Self-Portrait

I am very excited about this self-portrait. Being born in France, I have had the luxury of traveling a lot in my life. I go to France fairly often to visit family and go on vacation. I was also able to spend this past summer living in LA. I love traveling and want to portray that in my video. I never want to stay in one place for too long and I really enjoy different cultures. I’m a very up beat and happy individual. I think showing a lot of colors and movement would help illustrate that. I’m a bit nervous on what I will be doing for music but I’m sure I can come up with something. It will be neat to edit an experimental version of myself :) 

Film Festivals

I'm so happy that Wilmington has started up the Dirt Poor Film Festival. It was so much fun when I went last time. It was just neat to get a lot of film students together to enjoy cinema together. It is always enjoyable to grab a drink with friends and share things together. Dirt poor is able to do this at such a reasonable price. It is also very smart that they have it once a month so that it isn’t too much but still a good amount. Hope that makes sense!

I would really like to see more foreign films brought to local festivals. I'm from Cary and there is a smaller movie theater called the Galaxy theater. http://www.mygalaxycinema.com/ It is so much fun to go to this theater. Most of the films are either foreign or independent films. I love going to this theater because you're able to get a glass of wine and beer at a reasonable price. There was a big dispute that occurred last month. There was a feud over having a Harris Teeter getting built and taking down the theater. Thankfully the theater was able to win it over. It is such a shame that huge corporations even attempt to remove small businesses like that.

From Art House to "Microcinema"

I found this article very interesting. It was such an enjoyable and simple read since we have already learned a bit about the Aurora Picture Show. Theaters are getting so expensive these days that it is so nice to know that there are outlets like these available. I’m so happy that Wilmington was able to create such a hip and interactive Dirt Poor festival. I love the idea of how intimate the experience is with less people. This is something that I have yet to experience and would really love to. I thought it was really neat how one place screened films inside of a school bus! I’d love to know how they went about doing that.

So many people are able to pick up a camera these days and film and create something. I feel that this generation, more than ever needs an outlet like microcinemas in order to show their work. It is not so easy to make it to California, so I think these outlets are great ways to promote the joy of film making and screening. 

Music Video AD

I’m very excited about the music video project! The group I have is really great and everyone is able to work well together. So far we have some great ideas. We would like to highlight great parts of downtown Wilmington and the beach with this song. We want a lot of movement and freedom shown throughout. As Assistant Director, I will be making sure everything looks great when shooting. I’m happy to help out the Director with anything he may need. We are going to be using 1 or 2 actors for the main set up for the video. We might also find people off the streets and incorporate them into the video. I will be in charge of making sure all the props are ready on set for the day of the shoots. I’m happy to assist with any style to represent for the actors and set. I would love to incorporate colors and movement if possible. It will be neat to use super 8 video and I’m eager to see how the footage will come out. I'll eventually be the main editor. We are planning to have several boxes on the screen so this is a new concept I'm excited to learn about!

Project 1D

Working on assignment 1D was more difficult than I thought it would be. There were a lot of great photos to choose from and it was hard to pick which ones- and where I should put them. I first had to listen to the 2 minute sound track a couple times to figure out which photos would best to represent the music. I started selecting images that I thought would work well. Once I started putting photos in different parts of the track, I selected the length of the photos and how much they would repeat, if any. I really enjoyed creating something and then watching it play through. The idea of adding color was something that I really wanted to do, but I didn't want it to last through out. I wanted the color to be more of a surprise and special. I did see the track as a full circle idea so I wanted the beginning to be bright and have the ending end darker. I did enjoy the little “Spicy” comment made at the end so I decided to put the burger fast food image in at the end- for fun:)  I enjoyed having rhythm with the photos and I liked splashing the images with color in the middle- of the track. I enjoyed creating the images for a sound track. It was neat not having and choice in making the music. I’m excited to see what everyone else did with the images and soundtracks.