At 7pm on Friday, June 18th we met with 72 other teams and drew the following genre: HORROR
Then we were given the following 3 things we had to incorporate into our film:
prop: PLATE
character: CONSULTANT
line of dialogue: “You’re not going to believe what happened”
We (Team Chinese Takeout) had 48 hours to produce at least a 4 minute long film and this is what we came up with. We’re pretty freaking proud of ourselves considering none of us had any previous animation experience.
We’re missing some sound effects in this version, but will hopefully update it. Let me know what you think!
“This life is so interesting”, said Brittney Murphy a while before her death. It’s a shame it had to end at that. But possibly even more of a shame if I hadn’t gotten out of a sinking ship and on to live life the way it was meant to be lived.
The 24 hour film festival was a huge success for us. (: We won the Audience Award, but the judges obviously disagreed. We still did manage to get 1st runner up, win the best original score, and I won best actress with zero previous camera experience. The latter is a big feat for me because I can’t even pose for pictures without looking awkward. If you’re an engineer your whole life, well, that’s what happens I guess. But screw the shell.
I was so pleased that I decided to join the Chinese Takeout team in the 48 hour film project this weekend. In just two days, we made a 4 minute long masterpiece which makes my heart leap every time I watch it. We all did something that was completely outside of our comfort zone and it turned out hauntingly artistic. Come check us out at the Lumiere Theatre on Tuesday June 29th at 9:30pm to see what I’m talking about. ;p
Because of this, I decided that I would be at Rabbit’s Foot Meadery with my guitar and voice some time in the near future. Yes, me with my no vocal experience and 3 months of guitar training. Yes, 3 months. I probably played until my fingers bled and superglued my callouses together so I can keep on chugging along. Cyanoacrylate is now my favorite chemical compound next to Alcohol. Both probably just as toxic, but one makes me acquire the superhero quality that is Wolverine. Science!
My life is so serendipitous. But serendipity only happen to people who search hard in the first place. And I am no such exception.
I’ve always been very reluctant to put up anything I do — I’m a very, very self-conscious person. Here’s you go though: one of my first recordings! Yes, there’s a bit I can work on. And no, I’m not saying this because I’m being hard on myself. The toughest part of recording right now is actually getting over stage fright and I’m not even on the god damn stage.
Man, I am such a wuss. D:
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I kind of really love my life right now. It’s an anomaly for me, actually. And despite the lack of income, the long hours working on Extra Lives TV, learning about Joomla, I am okay with it all for the time being.
Anyway, here’s a picture we took from Chris’ Mom’s back deck with his sister, Jenny, and her boyfriend, Kirby.
So I’ve decided to run a video gaming video podcast focused primarily on iPhone/iPod/iPad, etc… games and applications. And because of it, Timmy and I acquired a pretty amazing list of gear:
Semi-professional HD Video Camera
Canon T2i, which also shoots in HD
2 beautiful lavalier microphones
A Zoom Microphone (provided by my wonderful boyfriend, Chris)
Lots of SD cards
DV Tape Stock
Vimeo year membership
Green Screen
3 professional lighting lamps
A lot of these goodies was purchased from our good friend Ethan Bloch who runs Flowtown, a hot startup that provides an incredible service — they help you get social media information from individual contacts in your address book. The first 50 contacts are free, too, so there’s no reason to not check them out.
Ethan’s old gear is in good hands as proof from this following statement: We won the Audience Award for the 24-hour film festival!
Yay! The cast and crew had about a couple hours of sleep each but were still on top if it by hour 24. Way to go, team! Here’s the cast and a special thank-you:
Canon T2i (Digital SLR with HD Video capabilities)
Cost: $800.00
Why I love it: For $800, you’ll be hard-pressed to find anything else like it. With full DSLR functionality and HD Video capabilities, external mic hook-up, the ability to shoot at iso 6400, and high fps, my video reviews will now be flawless. I am completely in love with the camera so far and will update this site as soon as I have some footage up.
Let me know what you think!
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