This week i learned about different  types of cameras and shots. I still want to learn after effects.
This week i was happy to get 10 shots done for the group project. But i was not happy that i still do not have the demos done. That is about all for this week. 

The first thing i learned is that Actors have the most difficult and the most dangerous job on the set.
I would have thought it would have been someone using heavy equipment or someone running the rigging.

Second thing is  Actors, in order to do their best work, must be working in a safe environment.
I didn't think this because some of the sets in movies look kind of dangerous but it is still good acting. That could just be cgi but you never know.

last thing is that while taping only the director should be talking to the actors. I thought that most of the people on the set would have to talk to the actors for safety reasons but i guess not. 

Well the first thing i learned from the Disney article is that they are making more princess movies. In my opinion This makes no scene i mean you think the would come up with a new idea but they were like "NO MORE PRINCESSES". I don't know if its just me but it seems like Disney is running out of ideas for movies.  

The second thing that i learned is that they are making this movie to try to get people to not hate Latinos. which makes no scene ether because only kids are going to see this not adults and adults are the ones who are showing hate

Last thing i learned is that Disney is pushing  to increase the diversity. Which shocks me because i never really thought that Disney would use kid films do do so.

If you like drawing in Photoshop this is for you. It shows an easy way to shade and color drawings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVWKECLQhNc

This week I learned That I Photoshop is not just for messing with photos it can also be used to draw things. The thing that made me happy this week was finishing my sound story and having time to think of some ideas for projects and concept art. The one thing that made me mad this week is that i couldn't figure out how to make my blog background the way i wanted. I am looking forward to learning premiere because i have never used before.   

At the beginning of this i had no clue who Joss Whedon even was. But reading on i found out he helped make one of my favorite movies "The Avengers". The thing that really shocked me was the fact that Whedon Worked on both "The Avengers" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer".   Even Though I Was not a fan of Buffy I know a lot of people who were or still are.

His first message hit home with me. Because i have had several ideas but not one of them became a real thing. Well i had some things that i made but nothing big. So his never give up on an idea shocked my mind. The big reason i did is the fact that I'm helping a friend with a project and I get to draw the art. While i am not that good of an artiest I agreed to help. The entire time we have been working on the prep work i have been trying to draw the characters that I was assigned to draw but I i hit a wall, Because i am trying to change my art style for this. At time i would get depressed about it but that advice from Whedon has made me want to work harder on this project.

His second peace of advice is "Sometimes a Drought Comes Right Before the Downpour" This just means that thought a director or an artiest may go through a period of time where they don't make anything good or anything at all, There is something coming that will change that. Whether it is a new idea or an opportunity of a life time. This is true for most of the big names in the media business, from Tim Burton to Whedon its one of those things in the business you can't avoid. 

Next is "Never Lose Sight of the Emotional Stakes". This is just saying no matter who or what your character is, or what basic rules or guidelines that the genre set for you, that character must maintain there basic values. Yes there emotions may change but there set and range of emotion can't change from scene to scene(unless a dramatic event happens). This is one of the things that can make or break a movie.

"Build the Structure, Then Hit the Playground". This is referring to to the fact that, Yes production is the most fun part about making a movie but it is not the most important. The most important part is the pre production and that takes up 90% of the time for making the movie.

Through reading this i learned three big things, first don't give up on ideas. Second sometimes you have to go through a period of not getting anything done to form a good project. lastly i learned when working a project don't change the characters a lot at one time its bad for the story line.

The only thing i want to know is what else has Whedon worked on in the movie business?

When reading the article on Tim Burton's newest movie, It shocked me to find out that is is an extended version of his old short film Frankenweenie. Seeing how i have seen most of his films and have liked the majority of them i added this movie to my must see list. From what i understand this remake is made in the same was as the original and many other of Burton's films. This process of stop motion that he does is not only time consuming but it is difficult, for if one mistake is made it is hard to fix. Though this story is not entirely new i still expect it to be high up on my favorite movies list, not just because of the animation style but because it has sentimental value. As a child i was not big on films until i watched Burton's original Frankenweenie, after watching that i watched my favorite movie "The nightmare Before Christmas". At the time i didn't know that it took 24 pictures to make just one second of those films but i do now, And seeing how they are both one and a half hours to two hours, That is around 172,800 pictures. The other thing that shocked me is that the new Frankenweenie is in 3D. This is shocking because it is in black and white, and i have never seen that. Like the makers of the film i didn't even think 3D could be black and white.