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Raise your hand if you thought working with audio would be easy *raises hand.* Now keep your hands up if working with it was actually easy *….puts hand down.* May I just say, as person who is as visual as it gets, creating an audio story was actually pretty challenging.
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It’s Homecoming for MU Tigers so let’s keep this post brief so we can get back to homecoming festivities! In this past week’s discussion, the topic of storyboards was brought up. For a person like me who probably definitely maybe wants to go into television, storyboarding (if that’s even a verb) can seem like God’s gift to media. But I do have some reserves. So here are my pro’s and con’s for storyboards.
Continue reading on WordPress.com Personal post time that relates to journalism and not so much the lecture! And no, the title does not suggest a C.S. Lewis book is coming out about journalism. But at the cross-section of my love for journalism and theatrics comes one of the greatest shows I could possibly encounter: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Continue reading on WordPress.com Here and now as I cheer for the Missouri Tigers who are making no such progress in their game of football, I reflect on Mizzou’s very own Sarah Hill’s lesson in writing for the ear. If I ultimately do plan on going into the broadcast field, then this information is of the utmost importance to me.
Continue reading on WordPress.com Warm up that Netflix queue, it’s time to start watching some documentaries! I was particularly glad that in this week’s lecture, we were able to get a condensed lesson in documentary and what Mizzou plans to do with there new Documentary program. If you don’t recall, I’m a film buff, and I’d say the documentary category is no exception to my love of film.
Continue reading on WordPress.com Boy, am I very excited to talk about Adobe Premiere. A brief bit of background about my video editing “career” before I actually delve into some useful information (or you can just fast forward to the bolded points). I began using video editing software as early as 2007 with the lovely program Windows Movie Maker. Flash forward to 2008, me and my best friend caught something of an iCarly fever and decided to do web videos of our own under the YouTube name MNCinemas. I was usually in charge of taking all of the footage and editing it nicely, adding sound effects, titles and credits, and other stuff. By 2009, my dad gifted me with the Adobe Premiere + Photoshop Elements 8 combo pack because I was on my way to becoming a pro. I used that for a couple of years before I eventually graduated to the regular Adobe suite, mostly using it for class video projects.
Continue reading on WordPress.com This past week we learned a little bit about Twitter etiquette. I hope you know that my title is all in good fun, and it’s just one example of what not to do when trying to be professional on Twitter (though, quite honestly, I think typ1ng l1k3 th15 has gone out with the early 2000s. So if someone makes that mistake, they may be a time traveler from the not-so-distant past).
Continue reading on WordPress.com I know that we talked a bit about Ferguson in our last lecture, but for a topic that has been covered in so many forms and so many angles, I will move today’s conversation away from the tense racial matter of that subject, and more towards taking a look out of the diversity lens in the media. Specifically, I’d like to focus on the recent news this past week in which comedian Michael Che was announced to have been added to the Saturday Night Live team as the latest Weekend Update anchor (fun fact: if getting my degree in Broadcast Journalism meant I could anchor Weekend Update, I would jump at the chance).
Continue reading on WordPress.com Yahoo! Another successful Oscars has come and gone. If you know anything about me, it's that the Oscars is the one awards show I will go nuts over, and you may have seen me flood your Twitter feeds with my commentary. But let's sweep together that commentary and put together my highlights of last night's fun-house! Ellen Yes. The sweeping star of the show was comedian Ellen DeGeneres. Her opening gig took a more wholesome aim at roasting the celebrities than say, last year's host Seth McFarlane (who basically brought Family Guy to the Kodak Theatre). She ripped on Jennifer Lawernce's infamous fall from last year, and came out in a Glinda the Good Witch costume just after P!nk's dazzling performance of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. A very big round of applause to Ellen for her hosting. The selfie that broke twitter If there'll been any one thing to break Twitter, it'll be caused by Ellen DeGeneres. As she swept through the audience during one of her cuts, she reached out to take the most star-studded selfie on God's green Earth. She wanted it to be the most re-tweeted tweet on Twitter, and boy was it. Only seconds after the picture was posted, users started experiencing difficulties on the site and I, myself, couldn't retweet it until several minutes afterward. Mission accomplished. Lupita! Does this part even need an explanation? Just as I had hoped, the Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o swept the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture from the likes of JLaw and Julia Roberts. Let's not forget the outstanding amount of support she got from the audience when she received a standing ovation. And her speech; well, it's enough to bring anyone to tears. She reminded us that no matter where we're from, our dreams are valid. All I can say is: that's beautiful! (Hides all the sobbing). Pizza You know how in elementary school you used to have pizza parties? Well, imagine that, but at the Kodak Theatre with Ellen serving you pizzas and Brad Pitt handing out paper plates. Oh, you've already done that at your elementary school? Well I envy you. For the rest of us, we had to watch while the celebs got their fill of pizza while the awkward pizza guy stood there in amazement at what was happening. Maybe I should just quit journalism and become a delivery girl. Or do those professions often go hand-in-hand? Adele Dazeem who? Oh, you mean Idina Menzel? Someone make the font on the teleprompter bigger for John Travolta, please. Do you think he misread the name, was it actually on the teleprompter like that, or was he remembering Saturday Night Fever halfway through reading and just gave up? Whatever the case may be, Idina Menzel's performance of Frozen's hit "Let It Go," was absolutely wonderful. Fans of Wicked and Rent know the girl can belt out some notes. After that heart warming performance, the cold didn't bother me either. Benedict Cumberbatch Yes, if this is my blog, it is mandatory by law for Benedict Cumberbatch to make appearances in every post. But for a guy who wasn't even nominated for anything, he definitely made sure to have the time of his life. Observe exhibit A, where he photobombed the picture above with Original Song nominee U2. Let's also add to the list that he photobombed a picture of Ellen with Brad Pitt, presented onstage with the fabulous Jennifer Garner, and was moved to tears by Lupita Nyong'o's win (and he was pretty gosh darn excited for the 12 Year's Best Pic win). Now run before Travolta butchers your name! Oscar History Wow, wow, wow. What a wonderful win for 12 Year's A Slave. Another round of applause goes out to Steve McQueen for becoming the first black director to win Best Picture. Another congrats goes out to Alfonso Cuarón for becoming the first latino film director to win Best Director. Progressiveness comes slowly but surely, and these two guys are helping pave the way film directors of all backgrounds so that they may come forth and put out their best efforts in the film making world. Now let's go make some movies! 87th Annual Academy Awards, here we come!
It's that time of year again - and this guru has some catching up to do! The Oscar nominations are out for the 2013 film year and if you've been living under a rock for the first half of 2013, The Academy would like to guarantee that you've missed no good movies from January to September. The list's "oldest" film of the year, Gravity, was released on October 4. What does that mean for movies like The Butler and Fruitvale Station? No nom for you! Looks like I should have blown off the holiday season to play catch up with the Best Picture nominees.
But really, let's get down to me complaining about the one movie I actually saw this season and liked. Despite being completely snubbed by the Golden Globes, I thought The Academy would have the utmost generosity towards Lee Daniels' historical drama. Forest Whitaker's outstanding performance definitely deserved a nod for best actor. And lest the make-up crew be forgotten for their otherwise astounding ability to convincingly age up their characters over a period of a good half century. This movie needs recognition! Though, congratulations must be sent out to those who were nominated today. I am particularly proud of the entire team of 12 Years a Slave, who swept home the "Best motion picture, drama" category at the Golden Globes last week. I'm super excited for 12 Years' Lupita Nyong'o for being nominated for "Best Supporting Actress," and I hope our good friends at The Academy have recognized the pure greatness radiating from this woman. Also, a very huge pat on the back for Leonardo DiCaprio (another Golden Globes favorite on Sunday) for his role in The Wolf of Wall Street. Could this be the golden opportunity that DiCaprites have been wanting for years? (I apologize in advanced for making a false name for DiCaprio fans). We will just have to wait and see, because DiCaprio is going against Golden Globe's best musical or comedy actor Mathew McConaughey. Let the battle of the heart-throbs begin! (But let's remember that this is an award for acting and not a looks competition). Like every year, I've fallen behind in watching some of the Best Picture nominees. But do you know how expensive one movie ticket is? Especially considering how all the pictures came out at once. And thus, I cannot offer my Oscar picks for this year. Please have a look for yourself and see if you can predict who will be taking home Mr. Oscar come March 2nd. Best picture “12 Years a Slave” “The Wolf of Wall Street” “Captain Phillips” “Her” “American Hustle” “Gravity” “Dallas Buyers Club” “Nebraska” “Philomena” Best director Steve McQueen — “12 Years a Slave” David O. Russell — “American Hustle” Alfonso Cuaron — “Gravity” Alexander Payne — “Nebraska” Martin Scorsese — “The Wolf of Wall Street” Best actor Bruce Dern — “Nebraska” Chiwetel Ejiofor — “12 Years a Slave” Matthew McConaughey — “Dallas Buyers Club” Leonardo DiCaprio — “The Wolf of Wall Street” Christian Bale — “American Hustle” Best actress Amy Adams — “American Hustle” Cate Blanchett — “Blue Jasmine” Judi Dench — “Philomena” Sandra Bullock — “Gravity” Meryl Streep — “August: Osage County” Best supporting actor Barkhad Abdi — “Captain Phillips” Bradley Cooper — “American Hustle” Jonah Hill — “The Wolf of Wall Street” Jared Leto — “Dallas Buyers Club” Michael Fassbender — “12 Years a Slave” Best supporting actress Jennifer Lawrence — “American Hustle” Lupita Nyong’o — “12 Years a Slave” June Squibb — “Nebraska” Julia Roberts — “August: Osage County” Sally Hawkins — “Blue Jasmine” Best original screenplay “American Hustle” — David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer “Blue Jasmine” — Woody Allen “Her” — Spike Jonze “Nebraska” — Bob Nelson “Dallas Buyers Club” — Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack Best adapted screenplay “12 Years a Slave” — John Ridley “Before Midnight” — Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater “The Wolf of Wall Street” — Terence Winter “Captain Phillips” — Billy Ray “Philomena” — Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope Best animated feature “The Wind Rises” “Frozen” “Despicable Me 2″ “Ernest & Celestine” “The Croods” Best foreign feature “The Hunt” (Denmark) “The Broken Circle Breakdown” (Belgium) “The Great Beauty” (Italy) “Omar” (Palestinian territories) “The Missing Picture” (Cambodia) Best documentary feature “The Act of Killing” “20 Feet From Stardom” “The Square” “Cutie and the Boxer” “Dirty Wars” Best music (original song) “Frozen”: “Let it Go” — Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”: “Ordinary Love” — U2, Paul Hewson “Her”: “The Moon Song” — Karen O, Spike Jonze “Despicable Me 2″: “Happy” — Pharrell Williams “Alone Yet Not Alone”: “Alone Yet Not Alone” — Bruce Broughton, Dennis Spiegel Best music (original score) “Gravity” — Steven Price “Philomena” — Alexandre Desplat “The Book Thief” — John Williams “Saving Mr. Banks” — Thomas Newman “Her” — William Butler and Owen Pallett Best cinematography “Gravity” — Emmanuel Lubezki “Inside Llewyn Davis” — Bruno Delbonnel “Nebraska” — Phedon Papamichael “Prisoners” — Roger Deakins “The Grandmaster” — Phillippe Le Sourd Best costume design “The Great Gatsby” — Catherine Martin “12 Years a Slave” — Patricia Norris “The Grandmaster” — William Chang Suk Ping “American Hustle” — Michael Wilkinson “The Invisible Woman” — Michael O’Connor Best documentary feature “The Act of Killing” “20 Feet From Stardom” “The Square” “Cutie and the Boxer” “Dirty Wars” Best film editing “Gravity” — Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger “12 Years a Slave”– Joe Walker “Captain Phillips” — Christopher Rouse “American Hustle” — Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten “Dallas Buyers Club” — John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa Best makeup and hairstyling “The Lone Ranger” — Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” — Stephen Prouty “Dallas Buyers Club” — Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews Best production design “12 Years a Slave” — Adam Stockhausen and Alice Baker “The Great Gatsby” — Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn “American Hustle” — Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler “Gravity” — Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard “Her” — K.K. Barrett and Gene Serdena Best visual effects “Gravity” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” “Star Trek Into Darkness” “Iron Man 3″ “The Lone Ranger” Best sound mixing “Gravity” “Captain Phillips” “Lone Survivor” “Inside Llewyn Davis” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Best sound editing “Gravity” “All Is Lost” “Captain Phillips” “Lone Survivor” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Best short film, live action “Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” “Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)” “Helium” “Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” “The Voorman Problem” Best short film, animated “Feral” “Get a Horse!” “Mr. Hublot” “Possessions” “Room on the Broom” Best documentary short “CaveDigger” “Facing Fear” “Karama Has No Walls” “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” |
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