Short film - week 5

Strangers

This short film is strange, ironic isn't. Since the movie is called strangers. This movie didn't have any dialog.

Witch gave it some substance. I really didn't get the movie, and that is probably why i chose it. I love movies you don't get,

because it's so frustrating. But it sucked. The start was really boring, but it got much better.

Black Button

This was a really good movie. It was sorted of out there, and weird. The blood, does't look real. But the message was good.

It was easy to figure out what would happen if he pushed the button. But I was never shore if he would do it.

I chose it because its a good movie that was a little unusual.

The window

I chose this movie, because it was weird, you don't understand anything before the end.

Maybe thats just me being stupid, but I liked it. It was not a good production, it was the story that made it cool.

Scavenger Hunt- Week 4

1. What is the height of the world's biggest tree? How long did it take to grow?

Worlds biggest tree is called General Sherman and it is 275 feet high.

And it took the tre 2300-2700 years to get this big.

(http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/worlds-biggest-tree.html)

2. What is the best way (quickest, most reliable) to contact Madonna?

The best way is twitter .

(common sense)

3. What is the age of the oldest ever captive elephant? Is this older than the average wild age?

On the average an elephant lives somewhere between 50-70 years old. But the oldest Elephant actually lived in captivity. Raja (his name) and he lived in captivity for 82 years. He lived in Sri Lanka.

(http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/wildlife/elephants/elephant_about.html)

4. How would you define the word 'glycomics'? In your own words, what does it really mean ? What does the term 'seagull manager' refer to?

Glycomics is carbohydrate chains. Is used a lot in biology.

Seagull manager is a manager who only criticize their work or when it's trouble.

(http://www.griffith.edu.au/science/institute-glycomics/research/what-is-glyc)

omics)

(http://www.wordspy.com/words/seagullmanager.asp)

5. What was David Cronenberg's most recent feature film? Which of his films Had 'Blondie' in it?

David Cronenberg's last movie is History of Violence (2005)

Videodrome has Blondie in it.

(http://www.jdmfilmreviews.com/2007-06/)

(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000343/bio)

The Trailer of Videodromer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYucU765-M8

6. When was the original 'Hacker's' released?

In 1985 by Activision.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(computer_game) )

7. Why do phone numbers in Hollywood films start with '555'?

Because they started with fake phone numbers in the movies.

The first one to ever use it was Panic In Year Zero! (1962)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/555_telephone_number)

8. What is the cheapest form of travel from the Gold Coast to Cairns?

498 dollars. Or you can hitch hike! 0 dollars. Or walk also 0 dollars.

(http://www.airfaresflights.com.au/flights/Cairns/Gold_Coast-OOL/)

(common sense)

9. What song was top of the Australian Pop Charts this week in 1970?

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water

10. Which Brisbane band includes Stephen Stockwell on keyboards and vocals?

Stephen Stockwell plays the keyboards and vocals in The Black Assassins.

(http://blackassassins.net/) (http://rubyewinter.blogspot.com)

A "music video" by The Black Assassins

I used www.yahoo.com in all of my searches.

Today's lecture/task

Find an explanation of the following terms:

VLS / WS = Very Long Shot / Wide Shot shows you where the scene is set.

In this example you can see that the scene is set on a vollyball court.









LS = The Long Shot is good to show where the scene is set (the same as VLS/WS ) but is also showing what is going to happend. Is often used in scene where people are walking or to change the location.














MLS = Medium Long Shot, means from the top of your head to about your knees.











MS = Midshot, this is from the waist and up to the top of your head.


Is good to show WHAT the person is doing. And what the problem is.












MCU = Medium Close Up, this is from your chest and up to the top of your head. This is a good shot to explain an event and answer to the "how" question.

Answer the question HOW. This can aslo be used as a series of medium close ups.






CU = Close up, your neck and face. Good for showing the main characters face. And to introduce him/her.

This answer the question WHO? Who is this person in detail.














BCU = Big Close Up, is a close up of your face. This can help you answer the why question in the movie, usually by revealing more about a person or/and their actions.

Answer the question WHY? usually by revealing more about a person and their actions.





ECU = Extreme Close Up, is a close up of a body part, watch or something else.
Is good to use when you want an dramatic effect.



(All the pictures are from facebook, so they are all legel)

Embarrassing GOOD TIMES

This video is bad, I made it four years ago. We made the song (that happens to be in norwegian) and made the "music video" (I uploaded it from Snutter a norwegian site, because I didn't have one with me)

I really didn't find anything funny. So I just posted my favorite feel-good song. Enjoy!

Her is some edited pictures from google:

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07/balloons_450x350.jpg

http://blogs.iwcc.edu/syshra/files/2009/04/balloons.jpg

Guess which one is the original?

Convergent Tech

Today I'm going to post 4 pictures on my blog.. of 4 different convergent
technologies. jeej

This is an Iphone! This is a mobile phone. You can also access the internet and take pictures. It's also a calculator, you can check the weather and it has a GPS. Pretty amazing??

The beauty is that you can check the ti

me all over the world. So if you wanna se what the time is in Norway, you can without using your brains. genius if you ask me. And if you forget everything like me, you can just add your task on the calender. I bet you didn't know that??

This fridge is pretty cool, its just like a robot. It regulates the temperature. And I'm pretty sure that it can talk.. and it makes ice cubes. WOW !

What you see under this text is an PSP. you can play games AND watch a movie.. probably more too.. AMAZING

This is a toaster and a microwave. very convenient.