Whatever I wanna do...

I'm not really sure what I wanna do. I'm about to graduate and I have no plans whatsoever. It's a bit scary honestly. My family wants me to make a lot of money. Money--that's what its all about to some of them. That's not what I'm here for. A job is something you do for money. I don't want that for the rest of my match. I see people who work everyday at a job they hate just to pay the bills. I respect them for doing what they need to for money but going to college is supposed to prevent that and I want to make the most of it. So what do I wanna do? Hell if I know. I do know that whatever I end up doing, I want to be the best at it which is why I'm taking your class. You and Dwight said that in order to get a job I need to be able to understand and be capable of being a apart of all aspects of filmmaking. I love telling stories and making people laugh...entertaining my friends. I want to be able to transfer that into doing it visually. I want to be the best visual storyteller I can be.

I don't think I can talk about things that inspire me without mentioning Harry Potter and I know that sounds really weird but just hang in there with me. I started read my first HP book in like 5th grade maybe and it was filled with all this insane stuff that I could only imagine. Years later my mom took me to see the movie and it was amazing! The characters came to life, the flying brooms, witches, wizards, ghosts, talking portraits. It wasn't necessarily

the effects that made me love it. It was just the simple fact that I could VISUALLY see things that I had grown familiar with because of what I had invisioned in my mind. As corny as it sounds it was like greeting an old friend. That's what I love, that's what I want to do. I want to bring people's visions to life. I want to recreate for someone else what Harry Potter was to me.

The big news of 2011 for many was the resurrection of The Game. It was cancelled like two years ago and BET brought it back basically because of fans. We watched the reruns over and over and I think that got BET's attention and realized they had something good on their hands. This inspires me because I want to create something that people love so much that they can't get enough. Not necessarily saying that I want to be super successful but I think everyone wants people to LOVE what they create or at least I do. I want people to see that I put a lot of effort into what I create and I want them to believe in my project as much as I do.

I think you have created something great when you can't stop looking at it. No matter what it is all you can do is stop and stare. I think I have had that happen twice and on two completely separate occasions because of two completely different videos. The first one above is a screenshot of a wrestling promo. (I know, I know) The original was shot in one long continuous shot and it was amazing. Vince McMahon made it great because he was so passionate about what he was saying. The screenshot is actually from a second version. This version was EPIC and it was because of the editor. Plan and simple, he took single continuous shot and layered the audio, layered the video, made it black and white, put various filters on it, added background music and turned it into something so much more. The editor added more drama, more suspense--all you could do was watch and wonder where Vince was going with this. I loved it, I want to be able to do that and convey so much in a simple :33 sec promo.

<----This is from Evanescence's music video for their song My Immortal. I saw this back in high school one morning getting ready for school. I usually had music videos playing in the background while I got ready for the bus. One morning this came on and I was captivated. I don't know exactly what kept my attention but for the 4:00 minutes it played, I was glued to the tv. There was so much coverage and it was just beautiful. Children playing, close up of fingers on a piano, feet playing in water, birds being released--it was beautiful. I loved it and I want to captivate an audience like this also. It doesn't have to be an intense experience like the Vince McMahon promo. It can be relaxing and slow like My Immortal.

10 Things I Hate to Admit as a TCF Major

1. I don't care who wins awards. It's not that important to me. I rarely watch the award shows all the way through whether they be the Golden Globes, Emmy's, Academy Awards etc. I could care less.

2. I don't know what I want to do with my degree. All I know is I love to edit. Making other people's visions come to life is amazing. That's all I know.

3. I don't think Lady Gaga is a music video genius. Her videos are visually interesting I'll give her that but I think people make way too big a fuss over them.

4. I love the Wayans brothers. I love their movies (Scary Movie, Blankman, White Chicks), I love their shows (In Living Color, My Wife and Kids), and I think they are all talented. Kim Wayans is a wonderful writer.

5. I'm not very familiar with director's names.

6. I've never really liked a Steven Spielberg movie.

7. I LOVE wrestling. That is the only show I follow religiously. I read blogs, I watch it all the time, I'm a total fan. It's insane; my dream job is to be an editor for their show.

8. My reel is practically nonexistent. I have a hard time coming up with ideas for videos. I don't believe in shooting video just to shoot it. I want to believe in my projects.

9. I only saw Avatar once. Just once...it was good not "the best movie ever" like many say. The effects were great but I didn't think the story was amazing.

10. Of all the Best Picture Oscar winning movies, I've only seen six. Out of those six my favorite was Rocky. Yo Adrian!