weekly post 11

The count down is on, as of this minute I have 3 days till the projects due and 5 days till I'm home for two weeks (thank you Santa) this is cutting it close I have 20 seconds before I can say I'm done and no quick way to get it done I can only pray I get the till Thursday extinction but till then I have a lot of work to do and I'm excited for the party 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9vVCyF4tTo best stan lee cameo ever and they say he's to old

sparking connections

When it comes down to the core of it cinema is meant to bring us together and unite all people under a common interest. Like in may case, cinema brings me closer to all the jarheads that love fist fights and explosions as much a I do. This article how ever is how the film Frakenweenie brought an autistic boy closer to his family.
If you don't know autism is a birth defect that cause the child affected to miss communicate a lot, the child will often become antisocial and most prefer a consistent set order of events (I know I babysat an autistic kid once). That being said I know it can difficult to rise an autistic child and I've seen first hand some of the changes like the looks people give you when your kid starts taking off his clothing in public or screaming at you because you touched this toy and  he tries to tell you thing but just can't understand him. The article decried a more serous case than the kid I know has but none the less it is great that the boy was able to bond with his family over a movie. From what the article suggests it sounds intirly possible to held treat and cope with autism using cinema, due to the limited detractions and none confrontational environment. This either a huge breakthrough or a happy quidence, eather way congratulations.
final question "how was Frakenweenie"

the futue is online

For once a completely agree with the article, the future of entertainment is online. Just think how nice it is to stream movies or read on a kindle or more importantly game on the computer. All of the in some form or another is linked to the internet or some sort of connectivity the a stream of mass media.
The article talked a lot about the kid of work that is being done online, some of which has won emmys like Lizzy Bennet dairies and Dr. Horrible's sing along blog. The article also discussed that the audiences will excuse poor production value as long as the writing and acting is top notch, something I tend to agree with. The article went on to discuss Netflix and its impact on this internet movement with hit shows like house of cards and orange is the new black further more id discussed the longevity of the internet "TV" series like these and it is safe to say its here to stay and I like it that way.
One thing I live about having TV on the internet is it easy accessibility and the fact I don't have keep tuning in every week to see the new episode, its there when I want it not when I don't and a bonus is no channel surfing when a boring show comes on.
final question "do you like Netflix as much as I do, and do you think television will stop being used?"

weekly post 10

 This week I 'm getting hit by the time crunch. the deadline for the short animation is next week Friday and I'm not even half way done. the work isn't getting boring yet and I'm optimistic that my amusement will hold out till its completed. This deadline bites and at this point I'm praying for an extension. sill looking forward to 3D but I realy need the extension.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO2ezzQOtS8 its the best of family guy enough said.

Dan Lebental editing

Dan Lebantal is the person who edited cowboys vs. aliens and some other stuff (don't ask me what I don't know) and he felt incline to give us a few pointers on how to make about editing. (I'm still not clear on what kind of editing but I think he ment in general) so with out further to do here's what I got out of it.
First off make sure to release the movie the right time it can be the difference between an ET or a Tron 2. Second is find the right tone for the story, the best example of this is Elf (or buddy the elf as my family calls it). In this movie Dan had to edit out a lot of the movie to get it to that wide-eyed wonder innocence look. This of coarse led to it being a Christmas classic and over all a great movie. (similar things happened with toy story but that isn't important right now). Lastly you have to "play nice" with the director, listen to his advise, and most importantly play the office politicks game.(it can range from smiling at people you hate, to helping them work out conflicting ideas, just don't be anti-social). All and all his advise makes sense and having a great work ethic never hurt anyone.
To be honest I found this article a little hard to under stand but that might be because I'm running on 5 hours sleep and to muck caffeine. I would like to have a little more context as to who this guy is but beggars can't be choosers. Over all the article was interesting to say the least but like I have ssaid countless times be for I plan to be an animator not a video editor.
final question "can next weeks blogs be about animation?" 
     

screen play elementes

All jokeing about screen play writers a side (be leave me there are a lot of jokes) writing a good screen play is an extremely hard task, and I noticed as I was reading that most of the things they told you not to do were things I hated when movies do. so you know the advice you were given is relevant and not something they just made up as they went. (in other words they did the exact opposite of what I do).
First off try to have a coherent story that doesn't make to many side bars and stays on topic (only exception is any thing written by Seth McFarland)and attempt to make the story seem as real as possible, like it could happen but you know it won't. Next is having the right kind of opening but be sure the opening fits the kind of movie the screen play is about. (in other words don't have a long intro to an action movie or a short one for a thriller). Lastly have a bigger all over message about something the audience can take home and use in their own life.
I personally I'm not the kind of person who likes to watch those kind of movies that have an ending that makes you think anything but "wow that explosion was awesome" but from what I can tell the rest of the population dose so I think it might be something to include just incase the explosions aren't enough. Although I have never written a screen play I think I could be pretty good at it, I do like the tips, they make sense and there stuff you wouldn't think of, in short tips good, explosions good, its all good.
final question "do we have to write screen plays next year?"