"Run"

Portrait of a Person

https://vimeo.com/60139313

Shot By Shot Analysis of Saving Private Ryan Scene

Effective Camera Movements

So this is one of my favorite commercials ever by Old Spice and the camera movement is a vital part of selling the effect. The camera has to be continuously moving while not showing transitions between scenes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLTIowBF0kE

I was trying to find a better clip of this sort of effect but you see it all the time where the camera movement anticipates the action that is about to happen. In this case it is a dolly in on Bond right before a train comes darting at him. This shot is at :40 sec. in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_zQjxbvpY

So one of my favorite CMF films is "Violet" that won Best Drama last year in Hollywood and there is one particular shot that's really cool that is used as a transition shot. A lot of times there is just a jib shot in the mix of an action sequence but I like the way this shot was chosen to transition to another scene. The shot begins at 2:57.
http://www.campusmoviefest.com/movies/15372-violet

Top 10 Favorite Pictures

So my favorite color is blue, my favorite place to be is at the ocean and I love boats...put all of that together and this is what you get.

I have always had this image in my mind after seeing one of these online just like this and so I had to take one myself. Other than the bridge in the background it is a simple and relaxing picture and I love the way the light hits the chairs and casts the shadows.

Airplanes have always been a fascination of mine, especially with my uncle having built this jet from scratch and it is the only one of its kind in the world that is still flying today.

Abandoned buildings and structures are one of the most interesting sites. Seeing how no maintenance or upkeep has affected a place allowing only weather to change the appearance makes every place unique. This I believe was an old water mill on the Black Warrior River in Northport, AL.

Taken off the coast of Miami, Fl. This is one of my favorites, the water could not have been anymore beautiful.

Over the summer I had the opportunity to go to Cannes, France and right near the main convention center is this huge marina and with my obsession with boats I had to take this. The calmness of the water and the reflections from the sky make this picture.

One of the greatest moments of my best friend's life I helped capture, when he just proposed on the most beautiful evening.

Another abandoned building (Old Bryce Mental Hospital), which many people find this place creepy but it has so many unique rooms that each have their own unique look.

New York City is an amazing place full of cool things to see but this was one of my favorites. This picture is more of the meaning of the subject matter than the aesthetics themselves. I cannot even begin to describe the numerous meanings this picture has of where the twin towers used to stand. 

This is one photo and photos like it of space are just mind blowing to me. The many colors that the universe displays are breathtaking. The complexity of this picture cannot even be comprehended for within it are billions of other galaxies. This picture really puts it into perspective of how small we really are as a planet and as individuals.

5 Favorite Film Scenes

My favorite scene in Inception is the final dream sequence where Leonardo DiCaprio is falling through the dreams. The graphics in this scene especially are just astonishing. Being able to take something that would actually be thought of as a dream and actually be able to put that onto a screen is mind blowing. What really makes this scene for me is the soundtrack. Every time I hear it, I get chills.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqSg7WO4tT4
War movies are some of my favorite because for the most part they are capturing real life events and reacting exactly how it would have been at that time. One of the first scenes of Saving Private Ryan where the soldiers arrive on Omaha beach is the most powerful and saddening to me. Watching the struggle of the men fighting to get to the top of the beach while dodging thousands of bullets really puts you on the edge of your seat.

I love horror movies as well as comedy and this was one of the first well done zombie comedy movies that I saw. My favorite part of the movie wasn't really part of the movie in a way but it was the opening scene with all the zombies and how they were basically 3D. But I like the part where they accidentally kill Bill Murray thinking that he was a zombie.

This is my all time favorite animation movie. Toy Story 1. This movie in its entirety is sound but the scene that just keeps me laughing is the scene where Sid's sister takes Buzz and dresses him up for a tea party and he just mentally loses it and Woody has to snap him out of it. I cannot believe how amazing this film looks for it being the first fully computer generated film.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGmxoKJ-ee0

This has got to be by far my favorite James Bond movie. I am a big James Bond fan even though there were some of the bond films weren't quite that good but this one...WOW. The best part of the movie to me is by far the opening credits with the Skyfall theme song by Adele. The graphics in it are crazy good and so smooth and the way that every image you see relates to a scene in the movie really makes the film come full circle. 

TCF 201 - Short Film Reviews Fall 2012: Short of the Week Due 9/5/12

I thought that this was a really great film. At the beginning I was a little against the excessive handycam style but in the end it really helped move this story along and put you more into the charters lives. The kids did an amazing job acting and conveying just how it would be if someone were living in that situation. Right from the beginning we jump into the lives of these characters and at first I didn't think that the mother was really their mother because of how irresponsible she was and I couldn't imagine any mother treating her kids that way. I like how in the bio it talks about how the director set it up that in the beginning when we first meet him we automatically dislike him because we think he's just trying to hook up with her but in the end we see the other side of him when he buys them all food and doesn't just leave them behind. I like the film because it shows that some people actually live this way and it tells the story in a way that doesn't feel like you are sitting through a long film.

TCF 201 - Short Film Reviews Fall 2012: Short of the Week Due 8/29/12

Absolutely hilarious. I loved how first off the film came full circle to really make it even more powerful. I liked how there were some already well known faces in the film like Shelley Berman, which was a funny and good surprise. The use of humor was great while the message was to do good deeds for others. I felt the editing was very well done and even with the car hitting Bobby scenes. The scene with the Latin dancing was a great touch as well as smashing the Ricky Martin Boombox. I have watched it three times now and is still funny and powerful.  http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2011/09/26/in-god-we-trust/