Reflection #3

This week we worked on getting a rough cut of our film. This involved us going out to film the last scene of our movie. We found time in all of our busy schedules to get together to actually film. Nico has worked hard at home to edit our film, but the rest of the group has given him valuable opinions on how the project is going.
This week I plan to look over the rough cut Nico brings in on Tuesday, and try to figure out ways to make it better. I will also help to polish the editing, to make sure our finished product is the best it can be.

CAP Hollywood Weekly Reflection #1

         

           

              Last week my group worked really hard on our film. So far we have just about all of our filming done, all except for one scene that we are planning on filming next weekend. Of what we have our film, I'm feeling very good about it. I think  the cinematography is going to be really great because we made sure to get shots of the same scene from a lot of different angles.

             Last week, I acted in a lot of the scenes that we filmed, Emily and I are playing the main characters. We put a lot of time and effort into developing two distinct characters to portray on screen, and hopefully that is conveyed through our film. For this next week I am hoping to find some music to put into the background of our film, and depending on our far we get in the editing process of our film, i might be needed for some voice overs.

4/16/2013- Green Bay Press-Gazette This cartoon was inspired by the events of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. Depicted in this cartoon is Uncle Sam, a symbol of the United States as a whole. The cartoonist has Uncle Sam tying his running shoes as if getting ready to run. He also looks quite disheveled as if he has already run some way, the cartoons is alluding to the Boston Marathon, both in how Uncle Sam looks, but also with the sign the reads “Boston Marathon, 26.2” The other sign reads, “Boston Marathon Bombers, end of the earth,” the cartoonist is suggesting that the United States will do whatever is necessary to bring the bombers to justice. I strongly agree with this cartoon, I believe that what happened in Boston was a horrible tragedy and the people responsible should be tried for their crimes. The cartoonist created a solemn but determined tone within this cartoon, it was meant to inspire and reassure people. The look of determination that is set on Uncle Sam’s face implies that he truly does intend to run to the “ends of the earth” to catch these people.

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Independent Movie Project

Here is a couple of clips from a typical lunch period at Blair High School. Lots of Fun!

Exit Through the Gift Shop

I recently saw the documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop directed by Bansky. This film follows the life of amateur film maker Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash), as he discovers the world of illegal street art. The documentary begins with an overview of Guetta's life, he's an average french man living in L.A, he owns a high end thrift store and has the interesting quirk of filming every waking moment of his life. While on vacation with his family, Guetta has a chance encounter with his cousin, a street artist named Invader, this causes Guetta to become obsessed with street art, he follows many famous street artists around, including Shepards Feirey and Bansky himself, Guetta captures their works, then he soon tries his hand at his own art and become very successful.
There is definitely some literary aspects to this film, it has many characters that include all the street artists that Guetta encountered, it also has an overarching plot of Guetta's rise to fame. The only conflicts in this movie are some run ins with the police, and the overall resentment of some of the other street artists. The setting is all over, as Guetta travels around the world to film prominent artists in the graffiti world. The point of view is mostly from Guetta himself, but both Bansky and Shepards Fairey chime in as well.
There is less dramatic aspects and cinematic aspects in this film, most of the shots in this film were captured by Guetta himself, as he travels with these artists. Everything is in real time, there is no acting, or sets, or make up in this documentary, except for interviews with both Bansky and Shepards Fairey.
I would recommend this documentary to anyone who shares this interest in art, I do think it is necessary to warn people that Guetta will not be your favorite character, he comes off as crazy, to the point he looks almost mentally ill, and at times it is very hard to connect with his character. Root for Bansky and the rest of the artists.

Exit Through the Gift Shop
1hr 30 mins
Rated R

Journal Tutorial

 Alright so I have a serious addiction to DIY projects and such, so I decided to make my own tutorial on how to construct a journal.

To Begin You Will Need:

Cardboard ( I used a cereal box but if you have anything thicker use it!)

Scissors

Ruler

Pencil

Hot glue gun

Glue

Three small clips

Some paper (lined or not. doesn't really matter)

Construction paper (Not shown above because I forgot but oh well)

Duct Tape (electrical would probably be better but I only had Duct)

1) Alright so the first step is to fold one of your regular papers in half. You are going to use this to measure out how much cardboard you need. You want the cardboard to be about 1 1/2 cm bigger than your folded paper. So cut out two pieces of that size and also cut a slight strip of cardboard to be the spine of your journal. ( I cut out four piece and taped them together so it would be sturdier.)

2) So once you have that you want to take a long enough strip of tape and place the sliver of cardboard more or less in the middle of it. 

3) Now you want to place the other two pieces of cardboard on the tape leaving a tiny space in between each piece of cardboard. With the excess tape on either side simple fold it over the edges.

4) Next place another piece of tape to cover up the other side. Folding the excess over the edge again. Press down in between the spaces so the tape sticks together. It should look like this now.

 5) Now comes the tedious part. However many pages of paper you want, you are gonna have to fold them all in half. Try to make them as neat as possible because it makes it look nicer.

6) Next once you have them all folded. Clip them together on the folded part. One on each side, and one in the middle. 

 7) Then use the hot glue gun and cover the folded paper. Squeeze it together a little so the glue doesn't soak down too much. 

8) Wait for it to dry a little, then move the clips and go over those parts with glue as well. 

9) Let it dry and you should have a wad of paper that stays together. 

10) Now we're going to work on the cover. Take two pieces of construction paper (Mine is pretty!)  and measure out two pieces that are bigger than the folded paper (It honestly doesn't matter how much bigger, about 2 inches would be good, i only did like 2 cm and i didn't really have enough.) This is gonna be your cover paper.

11) Cut them out.

12) Line up the cover paper with the cardboard , you want there to be an even amount of excess on every side. 

13) Next take your hot glue gun and glue the cover paper over the edges of the cardboard. 

14) It should look like this now. Try to smooth the cover paper down as best you can.

15) Depending on how you want to make the cover you can either repeat steps 3 and 4 or you can wait and I'll explain another way later. 

16) Next you want to take another color of construction paper and cut out two pieces of paper that are about the same size as the folded paper.

17) Glue the construction paper to cover up the edges of the cover paper. Make sure you have enough that construction paper that you can glue it to the spine of your journal.

 18) Next glue the pages of your journal onto the spine

20) Wait for it to dry. And WHOOSH you're done!

For the another way to make the binding of the cover, cut a strip of the construction paper and paste it along the edge of the spine on both sides. (This is the other journal I made)