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Dear Parent

Dear Parent,

This may come as a shock to you, this may, even come as a disappointment, but if you're reading this note - it is better that you should know rather than be unaware of the truth.  Your child is an artist. 

What can you do?

At this point there is no cure for artistry or the artistic temperament, but a little knowledge about it might help your understanding.

Fi...Read more

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The Olympics and Why Singers Have to Be Beautiful

 

The Olympics are in high gear now.

I think the fascination with the Olympics is the idea that these people from all over the world may, in fact, be the fastest or strongest or most skilled humans on the entire planet.

(Carl Lewis's tag line was "Fastest Man Alive.") And since many of them break records - they may be the fastest, strongest,...Read more

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Matt Damon Loves China (And Mark Allen)

Here's a little pop-quiz for you - who said this about the Szechuan earthquake?

"...I got a letter, from the Tibetan Foundation that they want to go and be helpful. And that made me cry. And they ask me if I would write a quote about that and I said, “I would.” And it was a big lesson to me, that some times you have to learn to put your head down and be of service...." [Transcrīpt from Speak4China] A)  Patrick Lee

B)  Matt Damon

C)  Sharon Stone

D)  Mark Allen

Now.....Read more

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My Name - Vote on It

I've been directing music videos and commercials for a while, but last year I started doing TV and this year it looks like I will have a feature started and a few industry friends suggested that since I'm just embarking on a more name oriented career and my name is relatively common (though not as common as "Grace Lee" apparently) - but since it is common, I should add my middle name.

I don't want to add my middle name because I have no connection to it, but I could add my middle initial.

So - I deci...Read more

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Story by Reaction

I'm going to reverse engineer a concept in order to apply it to writing:

If you think about great moments in cinema.... actually go ahead and do it.... think of some favorite moments....  now, think about the entire sequence of edits which make that moment.  Most likely - even if your favorite moment was a big action scene - there was a face in there - responding to some stimulus.

This is how we help the audience understand what is happening.  

When the film is being edited, you are watching for opportunities to...Read more

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Freedom

You are only as free as you educate yourself to be.

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Cosplay

I visited the anime expo, Los Angeles, this weekend.

As someone who creates and directs fantasy entertainment, I'm always curious as to who the audience is and what they are responding to. 

cosplay and characters

Being someone who invents characters, I think the ultimate goal would be to create a character people connect with on some level so strongly with that they want to embody them.

<...Read more

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Both Sides Now

Race's interest in female singers with unique voices made me think about Joni Mitchell today.  If you don't know who she is, you might know one of her songs "Big Yellow Taxi" or "Paved Paradise" which got a lot of covers in the last decade.)

In 1967, when Joni MItchell was 24 years old, some well known performers at the time started recording her music - one song in particular, Both Sides Now, became a top ten hit.  Eventually Joni recorded i...Read more

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Under The Radar 05: Tilly and The Wall

Artist;  Tilly and The Wall.   I think it's interesting to see how one unusual choice for a band can make a drastic different in providing a unique sound and energy for the group.  In this case the choice of having the tap dancer used as an instrument makes this band's music have a defined signature.

Song:  Rainbows in the Dark

Video:  I think the video is decent for a live performance video.  It captures a lot of the personality and the energy of the band.

Video: Read more

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Diablo III Announced

This is just for the gamers....   (But for the non-gamers to understand... Diablo 2 was one of the most successful games of all time.)

But... Moments ago Diablo III was announced with gameplay footage and all at their website....

www.blizzard.com

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语言
english
位置(城市,国家)以英文标示
Los Angeles, United States
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male
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April 13, 2007