1. Drive
2. Moneyball
3. Source Code
4. The Tree of Life
5. Bridesmaids
6. Fast Five
7. Paul
8. Hobo With A Shotgun
9. Point Blank
10. Insidious
11. Green Lantern
12. Green Hornet
13. Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides

I know, I'm missing a lot of movies on this list (Capt America, Thor, Harry Potter) but I just don't have the urge to go see them.

The Fall semester for 2011 is coming up next week and I'm really excited, mainly because of Advanced Filmmaking. I enjoy these classes because it gives me the opportunity to create my own short films. I always loved movies and I thought, why not try to make some of my own?

I'm already brainstorming some ideas for the final project already. Last week, our teacher emailed us to come up with three rough ideas before the first day of class. I'm carrying over one idea from my previous class. I'm sure I wrote about it in a previous entry a while back this year in Spring. Here's a sneak peek:

Idea #1:
The one thing that I really want to create onscreen is a fantastic foot chase. I attempted one in "Taken To The Limit" but it fell short to my expectations. During the initial brainstorming for this idea, we came up with a plot that revolved around a man and his lemonade stand. Things are going well until a couple thugs stir up some trouble and take the money jar from the man.

Idea #2:
This is an idea that has been carried over from my previous filmmaking class (Intermediate). It's about a clown who terrorizes a babysitter, which is based on a creepypasta. Creepypastas are these short little stories that only exist to scare readers. A few examples are:

- The woman in the white dress by the side of the road
- The girl with the red eye in the room
- The dog who licks the boy's hand under the bed

Idea #3:
I don't have a third idea yet but there's a few things floating in my head. I'm trying to stay away from the artsy type movies. I don't want to make anything that's supposed to be deep and meaningful in any way. I just want the audience to have a great time and be entertained. Don't expect any suicides or downer endings in any of my shorts. Then again, never say never.

I'm planning to go on a bike ride with some friends this weekend. Some of them have mountains bikes but I have a BMX bike, which is not recommended for long distances. 60+ miles to there and back home altogether. It's gonna be tough.

As of right now, we're not 100% if we're gonna do it, but I wouldn't mind. It'll be a cool experience.

   

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Have you ever had a good chat with someone and after it's over, you start to analyze the conversation and get all frustrated on what you should have said and things you forgot? Yeah, well I had one of those moments a couple days ago.

It was on a Thursday at school and I was waiting for somebody to open up the editing rooms (so I could edit my movie). While I waited, this older woman comes by and asks me if I was waiting for the room to open. I said yes. Seemed like she was too. A moment later, this younger woman, in her early 20s, comes up to the door and talks to the older woman. Apparently the older woman was waiting for her. The young female looks at me and asks if I'm here for the editing rooms. I say yes and she opens the door to let us in.

After about an hour, I was almost finished on my movie. I just had to burn the project onto a DVD so my film class could watch it that night (class was going to start in 5 minutes at this point). The young female comes into editing room A after dealing with the older woman earlier about her movie. She sits next to my computer to resume on her work.

The woman asks me if I needed help on anything and I say "No thanks I'm fine." She was like "Alright." I take a glance at her and begin to ask...

"So are you like a student? Are you taking the film classes?"

The woman says that she works at PCC. She's in the film department and helps out students in the editing rooms and classes. I'm like "Oh really?." She smiles and adds, "You thought I was a student asking if you needed help?" I said yes and she starts laughing on me being weirded out by some fellow classmate asking somebody if they needed help.

We started talking about film related things like avoiding the timebreak error when you're editing (which is the biggest annoyance to me) and sound problems when recording. After a bit, she tells me her name is Rebecca. I remember saying "Oh okay, cool." I think she even offered a handshake (not sure) but I didn't follow through. Maybe I should have introduced myself. Not to be a creep or anything, but Rebecca is one of my favorite female names. Whenever I hear that name, I always think about "The Town", which is a movie that came out in 2010. It was a movie that I really enjoyed so I guess it's a good thing if I associate Rebecca with that.

Once my DVD was finished, I thanked her for the advice and left the room. I hope I see her again. I thought she was really cool.