DIY Film School : Part 1

Starts with some good DVDs. No, not the new release section, the classics area: and there is some gold in there.  Here is my first set of studies:

Citizen Kane and Casablanca

Citizen Kane

Casablanca

And yes, I highly recommend both. For a good movie and a cinematic experience, especially C.K.  But over an hour of B&Ws has its own down side

Blog post Test

Blogging form Flock? possible? I will see.

Blogged with the Flock Browser

Production Heavy Week

Shot a wedding (photo and video) A 5K Race, Baptisms (pictures only) An Interview, And a Short.

Now the Edit awaits. Yay. not really.

New Gear!

Well to start off, I order all my gear through B&H in NY.  They are amazing, quick, and they are the biggest store around… so you can rely on them.  So, I ordered another battery, and an Azden SGM-1X Mic.  The Azden is a 12” Shotgun Mic for on-camera usage among others.  Great for Video, and it might almost be to big for my camera so we will see when it arrives. Hopefully a review to follow.  I got some other small things but those are the main pieces of gear.  

Azden SGM-1X Shotgun Mic

Motion63 is legal

So got my Video Productions business legalized.  The website will be motion63.com.  But nothing is there as of this posts’ date.  Just thought I’d let the world and the local region know.

Motion keyframes

Did some cool motion stuff this week in FInal Cut… here is what i found was cool.

We knew this would happen, they ran out of cats!

So Apple released their PLANS and name for their next OS (to be released in about a year- as they say) 

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.  I think they cheeated, yah sure I am am happy to hear of the 10.6 or “Snow Leopard” But They cheated.  I think there is really like one other cat that hat not used (besides like “House Cat”)  which they should totally use….  Ok well peace for now.  (Click to enlarge.. as pretty much always…)

Design: Red Bull (RedBull gives you wwwiiiings.)

So In Walmart (lots happens there!)  …..  And I saw that Redbull is awesome and it looked so cool all set up & what not, a one was taken so this is just so cool.

The Workplace: Starbucks (!)

Pretty Much thing that ever happened.  Yes, a full out/real Starbucks finally opened, Yay!  I found MY new workplace.  Although I no longer have a portable Mac.  (Wonder if I could walk in with a desktop ?!?)

The picture is ringing my “Dutch TV!” bell  -Shout Out if you get what I’m saying…

 

Also this was the first time i was asked for my name at a drive through.  (and there was nobody else in line (?)

We lose sight of God.

We lose sight of God.  (notice the simplicity, notice the shortness. Notice the PERIOD (.) . That is all; period. We lose sight of God.  Here is something kinda based of this recurring phrase.  I saw this bumper sticker and I love it.  Christians need to get into out government and do the right thing.  They want, (and have for a while) to take “God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance. Ahhh…