Yes!! Success! n_n

I am satisfied with my presentation. It completly filled the time while keeping the crowd entertained. When it came time for questions and answers, I was able to answer each person's question appropriatly. I was also real happy that my mom was able to attend and she also bought snacks! Of course there are somethings that I wish were different. I had a slide show with further information about my project on it. Unfortunatly, it wasn't saved when I revisited my u-drive. Oh well! The show must go on right? I had to do the next best thing, which was show a short video that taught me a lot of what I know now. The crowd seemed to really enjoy it too. If I could go back I might write a few things on a note card so I can remember some of the important things that I planned to incorporate. I can't say I'm unsatisfied though. Infact I hope all my presentations hence forth go that well or better.

.: Ellie Goulding 'Starry Eyed' :.

Elle Goulding

Over the last week or so I have been listening to a new artist named Elle Goulding. I love this girl! She is so fabulous in her various sounds of mixed pop, hip hop, andm 70's sounding music. She is an English singer and songwriter. To me she sometimes sounds a lot like another artist I like named La Roux. She is just 25 but you can tell she has been singing for a while and what I love about her most, is that she's so different. Her style is the same but she switches up the sound of her songs and I have yet to find one that I haven't liked. Finally, the fate of music is turning around, for a minute there I thought the music industry lost its way. Lately, I have been finding many new artists that I like who are looking to save music. Thank goodness! I highly suggest you listen to Elle Goulding.

Here Goes Nothing

I've really been getting a lot done on my project. This video editing stuff is reallly time consuming consistant work. It assures me more and more that I do not wish to be an editor but a director. I have cut and edited clip after clip, the timeline for my films is so long but so far my video is only about ten minutes long. All that hard work to reach ten measly minutes. I stil have more footage left to work with, and plenty more to do so it will definately measure to more than what I have so far. I am hoping for an entertaining final product. I did change somethings that I origionally planned to do. For example I am no longer getting  to actors to hook up on a date. Its simply too much in the amount of time I have, but I still feel pretty confident that the video will be enjoyed and my presentation will be a success.

Get This

I was just thinking about the other week when our class went to Lindenwold Park to explore. We were supposed to be relating the things outside to our projects. Jaylysa said the funniet thing, she said, " The weeds remind my of some peoples weaves". That really tickled me because some peoples weaves do look like a disgusting tangled mess. Jaylsa, I think you'll get a kick out of this. I know a lady who's a friend of my parents, I won't give any names. This lady is a real weve fanatic. So one time she was in the car riding down some street in New York. A young Indian girl comes walking past with the longest most beautiful you ever wanted to see. This lady, whom of which is very close to me, asks the girl if she could buy her hair right off her head. She was willing to pay a lot of money and young girl said yes because where she's from they don't have a lot of money and hair doesn't mean as much to her. So my moms friend went in to car got a pair of sisscors and actually cut her hair right there on the spot and took it to a place to get it made into a weave. MMmm mm mm. Is that ghetto or what? I got to love that lady though :)

Pretty Happy

I realized a special gift I have that's going to make me good at what I want to do with my future. As I chitter chattered on the phone all night, I heared my friend laughing until he started to cough. "It's funny but its not that funny", I thought. Then he said, "You're good at using similies. You always paint the funniest pictures in my head". I was like "really"? Then I connected that with directing because that ofcourse is what directing is all about (and more ofcourse). At least I know I have potential, because when I actually stop to think about it, I do use similies a lot. Maybe not so much in my writing, but when I speak, especially on the phone, I get my best ideas-image wise. Just one more thing to be excited about!

What does it mean to you?

As the end draws nearer, I take time to relax and enjoy what's left of this miserable school year. Just playing, this year was pretty fun, I did a lot of things that I've been wanting to do since freshman year-like get on stage. And I am so grateful for this senior project class because every year I would ask myself, "what do I want to be"? Its a tough question because honestly I feel I'm great at a lot of stuff. I don't discriminate. But when it comes to what I love, that has always been art. Any form of expression, like music, film, photography, those are the thinkgs I knew I'd enjoy doing the most. With senior project I am getting a taste for what I want to get into. More than that, I'm gaining experience so I can actually be good in it.

Logos

Over the weekend I was able to create an animated logo for my film. You know how when a movie comes on you see the little pixar lamp animation, or Dreamworks? It's kind of like that, just an intro to my video. But that's important because it makes it the film look so much more professional. Do you want to see it?! Seriously I could post it right now. Well sorry, you'll just have to wait until the premeire of my film. Don't worry it shows June 9th.
 

Easy A

I was just watching Easy A. It was what I'd call an above typical teen movie. What was cool about it was the fact that it was based off of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlett Letter", so I thought that was a cool spin. I want to do movies like that. They're educating, entertaining, and...... different; or rare I should say. I just see someone thinking about the book they read in their High School English class and deciding to make money out of history. Smart person whoever it was. And the actors...... superb. The main actress, Emma Stone, is just perfect with her dry humor and free attitude. It's not exactly a family movie, but its definitely nice to watch with your peers or just by yourself like me.

Accomplishing

Visiting my sponsor really put me back on the track that I should be time wise. I got so many useful interview at the Blue Cross. He's going to be giving me this new editing program thats at least ten times more upgrading then the sorry one I'm working with now. Because one of the interviewees was soft spoken, I was able to learn more about sound editing while I was there and I was able to make the person more hearable. I also ventured into the wonderful world of animation; only for a little bit though. Next up is to learn how to take clippings from outside films and inject them into mine. This technique I should be learning today. Yes!

Lost Times

Why is it that we stopped using letters? Oh yeah, because we developed cell phones and email. Yeah, I am pretty greatful for these things but there's some thing about writing letters that feels so good. Not like a professional letter just a personal letter you would write to your friend. I've been writing to a friend of mine who is in the navy and there's something so liberating about it. It seems today kids have no reason to write expressively for their own enjoyment. They save all their writing energy for school essays where they need it. But I am definatly happy about using my ability to write for something that I believe is more meaningful.

It's Not What You Think

I think that it is important that I write a blog like this; just so I can spread my introspective thinking. I'd like to ask does anyone really know what love is? It's funny because when you ask a question like this, many people who have been in two, three year relationships jump up and say "I know love all too well". These are the people I see constantly fighting with their mate, then the next day in love; constantly feeling sick, staying up late to text the person, an bending their own rules to keep it together with their special person. Just because you've felt that aching pain in your gut about someone doesn't mean that's the person you're meant to be with.Those of you in painful, up down relationships, ....STOP! Just end it, 'cause love is not pain. You want to know what love is? Love is a soft place to land. It should never be difficult because it is meant for your own personal comfort. The whole idea that love is hard, and it makes you do this and that is foolish adolescent thinking. If you've ever observed older couples, you notice that most of the time they've got it together. The idea is to do what is pleasing to you and respect your mate. If you're thinking you love that person who has you up late at night wondering what they're doing , I'm here to tell you, you don't. What you do love is the drama, believe it or not.That's what you respond to the greatest and when you're ready for love, which I don't think any of us young adults are, but when you're really ready for love you will shy away from drama and pain.

HMMMMmm

I'm the type of person who knows what she likes when she's first introduced to it. Really..I am. When I shop it's either I like or I don't. When I'm watching a movie I can hate it or love it. And when I listen to music I know instantly if its my kind of song or not, well at least I thought I did. You know how initially people may not like a song, but then all of a sudden it grows on them. Well I am not one of those people, but recently I have grown acostum to some music that didn't hit me as hard the first time I heard it. First song, is"Rolling in the deep" by Adele. Mike got me on to this song, and I tell him all the time now. When he first played it I didn't dislike it, but I wasn't in love. Now that song grabs me when it comes on. Secondly, Larry's "Christian Dior Denim Flow" song by Kanye West. The song wasn't all that when I first listened to it, but now I find myself singing it randomly. I must like it.... what is the world coming too. I am glad I have a couple new songs to like bbut this makes me question my artist intuition. I'm usually a yay or nay. I hope this won't afect my directing.

Exams

Ahh what to write, what to write. Well this week seriously sucked. I got swaped with work. You'd think there wouldn't be so much work because we had quarterlys this week, but you'd be wrong. Every teacher decided that they wanted to give out homework (except Mr. Abrams). It was asssignment after assignment with loads of essays. For some reason they seem to believe their class is always the most important. Well I got news for you guys, every class is equil at Lindenwold High School! Hahaha.. I'm just playing but I do feel that a lot of the work was unnecessay. It's like "study for your quarterly, fill out these two packets, do an outline for my essay, come in and be ready to do the essay tomarrow". Jeeze! They know just how to wear a person out. Nothing to do but roll with the ;puches I geuss.

Maybe Maybe Not

Why is it that you can be stupidously excited about something one day, and the next day your not. I was super excited about college and stuff, but now I'm not so excited. I don't really know the area, you can't have cars on campus as a freshman, and I have no friends going where I'm going. I don't want to transfer. I wanted to go to one college for all four years, you know be commited. But things change, maybe I won't like it. I'll give it a chance either way, but I miss my friends already. Why can't people ever be satisfied :( . I shake my head at the whole concept of this. I'm going to make myself be exvcited about this leave no matter what...... gosh darn it! Hahaha guess it won't be so bad.

The Perfect Gentleman

Bingo! Now I've got it. No I really do got it! I know what I should do for my documentary. As I was simply browsing through my phone I came across a picture I took two weeks ago at the global teen leaders summit. As you seen it's a simple picture of a guy named Simon in a vest and bow tie. He's from England so he has a real class about him and I just had to get a snap shot. But as I was looking at it an idea came to my head. For a week now I was contemplating what in the world I should interview people about. "What's your idea of the perfect gentleman?" A topic worthy of discussion, because love fascinates people, and everyone's opinion is different. First I'll ask the girls and then I will interview the guys on who's the perfect lady. In conclusion I will construct the perfect gentleman and lady from the answers of the people. They will go on a date, which will be filmed and will see if the ideas of what people feel is perfect, really works. Hopefully all goes well.

Debbie Allen

Debble Allen, a rare breed; African American WOMEN director. Does she look familiar? That's because she's Phylicia Rashād's sister, better known as Clair Huxtable from the Cosby Show. Debbie Allen is also an actor, dancer, choreographer, TV producer, and director. She is well known for her work on the 1982 version of 'Fame' and many other films. But it doesn't stop there. Mrs. Allen is the director of many hit television shows such as, Everybody hates Chris, All of Us, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, That's So Raven, A Different World, Family Ties, and sooo many more. So though it may be rare to see women directors, especially African American ones, you can't say it's never happened.

Step by Step

My sponsor told me that on my way to becoming a director, I'll probably have to start off as an editor; which is cool with me. Editing is just as expressive as directing. Though you have to take orders from the boss, you still are able to sculpt and finalize the whole production. It's actually a beautiful start. I believe that whatever work you do should have some type of relation to your dream. As long as its helping get to where you want to be then it's not a waste of time. I can't wait to go to college so I can learn about what editing takes, because when I watch my sponsor do it, I see so many technical devices that I feel overwhelmed. But I think I'm a pretty quick learner so it shouldn't be a problem. If you can see it then it's possible. Seeeeee!

Chita Rivera, Bruce Adler, and George Dvorsky: Friendship

Anything Goes

On Thursday my mom, brother, and I rode to North Jersey to see Ewing High School's production of Anything Goes. My primary reason for going was to see my cousin Darnell do his thing as Elisha Whitney, the drunken boss. He was awesome! At first I wasn't aware that I have ever heard of the show; that is until they preformed the "friendship" song. If you ever seen that episode of I Love Lucy where she and Ethel belt out "it's friendship!..friendship!" in their usual screechy voices, then you'll know what song I'm talking about. I love that it is HIL-LAR-I-OUS! If you haven't , I recommend you check out Anything Goes because it's a classic. Or you can check out the quick link I put up of the song. Enjoy.

worse comes to worse

Mrs. Vaughn always has such insightful ideas. Its getting close to the deadline date for our projects and I still haven't even put a dent in mine. I recieved permission on Sunday to shoot and direct the 'RondeLarry Show'.The only thing is we need to plan a specific time to think of ideas for the show, and shoot it. But just in case that doesn't work out so well, Mrs. Vaughn said I could always do a docuementary. Its simple, and a nice last resort, because honestly, I had no intension of shooting a docuementary. There's nothing wrong with docuementaries, they can actually be very informative, but to me there's more fun in editing a film with a story line.

Quest Crew - Sing Sing Sing (Charity Details, Omarion's Comment & Cheque...

Jordan Coleman

Ever heard of a kid named Jordan Coleman? Well this kid is a rising filmaker at the young age of 15. His film Say It Loud expresses the importance of education for young African American boys. It stars many of the idols that kids look up to today. Upon close observation, or obvious observation, Jordan noticed that many Afican American boys shy away from academics and put most of their efforts into sports and extra-curriculars. Jordan has traveled around the country premiering his film and speaking out to the youth. You may have seen him yourself, being that he's not far away from us. Jordan goes to Hackensack High School in New Jersey. You may also know him as the voice of Tyrone on the tv show, "The Backyardigans". He also appeared in an episode of America's Best Dance crew. What a kid! I' going to ask him to put me in one of his films.

Battle of the Schools

Whenever I'm forced to talk about college now, I roll my eyes. It is so annoying debating with people about weather I'm going to Stockton or Montclair. I want to go to Montclair. It's in North Jersey and has an awesome film program, which is what I plan to study in school. Stockton is located near Atlantic City, it is also a nice school but it's not film equipped. My mother wants me at Stockton because its closer. Although she won't admit it, I know its because she's not ready to let her "baby" go. How annoying!!!! I was at a point where I was about to give up and just go to Stockton. Whatever was I thinking?! I would be miserable. So I've made my selection, Montclair it is. Now its simply a matter of convincing my mom, and scheduling an audition to get into the college of arts. My astrological sign is a lion because I'm a leo; so don't get me wrong, I do like lions, but I'm so ready to spread my wings and become a Montclair Red Hawk. HHHuugGGh!!! ^&^

The video

Okay, so remember when I talked about that guy named Reno? He was the artist who asked my sponsor to film his music video. My dad did a lot of the fillming and editing, though he felt whoever recorded song did a horrible job, he was still happy with the way the outcome of the video. Recently, Reno changed his singing name to Ron C. Thomas. As you watch this video take note on how skinny this dude is. I don't know but that really bothered me watching him. In the video there are some shots where the background is red. Well, the background wasnt't really red, but my sponsor was able to edit it so that it appeared red. No they didn't use a green screen; its amazing what you can do with specific software.

temperature Final HD

Hit the books

Everyday I think of new ideas for my film and I love it. I continue to build and build. When I see my sponsor I take notes on the things he tells me about the film industry. Most of the time I ask him questions about the creating aspect of movies, such as special effects and things. One thing that I do need to work on, something that Mr. Abrams keeps reminding me of, is the history of directing and film. I have some information on a few idols who make this their living, but in all actuality, I should know more; especially if intend to make this my career. So its time to do some research!

My Sponsor's cool

There's this R&B singer who is trying to come out; I believe his name is Reno. He asked my sponsor to shoot his music video for him. I wish I had a link to post the video, but I have to find my father's youtube channel in order to get the link. Surely, I'll have it by Friday. I seen the many days and countless hours it took to shoot the video; and boy did my sponsor put in work. It was shot in New York and though NY isn't too far from PA, driving two hours back and forth in a stuffy mini-van gets tiring. The video is meant to be seductive to coordinate with the song. It was shot in a hotel. I was proud of the work my dad, Mr. Tyler, and Dave put in. I even got to meet the singer and let me tell you, the phrase "starving artist" is right on the money with this guy. Boy was that kid skinny! The song is called temperature and though me and my sponsor(s) will agree the song isn't so well recorded, rest assure the video is a work of art. One thing to keep in mind, when filming a skinny guy, stay away from the full figured models and use small women.

**********

Mrs. Vaughn is so sweet. I see her for about twenty mins everyday after lunch. Me and a few other seniors sit in her office an talk to her during period 6b. We get done scholarships, I talk to her about my sponsor visits, and we recieve coaching on how to be better people. A few students have cursing addicts, and for some reason the loudest and most alarming curse words come out in Mrs. Vaughn's office. "Come on guys," she'll say in her soft innocent voice. Most of the time the kids will just laugh when she tries to get them to simmer down, but overall, they have a lot of respect for her. We love Ms. Vaughn. So today's discussion in the guidence office was about a kid who we believe gets bullied more than he should.Ofcourse, Laura Vaughn, wants to end it. She asks me if there's anything that I think can be done to help, and you know what I said? "Mrs. Vaughn, Larry Hill is the perfect person for the kid to talk to. He's never in drama and people like him." So yeah Larry, I got you another kid to mentor: )

Check this out

Sorry fellow classmates, you won't be seeing me Friday. Is it because I'll be seeing my sponsor like I do every friday? Well, not quite this Friday is extra special, and its starting on Thursday. Three oclock, I will be on the train to New York with my cousin Kim. Kim works for a broadcasting station and this week they are having a ceremony for kids all over the world. These are kids who have done something extradinary, like wining noble peace prizes. For some of the kids, it will be their first time in America. My cousin's job will just be to make sure the kids are doing fine, and I will be there, Friday, in New York, Meeting amazing teens around my age from across the planet!\

Jump Start My Career

Helpful, like my sponsor always is, Dave got me thinking about audio. Friendly, as Larry Hill usually is, he told me of his visit with his sponsor and how he's making his own tracks. Then I thought hey, why don't we do a little hand in hand work with our projects? Real movies have soundtracks. If its possible, and allowed, maybe Larry and I can do a collaboration where he contributes to my project and I contribute to his. Basically, Larry would be making a soundtrack for my movie. Cool? Yes it is.If we keep going in the path we are, we could be business connects to one another. Now how convient would that be? I love the way I think sometimes. n_n

Circles upon Circles

Today is the day we open for Seussical! After long weeks of practice and preparations the show is finally here. And wouldn't it have been lovely if I was able to record the behind the scenes of Seussical. It could have been like a reality tv show. I came up with some more useful ideas to incorporate into my final project. For one, I'm going to add my own narration in there. I know it seems as though I keep changing my final film around; but that's only because I keep changing my final film around. Ha ha. I'll settle on something. I just need to find the time to actually start filming. Work, work, and more work has been piling upon me and I don't want to fall behind on the project. As I watched Steven Speilburg's "Schindler's List", he further invited me into the wonderful world of black and white. Believe or not I had planned to add some black and white scenes to my movie, but the idea was still up in the air. Now I'm leaning toward a definate yes in the checkerboard area. The main problem is the plot. What on Earth am I going to make a movie about? If you have any ideas, please, don't be shy on hitting me up!

Nice way to start your weekend

Every other weekend I go to my dad's house. To get there we have to catch the Lindenwold PATCO and the SEPTA subway. It's always me my brother and my dad, so because I'm the girl my dad always orders my brother to carry my bag and he then carries my brothers bags. Well it started off fine, a ride to the train station and casual conversation as usual. And then WHAM! I whipped out my liscense on him. He was so proud, but unfortunately the convo about my liscense carried on to the ticket machine in the staion, where my father forgot Jahvi's bag. It wasn't until we reached 16th nand Walnut did my dad say "WHoa! Jahvi where's your bag?" the situation would not have been nearly as bad had my brothers duffle not contain over $300 dollars worth of video games and supplies. I'm not a gamer, but I love the new dance games for the wii system. I bought the Micheal Jackson special edition game containing the glove; and I own both of the Just Dance games. It figures that the day I actually tell my brother to bring the games would be the same day my dad mistakenly looses the bag. Oh well, there's no use crying over spilled milk. They are just things, we could get them back. But if there's one thing I've learned, always carry your own stuff.

Whoot Whoot

Lindenwold High School left me with let downs today; but despite the disappointments I found today to be rather successful. "Why Deja?" "Why was your day so sucessful?" Well I thought of a tottally new, cool movie plot . Yes its a real neat plot. It came to me while talking to my friend Osiris about relationships. No, I know what you're thinking..."another sappy love story." You're wrong, because this story is so much greater than the merely love. There's a concept behind it; theories about what men truly like. Ofcourse I don't expose my ideas without copywritten paperwork, but I will say that the movie relates to alter egos, skitsofrenia, and a case of youthful alzheimers....and youthful alzhiemers is indeed an intended paradox. I like this plot too much to use it for my Senior Project movie. I beleive it could be a hit! So, I can optimistically say, today was a good day. :)

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The objective for this week was to find out how it is that music is played while the actors talk during movies. Do you play the music while you’re filiming? Or do they edit the video and place the track over top of it? Apparently, the music is edited after filming and placed over top of the video. This is a funny video that a person narrated. Its absolutely halarious! Beware of mild language.

 

 

Making the Best of It

So it’s Senior year at Lindenwold High School. Am I satisfied? NO!!! As a senior I have just as many privaleges as a seventh grader. At las, there’s no use crying over spilled milk so what I’m trying to do is make the best out of my last year of high school. I think I’m pretty much suceeding. All the things that I was too nervous to do before, I’m doing now. I was in the fall play and I’m in the winter musical. I’m going to run for prom queeen, do an act for the talent show, and go on the senior trip. I find the stupidity of school regulations bringing me down sometimes. For instance, the other day I was called down to the office and given a referal for skipping class. I know right, that doesn’t even sound like me. So I had to go to my first period teeacher to get the situation straightened out. As I walked into D206 the freshmen that I mentor were sitting in classs staring at me holding a yellow referal slip. Shame Shame. Ofcourse the dilemma was set right but its the concept of what shouldn’t of had to happen. Ughhhh……. high school.

A day on Broadway

Yesturday I took a trip with my fellow theatre friends to Broadway where we saw Spiderman! Many had there own opinions but if you ask me, the show was an awesome sight to see; which overall salidified my view the play. I won't lie, there were some things that I didn't like about the show, so I'm going to get those out of the way right now. The show starts of with three teens who are basically narating the story...yeah I didn't like their parts. They were perfectly good actors, but what bothered me was their redundant part in show. The characters took away from the overall seriousness of Spiderman. I felt as though they were kids looking at Spiderman t;hrough a history book. I must admit the story line sequence could have been better, and it could have had mor engaging fights. Otherwise th;e play was astonishing. Spiderman, The Green Goblin, and Aracnid were flying through the air, doing dagerous tricks. Mary Jane was tied up by her wrists with ropes when Green Goblin came and cut the ropes, leaving her to fall in slow motion underground. Women were swinging on ribons doing amazing stunts and I loved it. The set was designed to seem like a comic book or a newspaper. All I have to say to that is Fantastic! The actors put their heart into their roles, they were very believable, but what was best about each performance was the singing. I loved all the songs that were sung because their voices wer beautiful and unique. If I wer a citic I'd give the show four stars

Thanks Spidey

So for senior project we are required to present a huge project that teaches the audience all about the topic we've been researching. Obviously, I'm going to create a movie for my project, I simply haven't written it yet. What I do know is the genre of the film. I'm going for an action, comedic type of vibe with a little drama and maybe some love. Now that I think about it, the movie is going to be a little bit of everything because I'm a person of variety. I was at my dad's house over the weekend simply watching youtube videos. I came across this old song by Simple Plan from the Spiderman 1 soundtrack, it's called "I feel so". I was sure once I heard it, it was going to be in my movie. It's just one more thing to be excited about, and even through I don't know the script of the movie yet, the song gave me an idea for one of the fight scenes. Yes!

A NEW DAY

Goodevening guests. My name is Deja Lee! I have here tonight with me my mother, Charity Lee and my mentor Mrs. Laura Vaughn. My sponsor's name is Dave who unfortunatly couldn't be here tonight. The project I will be taking up is film making. My research paper will be about the elements that I feel are key in creating a great movie. A film should be able to do three things:1. change your mood, 2. Keep your interest, and 3. have you somehow relate to it. I hope to become a director and write, edit, cast, and appear in some of the movies I create; something like Clint Eastwood and M Night Shyman. Recently, writers like Bryan Lee Omaley, and Seth Rogen have really caught my eye. They're making movies that I've never seen before, it's like a new era of film and I love it! Some of my favorite movies in the past have been Moulin Rouge, Zombieland, Interview with a Vampire, etc. Here's a clip from what a movie Bryan Lee Omaley created, "Scott Pilgrim v.s The World"; which, by the way, is probably my favorite movie out right now: )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR6LJxrJhXY

NPR Tyler Perry

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124459269
I must admit, I do not care for Tyler Perry's plays. Nor do I appreciate his television show "Meet the Browns." But I do admire Tyler Perry. Many male comedians dress up as females for comedic roles, but never has one made me laugh to the extent of Tyler Perrry's Madea. That man's parody of the typical gangsta southern grandmother is precisly on point!-in my opinion. He writes, directs, and stars in his films; I am so inspired! His comedic risks are exactly the type that I plan on taking. His actions are bold and passionate.

The Burning Bed

While browsing through corbisimages.com, I found a picture of Farrah Fawcet and Paul Le Mat from the film, The Burning Bed. What I was focused on while looking at this pic was the camera angle it was shot at. The stress is more on Farrah who gives a disbelief sign to Le Mat. You see both actors' body language as well as the setting of a nice home. Most importantly, the scene allows you to see all that is significant from the view of someone who is actually there, looking directly at them.

CLIPS

This is a picture I took myself, of myself, inside my high school. My location: the wall just above the aditorium stairway, which was perfect because it has a round corner. I positioned the camera out in front of me so that you could see both the edge of the wall and me peering around the corner. Its like a shot from an action flick right? Well, that was the idea anyway, a small start on my path to film success. : D

Fascinations

I have posted some new drama material that I found quite interesting. This woman, Susanna Hamnet, performed what you call a "one-woman" show at the Duke. My eyes were immediately drawn to this because I never heard of a professional one-man show before, only on the Nickelodeon show "Victorious,"and because it was only Nick, I wasn't sure if it was something people really did. Atlas, I was wrong. This William Shakesperian play, King Lear, is a funny and promising show.http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/theater/reviews/11lear.html?ref=theater

The second link that I posted is on the movie "Black Swan," a film I seen not too long ago. I found this film to be absolutely magnificant! There were so many symbols and unsollved mysteries to follow that you're eyes are magnetically attached to the screen the whole time. In my opinion, the movie was amazing and I felt bad for critics who didn't fully understand it with all its beauty.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/movies/awardsseason/02scot.html?ref=awardsseason

Sequence of Dante Alighieri

Be Kind Rewind - Ghost Busters

This movie, in my opinion, is absolutly adorable and funny. Apparently, you do not need to be a Hollywood cinema star to direct a movie; that's what 'Be Kind Rewind' shows us. Jack Black and Mos Def play two guys who work at a video store. While their boss is away a mishap occurs in the shop and now the videos are distroyed. In this clip Mike (Mos Def) decides that he and Jerry (Jack Black) can remake the tapes themselves, put it in the correct movie case and no one will know the difference. The simpicity of this story makes it halarious and heart-felt. I really appreciated the creative techniques used to produce their remark of Ghost Busters. Watch!

Betcha didn't know

http://www.judithweston.com/oldbook.shtml If I, or anyone is serious about becoming a real director, the book "Directing Actors" is a must read; literally. This book just happened to be so helpful and so precise that it is now manditory for all aspiring directors to read. It is even a requirement at many film schools. I'm excited to begin reading the book as soon as possible. I love finding ou the screts to success.
http://www.oitc.com/Disney/Movies/Secrets/Secrets.html Remember when I said I liked secrets (haha)? Well this site that I found is especially cool because it shines light on the things you may not have noticed going on in Disney movies. It's what my friend would call "pretty neat!"