theater

when i was told that we should bring orange food and blankets to class i seriously thought that we were going to put the food on the blankets and make some kind of weird experimental film. my backup thought was that we were going to make a screen outside and the blankets were to keep us warm. i definitly didnt think we were going to make a fort in class. thats was absolutely amazing. if all campers had access to 30 grip clips and a cstand i dont think anyone would ever have any problems.

watching the films inside the fort was really fun. it worked a lot better than i was expecting. everyones projects turned out so good and i was surprised that they were all so different!! i dont think that any two were alike. i really really liked jessicas. it was so freaking creepy. i was really impressed by all of them.

and most impressive of all- no orange soda got spilled!

48 hour race

ah. the 48 hour race. baby food, andre?? REALLY?

i thought the hardest part of this would be coming up with a solid idea in time to film and edit it. thats usually always the worst part. but the idea came to me pretty quickly becuase i linked baby food to baby toys and was able to create a whole town. my sister is a baby therapist so i had all kinds of kid shit at my disposal. i wanted to put something inside the baby food jars to imitate blood and guts but that wouldnt be so gross and gory. i baked rice (mixed with red food coloring and vinegar) and decided that would be their guts. then i had to wait. and wait. i had to shoot outside because i needed the sunlight and grass.

so the first day went all to the preparation- tieing strings to all the cars and people, baking the rice, planning the shots. the second day i actually went out and shot it on my sisters shitty digital camera. the hardest part was keeping my shadow out of the frame while pulling the cars. editing and sound came pretty easily and then i had my completed- somewhat warped- public transportation short.

Yes Men

The yes men was really funny. i wasnt expecting that at all when i saw we were watching a feature about found footage. i would like to see the rest of it since we didnt get to finish watching it in class. their idea is absolutely genius. it blows my mind and is actually a bit terrifying that these guys go to conferences with people who run the world and the business gurus have no idea whats going on. they sit there and nod and except everything they hear. people email their fake website and invite them to meetings and everything!!

i was thinking about doing something like this for my found footage project but i decided i would do something im more passionate about. i am straight edge (drug/alcohol free) and i want to compile a bunch of video/image/sound of people acting like fools when they are on drugs or drunk to kind of point out how stupid the whole thing is. i know it wont change anyones mind but at least its something that show the reality of it all.

3dzzz

when i found out that we were shooting 3d i really didnt know how it would turn out. i didnt really think it was going to work because the cameras didnt seem very secure. it would be interesting to see how the one turned out where we were running down the hallway and pushing the "dolly". probably didnt work at all...

but the ones that did turn out were pretty cool. the one with creepy backwards-head girl worked the best for me. it was weird because the action was focused on the ninjas but the girl was actually the part that seemed disconnected and more 3d than the rest. it would have been nice if those stupid creative writing assholes wouldn't have lingered in the frame..

i thought forever that 3d was some huge elaborate thing and i didn't know that we could do it ourselves. it wasn't too hard and i feel like i could do it again. and making the 3d glasses was really fun. i want to make a better planned 3d movie now!