Tattoo Video

For my final documentary project I want to explore the tattoo world of fan culture. Do people get tattoos because they are a fan of tattoos or because they are a fan of what they put on their bodies. My theroy is that getting a tattoo is the ultimate fandom! So what I really want to do is find someone that has never gotten a tattoo before and follow the process of them getting their tattoo. I think it should be an interesting process seeing how a person reacts when they recieve their first tattoo.

The film that I choose for this blogg is not the greatest and I'm sure it was done just for an advertisment for the artist. None the less I just wanted to see how other people are shooting in tattoo parlors. It was interseting how the artist was showing them around the parlor and how it was not just a tattoo parlor it was also a salon. I like how there was a announcer I guess you could call it that the shots when back and forth from to explane things. But the over all organization of the film was not good. I thought we were going to get to see a tatoo from start to finish but there were several being done. I dont like how there was no story for why the person was getting the tattoo or anyhting about the artist.I also want to get some examples for what not to shoot like and I do believe I got one of my examples.

President's Day

Around Fort Lewis you really have to keep up on top of holidays becuase we hardly get any off! In fact I'm suprised they give us Thanksgiving Day and Christmas off. In fact the only reason that I knew it was President's Day on Monday is because my Fiance did not have to go to work but I had to go to school! I was pissed bacause he got to have a great time while I had to be at hell on earth all day. (Can you tell that I'm ready to gret out of here?)

Anyway in view of President's Day I found a music video that I really liked because it has a catchy tone to it. Eventhough it is all done on the computer, there are no live shots I really liked it in a multi-media, educational way. I remenber when I had to learn all of the American Presidents and I about never got it done but I think that if I would have had this type of incorperation with music and rhyme it would have helped me out a lot. There are lots of videos out there that name all the 44 presidents but this one sticks with you and gets stuck in your head. The president's name get stuck in your head because of the way music and beats are used. So if you know someone that has to learn all the 44 presidents let them know about this video.

Fred's V-Day

The world can be very depressing so there is nothing better than watching something that can make you laugh. So to get in the spirit of V-Day I wanted to find a video that celebrated V-Day. What I found when I was searching for V-Day video's were videos that mocked V-Day. I can totally relate to this bacause even though I have a significant other I dont see the purpose of setting one day a side to tell or show someone how much you care about them. I think that you should show someone how much you care about them everyday. But oh well it's just one more day to get you to spend money. So that is why I will be spending V-Day at home with my honey, eating a nice non-expensive romantic dinner.

Anyway enough about me lets talk about the video! First of all I liked it because it was funny! I laughed a lot. The reason that I laught was because of the voice over that was used. It reminded me of helium from a ballon after a person sucks it into their mouth and talks. But whoever did the editing did not do a very good job of maching the voice over with the mouth movment. I really like how the shots never really had the kids entire head in the frame. This type of framing made for a good visual and was the same ole, same ole. I really like the story and how present day it is by using texting as the form of communication. I know from self experience that I say more in word form than I do talking, say like over a phone. So it makes sence why the girl was made very mean in text form. What I really like about the video is how it makes fun of V-Day and brings to light how V-Day, if you are not in love can be so sad for some.

Script I read

For the script reading assingmant I read Dances With Wolves. I knew this movie really well so I thought that it would be a good script to go off of. I really like how the script was done because it was easy to follow, it had a pattern that it followed. Title of shot, then what is going on in the shot then the characters and dialog follows and then this is done again. I really like how easy the script is to follow. I read a few other scripts and they where really had to read. So if you need an example to go off of I would use this one.

Damon Dark Fiction

I don't know how Brandon last term got such great quality with his videos because unless a movie is by Hollywood that I have seen you can tell that they are homemade. But eventhough Damon Dark is homemade and you can tell it is, it's still pretty good. When the opening credits came up I thought the movie was going to be better quality than it was but oh well.

I like the fact that the director made this film black and while because it is suppost to be a freaky film. The voice that the doll has adds to the freakyness of the film as well. The shoot taken from under the guys chin upwards and how shaky the camera work is, also adds to the freakyness.

I really like how the film is shot from first person but inside his head. The voice-over worked really nicely the way it was done. Then the flashback using fadding from different objects while he was talking like the rock and the candels was done well also.

What I didnt like about the piece was the use of still pictures. Like the uses of the picture of the graveyard. That in my mind was cheesy. How hard would it of been to use a real graveyard. I wish that a real doll would have been used instead of a picture of one. When music was used it was very fuzzy and hard to focus on the film when it was going.

Other than that I really liked the story and how it was presented. I just love black and white films.