Movie masters' style

Over the past couple of weeks I've been shooting some clips for school. For one clip I decided to make a lynchih-style. This is what I learned:


1. Get a wide-lens camera
Wider the better. All the masters use it: Kubrick, Leone, Lynch ...


2. Sound

Choose it wisely. It is, like my friend says, very very very important factor. And way underrated. I found that out while making my own clips. They came alive after sound, so kudos if you manage to do the soundtrack well!

3. Lynch style

Of course NObody can replicate him but there are things that Lynch's work is made up:

• flame, flickering
• smoke
• "lamp" or theatre colours (i.e. quite saturated colours)
• flickering/water/light/mix-up scene
• disturbing scenes (it's usually both violence-scenes and those that just are so out-of-the-place that they are very very disturbing)
• lighting (almost like a theatre lightning)
• animal (occasionally, doesn't need to be real one)
  
• very strong distracting soundtrack (one of the essentials of Lynch's work)
  
• - and of course, the storyline is mixed, plot is bizarre and there is no explaining of anything

What came of my Lynchih-thingy? Well, I missed quite much so not very much. I'm way too scared of Lynch's work to even start refining it. There's a filmmaker that's very demonic. Very (and I have no idea why I still keep watching his movies even though I don't like them -ok, I do like the 'art' they are made but not the movies).

Ryanair, oh why Ryanair?

Recently I found a news item telling that Ryanair is seriously thinking about toilet charge!! (read it here). Then, it became evident that they are in a bit of a cash trouble indeed:


Courtesy of The Coast Of Yemen from B3ta

Personally I got kind of love-hate relationship with this airline. I love it, it reminds me of Mile High (and I liked the service -normal service mind you- what I got there -no PUN intended) but then again I'm not quite sure how to respond to these kind of cut-backs!

These videos are sponsored by a car

Pick the better one:

Sting - Desert Rose
by Sting

This version of the Desert Rose (a video which you can't see in Youtube [see my previous post] if you are from elsewhere than from States...) is actually -if my memory deserves me- a new version. There was an older clip without so obvious marketing (I think you can find that music video from Sting's Brand New Day CD -if I remember correctly, could've been another vid). Nevermind, Sting + car looks awesome, even if the music video is otherwise totally & completely ridiculous with that advertising going on (aka "Sting wandering like headless chicken with camcorder").

And:

Texas - In Demand
by Sanaika

I'd like to see a person who notices the car. I don't. But if I get that kinda of a bloke with the car I'm buying it (that is, when I get filthin' rich)!

Piss you off Youtube

Don't you hate it when you get it:
"This video is not available in your country or your domain"

What is this "my club your club" bullshit?

Please, explain me of what good it is & to whom to restrict videos by country? Hello anybody? Is it the US. authorities who are behind this legislation? Now tell me how and what horrible things will happen if I will be able to see e.g. Sting's old (yes, an old ) video? Will the world blow up?! Who does it hurt? Gesh.. So, honestly f* you off! If it comes to these stupid rules, I will see the video one way or the other whether or not you have made video un-available in everywhere else but in US.

I like to twist that knife

(addition to The Infinite Edition by Look Elsewhere)

Now a test: Have we learned anything

A Pepsi Commercial or What?



Here's a good article:
'Saturday Night Live' Acts as Ad Agency for Pepsi
(sorry about the link but this way you can hopefully see it without logging in)

And here are the clips:
MacGruber 1 (not online any more)
MacGruber 2
MacGruber 3 (not online any more)

And oh, by the way, I really recommend Naomi Klein's Nologo.
A very interesting book.