{"id":2910,"date":"2025-06-27T17:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T21:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2910"},"modified":"2025-06-27T18:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T22:06:17","slug":"crimewave-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2910","title":{"rendered":"Crimewave (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written and Produced by John Beck<br>Music by Crystal Castles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baby G&#8217;s parents watch an unusual television program, which subsequently inspires Baby G to have a peculiar dream.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>The full television program, minus its dialogue, is featured at the bottom of this page. Through the process of creating this video, I gained an important insight\u2014working with a baby, even one as unique as Baby G, presents its own set of challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Baby G<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Himself<br><strong>John Beck<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; The Wizard<br><strong>Jennifer Lucania<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Parent A<br><strong>Christopher Lucania<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Parent B<\/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\/gTe7WVS7jLo?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\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 654 \/ 480;\" width=\"654\" controls src=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/TVShow.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written and Produced by John BeckMusic by Crystal Castles Baby G&#8217;s parents watch an unusual television program, which subsequently inspires Baby G to have a peculiar dream.&nbsp;&nbsp; The full television program, minus its dialogue, is featured at the bottom of this page. Through the process of creating this video, I gained an important insight\u2014working with &#8230; <a title=\"Crimewave (2008)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2910\" aria-label=\"Read more about Crimewave (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-2910","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"wp-image-borders"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6XpZy-KW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2829,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2829","url_meta":{"origin":2910,"position":0},"title":"Broken Skates (2006)","author":"John Beck","date":"June 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Produced by John BeckWritten by John Beck and Joseph MartinMusic by Joseph Martin This short film was intended to be the first in a trilogy created for the summer *Late Night Series*, a weekly live variety show (monthly over the summer); however, the subsequent two films were never produced. 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