Apr
24
2009
chris
Starting Jokosher
After deliberately holding off from reviewing the new Ubuntu, I’m here with a review for a great Ubuntu program: Jokosher. Jokosher is a simple – and I mean, really simple – audio editor for Linux. It took me no time whatsoever to get familiar with its interface and the only audio editor I’ve ever used is Audacity, which is horrendously ugly (but still a great program) on Linux.
So I installed it through the repositories (Applications -> Add/Remove Software -> Jokosher) and took it for a spin. Continue reading
no comments | tags: audacity, audio, editing, jokosher, Linux, media, music, ubuntu | posted in Applications, Linux, Open Source, Technology, Uncategorized, music
Jan
17
2009
chris
I probably should not be pontificating on deep matters at 11:30 at night, but whatever. My Film exam is rendering.
So if you don’t know (and you don’t, because I haven’t told anyone), my exam film for IB Film Studies II is all about signifigance. A brief overview of the story: family sits down to dinner with a friend who is utterly boring, family battle begins behind the scenes, escalates in to war after about 5 minutes.
Now, this short has gone a long way since its inception. I wanted to have a family of psycics having a friend over for dinner and whilst he’s talking they’re talking between eachother in their minds. Obviously, this is kitchy.
Now, I filmed this short with that in mind, with a script that, although flimsy, supported it. Because all of the consequential dialogue would be done with voiceover, I could change the script at will.
It didn’t fly.
But what happened was better. I decided to take this idea of a family that is different and internalize it. The almost-finished version of the film creates two distinct stages (the whole thing is one scene at a kitchen table), one in the ‘real’ world where their boring guest is going on quite like I’m probably going on right now (hey, it’s 11:30. Give me a break) and the one that is more a mirror of their family struggles. While the boring conversation is constant, the battle between the family members gets more intense as it progresses.
Which brings me to my point on signifigance. Continue reading
no comments | tags: 9/11, editing, film, IB, KCVI, school | posted in Film, My Life, Random, school
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