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Reel 07

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After what seems like months of work I give you my show reel for 2007. It’s a collection of many, many projects both new and old. The emphasis is on editing and my motion graphics work and I am very happy with how it turned out. I’ve gotten a lot of feedback on it and there are a few small changes that will be made in the coming week, but this is pretty much the finished product.

My reel is also filed under Resume in the Kinetic section of my site, there you will find a download link and an embed code.

Last Thursday Collins had a little event for students to show their work, and while at first I wasn’t sure that I wanted to go, I am so glad that I did. Not only did I get a few job opportunities, I got a ton of feedback on my reel, my resume and how to present myself. I feel I do well in interviews, but there are a lot of things to know about showing your work to people. My resume will also undergo some changes this week thanks to what was said about it on Thursday. After writing my e-mail and website on the bottom of four or five resumes it occurred to me that there is no reason that shouldn’t have been on there in the first place. I’m also in need of a more focused list of skills and a list of software and hardware I’ve used. People would look at my resume and ask me about my TV experience, not my production skills… and I really don’t think I’ll be looking for another TV job any time soon.

As a matter of fact the more I think about it, the more I think I am done with TV. A job doing actual production is my next challenge.

I’m still trying to work out a quick trip to Boise at the beginning of November. Bender will be home and I want to see the kid before he gets stationed. He is writing on his site again, and I am interested to hear more about his experience in basic training.

Dave

Across The Valley

I saw Across The Universe last night. I can honestly say that it was just as enjoyable as it was confusing. I swear, no one actually directed the movie, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t very creative. We drove out to Scottsdale to see it at the Cine Capri. Which I’m sorry to saw was in it self was a letdown. The more theaters I goto the more I realize how spoiled I am by the Egyptian. The Cine Capri was a popular theatre in Phoenix, as a matter of fact it was host to many hollywood premiers, but it was torn down a few years back and replaced by multiple “Cine Capris” (which is French for $.50 more profit per ticket) at different theaters, Phoenix now has two of them. I figured it was a huge theater, with a balcony and cool architecture. Nope, it was just a bigger theater with stadium seating and ugly gold curtains. So I drove to north Scottsdale and payed extra for nothing, but I still don’t regret seeing the movie.
Across The Universe was fun to watch, but it’s first and fatal flaw is that it’s too long. 90 minutes people, unless you’re David Lean it’s all you get! The music however is amazing, all the Beatles covers are well done and while the visuals do at times get too weird (the Eddy Izzard scene is un-watchable). The majority of the musical scenes are a lot of fun and that is why everyone should go see it. Don’t expect much from the plot, and don’t be surprised when characters just randomly disappear and appear. There is one in particular that shouldn’t have been in the movie in the first place, but just randomly pops in and out of scenes throughout the movie. It’s a directoral nightmare, but like I said, if you at least sort of like the Beatles you should go check it out.

I’m hard at work on my demo reel (you know that thing I’ve been working on for months now) I think I finally have a grasp on how to do this. I basically started over two weeks ago after watching a bunch of other people’s reels. I’m doing a sort of montage now, and while I don’t really like the concept of it, it supposedly helps you get a job. So I’m jumping on the bandwagon and hoping for the best. I get to show my resume to a bunch of potential employers at a job fair next thursday. So while I have to get the stupid thing done in the next few days I’m excited about showing it off. Even if my current boss might be there… it could get a bit weird… oh well.

On wednesday Wes Anderson released a short film onto iTunes. It’s called Hotel Chevalier and it’s excellent. It gives a bit of background to one of the characters in his upcoming film The Darjeeling Limited. It’s short and doesn’t have much of a plot but it’s full of Anderson’s usual charm. It’s free, only on iTunes and also rated R for a reason.

David

Diamondbacks last home series.

And not an empty seat in the house… It was a fun game but its a shame how people don’t really care about this team.

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