#CSUF PASA

[csufpasa-blog]

Hey guys! PCN is coming up in less than a month!  We hope to see you there!  All the information is on the flyer!!!! 

Also here's the facebook event page if you would like to join us!

[ipdanceteam]

Infinite PASAbilities @ CSUF PASA's PCN. (4/6/12)

[nathanbarrios]

Before I edited this, I hadn't been invested in a video edit for a while. But once I started working on this "hype video" for my upcoming PCN, I started getting back into the swing of things. I packed in as much creativity with as little footage as I could muster from my resources, and I'm really proud of how it came out.

Here's the breakdown:

Song is Kanye West's "I Wonder". I was listening to almost nothing but Kanye for weeks, and just got into Graduation, and this song stuck with me for its grandiosity. The sample is absolutely perfect, the pace is mellow, yet brisk.

Kanye describes the song as the hip-hop version of U2's "City of Blinding Lights", in keeping with his consistent sound of "stadium-status" hip-hop. PCN is a stadium-style form of expression: it's live, it's lively, it's in front of you, it's colorful, beautiful, and utterly inspiring.

I used the "All of the Lights (Interlude)" in the beginning to sort of stir emotions with the text. I wanted a beautiful set-up that sort of gives something for the viewer to expect (another Kanye song), but then give them something else that's similar (a different Kanye song). The piano and violin simply work for me.

I wanted to start with an almost violent crash, despite being a relatively pleasant track. The initial snare kicks off the footage--last year's Tinikling performance, a fan favorite.

My idea was to shift footage with stuff in the same category. So 2013 Tinikling (two different angles) shifts with 2012 Tinikling, other cultural dances shift with each other, acting footage shift with each other, and Infinite PASAbilities footage shift with other ones in the past few years.

Tinikling has generally been a centerpiece of PASA's PCNs, thus I gave it the middle. Acting and other dances get their corners. IP footage needed four sides because of 1) the lack of footage to make another unique sequence and 2) the consistent balance and symmetry of all the IP footage.

The goal was to show Tinikling as a cog in the machine--that behind this amazing dance is many other amazing aspects to the PCN. I wanted it to come together in the end as a video mosaic of PCN. I wanted it to cut to the beat so your eyes were constantly working and that you can't catch everything at once, so you have to watch it again and again. It's overwhelming, but so is the show.

Showing footage from the past 3-4 years meant paying homage to our PCNs' rich history. I made a trailer-style "From the Organization that Brought You" sequence near the end just to show that this is something that comes consistently every year, and that the next one is near.

The segment of "I Wonder" where the verse style changes entirely is completely moving, and thus the style of the video had to change. I had the idea that I wanted to show "the full PCN experience." That it wasn't just the show or the day of that was PCN--it was every single moment leading up to it. I was careful to save all the backstage and run-through footage for this portion.

This is the part that is most rousing, thanks to both the footage and music. Going with every lyric and beat, I cut to different bits of nostalgic footage.

For those who've never done PCN, it gives them a look into the treasured moments of refining the show. It's the small, quick instances of people laughing, practicing, relaxing, being together, having fun, that will sell people into participation.

For those who've all ready done PCN, its a heartwarming reminder of what great moments come out of preparing the show. It's pure nostalgia. It's closer shots, more intimate footage, and just as important as the actual show.

It ends abruptly. And in 2 and a half minutes. It is over all too quickly and, I must admit, I wanted to make it longer. I tried working out ways to make it longer, which verse in the song could stay in so I could add more footage. But if I wanted the video to encapsulate the PCN experience, I had to show that PCN sometimes ends all too quickly, and you're left wanting more, but can't.

The "My Song" sample consists of the repetition of Labi Siffre's lyrics "and I wonder / if you know / what it means / to find your dreams." Thematically, the PCN story this year touches on pursuing ones passions over settling with complacency.

The lyrics also work as a metaphor for discovering what PCN means to the individual participant. Mainly speaking for those unfamiliar with PCN, it hints at the feeling of "wonder." It's a feeling most would understand when I point to the example of World of Color. It's a great feeling.

I'm really happy with how it came out, considering that none of the footage was shot by me, or shot with the intent of a promotional video.

[ticktockbananarock]

FG weeeekend.

Amazing.

FRIDAY: Practice/tech, Cindy's Birthday! 

SATURDAY: Got to FG late, sorry, overslept.. -.- But I made up and worked from 930-3 registration booth! Holla. Anyway, then I watched CSUF make FINAL RAMPAGE, as well as UC Berkley, and SJSU. Then, I went to afterparty with basically IP. SOOO MUCH FUN, especially when we won, everyone who was part of CSUF was just displaying pure happiness on their faces and just everything. We all worked so hard, and it all paid off this year. 2012. I'm so glad I was there to witness us take it all home! 

SUNDAY: Woke up, ate a meal, did some homework, then went to Disneyland with Twinnie, TJ, Gwen, Cameron, Lucille, Emily, Gabby, Janella, AND ATE! It was her birthday! :D Then I came back to my dorm and knocked the fuck out.

It was a fucking amazing weekend. <3

[izzyrowsails]

I really fucking love tinikling.

When PCN comes, and it’s all over, I already know the withdrawals I’ll be having, and it won’t be pretty. Saying bye to people you spend 5-6 hours with for twice a week is gonna be hard, especially after creating such an incredible bond with everyone. Trusting people with your life while dancing in between sticks, it’s a crazy concept, but I don’t want it to end. Something Janel said tonight and it resonates with me, she said this is one of the best tiniks teams she’s seen. It makes me so happy to be apart of something so crazy, so intricate and wonderful. Our blood, sweat and tears don’t cover how much we put into this team. And I really fucking love our team.

[pandr3w-blog]

daySE7EN: favorite lyrics, why?

This Is Love by Monsta ft. J Boog

There come those times when everything got shut down,  You keep me on track, when me had fall out of bounds  You heal my pain, yeah I'm a put my faith,  Stop all the rain, makes the weak an oddest chain.  This is love, I don't know what I'm going to do with out you!  Real love, If I'm dating the money too,  This is love, Family this is for me  This is love yo, This love yo  This is love, I don't know what im going to do with out you! Real love, If I'm dating the money too  This is love, Family this is for me. 

My FAMILIES FAMILY comes first, above everyone else. My Blood, My FAM BAM, My Bros and Sis' of Theta Delta Beta, QTPa2T Family, CSUF PASA. As much as we struggle as a family with our hardships, we all have one another to help us endure and that's why all of you are like one FAMILY to me, not FAMILIES. 

[csufpasa-blog]

Laser Tag is coming up next Wednesday, February 22, 2012!

Come out to it! Member, nonmember, Kaibigan, Katipunan, Barkada, Kababayan, IB, Everyone is Welcome!

$8 for 2 games, and Each game is 15 minutes each

It's Gonna be Awesome!

[ipdanceteam]

Thanks to SwagxHundreds for filming such a special video in honor of Tiffany Burnoski. Enjoy!

SwagxHundreds: http://swagxhundreds.tumblr.com

[izzyrowsails]

I know it's only rehearsal but I feel pretty fucking proud of myself that I got my Fast Dance down in Tinikiling. That adrenalin kick really helped and fuck dude it made me go wilddddd. Felt like I was the only one screaming and it just was an incredible feeling. Now if I can just do that during the show my life would be complete. And to show to my mother that I'm not just fucking around (I kinda am fucking around. Just with a passionate purpose). I don't want any of this to end in 11 days. Pleaseeeee 😭

[ipdanceteam]

Come support us at Friendship Games! (:

[izzyrowsails]

CSUF PASA Airbigan's Roll Call!!!! <3 

someone yelled out "Let's go Aiza!" .. :D that made me smile.