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!"