I'd like to make a point to celebrate my 100th post on this blog!
Woo!
I'm quite proud that I've dedicated part of myself to this blog long enough to reach 100 posts. It's quite an accomplishment for me, and 100 is a big number. I'll keep posting so stay tuned for more!
:D
7/29/10
7/28/10
Movie Watcher
I've been on a quest to watch good movies. There are some movies that I think are great, and there are some movies I think aren't so great. Let's dig in.
Inception, by Christopher Nolan, was okay. It was pretty entertaining to see them exploring dreams. I think that it was a bit overly hyped, but even then, I didn't go in with any expectations. It was a bit confusing at times, especially at the beginning. The climax was good, but very long, and a little bit over the top. But that's how Hollywood movies are like. I'll be honest and say that the reason I wanted to see it was Joseph Gordon Levitt was in it, and I've become a huge fan of him since 500 Days of Summer. My verdict of the movie: 9/10 (would have been 8, but +1 for Joe)
Toy Story 3 was, by far, the best movie of the year. It was without a doubt in my mind, the best installment in the whole Toy Story franchise. Everything about it was Toy Story--the characters, the story, and everything. I loved how, for a kid's movie, it has so many layers to it that it appeals to adults too. I especially loved watching Spanish Buzz go nuts over Jessie. Buzz + Jessie forever! It was exciting, it was extremely funny, and it was a true final sequel to the best animated series ever created. My verdict: 10/10
Platoon was a disturbing movie. It wasn't because of the gore or anything, but by how cruel the soldiers in the movie were to the Vietnamese townsfolk. One soldier shot a woman in the head because she was yelling, and a couple other soldiers raped a little girl. It's a disturbing thought that this kind of stuff actually happened, but on a much larger scale. It's my second favorite Vietnam war movie, behind Full Metal Jacket. Very good. My verdict: 9/10
Desperado was a crazy movie. At heart, simply a shoot-em up with a sex scene in the middle. The main guy has a suitcase full of guns and goes around killing people. He has friends who have rocket launchers and machine guns in their guitar cases. Bullets flying everywhere made this movie exciting, yet completely ridiculous. My verdict: 7/10
Planet Terror. That was one crazy-ass movie. A TON of blood, gore, zombies, guns, explosions, a sex scene, a missing reel, and a gogo dancer who has an M16 for a leg. It's completely ridiculous. It's a fun movie though, even though you'll be cringing at some of the visuals. It crosses a lot of boundaries, so it gets some credit for that. My verdict: 7/10
Death Proof was an interesting movie. Half of the movie is just girls talking about stuff, and nothing more. It drags on for a long time, but the action sequences make up for it all. The last car chase scene frickin' blew my mind. I can't believe the time, detail, and effort put into the one eighteen-minute climax. It was incredible, but it's offset by the relatively dull dialogue in the rest of the movie. My verdict: 8/10
I'm off to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange now, so I'll talk to y'all later!
Inception, by Christopher Nolan, was okay. It was pretty entertaining to see them exploring dreams. I think that it was a bit overly hyped, but even then, I didn't go in with any expectations. It was a bit confusing at times, especially at the beginning. The climax was good, but very long, and a little bit over the top. But that's how Hollywood movies are like. I'll be honest and say that the reason I wanted to see it was Joseph Gordon Levitt was in it, and I've become a huge fan of him since 500 Days of Summer. My verdict of the movie: 9/10 (would have been 8, but +1 for Joe)
Toy Story 3 was, by far, the best movie of the year. It was without a doubt in my mind, the best installment in the whole Toy Story franchise. Everything about it was Toy Story--the characters, the story, and everything. I loved how, for a kid's movie, it has so many layers to it that it appeals to adults too. I especially loved watching Spanish Buzz go nuts over Jessie. Buzz + Jessie forever! It was exciting, it was extremely funny, and it was a true final sequel to the best animated series ever created. My verdict: 10/10
Platoon was a disturbing movie. It wasn't because of the gore or anything, but by how cruel the soldiers in the movie were to the Vietnamese townsfolk. One soldier shot a woman in the head because she was yelling, and a couple other soldiers raped a little girl. It's a disturbing thought that this kind of stuff actually happened, but on a much larger scale. It's my second favorite Vietnam war movie, behind Full Metal Jacket. Very good. My verdict: 9/10
Desperado was a crazy movie. At heart, simply a shoot-em up with a sex scene in the middle. The main guy has a suitcase full of guns and goes around killing people. He has friends who have rocket launchers and machine guns in their guitar cases. Bullets flying everywhere made this movie exciting, yet completely ridiculous. My verdict: 7/10
Planet Terror. That was one crazy-ass movie. A TON of blood, gore, zombies, guns, explosions, a sex scene, a missing reel, and a gogo dancer who has an M16 for a leg. It's completely ridiculous. It's a fun movie though, even though you'll be cringing at some of the visuals. It crosses a lot of boundaries, so it gets some credit for that. My verdict: 7/10
Death Proof was an interesting movie. Half of the movie is just girls talking about stuff, and nothing more. It drags on for a long time, but the action sequences make up for it all. The last car chase scene frickin' blew my mind. I can't believe the time, detail, and effort put into the one eighteen-minute climax. It was incredible, but it's offset by the relatively dull dialogue in the rest of the movie. My verdict: 8/10
I'm off to watch 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange now, so I'll talk to y'all later!
7/25/10
New Picture
Oh, I made a DVD compilation of all the videos my cousin and I have made together. Here was the DVD menu picture:
He bought that hat for $40. He has been "trying to find a hat like that for months." And he wanted to have it in the picture.
Hell, I got a laugh from it, so why not? It's not a complicated picture. It serves as a standalone picture and the menu for our DVD. Two birds with one stone.
He bought that hat for $40. He has been "trying to find a hat like that for months." And he wanted to have it in the picture.
Hell, I got a laugh from it, so why not? It's not a complicated picture. It serves as a standalone picture and the menu for our DVD. Two birds with one stone.
Natural Inspiration
Our summer video is Natural Inspiration. It is a very calm and peaceful outlook on how inspiring the world is. It's not complicated, and it's not actiony. Very unlike my usual huh?
It was not a strenuous film to finish at all. My cousin and I went out for about two hours walking around the neighborhood. We decided on certain angles and just filmed as we were walking. We took two days to film it all, focusing on detail and making significance in the angles and framing.
Editing was very easy too. It was just mixing and arranging different clips of Ryan walking around exploring. I desaturated the footage and increased contrast to make an effect that I can't explain, but it seems to fit the video.
I used three of Jon Brion's songs from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, my all-time favorite movie. I was listening to the soundtrack when I became inspired to film this video. The whole video was based off the music it seems, now that I think of it.
I'll probably post it on Vimeo and Youtube at the same time, Vimeo because that's where the artistic videographers go, and Youtube because it's more popular.
It was an interesting video to shoot and edit. I need this video to inspire myself to film more videos, because for a while there, I was in a slump where I had no motivation to film. Lesson: Never film a long video in one day.
Hopefully I'll have more opportunities to spread out my shoots.
It was not a strenuous film to finish at all. My cousin and I went out for about two hours walking around the neighborhood. We decided on certain angles and just filmed as we were walking. We took two days to film it all, focusing on detail and making significance in the angles and framing.
Editing was very easy too. It was just mixing and arranging different clips of Ryan walking around exploring. I desaturated the footage and increased contrast to make an effect that I can't explain, but it seems to fit the video.
I used three of Jon Brion's songs from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, my all-time favorite movie. I was listening to the soundtrack when I became inspired to film this video. The whole video was based off the music it seems, now that I think of it.
I'll probably post it on Vimeo and Youtube at the same time, Vimeo because that's where the artistic videographers go, and Youtube because it's more popular.
It was an interesting video to shoot and edit. I need this video to inspire myself to film more videos, because for a while there, I was in a slump where I had no motivation to film. Lesson: Never film a long video in one day.
Hopefully I'll have more opportunities to spread out my shoots.
7/10/10
Summer Video(s)
Alright so like usual, my cousin and I are making a video this summer. However, our original video didn't end up as good as we had expected.
Blood Exchange was going to be another Quentin Tarantino inspired action-suspense video. It was about a secret exchange and the events that occur when the deal goes wrong. I wrote the script and everything, and we were all prepared to shoot. And we did. But there were a few problems.
We filmed everything in one day. This was a long video, with a lot of dialogue, so it took a long time. This resulted in many boring angles. One of the things I like to have in my videos is good framing and angling. This video lacked many. Also, I used my new filters. However, they were smudgy, and because I used two at a time, they created a shadow on the lens that appeared in the footage. Filming took many hours, and by the end, my cousin and I just wanted it all to end. We were so exhausted and disappointed from the day that we didn't want to continue with the video any longer.
However, we made another.
Natural Inspiration is our experimental artsy film. The story is MUCH simpler and is much calmer, PG, and interesting. We took our sweet time getting random shots with the intent of making the video look pretty. And we have succeeded. Here are some screenshots.
We shall be finishing this video soon. I may post our video this year :D
Blood Exchange was going to be another Quentin Tarantino inspired action-suspense video. It was about a secret exchange and the events that occur when the deal goes wrong. I wrote the script and everything, and we were all prepared to shoot. And we did. But there were a few problems.
We filmed everything in one day. This was a long video, with a lot of dialogue, so it took a long time. This resulted in many boring angles. One of the things I like to have in my videos is good framing and angling. This video lacked many. Also, I used my new filters. However, they were smudgy, and because I used two at a time, they created a shadow on the lens that appeared in the footage. Filming took many hours, and by the end, my cousin and I just wanted it all to end. We were so exhausted and disappointed from the day that we didn't want to continue with the video any longer.
However, we made another.
Natural Inspiration is our experimental artsy film. The story is MUCH simpler and is much calmer, PG, and interesting. We took our sweet time getting random shots with the intent of making the video look pretty. And we have succeeded. Here are some screenshots.
We shall be finishing this video soon. I may post our video this year :D
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