Awhile ago I thought it would be fun, and funny, to try doing my own review series. I only ever did one episode though. I reviewed this horrible anime I had on DVD. I owned a lot of bad DVDs at the time and I thought I would review them before I got rid of them. I only had time to do this one and now that I live with my girlfriend it's hard to kick her out of the room just to do it or find time when she isn't home. I shot this with a digital camera. I have a DVX100B now so if I ever do decide to do more they will be higher quality.
The intro is beyond ridiculous. I just basically took as many over the top scenes I could think of at the time, about 5 AM, and put them in there. The song I got from a friend and I found it very fitting.
This angered some anime fans, and I don't blame them I basically say anime is garbage, but it's all in good fun. I don't really hate all anime, just most of it.
Part 1
Part 2
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Mise En...Aw Fuck It
So for an entire quarter Daniel and myself had the words Mise En Scene rammed down our throats. It got extremely annoying that people didn't grasp the concept. It's the simplest thing, it's literary everything you see and hear. It's what the director lets you and wants you to see. Any professional film has it, even student work does usually even if it's by accident.
So we had a project to do with Mise En Scene. We had to make a 90 second opening scene with no dialogue. Most people look like they spent 5 minutes on theirs, and maybe mines not much better but the only complaint I had on mine was there was a light in the shot. However I wanted the light there. The teacher also complained that I made it full screen and said adding bars would fix the light in the shot, the light that's in the middle of the frame that I put there. So here's mine, Assassin.
And with that we have my partner in crime's. Daniel got the same amount of stupid complaints. The main one was that his character had a door stop behind his head and the stoners in our class thought a door was gonna open and hit the guy in the face. I'm sorry but meth addicts don't only smoke in convenient places, they do it where ever they can. Also Daniel's was the only one that had a proper use of drugs in it. Everyone else has some seriously warped views on what a drug addict looks and acts like.
So we had a project to do with Mise En Scene. We had to make a 90 second opening scene with no dialogue. Most people look like they spent 5 minutes on theirs, and maybe mines not much better but the only complaint I had on mine was there was a light in the shot. However I wanted the light there. The teacher also complained that I made it full screen and said adding bars would fix the light in the shot, the light that's in the middle of the frame that I put there. So here's mine, Assassin.
And with that we have my partner in crime's. Daniel got the same amount of stupid complaints. The main one was that his character had a door stop behind his head and the stoners in our class thought a door was gonna open and hit the guy in the face. I'm sorry but meth addicts don't only smoke in convenient places, they do it where ever they can. Also Daniel's was the only one that had a proper use of drugs in it. Everyone else has some seriously warped views on what a drug addict looks and acts like.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Motion Graphics
So I'm being forced to take this motion graphics class as a part of my course matrix. I'm a film student so this is a bit off for me. I guess it can come in handy for title sequences and stuff. Anyways one my assignments was to make a 30 second ad for a snack food. It could be anything as long as it was snack food. I chose to make "I Can't Believe it's Not Kitten Biscuits" a fake food for Robots that like to eat kittens but can't because it's illegal.
Monday, May 25, 2009
The End of a Titan
So in 2006 when I graduated from High school as a special combo birthday graduation present my family got me a computer. It was a super editing machine called a Dell XPS 600.
It was a great computer. It lasted me only three years though sadly, almost to the day. Last week my computer decided to randomly stop booting to Windows. I tried everything I know and after hours of trying work I turned to my Father for help. He worked on it for an entire day and the man whose been doing IT for many many years now couldn't even solve the problem. After almost a day of working on it however my Dad managed to get Windows to work. However it only worked alone with no other drives attached to the computer, unless external. I found out my Terabyte drive is fried as well on top of it.
So stuck with a computer that can't do what I need in terms of video editing anymore and a dead drive I had to make a decision. I bought a new computer. Picking a company to go with was difficult, I had to pick a PC that could handle what I needed, basically a computer with a fast processor and lots of RAM. I went with a gaming PC because games now a days require more RAM then video editing programs.
It was a great computer. It lasted me only three years though sadly, almost to the day. Last week my computer decided to randomly stop booting to Windows. I tried everything I know and after hours of trying work I turned to my Father for help. He worked on it for an entire day and the man whose been doing IT for many many years now couldn't even solve the problem. After almost a day of working on it however my Dad managed to get Windows to work. However it only worked alone with no other drives attached to the computer, unless external. I found out my Terabyte drive is fried as well on top of it.
So stuck with a computer that can't do what I need in terms of video editing anymore and a dead drive I had to make a decision. I bought a new computer. Picking a company to go with was difficult, I had to pick a PC that could handle what I needed, basically a computer with a fast processor and lots of RAM. I went with a gaming PC because games now a days require more RAM then video editing programs.
So I got this sucker, an Alienware Area-51 750i 
One of the coolest features I think is it has a tooless system, meaning no screws. That means when I bust it open I don't have to worry about stripping or loseing any screws. It also means less wires which allows for better air flow. Check out the specs I got on this baby.
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB Cache 1333MHz FSB
Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black
AlienFX®: Alienware® Standard System Lighting - Plasma Purple
Alienware P2 Chassis Upgrades: Alienware® Approved Liquid Cooling
Power Supply: Alienware® 750 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Graphics Processor: Dual 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250 -Superclocked Edition - SLI Enabled
Memory: 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 2048MB
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce 750i SLI Motherboard
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 250GB SATA 3Gb/s 7,200RPM 16MB Cache
Optical Drives : Single Drive Configuration - 20X Dual-Layer Burner (DVD±RW)
Enthusiast Essentials: Single High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Keyboard: Standard Keyboard - Standard Keyboard
Mouse: Standard Mouse - Standard Optical 3-Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Onsite Service and 24/7 Toll-Free Phone Support
I was going to pay for this out of pocket but my Dad decided to ask my family to pitch in and buy it for me as a birthday present. He said 21 is a special benchmark. It's really great they're doing that for me.
It'll be built by June 1st and has a 3-5 day shipping on it so I'll have it in 2 weeks I think. Can't wait.
One of the coolest features I think is it has a tooless system, meaning no screws. That means when I bust it open I don't have to worry about stripping or loseing any screws. It also means less wires which allows for better air flow. Check out the specs I got on this baby.Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz 12MB Cache 1333MHz FSB
Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black
AlienFX®: Alienware® Standard System Lighting - Plasma Purple
Alienware P2 Chassis Upgrades: Alienware® Approved Liquid Cooling
Power Supply: Alienware® 750 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
Graphics Processor: Dual 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250 -Superclocked Edition - SLI Enabled
Memory: 8GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 x 2048MB
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce 750i SLI Motherboard
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 250GB SATA 3Gb/s 7,200RPM 16MB Cache
Optical Drives : Single Drive Configuration - 20X Dual-Layer Burner (DVD±RW)
Enthusiast Essentials: Single High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Ports
Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio
Keyboard: Standard Keyboard - Standard Keyboard
Mouse: Standard Mouse - Standard Optical 3-Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Onsite Service and 24/7 Toll-Free Phone Support
I was going to pay for this out of pocket but my Dad decided to ask my family to pitch in and buy it for me as a birthday present. He said 21 is a special benchmark. It's really great they're doing that for me.
It'll be built by June 1st and has a 3-5 day shipping on it so I'll have it in 2 weeks I think. Can't wait.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Let's Get Started
Alright folks so I have no clue if anyone is gonna read this, or care what I have to say, but I figured what the hell. So here's my blog. I'll be posting videos I've done and all that such jazz. So to start I figured how about a video? We all like a little visual stimulation now and again don't we?
So the first video I'll be showing is my final project for my Intermediate Editing class. It's called "Turtle Fan" and it pokes fun at extreme fans of any base really. I just picked turtles because I'm a big turtle nerd myself and I had the background.
So the first video I'll be showing is my final project for my Intermediate Editing class. It's called "Turtle Fan" and it pokes fun at extreme fans of any base really. I just picked turtles because I'm a big turtle nerd myself and I had the background.
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