Friday, February 21, 2014
New Blog!
Seasons of Horsekeeping now has a blog! Check it out here for updates: http://seasonsofhorsekeeping.blogspot.com/
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Seasons of Horsekeeping Update
Filming is moving along slowly and (somewhat) steadily. Editing has ground to a halt. We have, however, gained some ground with the music. We have obtained permission to use music by composer Jonathan Maiocco. Here is a link to one of them on his Soundcloud account:
https://soundcloud.com/jon-m-2/100-cupboards
Please check out his website, here. All of his music is wonderful.
https://soundcloud.com/jon-m-2/100-cupboards
Please check out his website, here. All of his music is wonderful.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Project Announcement
We are now working on a documentary under the working name of "The Seasons of Horsekeeping." Lord willing, this will be a series of semi-professional, educational documentary on the care, keeping, and difficulties of horsekeeping. We currently have about half as much footage as we need, and we are slowly gearing up to shoot in the optimum conditions this summer.
Stay tuned for updates!
Stay tuned for updates!
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Left Behind II: Tribulation Force
Well, I've decided to change pace a bit and post a review. Last Friday I watched Left Behind, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I will see about posting a review for that and a study on a few points I feel like it illustrates nicely, but I think I will make this review while movie #2 is fresh in my mind.
First off: the average rating of this movie was 3.4 stars. This average was drawn from 456,652 people. That is saying something, however, I think mostly the problem was with the pacing and scripting of the beginning. For the first half hour, the movie felt like a racehorse that had tripped on its way out the gate - it was taking awkward steps. Some things were too slow, some things were too fast, and the script felt severely abridged. Some parts made me want to hit rewind and watch it over again in slow motion.
Second, the name "Tribulation Force" was a strange pick for the amount of information the movie contained about that subject. One person says "We need to make our own Tribulation Force" once, and...
...
...
nothing happened! It leaves you thinking "What's a Tribulation Force?" "What does it do?" "Who came up with that name?" and, my first thought, "Where did that come from???"
It seems they decided to make this movie as though it was the same one as movie #1. They started in the middle. One commenter summed it up like this: "In general it feels like part 2 of a [3-part] made-for-tv movie."
Those were the technical problems. In terms of appropriateness, two teenagers get killed in a shooting, Chloe wears a dress displaying a disappointing amount of cleavage, two soldiers get burned to death, and a fireman is brought into the infirmary that has been badly burned. The shooting is not graphic, just images of the kids falling to the ground and lying there. The soldiers who get burned just kinda flap around and shout in slow motion and then collapse. The only graphic injury is the fireman, whose face is all red and gooey, and he is shaking in pain. The one scary thing is when Ray Steele, the pilot, shakes Nicolae Carpathia's hand, and he has a vision of who Nicolae really is - his eyes disappear and it looks like his face is melting. That freaked me out!
Other than those problems, I really liked this movie. The story isn't that great, and nothing really happens, but if you come to it not expecting much it is an enjoyable watch. The violence level is moderate, spiritual content is high, and the sensuality level was light. I would suggest it to about ages 10+, although my 10-year-old sister did not enjoy it.
Also, don't watch this movie unless you have seen the first one, and can get your hands on the next one.
First off: the average rating of this movie was 3.4 stars. This average was drawn from 456,652 people. That is saying something, however, I think mostly the problem was with the pacing and scripting of the beginning. For the first half hour, the movie felt like a racehorse that had tripped on its way out the gate - it was taking awkward steps. Some things were too slow, some things were too fast, and the script felt severely abridged. Some parts made me want to hit rewind and watch it over again in slow motion.
Second, the name "Tribulation Force" was a strange pick for the amount of information the movie contained about that subject. One person says "We need to make our own Tribulation Force" once, and...
...
...
nothing happened! It leaves you thinking "What's a Tribulation Force?" "What does it do?" "Who came up with that name?" and, my first thought, "Where did that come from???"
It seems they decided to make this movie as though it was the same one as movie #1. They started in the middle. One commenter summed it up like this: "In general it feels like part 2 of a [3-part] made-for-tv movie."
Those were the technical problems. In terms of appropriateness, two teenagers get killed in a shooting, Chloe wears a dress displaying a disappointing amount of cleavage, two soldiers get burned to death, and a fireman is brought into the infirmary that has been badly burned. The shooting is not graphic, just images of the kids falling to the ground and lying there. The soldiers who get burned just kinda flap around and shout in slow motion and then collapse. The only graphic injury is the fireman, whose face is all red and gooey, and he is shaking in pain. The one scary thing is when Ray Steele, the pilot, shakes Nicolae Carpathia's hand, and he has a vision of who Nicolae really is - his eyes disappear and it looks like his face is melting. That freaked me out!
Other than those problems, I really liked this movie. The story isn't that great, and nothing really happens, but if you come to it not expecting much it is an enjoyable watch. The violence level is moderate, spiritual content is high, and the sensuality level was light. I would suggest it to about ages 10+, although my 10-year-old sister did not enjoy it.
Also, don't watch this movie unless you have seen the first one, and can get your hands on the next one.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Shots
In a movie, everything has to contribute towards the mood. Music, color, dialogue and a myriad of other things are all tweaked to work towards the common goal. One technical tool that should be used is the framing and style of the shot. If you shoot a herd of running horses, you have a multiple choices to communicate different moods: If you wanted to display the glory and beauty of the herd, one could use a sweeping crane or helicopter shot from above.
Or you could pan along with them.
To generate chaos and overwhelment (is that a word?), you would take a still shot at the herd's level, or even at their feet.
Other examples for either glory or spookiness would be shooting from below:
Other spooky shots would be shooting at ground level,
Or from directly above:
When I find out how to post sections of video, I'll make another post about styles of filming.
~In the Lamb,
Maria
~In the Lamb,
Maria
Friday, July 20, 2012
Welcome
Stay tuned for information about film projects by 8:32 Studios! For film studies and other tidbits, go to my other blog, Amor et Bellum (http://amoretbellum.blogspot.com/)
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