Sunday, May 24th, 2009
I had an idea the other day and since then I have been thinking it through. The idea was to create a one stop shop for film students and those that aspire to be film makers. It would feature how-tos on a budget, videos, reviews, links to resources, and information on making films. I am still in the planning stages. My current problem is to come up with a domain name. I really wanted filmstudent.com, but that is unavailable. So, I search for a good domain name. If you guys have any suggestions please leave them in the comments below. I am looking for something that is short, memorable, and most of all on topic.
Thanks for your input. I can’t wait to take this new project live.
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Here is a newly posted picture of me… What do you guys think?[singlepic id=16 w=320 h=240 float=right] Incase your wondering that is a Red One from Red. It was a lot heavier than I thought it would be. I’m looking forward to using it next semester when I take Film 2.
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Hey guys. Well, it’s been a while since my last post, and have I been busy. I’ve been to Disneyland, seen Cat Cora, reformated my hard drive(s), filmed 2 shorts (maybe 3), and started a new job.
Yeah, I’ve been a little busy. I know work at The Home Depot as a lot attendant. Which means that I pick up trash, grab carts, and help customers load/unload their cars. It’s not glamorius, but I am getting a steady paycheck and have gotten some quality tanning done, not to mention the muscles I’ve been making hand loading 94 pount bags of concrete. All in all it’s an experience and a paycheck.
I’ve been to Disneyland a few times, had some really fun times with some friends and their family. Got my picture taken with Cat Cora of Iron Chef America. That was awesome, didn’t get a book signed, but I got my picture taken and that is something I will enjoy looking at from time to time.
Also finishing up my second semester as a film student at Saddleback College. Got one last project to edit. So it is still a work in progress. But we shall see what the future holds.
The final big change is my computer, I’ve done a lot of work on it. Installed a new hard drive, reinstalled the operating system and done some much needed maintenance. Needless to say It’s been an adventure that I would not like to repeat in the near future, lol.
All in all it’s going to be an interesting summer. Here’s to hoping for the best.
Tags: computer, Disneyland, Life, School, work
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
I love movies, and as such I tend to watch a lot of them. Sometimes the movie reaches into my mind and I take from it things and ideas that others may not. i.e. they make me think!
My latest adventure was Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist. This movie came out in late 2008 to mediocre reviews. It is after all what I would call a smart high school movie. The idea of the film is that there is a band playing somewhere in New York City, NY and the principle cast is searching for this band. While Nick and Nora look for where the concert is going on (it is only rumored at places, not publicized) they have to deal with friends, ex-girlfriends, ex-boyfriends, and drunks. They are both at a crossroads in life, Nick is a loner,straight-edger who plays bass in a band that while ok, is not great. He is just going through high school trying to get over his ex-girlfriend who dumped him not days before. While Nora is struggling with wether to go to school or take a job at her father’s recording studio.
While I was watching this flick I came to look at the driving force of the cast, “Where’s Fluffy?”, as a metaphor for life. We are all trying to find that one thing. That light at the end of the tunnel. That goal that we are driving towards. For some it would be wealth. Others it would be family, or shelter, or a warm meal. And for even more it might very well be as simple as a bed to sleep in that night. Well, that may not be a simple task. Especially in these hard financial times. Times where the unemployment is at a record high. People are searching, some fruitlessly, for a job. So that they might make that rent or mortgage payment. So they won’t lose the roof over their heads.
Maybe I’m reading too much into this film, and most films I watch. But that is how I tend to watch films these days, looking for that nugget of pop phycology that I might learn a bit more. And so I ask you, do you know where/what your fluffy is?
Tags: movies, pop psychology
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
I read blogs, A LOT of blogs… One that I read is Smarterware. This particular post was by Smarterware. This post titled “The Cult of Done Manifesto by Bre Pettis and Kio Stark” The meat is a list… a manifesto of sorts…
1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
3. There is no editing stage.
4. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.
5. Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it.
6. The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.
7. Once you’re done you can throw it away.
8. Laugh at perfection. It’s boring and keeps you from being done.
9. People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right.
10. Failure counts as done. So do mistakes.
11. Destruction is a variant of done.
12. If you have an idea and publish it on the internet, that counts as a ghost of done.
13. Done is the engine of more.
There is just something about this list that I like… it is a good way to look at things.
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