A scene from Pulp Fiction dubbed en espanol

This is the scene about foot massages at the beginning of the film. I directed, and edited it for my friend Camilo (he plays Jules) for his upper division spanish class. I got the script from script-o-rama.com and Camilo translated it. I then ripped the scene from the dvd, recorded the vocals in my basement, and edited it. The whole process only took about 2 hours. I thought it ended up being pretty funny, so i decided to post it on here. This is also my first attempt at dubbing a film in another language, and Ray Bans Productions is his group's name not mine. Mahalo.

Sherman's March

In Sherman’s March, Ross McElwee invites his viewer into his life and thoughts through an oral and visual account of his Southern journey. His documentary is a wonderful example of the interactive documentary mode. First and foremost, Sherman’s March takes it shape around the filmmaker, Ross, and his subjects. He takes an active role in the film, and his commentary and experiences drive the film. He is both the filmmaker and the main character, for whom the audience feels close to. McElwee’s verbal testimony gives the viewer a second hand account into his world. Although the viewer does not know of his past relationships, McElwee orally fills them in on his history. The use of “talking heads” in the film, including McElwee’s, occupy its central theme. The interactions, places, and people all affect Ross and the audience knows this through his present-tense narration. The film isn’t just a documentary about Southern life, love, and nuclear war. It is about McElwee’s life. The audience shares his embarrassing, disheartening, or pleasant experiences with him. The viewer is reliant on McElwee’s testimony and trusts him.

 

Last Production Report (Speech & Debate)

Over the last two weeks I've been getting some more footage of Joe and Speech & Debate. Unfortunately, after the last week of editing I've realized that much of what I had shot will not fit into the documentary, and that I should focus exclusively on the tournament at A&M. Nonetheless, it was good to at least try a different direction. Anyway, I've just about wrapped editing. It's a fairly simple documentary, not too flashy. I took into account the feeback I got and I appreciate it! I hope everyone is doing okay, and I look forward to seeing the projects!

Honesty is the best policy?

Well, my documentary has been all super mysterious and whatnot. My original documentary was about a Mr. Trey Ratcliff, but unfortunately, I don't think I could fit all the material I want onto a 10 min documentary. But also, I want to learn how to mess with After Effects better in order to illustrate his photography better. He's already posted information about my documentary on his blog...and it's definitely something I want to get to.

But over the break I decided to make a "personal documentary" of sorts of my family, basically trying to establish my own cultural or individual identity. I don't think this will be the final draft but definitely an intro to something that I'll be working on throughout my life.

I asked 12 or so of my family members 3 of the same exact questions. Each of the individuals vary between where they were born and when they were born. I'm trying to illustrate the various similarities and differences between all of them---and the questions themselves don't necessarily have a very tangible answer. At the same time I'm trying to give a small glimpse into my family Thanksgivings.

Maybe I'm trying to bite off more than I can chew (like always); I am having a hard time parting with some of the clips--I wish I could show all footage I captured.

rose i love you

I made this for my 1930's Cinema class project. It's a re-edit of a re-edit. The original was called "East of Borneo" (1931). Joseph Cornell's re-edit was called "Rose Hobart" (1937). This one is called "Rose I Love You" (Today). Thanks for watching.

Production Report (Come on, it's not too late)

After weeks of not hearing from this Health Education Promoter who does talks about study drugs, he got back to me and I was able to get an interview. I've cut about 8 minutes worth of my documentary and now the question is do I put him in? This is always the problem when putting together a short film on a complex topic. Since my doc is looking more like a portrait of the study drug phenomenon, with the voices of the people involved, he might end up looking like a bluntly authoritative talking head. I guess I could use his audio as a voice over for topic exposition. But I wanted a more technical sounding figure and he didn't end up embodying that.

The archival footage I thought was so awesome and so vast ended up looking really strange intercut with my interviews so I had to throw it out. A good interview also went down the drain when I discovered that the audio (even though I used a lav) sounded horrible. I keep experiencing the lessons Ellen and Kim tried to steer us clear of.

These are just some problems I'm having and I thought you all might find comfort in my misery since you might be having them too. With this little time left I'm sure I'll be forced to throw myself onto the right track. I just hope a train isn't coming.

Experimental Doc

I've been searching for different types of docs, I'm having a hard time making my project into something that has a story. I feel like its all fragmented, and not as fluid as the docs I'm used to watching, but somehow I think the fragments tell so much about my subject. I'm having a hard time piecing this together. Anyway I've been searching for examples of different types of Doc, and here is something I found on Youtube that I thought some of you might enjoy, I guess I should elaborate on WHY I enjoyed it and what it did.

Well obviously the visuals are amazing, but more so I'm interested in the way the film maker created a story with them. I don't think the story is literal, for me it was more about the emotion. The story for me had to do with the different images I was reading and how they changed corresponded to the way I felt when I watched...

I appreciated this doc, because it was unlike anything I'd watched recently. Although, I love conventional doc and what it does, its refreshing to see things that aren't so easy to read. I'm fine with having to make up my own assumptions based on what someone wants to show me. Maybe its too late to be updating this post, and I'm a little over emotional and lacking sleep, but it was something really great to watch and I think its definitely worth watching.



PRODUCTION REPORT-

I suck at recording sound. I flubbed up one of my most important scenes, and now I'm going to have to rely on the little creativity I have left in me to save me....Hope everyone else is having better luck. I'll post a bit of what I do today, its going to be a little experimental, we'll see what comes of it.