Today is the last day of school, or should I was was the last day of school. Cause it's already over! Ha. I'm still here though, toiling away, giving you what you need, blog posts from me.
I don't even really, know what to talk about. I just got out of an exam, and my brain is all mushy.
how about, I do a top 5 songs about the summer right off the top of my head. these are in no particular order. It's right off the top of my head! Whoa.
1. Sly and the Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summer time
2. Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
3. Backstreets - Bruce Springsteen
4. The Faces - On the Beach (youtube doesn't have this one)
5. And summer time Blues - Ummmmm, I'll use the Beach Boy's version.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven ... Blatz?
Okay, I don't really have any intro planed out for this one, so I'm just going to get into it. The other night, Tuesday night, I attended a play put on by Theatre Projects Manitoba, and written by a former CreComm instructor, Armin Wiebe. The play was called was called The Moonlight Sonata of Beethoven Blatz. So you're probably thinking what I was thinking when I first heard the title. "What's that about?" Well, it's about Mennonites, but it's not what you might think. The play breaks away from traditional Mennonite stereotypes, while still using some. I can't really come up with a better way to explain what I mean by that, and I don't want to go into too much detail, simply because I don't want to ruin the surprise of the play. So, if you don't understand what I mean, then you have to go see the play. And it's good, so don't worry.
Because I don't want to leave any of you completely empty handed I'll throw in a few main themes of the play. Poison Ivy: it's a bummer, especially if you get it between your legs. There's a piano, and you better believe it's broken. There's a Russian, and he sure speaks German. And, there's a bit of conflict, like any good play should have. Now I don't really want to give too much more than I had going into the play, but I will, add just one more thing that I didn't know going into it. There's a love square. That's like a love triangle, but it's got an extra corner.
After my class watched the play, we were fortunate enough to have the playwright, Armin, speak to us afterward, and then again, this morning. Having him answer our questions about the play really helped give a clearer understanding of the characters and some of the more subtle parts of the play. One of these parts involves an instrument called the brum tup. I'm not sure if that is the correct spelling, when I looked it up, that's the only way I could find it. There is a scene in the play, where the brum tup is being played at new years, by a woman dressed as a man. It seemingly had very little to do with the play, and I was greatly confused during that part of the play. Armin explained during our seminar that the brum tup had for quite sometime been an ingrained part of Mennonite New Years tradition. Young men would go door to door with the brum tup and sing Ode to Joy. I think that's right. I'm pretty sure it was Ode to Joy.
Anyway, the play was great. There was even mention of the story behind Ludwig Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Go see it, and stop complaining about how there's nothing to do in Winnipeg.
Because I don't want to leave any of you completely empty handed I'll throw in a few main themes of the play. Poison Ivy: it's a bummer, especially if you get it between your legs. There's a piano, and you better believe it's broken. There's a Russian, and he sure speaks German. And, there's a bit of conflict, like any good play should have. Now I don't really want to give too much more than I had going into the play, but I will, add just one more thing that I didn't know going into it. There's a love square. That's like a love triangle, but it's got an extra corner.
After my class watched the play, we were fortunate enough to have the playwright, Armin, speak to us afterward, and then again, this morning. Having him answer our questions about the play really helped give a clearer understanding of the characters and some of the more subtle parts of the play. One of these parts involves an instrument called the brum tup. I'm not sure if that is the correct spelling, when I looked it up, that's the only way I could find it. There is a scene in the play, where the brum tup is being played at new years, by a woman dressed as a man. It seemingly had very little to do with the play, and I was greatly confused during that part of the play. Armin explained during our seminar that the brum tup had for quite sometime been an ingrained part of Mennonite New Years tradition. Young men would go door to door with the brum tup and sing Ode to Joy. I think that's right. I'm pretty sure it was Ode to Joy.
Anyway, the play was great. There was even mention of the story behind Ludwig Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Go see it, and stop complaining about how there's nothing to do in Winnipeg.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Video Montage
I’m going to be filming my video montage this weekend, I’m pretty sure it’s all figured out at this point. I’ve gone through a few different concept ideas.
My first concept was a video set to ZZ Top’s song Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers. The basic concept was that I would film some children, most likely my niece and nephew riding on their bikes around.
My second concept was going to be set to the Al Green song Love And Happiness. For that I wanted to film different couples going though the range of emotion that can come from a relationship. Things like flirting or acting in love, or fighting. I still really like the idea, but I couldn’t find anyone willing to act in it. So the idea fell though.
My third concept is sort of still a work in progress, as far as the footage goes I’m going to be going out of town to do the filming. Probably to the cottage or my mom’s place. The basic plan is to get shots of things happening in nature, like animals or ice breaking up on a creek. If I go with the more generic idea, I’ll use the song Sweet Thing by Van Morrison. But I might focus on trees and get shots of different trees young and old and if I do that I’ll probably set it to The Beach Boys’ song A Day In The Life Of A Tree. Whichever way it goes will probably be determined in the editing stage.
My first concept was a video set to ZZ Top’s song Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers. The basic concept was that I would film some children, most likely my niece and nephew riding on their bikes around.
My second concept was going to be set to the Al Green song Love And Happiness. For that I wanted to film different couples going though the range of emotion that can come from a relationship. Things like flirting or acting in love, or fighting. I still really like the idea, but I couldn’t find anyone willing to act in it. So the idea fell though.
My third concept is sort of still a work in progress, as far as the footage goes I’m going to be going out of town to do the filming. Probably to the cottage or my mom’s place. The basic plan is to get shots of things happening in nature, like animals or ice breaking up on a creek. If I go with the more generic idea, I’ll use the song Sweet Thing by Van Morrison. But I might focus on trees and get shots of different trees young and old and if I do that I’ll probably set it to The Beach Boys’ song A Day In The Life Of A Tree. Whichever way it goes will probably be determined in the editing stage.
Friday, April 1, 2011
The Cloud Nine Mix CD
It’s Friday, which is pretty good. I’d like to say I’m looking forward to a few days off, but sadly, I’ve got a little bit of homework, maybe it’s more of a lotta bit, either way, I’m sure that’ll take up the entire weekend, at least it should if I’m doing it right.
Yesterday was a pretty cool day. It was the RRC Magazine Trade Fair, which was awesome. I think it was some of the most fun I’ve had in school ever, except that part where I had to spend 40 minutes untangling string. Once again I’m sorry Bean and Leaf group for losing your string spool thinger on the ledge in the atrium, if it makes you feel any better we lost a pen too.
I made a mix CD for our (Cloud Nine’s) table at the trade fair. I was pretty proud of it, and I’m still pretty sure that it was the best of all the Mix CDs at were available at the fair. Anyway, here’s the track list.
1. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
2. An Occasional Dream – David Bowie
3. I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
4. That’s Not Me – The Beach Boys
5. Blue Moon – Big Star
6. Tired Of Being Alone – Al Green
7. All I Wanna Do – The Beach Boys
8. Dream Lover – Big Star
9. Sweet Thing – Van Morrison
10. Memory Of A Free Festival – David Bowie
11. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles
The Concept of our Magazine, Cloud Nine, was sleep health and wellness, so I tried to go with a sleepy kinda theme for the mix. I hope that came across.
And this is kinda cool...
Yesterday was a pretty cool day. It was the RRC Magazine Trade Fair, which was awesome. I think it was some of the most fun I’ve had in school ever, except that part where I had to spend 40 minutes untangling string. Once again I’m sorry Bean and Leaf group for losing your string spool thinger on the ledge in the atrium, if it makes you feel any better we lost a pen too.
I made a mix CD for our (Cloud Nine’s) table at the trade fair. I was pretty proud of it, and I’m still pretty sure that it was the best of all the Mix CDs at were available at the fair. Anyway, here’s the track list.
1. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
2. An Occasional Dream – David Bowie
3. I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
4. That’s Not Me – The Beach Boys
5. Blue Moon – Big Star
6. Tired Of Being Alone – Al Green
7. All I Wanna Do – The Beach Boys
8. Dream Lover – Big Star
9. Sweet Thing – Van Morrison
10. Memory Of A Free Festival – David Bowie
11. Tomorrow Never Knows – The Beatles
The Concept of our Magazine, Cloud Nine, was sleep health and wellness, so I tried to go with a sleepy kinda theme for the mix. I hope that came across.
And this is kinda cool...
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