CAMERA ONE
Tony Burns documentary filmmaker
If the audience controlled the camera.
Camera One travels with the hosts and crew from city to city documenting the behind the scenes of AMERICAN WIENER. The operator behind the lens is never seen by the viewing audience, and, frankly, he’s not really sure how he ended up with this gig. All he knows is he got a call from an unknown and wealthy benefactor asking him to film and edit a documentary about Tony Burns and was on a plane the next day traveling across the country to meet up with the rag tag crew.
Prior to embarking on the documentary journey, Camera One worked for a local news station outside Crystal Springs, Nevada (most famous for its proximity to Area 51). He also kept a modest but consistent blog about government conspiracy theories and SciFi-like happenings across the world. He mostly poked fun at the theories, and found a small but loyal audience of like minded cynics with a flair for the fantastic.
Now, he wakes up every morning and feels like something is off. The world of American Wiener feels so familiar, and yet things don’t always add up. It’s like a dream where you’re sitting at your grandmother’s kitchen table eating cookies, except those cookies have tiny faces and are your enemies. Or, maybe a better example is: it’s like you’re filming a show that has the vibe of Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives but anytime you mention Guy Fieri or the existence of the show you are met with confused looks. Guy Perreri? Never heard of him.
For the last few months on the road he has been making notes in his moleskin about things that seem out of the ordinary. There was the time the crew was filming at a small hotdog eatery and a sous chef struck him as familiar. He was good looking, dirty blonde, tears in his eyes as he chopped onions. He told Tony his name was Matt Damon. Tony called him Matt Damion. But, wait… that IS Matt Damon, right? Famous, award-winning, red-carpet-walking Matt Damon. No one seemed to notice or care, not even Matt Damon himself.
Then there was the time they filmed at Wrigley field, and walked past a statue of Babe Ruth. “In honor of George Herman ‘Boston Babe’ Ruth, a Red Sox treasure,” read the plaque. Camera One isn’t a huge sports fan, but even he knew about The Curse of the Bambino. Unfortunately, he seems to be the only one.
Tony Burns documentary filmmaker
If the audience controlled the camera.
Camera One travels with the hosts and crew from city to city documenting the behind the scenes of AMERICAN WIENER. The operator behind the lens is never seen by the viewing audience, and, frankly, he’s not really sure how he ended up with this gig. All he knows is he got a call from an unknown and wealthy benefactor asking him to film and edit a documentary about Tony Burns and was on a plane the next day traveling across the country to meet up with the rag tag crew.
Prior to embarking on the documentary journey, Camera One worked for a local news station outside Crystal Springs, Nevada (most famous for its proximity to Area 51). He also kept a modest but consistent blog about government conspiracy theories and SciFi-like happenings across the world. He mostly poked fun at the theories, and found a small but loyal audience of like minded cynics with a flair for the fantastic.
Now, he wakes up every morning and feels like something is off. The world of American Wiener feels so familiar, and yet things don’t always add up. It’s like a dream where you’re sitting at your grandmother’s kitchen table eating cookies, except those cookies have tiny faces and are your enemies. Or, maybe a better example is: it’s like you’re filming a show that has the vibe of Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives but anytime you mention Guy Fieri or the existence of the show you are met with confused looks. Guy Perreri? Never heard of him.
For the last few months on the road he has been making notes in his moleskin about things that seem out of the ordinary. There was the time the crew was filming at a small hotdog eatery and a sous chef struck him as familiar. He was good looking, dirty blonde, tears in his eyes as he chopped onions. He told Tony his name was Matt Damon. Tony called him Matt Damion. But, wait… that IS Matt Damon, right? Famous, award-winning, red-carpet-walking Matt Damon. No one seemed to notice or care, not even Matt Damon himself.
Then there was the time they filmed at Wrigley field, and walked past a statue of Babe Ruth. “In honor of George Herman ‘Boston Babe’ Ruth, a Red Sox treasure,” read the plaque. Camera One isn’t a huge sports fan, but even he knew about The Curse of the Bambino. Unfortunately, he seems to be the only one.