Monday, April 27, 2015
Fruit Fight
Published by Kristen Cook on YouTube, April 27th, 2015
Music Video by Kindie Childrens Music Artist Kristen Cook, featuring animation by Dean Velez and the students at The Anvel. It was written and performed by Kristen Cook (www.kristencook.com), with additional lyrics by Jesse Friedberg.
The song was produced and engineered by Michael Seifert at Ante Up in Cleveland, OH. www.michaelseifert.com
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Sunday, April 26, 2015
What If "Man of Steel" Was in Color?
What would Man of Steel look like with more natural color? That’s what the gang over at VideoLab wanted to see. So, they took clips from the film, played with the color balances and saturation and came up with some pretty interesting results.
Posted by VideoLab on YouTube April 21st, 2015
There is currently not a lot of information about the Folk(s) of VideoLab. Maybe this is a one-off experiment by a film student? Maybe there’s more coming?
The point, in any case of course, is how different a film can be by how it looks.
[reported on Geek.com by TJ Dietch Apr. 25, 2015]
Posted by VideoLab on YouTube April 21st, 2015
There is currently not a lot of information about the Folk(s) of VideoLab. Maybe this is a one-off experiment by a film student? Maybe there’s more coming?
The point, in any case of course, is how different a film can be by how it looks.
[reported on Geek.com by TJ Dietch Apr. 25, 2015]
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Play It Forward
“Play It Forward” by Kristen Cook is a recently released EP of 5 original songs that will inspire children to be the best versions of themselves.
For more about the EP, go to her Bandcamp page: https://kristencook.bandcamp.com/album/play-it-forward
To learn more about her live shows, music and more go to: http://www.kristencook.com
“Play It Forward” is available on iTunes.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Frozen Told by Emoji
Published by Disney February 27th, 2015 on YouTube
Join emoji-fied versions of Anna, Elsa, Olaf, and the rest of out favorite Frozen friends as they retell the story of Disney’s Frozen with performances of “Let It Go” and “Do You Want to Build a Snowman.”
https://youtu.be/qjycf7h4KZM
Monday, March 30, 2015
5-Point Movie Review, 2014
Last year, 2014, I went and saw 26 movies. This time around I included 3 movies viewed on Netflix movie steaming service, and by this I mean that I sat down and really watched them unlike like other Netflix content where I let it play while I do something like art up something at 3:00 in the morning. “Art up” is a proper verb isn’t it?
For a break down of my grading process, you may refer to my 2013 roundup.
Averaging about a movie once every other week seems like a lot. However, about half way in the year I decided to avoid my local AMC Theartres’ $2.00 surcharge on films with showing times after 4:00 p.m. when paid with a gift certificate/ voucher. So I wasn't hitting them after work as I had been doing and instead I attended a Pacific Theater, which was a little less convenient. Other wise, I figure that I would have seen at least a half dozen more movies last year.
The abundant up-graded reviews (in white) shouldn’t be surprising, since by now I pretty much know what kind of films I like/ will pay to see. Which makes the three down-graded films (in black) particularly disappointing. On the other hand, I see ever fewer surprises in films with each year, and struggle to not down-grade something because I guessed the twist ending and rather more justly grade the quality of how well the twist ending was handled.
I graded both The Lego Movie and Big Hero 6 an “A,” and probably enjoyed The Lego Movie a bit more.
I down-graded Maleficent by three levels. Besides not understanding why the characters were depicted as they were (Maleficent, the misunderstood hero), I could not imagine the creative reason why it needed to be made.
You may note that I gave most of these a starting grade of “B.” In other words I’m saying this: “Congratulations, guys, you’ve went and made the film you wanted.”
To select one film of this batch as my “If you missed it, you should check it out” recommendation it would be Edge of Tomorrow a.k.a. Live, Die, Repeat, even though I bumped it up only one level. I think it earns that position just by being a decent film that was so difficult to market or in a concise way describe the film as something a lot of people would be interested in seeing. Interstellar, by contrast, as marketed was “Christopher Nolan’s weird space and time travel movie,” and audiences understood that. Certainly, in Edge, Tom Cruise brings his “Tom Cruise” brand of actioning, but it’s like the director uses that bit of familiarity as a set-up for a surprising pay-off.
Now, I’d love to continue ranting on about AMC Theatres’ policies, but I’ll stop myself.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for watching.
For a break down of my grading process, you may refer to my 2013 roundup.
Averaging about a movie once every other week seems like a lot. However, about half way in the year I decided to avoid my local AMC Theartres’ $2.00 surcharge on films with showing times after 4:00 p.m. when paid with a gift certificate/ voucher. So I wasn't hitting them after work as I had been doing and instead I attended a Pacific Theater, which was a little less convenient. Other wise, I figure that I would have seen at least a half dozen more movies last year.
The abundant up-graded reviews (in white) shouldn’t be surprising, since by now I pretty much know what kind of films I like/ will pay to see. Which makes the three down-graded films (in black) particularly disappointing. On the other hand, I see ever fewer surprises in films with each year, and struggle to not down-grade something because I guessed the twist ending and rather more justly grade the quality of how well the twist ending was handled.
I graded both The Lego Movie and Big Hero 6 an “A,” and probably enjoyed The Lego Movie a bit more.
I down-graded Maleficent by three levels. Besides not understanding why the characters were depicted as they were (Maleficent, the misunderstood hero), I could not imagine the creative reason why it needed to be made.
You may note that I gave most of these a starting grade of “B.” In other words I’m saying this: “Congratulations, guys, you’ve went and made the film you wanted.”
To select one film of this batch as my “If you missed it, you should check it out” recommendation it would be Edge of Tomorrow a.k.a. Live, Die, Repeat, even though I bumped it up only one level. I think it earns that position just by being a decent film that was so difficult to market or in a concise way describe the film as something a lot of people would be interested in seeing. Interstellar, by contrast, as marketed was “Christopher Nolan’s weird space and time travel movie,” and audiences understood that. Certainly, in Edge, Tom Cruise brings his “Tom Cruise” brand of actioning, but it’s like the director uses that bit of familiarity as a set-up for a surprising pay-off.
Now, I’d love to continue ranting on about AMC Theatres’ policies, but I’ll stop myself.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for watching.
Cinderella
Cinderella [PG] - Drama, Family, Fantasy
March 13, 2015 - Disney
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Grade: B+
Up-graded from B.
+1: Costumes (Sandy Powell) and Art Direction (Gary Freeman, Leslie Tomkins).
Par: Story (Chris Weitz, screenplay based on Walt Disney’s Cinderella (1950) and Cendrillon by Charles Perrault).
+1: Cate Blanchett (as Lady Tremaine).
Par: Magic.
-1: Musical moments - lack of.
Note: Bryan is employed by Disney Consumer Products, sister company to Walt Disney Pictures who produced this film. Opinions expressed are not necessarily shared by The Walt Disney Company or any of its divisions. This blog is not associated with the Walt Disney Company or its divisions.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
All About That [Upright] Bass - Jazz Meghan Trainor Cover ft. Kate Davis - Postmodern Jukebox
Published by ScottBradleeLovesYa September 5th, 2014 on YouTube
So, this one is pretty self-explainatory. The incredibly talented young performer you are watching is Kate Davis, and she’s the real deal. Not only does she possess the kind of voice that will take you back to the days of Billie Holiday, but she can also shred on the upright bass. You know what to do, internet - let’s make her famous, because she deserves it. Find her on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/katedavismusic
The Band:
Kate Davis - vocals and upright bass http://www.twitter.com/katedavismusic
Dave Tedeschi - drums http://davetedeschi.com
Scott Bradlee - piano http://www.instagram.com/scottbradlee
[PostModernJukebox.com] ... including tour dates.
Postmodern Jukebox is available on iTunes.
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