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!

home

home for a few days before heading off to colorado for some snowboarding..

call me??!!

family

i have arrived in Ohio and am doing the christmas thing. excited to go to Lincoln, then to COLORADO or some snowboarding with some good friends!!

waiting

Im waiting at the orlando international airport waiting for my 10:30 flight for boston, MA. After Boston its to Pittsburgh where i then drive to my final destination, grandmas house.




Currently Listening to "Chromeo"

Two down- nineteen more to go

Im finished with finals for my second month of class.

Creative Writing
Photography

Im glad they are done.
Im excited for break.
Ohio, Colorado and a little bit of Lincoln.

lets see if i can find a picture to put here for you visual folk!!

Kopeli Coffee

So i was noticing on Merlins blog that he uploaded a video of a painting he created. its super cool if you havnt seen it. check it out. Josh had also uploaded a video out of the video vault. I of course had to upload something to keep with tradition.. check it out if you havnt seen them before. they are short. but oh so good.

thanks to Lance Taylor

Hmm

I want to play in the snow

Monday was the start of my first film photography class here at Full Sail. So far it has been very good. My lecture is alright. we have pretty much gone over stuff that i already knew but it is great to be in a class about something that i love. Lab on the other hand is awesome. I hang out in the dark room and develop photos for FOUR hours with and unlimited paper amount. Its great. The creativity flows via experimentation!!!

Here are a couple samples of my prints so far. Let me know what you think!!

This was my first assignment from school. We were told to make/do something, anything that represents success to you. I didnt really know what to do at first. Should i make a short video? I am a film student after all. Then i got the idea of painting a picture of a man in a hallway full of doors. I of course cannot paint (yet) so i decided to design something using illustrator. (another thing that i dont know how to use. Thanks to those who helped me out.)

It represents, to me, a man (me i suppose) that has the keys to all the doors of oportunity and can choose whichever path he decides)

Cliché maybe but it makes sense to me.

First of all. Sorry about the delay. Anyone who has moved knows its not an easy task. Merlin and I have both been extremely busy getting settled into our new apartment and just getting a general feel of the area..
Not to mention getting ready for school,
which we started today. I cannot speak
for Merlin but I am extremely excited
to be back in school. While i was
sitting in my FOUR hour lecture, this
feeling came over me. It just felt so
good to be back
in school, learning again. But this time
im not just getting by. Im actually there
to learn and I know that everything i do
will better me in the long run. And that
feels good.







We are pretty much settled into our place now and we decided to head up I-95 to see our good pal D-Rock. It was good to see him. We got to catch up and be silly again. Everyone knows that
when you are hanging
out with D you get silly.
Doesn’t matter who you are.
It happens. And thats what is so
great about him.






And if you think that he has given up the dancing bit.. Think again!



One Night we went out to Casbah Cafe. A hookah lounge and spend the evening there. We had a good time there and met a few friends.








They consisted of
-several girls from Winter Park that now live in Gainesville
-one girl that is from Jacksonville but now lives in Winter Park
-and a girl that lives in Jacksonville that wants to come down to Full Sail eventually.

I’d say it was a pretty successful evening.


Sunday we went to Edgewater for church (Derrick’s dad, Bill’s church). And after we came back to Derricks house and i recorded some songs for Mandy (Derricks Sister)

Mandy has been writing her own guitar music and lyrics for several years and has great talent. I wanted to try my shot at recording because i have never really dabbled with recording music and/or producing it at all before. But it was interesting and i had a good time. After i work with the songs a little but more i will upload them on here so you can hear them. Im just having a little trouble making the guitar and vocals blend together a little better.

So thats a little bit of whats been going on.

-Shalom-




look familiar poor college students? ramen noodles!! mmm



Merphs Rooms


Loft (my room)

The Move

ON THE ROAD Thursday, October 18



We set out for Florida with out cars packed and our boots tied tight, hoping we wont get in a fight.. But, contrary to our hopes I got a speeding ticket less than half and hour out of Lincoln. suck. But we got into Winter Park and have gotten settled in to our apartment. Check out our place and some stuff we’ve been doing since we left.

Ultimate Going Away

On behalf of Merlin, Canada and I, I would like to thank all of you for coming to out going away get together. It really means a lot that you would come hang out with us for the evening before we departed for our next adventures. It was great seeing all of you and we hope to stay in touch!

links to photos from the evening here

changes changes changes

Ok. so i bet you are asking yourself.. Why does lance kuhns keep changing his blog so much?

Well
That is a great question. I have come to realize that I HATE IWEB. its a great program but i am never one for limiting non-professional applications.

So i guess im saying blogger is more professional than iweb :)

so

Lancekuhns.com's blog will now only be located here at lancekuhns.blogspot.com

Now i will attempt to transfer my blog over.

P.S. Lancekuhns.com is still in business, but solely for business, which i hope is good!