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   So this week was somewhat eventful, i brought my little buddy R.O.B. to school and people treated him like a little pet..which was cool (but i still think he's evil). I'm getting a ocarina in the mail..now i just need to learn how to play an ocarina.... I was quite flustered when my fight scene filming was interrupted by a meeting..kind of awkward having people walk in on you filming someone fighting a toy robot attached to a pole by strings while holding an NES zapper. I learned that my little robotic friend is quit resilient, taking several falls and still remaining intact. Also I decided that I'm gonna build a costume of Foxy from FNAF and a replica of Majora's mask. I'm considering wearing the costume to the movie's premiere, by the way....  http://www.designntrend.com/articles/47113/20150411/five-nights-at-freddys-movie-story-production-release-scott-cawthon-warner-bros-film.htm

Until next time... I'll be taking over the world with an army of tin toys and robots!

movie mind control

    This one speaks about how movies affect the brain while we watch them. The video included cover the topic of "neurocinema", a new area of study. On a test done with a couple participants watching The Good The Bad And The Ugly, certain scenes effected all of their brains the same way, and when shown those scenes along with Curb Your Enthusiasm, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and a video of New York Central park each video affected the cortex differently, with Alfred Hitchcock Presents (not so shockingly) having the biggest affect. This science could even eventually lead to movies that change based on how your brain reacts while your watching!
       Science again coming in to change the way things work..for the good of course. Movies obviously had a affect on the brain..but this is just cool, seeing how it effects our brains is awesome. The cortex's activity changing based on the interest levels of what we watch..I really want to see that idea of changing movie become a reality...maybe if we think hard enough we could make it change how we want..that would be even cooler.

Why you shouldn't want a JOB in animation

   This article is mostly the personal experiences of Will Fin in his career as an animator. He starts out by stating you shouldn't want a job, because that is ruled by someone else and can be taken away, you should want a CAREER, something permanent, that you enjoy and are responsible for. He mainly talks through the rest about his various jobs, starting out working on parole for Disney (only to be fired after nine months) then moving on to Don Bluth studios, then onto Filmation, then BACK to Disney, then to Dreamworks and some freelance jobs on the side. He ends it by giving a couple bits of advice; never take a gig ffor granted and each job is not an end in and itself, its part of the bigger picture, a career.
    Let me just say that when i saw the title "Why you shouldn't want a job in animation" i said to myself "What.." Then after reading on i got it it was talking about changing the from wanting a JOB to a CAREER., then i said "oh..nice trick" I thought it was cool how he worked on Dragon's Lair...I enjoyed that game. He has had quite the career..lots of ups and downs... and many companies. Overall nice read, I liked that trick in the title.

Drone filming

This article talks of the rising popularity of using drones to film. The drones can provide incredible video feed at a birds eye view and provides filming of things that we're previously impossible for humans like erupting volcanoes or the insides of storm clouds. Even though heavily restricted in the US we should see more lenient laws soon.

Drones, sounds like fun. I mean flying around and capturing first-person video is awesome..can't wait for them to have their heavy restrictions removed..I would totally buy one, just to fly it through forests and abandoned buildings. I wonder if I could get it into blocked off abandoned buildings...hm.. Now I really want one.

Go with your strengths?

So this article talks about the problem of "do you leave your comfort zone or stay within your boundaries?".  Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Leaving let's you improve upon your and broaden your overall skill set, while staying makes your life easier and you always show your best without worrying about screwing up to much. Another thing mentioned is self-efficacy which forces you yo focus on what your doing and f pi ever about comfort zones entirely in order to pump out the best work.

Ah, the puzzling question of the comfort zone and strengths. Which does one choose? Personally im fine with both, I like staying within my boundaries but if I can learn something new I won't turn it down. But that's just my opinion, it varies between everyone and is a question that will be with us forever.

weekly comments

This week was pretty okay....got my Video Contest in on time (yay) but not how i wanted (boo...).  I was pretty upset about that..... lighting sucks. However filmig for the video poem went flawlessly.....I got through that one pretty good! Also the Walmart by me started stocking Mountain Dew White Out (AW YES) I was sooo excited about that! I need to figure out how to get the lighting right for filming in my basement...it looks so much different on the ameras LCD screen than it does on the computer...so yeah....problem there... At least i learned that i need more lights....like perhaps alot more..maybe even 12 or more. I did mange to beat the Stone Tower in Majora's Mask however.which took a while...yay.. Anyway here's an interesnting trailer for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAHprLW48no

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    This week went by pretty well. I was pretty happy to get second place in the regional Skills USA competition with Jake (woo!). It was really upsetting to try to navigate the campus where the competition took place, especially with the horribly unlabeled and pixelated map, and we had to stop early beause of weather(yay)...which also meant no stopping for food(double yay)... I learned that turtles dont like being cleaned...he bit the toothbrush...alot........ I'd like to learn how to block light without making it obvious on camera. It would make night vision effects much more believable....and thats all for this week...