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| good ol' chicago. or chicago land. whatever you prefer. kate and i have been here for a few weeks now. i'm not sure how long, the days kind of run together. i finally started school this past thursday and i think the art institute is going to be really wonderful. the two classes i've been to are both very open to whatever ideas, forms, mediums, etc that we want to persue, but at the same time somewhat rigid about our producing work on our own. i think that's great, because i've never been real good about producing films that werent for an assignment. the few times i've tried recently, things haven't worked out for one reason or another. i think i have a hard time dividing my attention up between things and keeping priorities in order. this may seem obvious to some of you who have been more able to observe me, being that you are not me. yeah.
kate and i are a little lonely, a little bored, and really broke. i know that will change once loan money comes in, but man, i hope things change soon. kate decided against studying at columbia college, and switched to the art institute. i think it was a good choice because saic really has a lot more to offer her than columbia. it was the same with their film majors. i really miss my old haunts in denton, though, in general, i don't miss texas. i miss karma cafe, knowing everyone walking down the street, cheep beer, and the worst of it is, you can't get shiner bock in chicago. now, our neighborhood has it's perks: there is a sushi place right when we walk out our door, a tea house, a coffee shop, a book store, all within a few steps. the bad thing: we can't afford any of those things. also, the coffee shop and tea house are only open to 11. i need one open at least till 3!
but there is a sweet little diner just down the street that's 24 hrs, and it's right by the el. we've also learned to take advantage of the local library to rent movies. we rented batteries not included the other night.
another problem is that we don't have a bed yet. we've been making a pallet on the floor for one of us, and the other is on the couch. it works well enough for now. we also haven't found a church yet. we really want to find one that is in the community we live in, but that brings up a number of challenges. our neighborhood, lakeview east, is a predominantly gay, lesbian, bi, and transgendered community. that's fine, but it means that most of the churches in the area don't necessarily line up with us theologically. so we're trying to visit a few other churches near enough for us to still be sort of involved in this community. hopefully the lord will really guide us and put is in a place where we can serve and grow at the same time.
so, that's mostly it. call me sometime, my new number is on my myspace page http://myspace.com/mikeybrimstone
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| I'm about to have a wife. Oh Jesus..... | | |
| the review of my film. though i agree with her appraisal of the technical issues, i don't respect the reviewers taste because she dug "ambition". like seriously.
THE END OF SLEEP “Wake to sleep and take your waking slow, learn
by going where you to go…”
Producer : Randy Marsrow
Director : Michael Morris
Screenplay : Andy Amato
Editor : Takuya Shiomi
Director of Photography :
Jace Ford
Featuring : James-Michael
Specht, James Watkins
Uh…what was this one about again? I think it had something to do with an
artist, who, in the middle of a “creative block,” starts hallucinating about
religion, witchcraft, and that tree from Emily Rose. Of course, not being able
to hear what in the heck was going on really made it difficult to follow the inner
conflict of our delusional protagonist.
Yes, you could say the film had some noticeable issues with audio
perspective: the background noise was too loud, the dialogue wasn’t loud
enough, and that constant mechanical hum was so annoying it almost made
me get up and leave the Lyceum right in the middle of the film. I thought about
reiterating one of Dr. Sauls’ lectures on the importance of the production
sound mix; but, I decided to go ahead and leave that lecture to him. Sauls is
much better at getting his point across than I am – and he’s a lot more
entertaining.
Unfortunately, because the audio problems couldn’t be “fixed in post”, THE
END OF SLEEP ended up having an extremely convoluted narrative. Of
course, I wouldn’t have been nearly as confused if I could have understood
more of the dialogue, which is obviously important in a dialogue–driven
narrative such as this one. I’m sure I don’t have to remind you that “bad audio
can destroy any production, no matter how good the visuals appear” (Sauls, p.
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| so, i'm in dallas for the time being. i've been so blessed recently, my only prayer is that i don't squander my gifts or the time the lord has given me.
as far as saving fry street goes, go here: http://www.savefrystreet.com
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| a few things...
Fry street will be dying soon if nothing is done, and might be anyway. what can you do? i'm not sure, but i think the answers lay in the district becoming marked as historical. here's some sources of info:
http://www.myspace.com/savefrystreet
http://www.myspace.com/preservedenton
check these out if you love fry street, or if you at least understand that other people do. I certainly do, it's been big part of my life for the last 4 years.
also, i have another screening on the 20th of may at the metrognome collective if anyone would like to come! http://www.metrognomecollective.org
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