Cucalorus

Its easy for me to describe my view on cucalorus because for shannon's class she assigned a paper, so I really had the time to sit down and reflect on what cucalorus is to me. What it is is a lifesaver. I moved here a little over a year ago for the film industry i had heard about. when i got here i only knew one person, it was the first time i had moved to another city and state so alone. but i managed to jump right into what i could pertaining to film and one of the first things was cucalorus. i had the opportunity to meet some of the most amazing people and they are still my close friends, i saw some of the coolest films and as a whole i had an awesome time. I was so thankful. This year things were a little different, last year i was a volunteer and this year because of my dedication to the events that were held throughout the year as fundraisers for cucalorus i was able to be part of the staff which means i had a lot more obligations and things to keep track of so i was unable to see as much as i wanted to but i got to party! the parties have been one of my favorite parts of the whole event. you get the opportunity to meet some of the filmmakers and hang out with your friends and reflect on everything you've seen together, it's an awesome environment where you are surrounded by people who share the same passion as you do. I've heard the events like the parties described in so many ways but always an incredible environment. this year i got a chance to see a group of shorts, the stinking bishop shorts, which shannon even had a film in. They were hilarious. i think they were considered the 'dirty' ones but nevertheless they were all hilarious. Even thought provoking.
The two features that I saw were the Messenger and the Square. Both were excellent. I went to the Messenger really because it was one I had time to see and I had heard so many good things, and I was persuaded that it would be a good film to see, and it was. The ironic thing is that I usually tend to steer clear from any films that include war or soldiers in it. I think because I feel like there are so many and usually have a similar story or theme and because i'm not the most pro-war person either so it really has no interest to me. but the Messenger was awesome. It was about a guy who is assigned a new position on informing families that their loved one has been killed. It shows the struggles he goes through in taking on this new task, and it's really interesting and fantastic.
The Square was sooooooooo intense, actually it was the epitome of intense. I sent you on a crazy thrill ride and I was thinking about it for days after.
If I could sum up Cucalorus in one word it would be, AWESOME.

mystery workshop,.. 3D?

im guessing by mystery workshop, we're talking about our 3D fun... I don't ever remember it being specified as a mystery but i probably missed that memo. but it was a lot of fun... and actually a lot easier to make than i thought it would be. i told a few people that thats what i did in class that day and a lot of them thought that it was really neat that we got the opportunity to do that..and it really is.

So filming it was interesting it because i knew that they were like layers of the image on top of one another but it never dawned on me that you would actually place two cameras side by side. but it makes sense, ive been meaning to research if you could actually just take one image and manipulate it by copying it and then placing it next to the other one?? but we had a good time filming it.. i sat in the middle of the hallway with my hair in front of my face like the girl from the ring because we were trying to do something "scary" which i thought would end up looking creepy but end up being boring when it comes to 3d but when i got to watch a little bit of it later on.. it was actually really freaky because it was like my figure was sticking out of the screen while all these plains of action were going on behind me.. but it was fun to move the cameras across the building because the writers bitched at us.. we also got to do things a little unlikely in the hallways.. like gymnastics...ninja karate..and just running around like weirdos.. so that's always a fun time..

logging and capturing part was fun but we didn't get to see the final product because we ran out of time.. i got to do a lot of the afterfx work because i wasnt as experienced with it so i got the opportunity to learn some new things..i got the hang of it pretty quickly and that too was easier than i thought it would be. it was interesting aligning all the plains and then setting them those red and blue colors, which im sure is a more intricate explanation than 'those red and blue colors' which i could probably look up what those colors do and why they do them. and are they certain shades? and how do they correspond with with the red and blue in the glasses? il look it up.

the glasses were also a lot fun to make, it was like arts and crafts everyone made their glasses into really sick things.. everyones kicked mine's ass i think but i still have two cute little fish for 3d goggles.. hah.. im definitely trying to get a picture of everyone wearing them tonight... where do you get those little screens anyway??

3d workshop = fun times.

the yes men.

i watched this movie on my own this week because i couldn't make it to class the day we were screening it, and i must say im a little surprised by what i saw, maybe because it's a little different then the films we usually watch, or maybe just because of the content in the film itself. i went into it keeping american movie in my mind, which i think is one of the funniest documentaries i have ever seen... anyway, i am utterly amazed at the con mike bonanno and andy bichlbaum create and keep going throughout the film. There are a few things that make the content so shocking.. one being how easy it is for them to be able to fool all these people...another being how stupid the film makes general people seem.. and how people passively accept speeches these dudes give out.

technically and artisitically i wasn't THAT impressed,,but the pranking keeps me entertained enough. impersonating wto team leaders has got to be an exhilarating joke. im still in awe it worked and that these bros were actually invited to speak at different places... and even exposing certain male appendages to audiences while representing men of power. which was hilarious, and that scene itself is worth seeing the movie.. other than that scene, what i also liked the most was that the college students are the ones that get it... first they get the bullshit that these pranksters are saying is BULLSHIT and respond confidently... pissed,confused, or just comically.. and then they get it that it's bullshit as in its all a joke.

its funny that the only ones to actually understand the HUGE prank that swarmed leaders around the world are our upcoming YOUTH. college kids.. fuck yeah.

the film was good though.. i wish i could have watched it in class with everyone else, but got the opportunity to watch it with my roommate and some friends.. so ultimately got to spread the film because it seems underrated, i hadn't heard of it before this class, whereas american movie was pretty popular.