","date":"June 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Roebling Carnival 2025 - Time-Lapse (2025) #RunningTimesChallenge (2021) National Hot Chocolate Day (2021) In the Arms of Velae (2016) Erin (2014) Jim Murray: Client Liaison Senior Trainer (2011) A Moment of Frost (2011) Crimewave (2008) The John Beck Show - Trailer (2008) Elephant with Stitches (2008) Walk the Walk (2008)\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2880,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2880","url_meta":{"origin":2908,"position":1},"title":"Elephant with Stitches (2008)","author":"John Beck","date":"June 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Produced by John BeckMusic by L\u00e9o Delibes I often get this question in regards to my video \"The John Beck Show\", what came first? 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