Ocean’s Twelve (2004) is the sequel to the 2001 hit thriller Ocean’s Eleven, which was a remake of a 1960 movie. Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Contagion, Magic Mike), the film is the second in the Ocean’s trilogy, which… Continue Reading →

I chose to analyze a scene from Ocean’s 12. I specifically chose a movie that I’ve never seen before, so that I would have fresh eyes and an objective view while watching it. I’ve done the “three time viewing” approach… Continue Reading →

My Radio Show group: I was very proud of my radio show group and our efforts as a team. We went through a lot of difficult things with loosing our radio show completely, so having to wake up and meet at 7a.m. on a Saturday morning and start from scratch. To difficulties turning it in […]

Share your best sleepy shot! Mine is of my cat, knocked out laying on her back with her paws pulled up.

Genre’s are just categorizing things, which gives us the leniency to pretty much  create our own genre for anything as long as your genre can be backed up with more than one subject for the category. I choose to add to the google doc Full Movies, because it was not on there and I know […]

Some of the genres listed on the google doc were familiar to me, like Animation, Mashups, and Parodies (to name a few). But then I stumbled upon a few that had me like, “What the hell is that”? The first … Continue reading →

The three interesting facts I learned about the film were found at IMDB, and I added a couple video clips from youtube to support each fact (well, 2 out of 3). The shot of Vincent plunging the syringe into Mia’s … Continue reading →

My signature style has always been a mix between ongoing interpretation and straight up ineptitude. The first signatures I ever really took notice of were my parents’. My dad with a barely legible squiggle and my mom with relatively perfect print. I ended up choosing somewhere in between. A mixture of cursive flair and bravado […]

  1. Camera Work In analyzing the camera work in this scene I watched it a few times both with and without audio. I must agree that without sound you gain a greater sense of movement both with the characters and the scene as a whole. I was then able to pick up quite a […]

The goal for this assignment was to take a scene from a movie and analyze it in 3 different steps. Analyze the camera work Analyze the audio track Analyze it as a whole The clip I chose, is from the movie Any... Continue Reading →

Drama: Describes The Pursuit of Happiness perfectly. AMC film Genres: “Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Usually, they are not focused on special-effects, comedy, or action, Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets.” IMDB considers the Pursuit of Happyness […]

One of our assignments this week, was to take a look at the Example of YouTube Genres Google Doc and review the genres & examples, and add any that feel fitting. Overall, I really liked this list, I thought it took a... Continue Reading →

IMDB: Pursuit of Happyness  Based on a true story, a man named Chris Gardner is a smart salesman and a family man. He invest his family savings into an Osteo National Bone density scanner, but this financially breaks the family bringing stress to there relationship. His wife leaves him and moves to New York, but […]

Wow, how time flies! Here’s my Week 10: MY BACKGROUND WITH VIDEO EDITING TOOLS FIGHT CLUB SCENE ANALYSIS FIGHT CLUB GENRE + TRIVIA YOUTUBE GENRES RADIO SHOW REVIEWS VIDEO ASSIGNMENT PREP DAILY CREATES Despite the fact that this week was... Continue Reading →

…but still a fun week of Daily Creates! ZEUGMAS (tdc1025) It took me a few re-readings of the linked Wikipedia article to fully understand what a Zeugma is (and I’m a grammar nerd, too–amazing how we use certain parts of... Continue Reading →

The daily create for today (11/1) is Make Food Art. The goal of this was to take a picture of food as a work of art. Planning the photo to make it 3D and pleasing visually. In my personal opinion, almost... Continue Reading →

While I enjoy watching Vines, I do not have the app downloaded on my phone. Much like Twitter, unless it’s used to communicate with friends or family, entertain friends or family, or I am a celebrity/comedian/singer/actor sharing my work, I... Continue Reading →

Pursuit of Happiness: Without sound: The video begins with a change in lighting, going from light, busy traffic and daytime, to the hustle and bustle of night in the city, to the bright sun rising. The camera is zoomed out looking over the city.   Then the camera zooms in on a clock, giving you […]

  TRIVIA! All trivia thanks to IMDB! When a Fight Club member sprays the priest with a hose, the camera briefly shakes. This happens because the cameraman couldn’t keep himself from laughing. This trivia tidbit is interesting, considering that this... Continue Reading →

(Kudos if you catch the title reference!)   WARNING: The following post contains material that some may find offensive such as strong language, body mutilation, violence, and tense situations. Read and view at your own discretion.   Previous posts have... Continue Reading →

The class document that discusses YouTube genres is interesting. I agree with some of the genres (ex. parodies, How-To, music videos), but some of the genres are a bit ridiculous (I just don’t think “fish slapping” or “girlfriend prank” should... Continue Reading →

So for today we were supposed to be making 3D candy sculpture things, so in the spirit of Halloween I made a candy pyramid. Hopefully everyone can tell what it is.

The Matrix is a film that came out in 1999, starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne. The movie won four Grammys. I looked more through Imdb.com and found out some interesting facts about the movie. In the scene that I watched in my last blog post the Construct, there was no shadows during the whole […]

Sports Mashup While I was randomly scrolling through the assignments, this one came up and I knew this is one I really want to do. I love watching all types of sports and so I will have a lot of fun with this assignment. I know I want to create a mashup of the most […]

For this assignment, I decided to analyze the army scene, where the US Military engages an unknown, huge creature that is terrorizing the city of New York. Although the movie was alright for me, this scene was awesome considering the camera work and the use of special effects. Here is the scene (I found this […]

My new favorite cookie!! <3 They are the smores cookies

I decided to follow the construct scene of the Matrix. It was an interesting scene with a lot going on, meaning there was also a lot to analyze.   I started out by looking/watching the scene. I turned the volume all the way so I could pay attention specifically to visual work of the movie. […]

Looking through the Google Document at all the different Genres, I found them to be very interesting and funny. There are some general genres such as “Comedy” and “Pranks.” Then they started to become more specific to a certain video. Some examples are “Everyday life as a musical” and “Strange and Adorable Children.” To be […]

The radio show I was tasked to listen and evaluate was called “United Tales”. The theme of their show was “Your Tales”, with the group setting up several interviews with different people about topics relating to the season of Spring. In one particular interview, a student answered questions about Spring, such as what activities they […]