Ninja Assassin

A few days ago I went to see the movie Ninja Assassin. I liked the fighting and the use of different weapons that I haven't seen before. However, this now puts me to the test Ninjas vs Pirates. I still say ninjas because they can teleport in the shadows and move super fast. If I was a pirate I would not want to be caught at night with a ninja.
Graphicly the blood looked a bit too fake for me and the story took too long to develop. I felt that there was too much backstory, but it was still a good movie. I suggest a rental for non hard core movie goers.

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing
My final Digital Cinematography project
Thanks to all who helped out and participated

Visual Soundscape

Radio by FreeTEMPO

Purely fan based for extra credit

Opposites

Here is my latest project showing opposites, lighting and dialogue.

Playtime

This is my In Camera NArrative about the day in the life of a little girl. The song is 45 Parade Place by Aya. Copyright used with permission for non- comercial use.

Video Responses pt 1

Stephanie Burgess 7

Friday, October 2, 2009

Video Responses

Digital Cinematogrpahy 

A Girl Like Me

This documentary proves a very valid point. It is sad that people of the African American race cannot get along and know that beauty comes in all shades and sizes. There are groups on Facebook that lighter shades are prettier than darker shades, or natural hair is prettier than relaxed hair. It is a constant battle ever since segregation days. The lighter African Americans would have more privileges that the darker shades. Same thing goes with the baby dolls. Parents do not teach their children that they are beautiful, or for a birthday gifts friends will buy their friends and family white dolls and mess like that.

In my case for people that are for light skin and natural hair, I lose. I am of a darker complexion, and I relax my hair because it is so thick it is hard for me to manage. Another thing I noticed is that time goes in a cycle and we are going back to the natural look of things. There is nothing wrong with it, I feel that people should just accept people for who they are and not put status on how they look.

A Slip of The Tongue

This one amuses me. I like how the person used Asians instead of African Americans. It shows me that not only that African Americans have this issue but so do people of other ethnic backgrounds. It is a strong message that I feel that society should listen to. Sadly they do not because they are brainwashed by the mainstream media.

I feel that it is up to us educated and scholarly folks that we must change that way of thinking.

No Child

Now this is interesting how this film was done. Shakademic takes on this new thing of Child Left Behind. It requires that all high school students give their address to the military. I do not think that this law I fair and it is an invasion of ones privacy. So for people who live in low income neighborhoods the military can come and pick them up to join the service because it may be challenging for individuals to make a living.

It is funny how the military reps that came over to Shakademic’s lied about how they would not go to Iraq. That is why our military is so weak. Our strongest soldiers are fighting over there and they are running out of people to fight. People will do anything to get what they want.

Bits and Pieces

I felt that this one was okay. It is a different way of telling about how people live in the Muslim countries. The people that were being interviewed were saying that they are like anyone else. They way that they dress is because of the climate.

I did like that the artist was making mosaics to describe what the person was being interviewed was talking about.

A Loud Color

This one was boring to me. Hurricane Katrina did a lot of damage but the speaker, I could not understand what he was talking about. Sometimes he goes off on a tangent and I tune out what he was talking about. I also feel that this film is incomplete because with his last statement opens something else.

Hip Hop in Senegal

It is amazing how American music influences other countries, especially hip hop. They feel that Americans slander our women and degrade them, and we do with Crank that Soiljiah Boy, and Tip Drill. They feel that Americans should take their example and incorporate in to the music industry. Putting Jesus in a song does not make it a gospel and American hip hop is terrible. 

I also like how they keep rapping in their own native language, not the secondary language of French. When they do their performances they wear traditional clothes and not everyday clothes. This one was interesting.

A picture is really worth a thousand words

This is my photo-roman for Digital Cinematography. A Photo-roman is a photo story. In this case my goal is take a nursery rhyme or fairy tale and give it a modern twist. I had chose to do "This Little Piggy." For some who do not know how the rhyme goes:

This little piggy went to the market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy had roast beef
This little piggy had none
This little piggy cried "wee wee wee"
All the way home.

I feel that I was quite successful in giving this a modern look.
 A picture is worth a thousand words.

UC Berkeley Students & Staff Walkout

Here is something for my money. This is the second time I have heard about school walkouts. One time was in Florida and now in California. Don't think that this cannot happen. I am quite sure that there are many schools out there that are in the same situation. There are schools that are losing programs that have been around for 30 years! Seriously! This is crazy!
It is a sad thing that stuff likes this happens because of the economy. I think that is unfair to students and the faculty because we do not have enough money. Other countries that are less fortunate than us have been watching us to see how we make our moves. Sadly to say our previous president has not made the wisest decisions.

K- Rave

Over the summer camp I threw a rave and it had photos of the children. Legeally I had no release forms so I replaced the photos with the ones from Otakon 2009. There is no sound, because it was for a rave.

DIgital Cinema Animation Style

I animated this for my animation class. It was challenging, but I made it through.

Digital Cinema

This is for the digital cinematography class that is fun. I guess


Get Back by Bilial Salaam. Audio Vision Spring Arts fest 2009.