Summery of goals for spring break

1. Get laid (ongoing)

2. Finish plot points for Mafia phone feature

3. Get my driver's license

4. Kick it with EVERYONE

5. Watch complete works of Wes Anderson

7. Drink at least, but not limited to, 2 beers a day

8. Play Kings Cup at least twice (two different occasions)

9. Visit Venice at least, but not limited to, once

10. Catch up on AFI top 100

11. Watch Sam Raimi films

12. Jam at least, but not limited to, twice with either/and Natan and Mikey

if this sounds like a down-ass Spring Break, hit me up at any time

I'm fucking down for anything

My Celebrity Look-alike

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The Last Samurai

moved me so heavily...

Just everything about it made me feel emotion, and it was exactly the right emotion at exactly the right time.  I want to be able to do that. I wonder how long until I get that kind of good. The exact point of every scene was spot on, the director knew exactly what the story was, and communicated it to everyone so clearly that there was no mistranslating it

John Toll, ASC, is such a great Cinematograher. Other than The Last Samurai, his movies include Braveheart, Legends of the Fall, Tropic Thunder, and Wanted. He is well known as being an outdoor DP, and his work on The Last Samurai really is the perfect example of why.  He told the story elegantly, and showed us some of the beauty of Japan at the same time. Every shot was breathtaking.  There was no impatient jonesing for the next cut, just full and happy satisfaction with each landscape. I've found that he photographs sunsets very well. I wonder what kind of technical process he goes through to get those results like the ones in The Last Samurai.

All shit aside from Tom Cruise, he a fucking amazing actor. His talent is so huge, he is often underestimated due to his good looks. I really gained a lot of respect for him after I saw Collateral. All the things he had to do to prep for that role...He was, for all intents and purposes, Vincent. Every single thing that Vincent said was motivated by a moment in his life. Even if it wasn't on the screen or in the script, Tom Cruise had to know every bit of backstory and incorporate it into that character.  Not many actors can do that so entirely.

So yea, The Last Samurai is done. I can move on to watching something else now. lol

I think either Touch of Evil or The Man in the Iron Mask is up next for me. Theres so many I have to watch...

Ultraviolet...

...is so bad!

omg I mean it looks really really awesome, but the script is waaay weak and it takes itself too seriously.

I mean it tries!

it honestly tried to have a plot. But everything is so exagerated that in the end, it just doesn't work.  Nobody's gonna buy into it, and you can just feel the writer making it happen.  it clunks along from one fight scene to another, and the fight scenes just aren't good enough to save it

I'd rather see Milla Jovavich be hot and kill bad guys in a movie with a plot, like THE FIFTH ELEMENT, or RESIDENT: EVIL. Those movies kicked ass! 

A REAL mystery

I've noticed my dress clothes have begun to go missing, it's really really wierd

Well, first off, I have a favorite tie

That's probably a little strange in and about itself

but it's gone missing, along with two belts, one vest, and one half pair of jolly roger dress socks

I'm pretty concerned, cause dress clothes cost me a and I expect them to last for a long time. It's pretty upsetting that they don't. I can never find them when I need them. I also can't find them when I don't need them, but by then I'm not looking.

I had a nice silk tie. I miss you little buddy. Come back to papa...

btw, loving my clothes this much doesn't make me a homosexual

and there wouldn't be anything wrong with me being one anyway,

but I'm not

I just like wearing nice clothes.

2-9, 2009. Army jacket, Blue jeans

So me and Jess broke up

it wasn't anything unpleasant, I just told her that it wasn't working, and she just kinda understood.

It worked out.

She's not upset or anything

we're just gonna move on.

I kinda asked her if she'd be down for friends with benefits

and she kinda sounded down

it's a vague area, but who knows...

we could both use something to carry us into the next relationship.

Big Bear Shoot

So yea

Big Bear is really awesome!

I'm working on an independent feature called "Silent Night"

I don't know if it's gonna be a great movie, but it sure is great to be on set again and the crew and cast I'm working with are pretty great

I don't think I had this much fun at ICF.  All we do is shoot movies, eat, sleep, and drink. This morning call time was 5AM. We wrapped that night about 10PM.  I'm totally exhausted, my feet hurt, I don't get to shower a lot, and I'm bailing on a lot of other responsibilities. And I feel great about it.

I feel a little strange. Some of the students there are graduates or senior students at Fullerton. And a lot of them are interning as PAs

I'm an 18-year-old, college freshman who barely drives and is a little clumsy. I'm a grip. I'm not far up the totem pole, but I outrank the PAs.  I really hope this leads to me getting jobs in the future.

The DP is SUPER awesome. He's this guy Ian, and he's pro. He really knows his shit and he knows so many little tricks. I'm learning a lot just by following him around and doing what he says.  Me and Erik can almost tell what he is going ask for, we get all the shit ready.  Then he'll go and do something crazy and make the shot even better.

Hopefully I'll be able to take these experiences and chock them up to good times and general filmmaking experience.  I just wish I could think better. Like more creatively. I really feel inadequate in that way. I feel like I just don't have the storytelling ability to  really use my technical knowledge to it's full potential.

I hope to be putting up more blogs and pics from Big Bear before I leave for sure on Sunday. It doesn't give me much time.