Hedgehog in Fog

I thought the film shown about the hedgehog trecking through the fog was spectacular. The animation techniques worked perfectly for all sorts of moods including carefree, ominous, and frightening. I think that many current children shows and movies are too numbing and they have no sustanance or meat to them. Children need to be introduced to differing emotions and scenarios so that they can begin to understand them. The scene where the hedgehog is laying in the water thinking that he may die, is a perfect example of what childrens media should look like. All in all, I think that children these days are having their minds deprived of complex thought, and are instead having their minds filled with visions of bouncing colorful poof balls that make noises....

Entertainment Value

I've been thinking alot lately about what, if any, do films that have not been created with any artistic ability and are complete carbon copies of their predecessors have to offer? It's been argued that there is no such thing as entertainment value but I believe that entertainment value is alive and well. Some of the films that my friends and I made had no purpose except to bring back inside jokes and to laugh at ourselves. These films had no artistic value, they werent scripted well or particularly well filmed, but they made us laugh like nothing else. We also used to watch the worst movie we could find once a week at a friends house for the sole purpose of making fun of it and laughing our heads off. It would be a shame if these films ceased to be made because then it would mean no more Crappy Movie Night for us and no entertainment value...and that is a sad sad thought.

Toothpaste and Whiskey: The Making Of

I thought I would let you all know how many issues we worked through to get this film made! So first off, Casey and I slept through the time when we were supposed to film and had to film later on without some of our group because we couldnt get a hold of anybody. Then when we finally got all the filming done, through alot of obstacles with sets, it took us a while to edit and record all the soundtrack. Once all that was done, we rendered the film in the wrong format (which took six hours to render by the way) and had to re render it correctly. Well wouldnt you know, the burning software doesnt work, so we finally went over to the MCA and burnt it. GAHHH!!! It was frustrating, organization is key in making short films...

Student Films Go!!

The first set of class films were pretty good I thought. I was very impressed on the way people composed their music and stayed away from canned soundtracks especially. I particularly liked "Tries to make friends in the DC but it doesnt work" because of the title and its simplicity. I also liked the way it left an open ended story instead of ending it in a cliche manner. The soup was awesome, haha.