Talent Show

For the Talent show Friday I've had this idea for a while of performing behind a white sheet, in the dark with a light behind me with my shadow being the main focus of the piece. I think it would be visually captivating. Today I brainstormed the idea of having the piece be doctors operating and play both doctors and patient because it would mildly entertaining. I am currently searching for a script to use but so far the only thing I have found is an old episode of 24 which starts out in Korean (with English translations) and I love it but its too short so I will continue to until I find a piece that is both decent in length and quality. I am picking a script no matter what tomorrow so I can start to memorize and rehearse. This year I am hoping to rediscover a love for one of the disciplines but in the process I might try them all before I do.

Them Heavy People

I looked up the song "Them Heavy People" by Kate Bush and I'm honestly not a big fan, but that's probably because I have a specific kind of music I like and its not hers. Other than that personally I had to listen to the words and minimize the video because otherwise the video would put someone else's idea of what the songs about in my head. Listening to the song to me it seems the songs about her view on humanity. That being said this is the verse I added

They open my eyes to a new experience
They get me ready to explore
They make me ooze with emotion at times
It's not only anxiety, but I'm given butterflies too

Artistic Autobiography

Grace Theresa Macedo was born in New Hyde Park, New York on March 17^th, 1997.  She lived in a basement apartment with her Great Grandma until she was Two and a half and moved into the house she currently resides in in New Hyde Park. Grace as a child was very over dramatic so naturally she felt acting was her calling. Her first audition was for the Ellie Greenwich Musical at Center Street Elementary School. She landed a singing role as Dee Dee singing "Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry."

After her first taste of theater Grace was hooked and later starred in various Herricks Middle School productions such as The Music Man, The Sound of Music, and Guys and Dolls. Grace's biggest role and personal favorite was of Elsa in the Sound of Music because she felt the character had similar struggles to her own. During the course of her middle school career Grace took private singing lessons at Laconia Music Center and also from Susan Kalman. Grace is a free spirited girl and as a result took up painting in her middle school time as well. She was inspired by the works of Georgia O'Keefe, mainly painting different types of flowers. As high school grew close Grace auditioned for a special arts program named STAC. She auditioned for acting, singing and submitted pictures she had taken for photography. She was accepted into the program her freshman year. Grace worked in acting workshops in STAC, but when the fall play came around she was surprised when she did not make the cut. Taken aback by this rejection she slowly dabbled in the field of moviemaking. Grace had a fascination with abusive relationships at the time and decided to make a music video about it to the song "Unbeautiful," by Lesley Roy . Grace continued to write different scripts for different projects and after being in charge of some movies decided she liked directing. Grace continues to switch fields in the artistic community trying to find her true calling.

 

            Graces’s philosophy is to do whatever makes her the happiest, which is the main reason she is always trying something new.  She is still searching for her passion within STAC (Students Television Arts Company) run by Luke Delalio at Herricks High School. At the moment Grace is unsure of what she wants to do in any aspect of her life and hopes to be able to figure that out sooner rather than later.

Quarter 4

Q4 - WHAT IS REQUIRED of YOU

A Major

What is your major area of emphasis for Q4?

I am going to film direct and edit already written music video idea.

 

Are you exploring, or are you working towards a finished product? 

I am working towards a finished product that has been carefully thought out and is well researched because I want it to be the best work I can produce.

 

What do you envision as the end result?

I envision a music video that will leave you wondering what happened at the end and wanting to cry at the same time.

Are you working alone or do you have collaborators?

I need actors and have already asked Sabrina to be the main girl lead, as for male actor I am most likely going with Andrew because I had previously mentioned it to him.

Who are your community?

Sabrina, Danny M, Michelle M

Where are you now, where will you get to?

I am at the beginner stages and I really want the video to end with a wow factor.

What are 5 criteria with which we will evaluate your work on this this quarter?

Finished product

Research

Process

Effort (Time dedicated to the project)

Cohesiveness (How the video translates to the audience)

 

 

Minor

What is your minor? Why? How will it be useful to you? How will it be fun?

I think whenever I have free time I will read the book Luke has given me on directing, once that is finished I would write a bunch of scripts when I'm free or offer to direct one of the actors scenes. Reading this book with give me a background knowledge on directing and it will be fun when I get to write my own material

Where are your starting? Where do you hope to get to? 

I hope to end up with a pile of scripts and the technical knowledge of directing. I also feel these scripts will be handy if I ever want to turn one of them into a movie.

A Book

 

1) What is the book

"Steven Spielberg: A Biography"

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/steven-spielberg-joseph-mcbride/1102470212?cm_mmc=googlepla-_-textbook_instock_26to75_pt105-_-q000000633-_-9781604738360&cm_mmca2=pla&ean=9781604738360&isbn=9781604738360&r=1

Acting Exercise

I found this exercise to be interesting because buying into the 'scene' is not really buying into what you're saying and believing its real, but more the relationship and or debate with the others in the group. Sometimes you start to fall out of the scene such as when caitlin and I were discussing how to kill Nora's parents I laughed because killing a girl's parents due to the fact they gave birth to an ugly girl and named her Nora is quite ridiculous/far fetched. I am also looking foward to working on my 'the one that got away' project when I have the chance, which is good.

Blogging #2

Friday we went over different roles we play in a conversation. I found switching from role to role to be easy. Sometimes being disinterested in a conversation and becoming internal is nice for a change. Where as being a listener is fun too in hearing everyone elses opinions. It just helps me figure out where I stand in a conversation and where the people around me stand too.

BLOGGING

Yesterday I took some of my "The One that got away," photo's with Lisa. The experience of not having to worry if the project comes out shitty was really nice. Instead of having all this pressure we still took our photos but the experience was much more enjoyable. For my survaillance photo I first had this idea of a drug deal in my head because in many crime scene shows I watch there is always a sketchy drug deal done near a car so stealing this idea I told Lisa, Danny, and Danielle that they were a part of a drug deal. I kept snapping pictures while they did whatever they wanted and at one point Danny turned his head to face the camera to ask if I was done and it looked really cool on film, so I told him to do it again but instead of waiting for him to turn and then his face to change I kept snapping shots. The one I ended up choosing I then edited using an app called 'Wood Camera' and made the photo black and white with a grainy filter. I kept stairing at the picture and thought to myself that it was too wide, so I zoomed in so you could see the people a little bit better. Then I zoomed again still not liking the way it had looked previously. After a while I just liked Danny's face and body language toward the camera. It looked creepy as if he was up to no good which is exactly what I was trying to get across. When I kept seeing the picture all I thought was this looks like one of those wanted posters they hang at tthe police station. When I was talking to Luke he mentioned that the story you put behind it or how you frame it, a caption, thats what matters the most. So I am going to make a wanted poster to 'frame' the picture.

Today I went to the library with my group I googled 'how to make a bad movie' and after clicking a few links found a website filled with movie reviews of how terrible all these movies were. One was about a two headed shark eatting college students and the review said how they wished the shark had tweleve heads just so the movie could go faster. I thought it was so funny I told Courtney I wanted to do that because I thought it would be funny. Then she suggested we use horse heads instead which was a brilliant idea.