Because my name is not on it, I can let you in on a little secret: I mixed Birdemic 2. So I can tell you with the authority of having actually been there:

James is legit.

Of the Birdemic 2 crew, there are about six people (3 of them involved in post only) who are "in on the joke." The rest of it is every bit as authentic as it could be. We had to approach the post process on B2 as if it were Art Brut - any time there was a creative decision with the material, you had to think what would James do? this is why the audio is crashed together despite the fact that the video is full of dissolves: It's not that James doesn't understand crossfades, it's that he doesn't value them.

The script is a document of wonder. Someone told James that a page of script is equal to a minute of screentime. Thus does the script of Birdemic 2 start with six essentially blank pages ("EXT. HOLLYWOOD BLVD DAY - Rod continues to walk down Hollywood Boulevard." PAGE BREAK).

There is ample Behind The Scenes footage of Birdemic 2. I hope people get to see it some day. Me? I've been inside the thing. I've got the raw footage on my computer. And just as with Reality TV, it's always better if it's genuine.

BIRDEMIC is genuine.