Blog 4

I love the movie Dream Boy (2008) by James Bolton, based on the novel of the same name by Jim Grimsley. However, the editing made the movie confusing at times; particularly when compared to the book. The editing was messy at times and didn't follow the story of the book. First of all, there were small errors in continuity. In a few consecutive scenes (14:22-), the main character, Nathan, is wearing the same clothes he wore in the morning on the bus of that day and throughout most of the day at school, but in a scene in the middle of the school day and when riding the bus home from school he is wearing different clothes, along with his friend. This was probably meant to show the passage of time, but the change of clothes only came sporadically and the rest of the scenes showed no indication of a movement in time. It seemed like an attempted to cut between the first day of school and another day at school, but in the book and in the flow of the movie all of those scenes were supposed to be the same day. Also with regard to those clothes, the second set of clothes was the clothes he wore in the first scene of the movie when he is going through his first day of school. So if there was a movement in time, it was a backward movement; even though the scenes before showed a direct movement forward in time. Overall, they wearing the wrong clothes in a few particular scenes. In one day they cut between the end of the day when he is at home and eating dinner and his friend is at church and then cut to that same day when he is on the bus heading home from school. They should have put that last scene in with the other after school bus shoots (5:04-7:42). Sorr if I’m all over the place, but that’s how this movie is: all over the place. My last comment is that some scenes weren’t in the book like at 52:55. You can tell this movie did not have a huge budget. 

Final project
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What I Hear
Everyday I walk from my home on long island to the long island rail road station. Living on long island is very different from living in the city. There is a lot less traffic ( cars and trains) and a lot more trees that hold birds. I hear them through my window all through the morning. However, trains are not completely escapable. I have the long island rail road go straight through my back yard outside my bedroom window. It is a lot bulkier than the subway and honks (for some reason), but it passes quickly. As I walk those are really the only sounds in my neighborhood besides my own footsteps. As I get closer to the main road, the more cars I hear. Eventually, the last thing is the ringing of the siren, alarming the cars on the road that the train is coming.

Audio Portrait Link

https://soundcloud.com/natalia-juliette-scollo/final-audio-portrait

When we went to the Museum of the moving image on Wednesday, it was just as exciting as I thought it be: almost not at all. However, it was inspiring for me. Sometimes, I find myself losing touch with my desire to be a film major, but going to the museum and seeing all the inner workings of film reminded me how fun it could be. It was a dull museum but I did learn some useless fun facts like that the first motion picture camera was made of wood. I didn’t know that. I also didn’t know how many layers of sound there actually had to be in a film. I thought maybe two at best, but it take at least seven from what I saw. One last fun fact was that actors can re-do their dialogue from a sound studio without acting it out again. That’s useful. I wish they had shown more costumes though and maybe a larger scale set model. 

Interview Questions:
Thrift shopping
What is a thrift shop?
Where is your favorite place or places to shop?
Why do you like thrift shops?
How often do you go thrift shopping?
How about opposed to shopping at regular clothing stores?
What is the most important aspect of thrift shopping, reusing clothes as opposed to using new resources, supporting charity, cheap prices?
What the best item or items you've ever found?
What's the weirdest item you've seen for sale?
Who are the typical type of people you see shopping at thrift store?
How about working at thrift store?
Do you usually shop alone or with others, or anyone particularly special?
Do you think everyone should frequently shop at thrift shops?
Thrift shops usually benefit charities, like hospitals, which charitable thrift shops do you frequent?
Do you suggest people drop off their unwanted clothes at thrift shops as opposed to drop boxes?
Most importantly, do you you like the song Thrift Shop by Mackelmore?

Drum Circle:
What is it that you do every Sunday?
Where?
What is Drumcorps?
What is the purpose of crimson kings?
How do you perform?
What do you like about it?
What is your role exactly?
How long have you been doing this?
How long have you been doing drums?
How long have you been into music?
What is your favorite memory about it?
What did you learn there that you couldn't learn anywhere else?
How long do you think you will continue with this?
Do you suggest everyone see Crimson Kings perform?
What does an audience get out of seeing a performance?

define a space

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Artist's Statement

I am not an “artist”. I feel the word “artist” pretentious and overused. I like to think of myself as an entertainer. My goal is to be a big Hollywood filmmaker, but I’d be satisfied being a television producer. I would like to entertain the masses- and myself- while still maintaining my political side. Let me say that I am not a Republican or Democrat, so I don’t plan to be preachy. I would like to make narratives with subliminal inspiring messages, much like one of my favorite movies, Babe, which inspired vegetarianism as cute children’s flick. The most political part of my films would be the fact that I am a woman. There aren’t as many women directors as there should be, and with more of  us in the chair we can give female and male audiences something to watch with a different point of view. As a heterosexual woman, I find beauty in men that the media usually associates with women. I see men as one of the most beautiful things in nature. Nature- in all of it’s biggest, most powerful. most colorful, beauty- is a huge part of my creative expression.