My New Favorite Show

Fraggle Rock is an awesome show. I just discovered it now and never watched it as a kid even though it is for kids. It is educational without being 'look at what you learned' . It is about 3 different worlds and how they are connected. Humans, fraggle rock, and the gorg garden. It has catchy songs and a variety of muppet creatures. Also the character Gobo is Canadian, of course this isn't stated but some of  his phrases and mannerisms are very distinctive. Anyway it is definitely my new favorite even though it  was only on tv In the 80s.

My favorite characters are the Doozers, they build towers for fun and wait for Fraggles to eat them so there is space to build more towers. Sprocket the muppet dog of the human world is also pretty awesome. He has fingers and communicates with his person through 'charades'. Fraggles are  multicolored anamorphic creatures with tails that live underground are about 2 feet tall and eat radishes. Fraggles call the human world Outer Space,  the Fraggle Traveling Matt is exploring human culture and sends postcards back to Fraggle Rock for his nephew to collect each week. Sprocket often catches Gobo getting the mail bet is then distracted and lets him go back underground.

How can you go wrong with a magical trash heap that gives advice? Nyah...

Other favorite shows of mine
The Magic School Bus
Arthur
Franklin
George Shrinks

Aaron stone
No Ordinary Family
Eli Stone
Alias
MacGyver
Stargate SG 1
The Muppet Show

NCIS
Person of Interest
The Following
Marvel: Agents of Shield




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What's next

Well, Finals are done. I am so glad I am not an editor. The editors and producers still have a lot of work to do with final project but the rest of us actually have some free time. I am loving having the time to read again.

We do have classes again this month. Film Theory: World Cinema and Career Prep. Film Theory required everyone to give a presentation on a non-Hollywood film, series, or director. Career Prep is about branding yourself. for example we are supposed to create personal business cards and have a professional online profile. Branding yourself is a big deal, your sense of style is constantly evolving so to choose something to label yourself for the next 2 years or however long the 250 business cards last is a big deal.

If you can't tell, I am a bit worried about deciding how to 'brand' myself. I always think that anything that represents me should show my personality but a personality is complex. How do fit the essence of you on a business card. I assume that if you are reading this blog you know me in real life. If you have any ideas about how I could brand myself on a business card please let me know, all input welcome.

My Day

Today I really missed playing saxophone.My Aunt and Uncle took me to the Symphony tonight. Mahler's Ninth. It was so cool watching professional musicians. We were in front of the bass section. One bassist was really into it, it was fun to watch. The Conductor would have been very confusing to play under. I know music and I couldn't even figure out what the time signature was most of the time. He was also really into it, you could here him breathe when he wanted another section to start. By the end of the first movement he was sweating. There were some very interesting musical choices that I was curios as to how they were depicted in the music. I was also very impressed by how loud a single violin can be and how quiet 30 violins and 8 cellos can be. The final movement was a lot of pianissimo to the point you thought it was over then they started again louder, this happened several times. The symphony was over an hour long and they only rehearsed for a week. Crazy, band class practiced for months and maybe had 20 minutes of material. It is also amazing that people can write cohesive non repetitious music that lasts over an hour. The men had white bow ties and tails; women just had to wear all black, some pants, some dresses, some high heels, some long sleeve, some cardigans. Music is cool because you aren't forced to retire. There were 30 year old and 60 year olds sharing music. As long as you can physically play and you can still hear you can stay. Now I want to write music for parts. I have trouble writing for just me, making it up usually leads into something I recognize. To be able to create your own melodies that can fit a piece of music that long is amazing. I seem to be saying amazing a lot. But it really was cool.

group projects

Remember group projects in highschool? Or better yet elementary?

I was always the one who did most of the work and told the other people what to do. I hated doing that but that was the only way things would get done. I can lead but i dont like to. People are followers. I expected that group projects in university would be smoother and people would want to be involved. Wrong. Most of it is the same. I am in 2 groups currently that I am frustrated with because everyone chose their parts but not everyone is doing theirjobs. I cannot do my job without work from other people but they haven't been doing it. It has been promised to me multiple times. And that is the worst part. So I am expecting this information but it doesn't come. One part I have beeb waiting 4 weeks for. I hate being a mean person because they freak out if I get mad at them for not fulfilling their jobs but what else am I supposed to do. This isnt like a project in highschool where i can just take over and do it for them so at least i can get a good mark. They actually have to do the work themselves.

People are annoying.

Announcement

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Pink

Hello again, this is just an update of what I am doing. Currently final projects are in prep and classes continue. I am also part of a team doing a project outside of school. We plan to film after final projects are finished. We are also really trying for festivals. CLICK HERE for more information.

I am working. Here's the proof!

Finally an Assignment I can show people. This was a Cinematography assignment to tell a story in 8 frames. The lighting could be improved and there could be music but watch it anyway.