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Review 4/16/2012 - Girls - "Pilot"

OK. So this is probably going to be a very short review but that's only because I'm not really sure how satisfied one could be with a pilot. Lena Dunham just *pops* outta nowhere being produced by the king of comedy films judd appatow and she totally deserves it. The writing was real. There weren't any cheap laughs. The way people handled their emotions was just like how people handle their emotions. It wasn't dramatized and it found comedy in its humility. It was just so good and just. It's what I've wanted to see after the 14 years i've been watching televison. Something that was just human. 

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Review Week 1 of quarter 4: Sleazy 2.0 - Ke$ha

Okay. So Nick Goossen is arguably one of the most talented music video directors in the business right now. And it's a total shame that he seems to get like 0 work. The video I'm reviewing is none other than Goossen's rendition of Ke$ha's "Sleazy 2.0". Honestly, this song isn't half bad. At first I thought that it was going to be Andre 3000 stealing the show, but everybody on the remix really had some killer verses.

The video itself is that perfect blend of strange and funny where both components always complement each other. It also has this muted Kanyeist vibe to it where the video slaps you in the face with its massive ego. That little bit of snark just brings the content to another level. OH AND THE COMPOSITION AND COLOR CORRECTION OH MY JESUS.

f**king amazing.

anyways I highly recommend you watch this video. so good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCOlNbH1290&feature=plcp&context=C4f8bbd7VDvjVQa1PpcFNx0cUQ6O8ZSQiclLp0N5Cy_TV-xmDUqL0%3D

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possible shirt design for eli and elliot's clothing schpiel

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site design w/ elliot

My computer basically peed itself, so here is the awaited dm website.

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dis is my dream board. if i think it, it will come true.

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FILM REVIEW WEEK 21: amadeus

such a good FLOWERING movie dear lord. you know one of those movies where you just are instantly hooked within the first minute? where something speaks to you deeper than you expected by droves? well that was this movie for me. the acting, costume, story, the fact that it was an adaptation but was still able to stand independently without tripping over itself. so FLOWERING GOOD. oh and the seeeeeets

UHHHHHHHHHHHH THE SEEEEEEEETS.

THE STORY WAS SO FLUID UHHHHHHHHHHH.

I'M SALIVATING SO HAAAAAARD UHHHHHHHHHH MMMMMMMNNMMMNNMMM SUCH A GOOOD MOVIE

5 out of 5 ned stars

Directed by Miloš Forman Produced by Saul ZaentzScreenplay by

Peter Shaffer

Cinematography

Miroslav Ondříček Editing by Michael Chandler

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Breathless

The visual style of Breathless is hard edged, high contrasted, almost-dream sequence. By using jump cuts during mundane sequences, Godard brings a youthfulness to the screen In order to match the youthfulness and spontaneity of his 20-something-year-old characters. Gestures and phrases are used frequently and in several different contexts throughout the film in order to, once again, capture the osmosis by which youth engulfs the information around them. Most notable is how the main character, Michel, always wipes the grease from his lips and how Patricia wipes her lips at the final scene to purge the grease left from his lips. Fantastic film.

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Sabrina

The visual style of sabrina is one reminiscent of the soft, glossy visuals found in most Paramount films in its day. The significance of Paris in the film is that it serves as the catalyst for Sabrina's journey into womanhood. In her eyes, Paris is the hub of all that is cultured and mature, qualities that she must procure in order to win over the heart of David. Sabrina even goes as far to state that Paris is where you go to love. Irony in the film was that even though the main characters wanted so desperately to be mature, they often acted in selfish, childish ways and with immature tantrums when they didn't get what they thought they deserved.

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foodgasm promos

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FOODGASM 2012

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blog post:

we're doing a film on expressing/invoking emotions. should be fun. i'm going to mine on my venephobia. i hate veins. if i expose myself to them for long enough, maybe i can conquer my fear. my secondary goal is to make people feel uncomfortable around veins. i want to make it kind of like 1970's expressionist sci-fi horror movie. totally stoked.

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film review week 21 - community

my life is being absorbed by television. there is no end in sight. i am loving it though. so much. Community is a gem. It's one of those cult hits that's not even very cult. Everything about it, the cast, the stories, the character development es perfecto. I would even equate it to the comedy version of a show like boardwalk empire. Only on season 2, my favorite episodes so far are Accounting for Lawyers, A Fistful of Paintballs, and Contemporary American Poultry. It's a gem. Danny Pudi and Donald Glover are the standout stars. 

5 Ned stars.

Created byDan HarmonStarringJoel McHale Gillian Jacobs Danny Pudi Yvette Nicole Brown

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film review week 20 - the cabinet of dr. caligari

Why is this a thing. Seriously, who's idea was this? Maybe I'm just too young and ignorant to fully appreciate it, but even my movie buff step-dad thinks it's boring as a man with hemorrhoids who is in too much pain to even lean over to grab the remote and is forced to watch the directv informational channel for hours on end. oh! and 71 minutes somehow felt like 3 hours. raaaaaagh. i liked the cinematography, it was beyond solid. but the story. it didn't move me.

3.5 ned stars

Directed byRobert WieneProduced byRudolf Meinert Erich PommerWritten byHans Janowitz Carl Mayer Music byGiuseppe BecceCinematographyWilly Hameister

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Film review week 19

Raising Hope has become my new sit-com guilty pleasure. it's amazing how much you can do with a week's worth of hulu+. The premise is a 20-something slacker impregnates a serial killer and raises their baby with the help of his unintelligent parents. White trash galore. I feel so at home. Anyways, it's not a great show. Too happy and unrealistic. But I do like it. It makes me smile. Even though i've seen the scenarios in the shows a thousand times, the characters and slight twists to old favorites keeps me interested.

3.5 ned stars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ81uDSWjGc

Executiveproducer(s)Greg GarciaProducer(s)Henry J. Lange Jr.

Cinematography

Jimmy Chance

Sabrina Collins

Walt Fraser

played by Lucas Neff

played by Shannon Woodward

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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY STANDOUT - JULIAN FARINO

For my DP, I chose Julian Farino. Julian Farino directs for television, namely shows such as Entourage and How To Make it in America. I chose to showcase his direction for the second show. The single coolest part about the 8 or so episodes of the show he directed are that about a third of them are comprised of footage from cell phones. Personally, I feel that Marino chooses this form of photography as a juxtaposition of the slow and steady city of New York against its fast-paced inhabitants. The wise old grandfather made of sturdy brick and his imaginative grandson made out of sleek plastic.  That and he also gets an excuse to cut some budgetary corners while still expressing his directorial vision.

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