photo challenge

these are some shots from josh NIX and my photo shoot over christmas vacation. the challenge was that we had 1 downtown block to shoot several frames. we were interested to see what each other would come up with and how we would shoot. until now, josh hasnt seen my photos nor i his. well here they are. i only got three frames in the 10 minute time frame.

in the studio

this is a cell phone photo (since that seems to be the popular photo type these days) of a recording arts friend setting up for out recording session. my buddy travis wrote a rap about our computers, math and the internet class and i was fortunate enough to get to make a fool out of my self laying down some flat vocals for the track. we are shooting the music video tomorrow so with any luck it will be up on youtube in no time. oh i love technology these days! (juan g. 2006)




and this is a cd cover i made for my cmi class using none other that "GIMP" (a sore excuse for photoshop, i cringe at the thought!)

aqui está

FS so far

no words

goreel

we now have a new blog-www.goreel.blogspot.comwhere we will be posting movie reviews and everyone can respond and say what they thought of the films. It is a good place to have good conversation about good, mediocre, and terrible films.. See you all there!!


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Cloverfield

in all honesty i went into the movie with low expectations.

and i feel that to merely say that the movie was better than i expected doesnt say much.

I would say my overall vibe of the movie was... i liked it!!

lets break it down.




So. we went out on thursday night and caught the midnight showing of cloverfield.


the story surface level.. it was a "slice of life" story (like my previous creative writing instructors would say)

It was a slice of life in the sense that we started at a party- got minor background info (sufficient amount to work for the movie) then a disaster struck. then we follow them on their journey.

so all in all the story line was mediocre but worked in this specific situation so i cant complain..

Cinematography-

an interesting approach on movie making to say the least.
it was done completely hand held "home video" style.
This gave an interesting aspect adding to the slice of life factor.

concerns with this style.
it was hard to follow at times. i found myself needing reference points to keep from puking my lungs out. (note the brooklyn bridge scene)
*not recommended for those with weak stomachs and easy motion sickness

Special FX

i must give the special FX team mad props. Not only were the special FX good, but the fact that they had to sit there and key frame out every single frame of the entire movie since its shot hand held: there are no reference points to go with, rendering this project a beast.. for any of you who know about keyframing or keystoning or rendering any kind of 2d, oe 3d object..

Acting. mediocre.
sometime i felt the acting lagged a little. phrases like "what is that?" "whats going on?" "what should we do" came up a lot and i found it repetitive and unprofessional. (not that "real people" would be "professional" but it reminded me of a bad improve job.

but in all the did good, working with CG crap and everything.

so. thats cloverfield.

i realize i was quite harsh but all in all i would see it again.. i might pop a few dremamine before returning though.

tell me what you thought!!!

love

new project on horizon.

i am about to start on a new movie project. it will be my first "real movie" to be done at full sail and arguable my first "real movie" that i have done. im not quite sure what i will be doing for it yet but whatever is cool. i just want to get to makin!!

i would like to do camera work

i would settle for producer work

editing is what would be bomb ass

only time will tell.

i will keep you up to speed.

thinking

i thought i would write a blog with words, cause i dont do this much.

i am currently sitting on my couch.

i just bought a new tv today so i have my computer hooked to my tv with my bluetooth keyboard and merfs bt mouse here.
its quite nice. i like it.

whats new?

i started class today after the "long" (its all relative) winter break. i was excited. WAS is the word to be stressed.

the class is computers, math and the internet.. (thats one class folks) i didnt think it would be too bad coming into it.
i mean. i am already pretty much a nerd so i should already know loads of stuff. and actually the class itself i dont think will be too bad.

but MAN was it boring today. our instructors are the typical "dungeons and dragons" pc nerds. not that im judging. :)
anyway, class was boring today. we will see how it goes.

but as far as the rest of my Florida life...

i am excited to be back down here. who knows what G-d has in store for me. who would have known i would be here at all?

status was really cool last night. we are going to be beginning a three month series on JESUS with is awesome. im super pumped for that because i desperately want to know more.

anyhoo.

sorry for putting you through this..
maybe next time i will have something insightful to say.

but im not a wordsmith so i wouldnt hold your breath.

and since i cannot do a blog with a photo. here you are



photo credit: Josh Nix and Lance Kuhns
this is from a nice of exploding light bulbs in josh's garage

Sinclair

Originally uploaded by Lance Kuhns

This is a shot from our drive home from Colorado in Western Nebraska.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

flickrd

my flickr is up and running. i have uploaded some photos from my recent trip to colorado.



in lincoln one more day

then headed back to florida.








and anyone who is interested in beginning the "photo challenge" check out the new flickr group

this will be the place to upload pictures and comment on people photos.


and here are the categories for the shoots!!

lets get shooting!