So Ive been exploring this website and the people on it and I must say it made me quite excited to see that people all over the world are partaking in this crazy form of communicative technology! I saw blogs of/from people in India, Malaysia, and so many other places! This film was on the the profile of a man in Scotland. I watched this film and loved it. The camera along with the music sets a very specific mood. I love the style of this film and the editing.. its fantastic! I love how the person filming developed a visual relationship between the two stringed instruments; I loved when the music became more intesne so did the motion of the camera; I loved the role of the man with the suitecase. I may not totally understand precisely what the man with the suitecase symbolizes, but watching this film was fantastic for me.

I want you all to feel free to give me feedback on miscellaneous things you may notice throughout my posts. What you like, what you think is odd, heck, what YOU think the man with the suitecase symbolizes.

Im lovin this class and the opportunity to analyze and create films, Im having to much fun! :) Thanks Stacey!

Mykonos from Grandchildren on Vimeo.


Im on a roll with posting videos right now, so why stop now! haha... This is a stop-motion film that took the film makers 4 weeks to accomplish! After attempting my own stop-motion, for the experimental film, I was thoroughly impressed and appreciative of this film. Every movement is so smooth, these guys have stop motion skills.

PS! You can clisk on the underlined text, under the 2009 snowdown video, and it will take to vimeo.com :) cool

Snowdown!

Snowdown 2009 - Durango Colorado In Da Nile from Josh Stephenson on Vimeo

Snowdown in Durango. I was just checkin out films on Vimeo.com and found this one on Snowdown. So, I thought Id share it with you. Its just a quick summary, but its a fun little film. The editing looks pretty basic, and it could use an explanation on the events - that way when people who dont know what snowdown is see the film they know whats going on. Example: burping(its a contest), dark brown liquid pool (its beer), and so on. Fun stuff. Crazy Durango. :)

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/10Things.html

The script I chose to read was "10 Things I Hate About You." I always enjoyed watching this movie as it focuses on two particular lives so vastly opposite from eachother. You have Kat, the cynical older sister, and Bianca, the conformist younger sister. This movie is basically about the journey of both sisters discovering what is important in life. Kat finds love and Bianca realizes that the "cool" crowd isnt everything its made up to be. Throughout the journey these girls embark on, Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith, do a great job of throwing in random and cooky characters to make the movie a humorous ride. The films I would like to accomplish dont necessarily need to take place in a highschool but I would like to integrate humor or a message that is beneficial to the viewers. :)I look forward to working with my classmates on our future filming tasks, and I also look forward to seeing the films that we will make, go team. ;)

African Booty Scratcher-Short Film by Nikyatu Jusu from Nikyatu Jusu on Vimeo.


I know this short film is a bit longer than 5-7 minutes but I thought it was a great film to reflect on as an example to help accomplish a few short films for myself. First, I want to point out that I believe the director, Nikyatu Jusu, of this video did a great job casting the roles. I do not believe this film would have been as successful without the people she used.

As for the film itself, I believe it has quite a smooth story line, the transitions were easy to follow, and I feel that the portrayal of emotional changes were well captured. I really enjoyed the diverse shots that Nikyatu caught, over the shoulder, reaction, extreme close up, and so on. Italso appears that she was aware of look space in most of the film and that helped to keep the piece balanced for sure.

I look to this film as a referance in creating my own films because I believe it was very successful. The color/contrast, lighting, and such are great, there wasnt any scene that stood apart from the rest of the film due to mis-lighting or awkward coloring (as far as I noticed).

I enjoyed the message from this film as well and hope you all do to! :)