ART 122-01, Week # 5 (Video Review Stuff For Metropolis)

ART 122-01, Week # 5 (Video review stuff for Metropolis)

So, not due for another week now, but my project is coming up, and I gotta schedule lab time to shoot and edit a video. I had to pick a documentary or movie to watch and then assess it and such, via vlog. Metropolis is the movie I picked, the Fritz Lang one from 1927. Just got done watching it this weekend on Youtube, and while I could go on about it, I dont want it to just be a repeat of what will be in the video. However, I will say that it has me curious of Lang's other movies.

    I spoke with someone about a movie called "M"? That one is from 1931, and I guess it's about a guy that murders kids? So.. huh. Well, we'll see. That aside, I wonder if there are other silent films that have the same feel as Metropolis. It doesn't have to be sci-fi or anything, but the expressionist stuff is pretty neat. I have Phantom of the Opera on my list, and Nosferatu, but those feel pretty common? I hear about them a lot, is what I mean. Like, I wonder if there are any hidden gems. I do remember coming across a film called "Freaks" I think, which had carnival workers in it. I believe they were real people with disabilities- but supposedly that was what was considered creepy? I dunno how to feel about that. Maybe it's worth a watch? However, that was not a silent film. I know because they said "ONE OF US- GOOBLE GOBBLE" and yeah, that part was unnerving.

This is seriously just a long ramble. ANYWAY- next post should be the video for Metropolis, so yeah.

ART 121-01, Week # 5 (Gah, this presentation.)

So, I haven't gotten word back from Frederator, but I was also late into the assignment when I sent the e-mail anyway, so I totally understand. (I wonder if they have a huge backup of e-mails they have to go through via the one I used- which was like the public e-mail. Others were available, but I was shy on using them. Damn my weakness!)-  The good news is that they have done many interviews in the past answering questions that I would ask, so while an interview would had been preferred, there is still the internet.

Turns out Fred Seibert had a twisty turny kind of life. Like, first he worked as a radio DJ, but went on to be a a television producer and executive, then a cartoon producer- and really, at every point he launched great stuff. I didn't know he started Comedy Central and relaunched Nickelodeon ran Hanna Barbara and Chauncey Street Productions.  Going in I knew about Cartoon Hangover and all the old Cartoon Network shows- but this guys had his hands everywhere. It's pretty dang neat.

I still have to find out inside stuff, but I wonder if I will be able to find out how many employees work there and what the office environment is like. Places like Pixar showcase that stuff all the time, but I haven't stumbled across anything saying Frederator Studios has birds nest seat cushions or Igloo cubicles or whatever. I will see!

Next Gravity Falls episode, watch it! http://youtu.be/oIKcyM4Ntn0

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