friday’s participation

pg-100

today we wrote a soc for the first time in a long time.i wrote and read mine.then i compared notes with some other freshies,and i thought about what topic i could write my paper on.i have a somewhat good start on the report.

thursday’s post

today we finished all the president’s men.i really enjoyed the whole movie,though sometimes it was fast with all of the names that were thrown around during the investigation,so i was a tad confused by the plot so that why i’m thinking of focusing my report on something visual.obviously thats what movies are about, is what you see.i just felt that the visual was easier to talk about plus i thought about that alot because it was different from what i’m used to seeing.the lighting and color of the set,i guess you’d call it.the acting was very realistic and honest but i was just way more interested in the visual and the camera angles and that side of the film.

pg-100

today i paid attention and enjoyed the movie and i really tried to follow the names more this time as apposed to yesterday.i took more notes on the movie and i participated in the after movie discussion.

wednesday’s post

we got to see all the president’s men!i really like it so far.i mean the plot is kind of confusing me, just because they jump from person to person so fast.but one thing i really like is the dialogue and how fast it moves and how realistic it is,like they stumble over words and change them around and talk over each other.it just seems very realistic to me.plus the camera is really interesting.sometimes it stays in one place for a long time while the action moves around in an out of view.plus there seems to be alot of voice overs,you see some character or something,but you hear another person’s voice.i thought those were very interesting points.and the lighting was also really natural,like the main characters carl and bob were in their car,and the camera was looking at them straight on,the only light on them was the street lights or other car’s headlights.for the most part you didn’t see their faces at all.

pg-100

today i watched the movie and took notes on the camera angles and the lighting as well as any thing the seniors hinted at us about the character,plot,or camera choices.i’m really enjoying the movie itself,and i’m starting to notice alot more on my own.

tuesday’s post

today we took notes on the watergate scandal as our backround for all the president’s men.which helped alot because i had only a vague knowledge of the watergate scandal with nixon.but since we didn’t have the movie we couldn’t start watching it.so instead we watched catch me if you can so we could start noticing things we have to use in our analysis of all the president’s men.which really helped because the seniors were constantly pausing it so we could talk about what we saw and what we could use to write better in the future.

pg-100

today i took notes on the watergate scandal and on how to write better essays/analyses on films.hopefully it improves my writing when watching films and reading plays because im always lost on what to look for and write about.

monday’s post

so today we took notes/learned about film.i don’t know which interests me more.theatre or film.theatre just seems more simple to me.obviously both are extremely difficult and complex.but film is such a larger production than theatre.we learned about the people in a film crew and what they do exactly.like the director,editor,producer(s),director of photography/cinematographer,and more people.then we went over the powerpoint.

one major question i have about film is would the acting be different than on stage?and if is is then how do you train for that?or is it the same acting just one is live the other on screen?

monday’s participation

pg-100

today we took notes on film history.film is looking interesting to me.its just such a different world than theatre,and thats all i’ve ever done.what i found was the most interesting was how they viewed films “back in the day”.like the magic lamp.its just cool to see how to it was and how it is.

friday’s post

pg-100

so why do i deserve a 100 today?because i was told that freshman showcase is going way down the toilet, and i sat a cried about our show being completely fucked over.we worked hard all year and it completely sucks that there is absolutely nothing we can do anymore for this show.we have so few options,and each one sucks.this whole situation is un-fair because after all the work we have done not just for freshman showcase,but senior showcase,and mainstage, we don’t get our time,even after being scaled back,its just not going to be what we deserve.there absolutely NO where to pin the blame because so many factors are involved.i just want our show to have a chance so that freshman get a time to show what the fuck we can do!!the seniors are doing all they can,and so is everyone else that is able to help,but its just in no way possible to work anymore!i have really lost a lot of faith in having the show at all the way it was intended.i want it to happen,but how much is actually possible at this point?

i deserve a 100 because i cried for a period and a half,over something that i can not personally fix.