The weekend is almost over and I’m definitely ready to go back to school!! It’s time to be serious and come up with some creative ideas for this semesters final projects…
November 30, 2008
November 28, 2008
when everything feels like the movies
when everything feels like the movies, you bleed just to know your alive.
November 27, 2008
UFC 92 – 1 MONTH AWAY
Its the ultimate event of the year with the original Ultimate Fighter®, Forrest Griffin defending his title against Sugar Rashad Evans. Then the Ultimate Fighter® coaches face off as Interim World Heavyweight Champion, Antonio Minotauro Nogueira takes on former heavyweight champion, Frank Mir. Plus, two of the hardest hitting light heavyweights go toe-to-toe when Wanderlei The Axe Murderer Silva battles former light heavyweight champion, Quinton Rampage Jackson.
UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 Saturday, December 27, live on Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
Visit UFC.com for more info!
Thanksgiving
“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.” -Orson Welles
I’ve decided this thanksgiving to spend the day alone. There are 364 other days to appreciate people.
November 26, 2008
Hank and Mike Group Video
This is the green screen video my group and I put together. We each edited our own scenes that we’re in throughout this trailer. My scenes are the same as the video I posted a week ago or so. I’m not sure why it’s showing up as a lower quality video on youtube, it’s an HD file.. whatever, it is what it is.
November 24, 2008
i never said
“i never said that i didn’t need you.. put down your arms and wrap them both right around me, both right around me..”
What’s In Your Hand?
“What’s in your hand? What do you have that you’ve been given? Talent, background, education, freedom, networks, opportunities, wealth, ideas, creativity? What are you doing with what you’ve been given?” -Rick Warren
Although this quote and painting really have nothing to do with each other, I found that they both have a similar meaning. First, I think the quote is pretty self explanatory.. I can relate to this quote because I feel like I’ve got all these things at my fingertips that I’m capable of accomplishing. Check out this 20 minute speech by Rick Warren that I heard the quote from here. The image above is from a set of paintings by Nate Frizzell portraying different emotions. This one is about being “shallow in every sense of the word. One definition of the word is “lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge”. Not only is the boy in the painting standing in shallow water, but he still finds a way to drown himself in it, ignoring the affect he has on his surroundings.” I can relate to this because sometimes I feel like I’m drowning in my own thoughts… Although I don’t feel like I’m never not trying to improve at certain parts of my life or what I like to do. It feels like I’m constantly searching for perfection within myself but never reaching it is the continuos struggle and motivation of this goal. Anyways, the quote reminds me what I’ve got at my hands and the painting is motivating to keep at it!
November 23, 2008
Living A Life of Purpose
“The good life is not about looking good, feeling good or having the goods. It’s about being good and doing good. Giving your life away. Significance in life doesn’t come from status becasue you can always find someone thats got more than you. It doesn’t come from sex, it doesn’t come from salary, it comes from serving. It is in giving our lives away we find meaning, we find significance.”
November 22, 2008
Good Times
I went to this “reunion” party last night.. saw a bunch of people I haven’t seen in over a year. I can’t remember one boring part of the night, it was some good times.. Definitely having a movie night tonight!
November 21, 2008
FUCK YOUTUBE
FUCK YOUTUBE. And FUCK TV. Today I came across a little subject title in my email: “A copyright owner has claimed content in one of your videos”. I’m sick of this copyright bullshit. At least 50% of all videos on youtube has to have copyright material in them. I thought it was called YOUtube? Where people have some sort of freedom to post something they’ve created with the possible help of music. What are we supposed to do post nothing but video blogs (vlogs)!? What is the point of youtube if these companies are going to force youtube to remove your video? I’ve had this notice multiple times and half of the time I’m allowed to keep the video up so long as they can advertise a banner on my page, or I have to completely change the audio. Change the audio, to an edited video, to an “allowed” copyright song that doesn’t match your video? That would pretty much ruin the feeling or emotion the user wanted to create from the video in the first place. Why not allow the user to advertise a banner of your company on there youtube page? or play a mini-commercial before our uploaded video? If you browse 10 videos right now with music content in them you will find at least 1 person asking in the comments, “what song is this???” so what the fuck? The only reason this pisses me off is because I was actually anti youtube about 3 years ago and I was sucked into it only to find out the youtube rules are a piece of shit. What’s next, no cursing in a fucking blog? or if there’s a coca-cola can in my video they are going to remove it?? I guess this just pisses me off because I feel I might actually contributed something worth watching to youtube compared to some little kids dancing to the latest famous artist single.. which is still a form of advertising for any artist or company. Don’t these companies or corporations understand the downfall of CD purchasing, pirating movies, and that some people don’t even listen to the radio anymore? The worst part about this stupid e-mail is that if I did re-post my video I would then get another notice saying “Account Warning” and guess what, I already have one of those and next my account along with all 140 videos of mine uploaded are erased! Well fuck it, thats my youtube rant.
PS: TURN OFF YOUR TV OR GET RID OF IT.
November 20, 2008
November 19, 2008
Hank and Mike Trailer (Green Screen Project)
The video above is what I’ve been working on this week. It still might need some work but this is where I’m at right now. I’ve green screened myself into about 4 different scenes @ (6 sec, 24 sec, 1 min and 1:46). Some of the techniques I used we’re keying, masking, rotoscoping and animating. This is due tomorrow so if I end up making any changes I’ll repost an updated video tomorrow night.
UPDATE: 11/20/08 I made a few changes to the video and reposted it above.. you probably can’t notice the changes if you seen it before. I should be posting a video of the same thing with my groups green screened scenes next week.
