Sunday, September 23, 2007

Grad School

Grad School Coursework First Month Summary:

Advanced Film Theory, Corey Creekmore, The Voice in Cinema:

Currently writing a paper on Star Trek, specifically the Borg.
Notes read as follows:
Data - "Are you the leader?"
Borg Queen - "I bring order to chaos."
Tone sexual, viceral[sic]. Borg Queen is the only sexual Borg. (Very poor drawing of Borg Cube)

Colloquium, Ariana Hamidi, Text in Film:

Recut a Richard Scary alphabet film to spell out the phonetic alphabet. Found another alphabet film where the host tells a fry guy-esque creature that Kiwis taste like strawberries and bananas.
Note the customer comments





Sound Design, Leighton Pierce:

Used ProTools (love) to turn Chris into a purring cat and added him to a soundscape with Maricio (older Italian exchange student) sewing during a rain storm.

Proseminar, Louie Schartz, Microcinema:

Watched Prince Albert Hurts, a short film about a botched piercing job (edited by Nicole Koschamnn).