College; a time where all the students have contacts and straight teeth.
I, on the other hand, will have neither.
I think I'm going to get braces to fix my bruxism and eventually I plan on getting Lasic surgery.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
FUERZABRUTA 7/17
Location: Daryl Roth Theatre @ Union Square
Price: $75 a pop ($0 for me cuz NYU paid for us)
pretty bad ass show ... considering the ticket is $75 and i got to see it for free.
flying people, chicks slidin' in pools suspended above the audience, shrouds of confetti flyin all over, loud techno music, club style lighting, and a crazy ass crowd...
i suggest u google FUERZABRUTA if u want to see some pictures of gliding chicks in wet pools
Price: $75 a pop ($0 for me cuz NYU paid for us)
pretty bad ass show ... considering the ticket is $75 and i got to see it for free.
flying people, chicks slidin' in pools suspended above the audience, shrouds of confetti flyin all over, loud techno music, club style lighting, and a crazy ass crowd...
i suggest u google FUERZABRUTA if u want to see some pictures of gliding chicks in wet pools
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Week 2 of SYEP
7/10/08 – This week’s workdays are finally over. Here’s the recap:
Thursday – [day 4] today was pretty boring. We listened to this Australian guy talk about sound. He was extremely dull and his monotone voice almost put me to sleep. I didn’t pay much attention to him. Afterwards, we went to 42nd St to some film center. I forgot the name of it so whatever.
Wednesday – [day 3] the assignment due for Wednesday was a storyboard. It was basically to draw out your commercial idea onto a piece of paper in different strips, like a comic. They hired this professional DP (director producer?) to speak to us about lighting. He showed us how lighting can affect the scene and also how to use light. He specializes in creating/using light in low budget movies. He showed us a lot of techniques and gadgets like reflectors and filters.
After the lecture, we went to Broadway. We saw “Passing Strange” on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. It was a musical about a young teenager who was rebellious and wanted to find himself (as in what he wanted to do in life). He left home, against his mother’s wishes, and moved to Europe. He pursued a career in music, exploring a wide variety of music as he traveled throughout Europe. As he meets different people, he learns the true meaning of love and life and decides to go home after many years. However, he discovers his mother passed away already. The play was very loud and at one point I thought my eardrums were going to pop. Everyone thought the play was great. I didn’t really think it was THAT great… because I didn’t really understand the plot. They also cursed way too much for a Broadway show. They must have said FUCK about 20+ times. The play went from 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM with a short intermission at 9:15. I got home at like 11:30 PM. I was so tired.
Tuesday – [day 2] the homework for Tuesday was to come up with 3 ideas for a 30 second commercial that is without dialog. So on Tuesday, everybody took turns presenting their 3 ideas. The class would then discuss and critique the idea. Some of their ideas were really good, and some weren’t. I could see some of the kids really spent time and effort into their ideas. The class voted out of the 3 ideas and picked one they would like to see.
Thursday – [day 4] today was pretty boring. We listened to this Australian guy talk about sound. He was extremely dull and his monotone voice almost put me to sleep. I didn’t pay much attention to him. Afterwards, we went to 42nd St to some film center. I forgot the name of it so whatever.
Wednesday – [day 3] the assignment due for Wednesday was a storyboard. It was basically to draw out your commercial idea onto a piece of paper in different strips, like a comic. They hired this professional DP (director producer?) to speak to us about lighting. He showed us how lighting can affect the scene and also how to use light. He specializes in creating/using light in low budget movies. He showed us a lot of techniques and gadgets like reflectors and filters.
After the lecture, we went to Broadway. We saw “Passing Strange” on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre. It was a musical about a young teenager who was rebellious and wanted to find himself (as in what he wanted to do in life). He left home, against his mother’s wishes, and moved to Europe. He pursued a career in music, exploring a wide variety of music as he traveled throughout Europe. As he meets different people, he learns the true meaning of love and life and decides to go home after many years. However, he discovers his mother passed away already. The play was very loud and at one point I thought my eardrums were going to pop. Everyone thought the play was great. I didn’t really think it was THAT great… because I didn’t really understand the plot. They also cursed way too much for a Broadway show. They must have said FUCK about 20+ times. The play went from 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM with a short intermission at 9:15. I got home at like 11:30 PM. I was so tired.
Tuesday – [day 2] the homework for Tuesday was to come up with 3 ideas for a 30 second commercial that is without dialog. So on Tuesday, everybody took turns presenting their 3 ideas. The class would then discuss and critique the idea. Some of their ideas were really good, and some weren’t. I could see some of the kids really spent time and effort into their ideas. The class voted out of the 3 ideas and picked one they would like to see.
Monday, July 7, 2008
NYU internship
Today was the first day of work at NYU. It’s the first time that I’ve been to the campus. You can get there by going to West 4th St by the B train. The campus is huge. I was extremely nervous because I didn’t know what to expect. I finally found the place where I was supposed to show up after exploring the area and it was Steinhardt, the school of art and communications. The college students there greeted me and called me “the intern”. I was sort of surprised because I was the only person working there from SYEP. They all thought I was some sort of extraordinary person who got an internship. When I told them I came from SYEP, they didn’t know what it was. Oh well, more power to me. The schedule sucks though. I was told I go from 12-4 PM but it’s actually 1-5 PM. That means no lunch break and I get home around 6.
There is 1 professor and 5 college aids and one other guy named George who operates the cameras. The students are composed of 15 people. Half of them are foreign exchange students from the Dominican Republic. The other half are incoming freshmen of NYU Tisch. I seriously did not know they were freshmen. They all looked older than I am but they weren’t. The DR guys were all older than I was. One thing that really bothered me was that they all spoke Spanish frequently. The student aids all spoke fluent Spanish. So all of them communicated with ease and I didn’t know what the hell they were talking about.
The class is held in the 5th floor. Today we learned how to operate a video camera. It isn’t a digital camera recorder, but the actual big video cameras that you see on the news. They taught us how to set up the tripod and how to white balance. I never knew that zooming in and out took so much skill because when I was doing it, it went either way to fast or out of focus really quickly. After that, we broke into groups and had to film interviews with each other. The assignment was to ask questions so we can get to know each other. After all the groups were done, we watched it. It was quite interesting because there were a lot of things I’ve never bothered to notice/appreciate that the professor pointed out during the presentations. Little things like lighting, camera angles, zooming in, zooming out, and location choices are all subtle things that the viewers tend to miss. It was pretty interesting.
The down side of this whole thing is I only get 16 hours of work per week. That’s Monday to Thursday, 4 hours per day. That’s horrible, it’s approximately gross $114 per week.
There is 1 professor and 5 college aids and one other guy named George who operates the cameras. The students are composed of 15 people. Half of them are foreign exchange students from the Dominican Republic. The other half are incoming freshmen of NYU Tisch. I seriously did not know they were freshmen. They all looked older than I am but they weren’t. The DR guys were all older than I was. One thing that really bothered me was that they all spoke Spanish frequently. The student aids all spoke fluent Spanish. So all of them communicated with ease and I didn’t know what the hell they were talking about.
The class is held in the 5th floor. Today we learned how to operate a video camera. It isn’t a digital camera recorder, but the actual big video cameras that you see on the news. They taught us how to set up the tripod and how to white balance. I never knew that zooming in and out took so much skill because when I was doing it, it went either way to fast or out of focus really quickly. After that, we broke into groups and had to film interviews with each other. The assignment was to ask questions so we can get to know each other. After all the groups were done, we watched it. It was quite interesting because there were a lot of things I’ve never bothered to notice/appreciate that the professor pointed out during the presentations. Little things like lighting, camera angles, zooming in, zooming out, and location choices are all subtle things that the viewers tend to miss. It was pretty interesting.
The down side of this whole thing is I only get 16 hours of work per week. That’s Monday to Thursday, 4 hours per day. That’s horrible, it’s approximately gross $114 per week.
KooL-Aid contest
Yesterday: we held a Kool-Aid drinking contest at Central Park. It was hosted by Andrew and Sam (from Stuyvesant). The contest was based on how many cups of Kool-Aid we can drink in one minute. Everyone thought it was going to be mad easy but the thing is, it wasn’t.
Ricky – He went first and sped through 5 cups of grape juice. After his 6th cup, he couldn’t take it anymore. Then he tossed it.
Qi – I went second because I was dying of thirst from playing volleyball. I took my time drinking the juice and holy crap by the time I finished my 5th one, I was bloated. I just quit after that because I didn’t want to lose my lunch.
Richard – He got so mad because he drank like 8 cups and threw up so they only counted 6.
Lanson – This guy was the funniest. He drank like 8 and then he lost it ALL. It was like a waterfall. He kept puking until he was empty. I think someone caught it on camera, I hope someone uploads.
The rest – I didn’t bother with the rest.
Andrew – The new champion, leading the pack with 9 cups and not throwing any of it up. Well done my man.
Volleyball was extremely fun that day. We were playing gym volleyball until we started the contest. Then a couple of skilled people took the court and we were playing vs. them with our best people. It was 5 vs. 5 and we were pretty close with point to point. We won by like 3 points with ME blocking this Asian guy on their team. After the contest I proceeded to play with them while everyone else was occupied doing something else. It was great practice and today my entire body is sore.
Ricky – He went first and sped through 5 cups of grape juice. After his 6th cup, he couldn’t take it anymore. Then he tossed it.
Qi – I went second because I was dying of thirst from playing volleyball. I took my time drinking the juice and holy crap by the time I finished my 5th one, I was bloated. I just quit after that because I didn’t want to lose my lunch.
Richard – He got so mad because he drank like 8 cups and threw up so they only counted 6.
Lanson – This guy was the funniest. He drank like 8 and then he lost it ALL. It was like a waterfall. He kept puking until he was empty. I think someone caught it on camera, I hope someone uploads.
The rest – I didn’t bother with the rest.
Andrew – The new champion, leading the pack with 9 cups and not throwing any of it up. Well done my man.
Volleyball was extremely fun that day. We were playing gym volleyball until we started the contest. Then a couple of skilled people took the court and we were playing vs. them with our best people. It was 5 vs. 5 and we were pretty close with point to point. We won by like 3 points with ME blocking this Asian guy on their team. After the contest I proceeded to play with them while everyone else was occupied doing something else. It was great practice and today my entire body is sore.
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