Supernatural Short Film 'LURKING' by Joseph Zigelboum NYFA

Hey everyone, It's been awhile since I posted here. Well, I decided to link a video from my YouTube Channel "Ron Media rg" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v31Bw-cJFeg. I may start posting Vlogs soon as well and more than bloggs.
Check out this student film by a fellow film classmate by Joseph Zigelboum NYFA which I starred in.
hich I solely starred in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v31Bw-cJFeg

Spike Lee CHI RAQ Q

Hey everyone, Check out this short 3-minute Q&A with Spike Lee I
filmed on my phone at his CHI-RAQ movie premiere I attend early in January. I
met and got a autograph shirt from him for my wife and he said a few
words on the video.

Blog #10 Words of Advice. (Video Blog)

Me. The Creative Genius

             Hey everyone, welcome back to my blog. It has been an experience going back to college again.  I now adjust to my school life around my son, it's not always easy though. I felt nervous meeting new people like I did back then. I made some friends here that will be with me to the end of attending TCI.  The first semester is ending now and this is my last blog for the school term now. I present a video blog I put together for the students of next semester in TCI that are majoring in Digital Media Arts.

             I felt it was best to describe my experience by providing this video. I think it will help the new students know more about my time here in TCI as I show and share some materials they have to get to use at TCI. I hope this helps and gives you all an idea of what it is like in this school. I will definitely continue my education and finish this time in TCI.

Blog #9 Susan Lake creates Ebony

            Hello everyone, I am back to you all with my latest blog. I decided to look into an amazing artist from the community. The artist name is Susan Lake. She is an author of the book "Ebony and the Five Dwarfs". A book she had written and published in September 24, 2007.


            Susan Lake is an writer who was born and raised in Brooklyn, but now lives in Staten Island, New York. According to the back story bio in the book, She has been a reporter and columnist specialist for years. She now appears to do public relations in communities to promote and give recognition to her book. Even though her book came out in 2007, it appears now to be getting notice thanks to her appearance in the community events. In fact, I met her at a church community center in Staten Island a couple of weeks ago. After she gave a speech and a preview reading on the book itself, she stay to sign autograph on the books that was selling out at her panel. I gladly bought 2 copies of this unique book for my son and uncle who supports communities. 


              Ebony and the Five Dwarfs is a children's book loosely 
based on Snow White and the seven dwarfs with a mix of Cinderella
thrown in. It is Susan Lake own take on the classic from a African 
perspective. The main character "Ebony" is a African princess with a 
wicked stepmother aimed to get rid of her permanently. She runs into
not seven, but five Dwarfs who helps her in her quest.


               Susan Lake like some of us, grew up watching Snow White.
She stated that we often imagine playing these characters who are not
of color. She wanted to recreate a version that people of all color could 
identified with. She told me that making this book was a family project. 
As she write the story, her two daughters help create illustrations with
their drawings in the book. This shows we can all recreate magic in
our own refreshing way to a classic story. Besides, whoever thought 
we see a Disney Movie called "The Princess and the Frog" 
featuring ethnic characters. Let us hope we see more
stories from more positive ethnic characters.


http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/susan-lake/ebony-and-the-five-dwarfs/_/R-400000000000000242213

Site to the Book Store for Ebony and Dwarfs

Ron First IMovie

Blog #7 My Idol IMovie

             Hey everyone, welcome back to my blog. I been working for the past week on a cool little Apple application called IMovie. I decided to work on an "Artist Biography" for this project. I figure who better than my Idol, my inspirator, who shape the film industry, Mr. Steven Spielberg.
             


Spielberg sees E.T.

              Steven Spielberg was the subject of my hero who inspire me that I stated on my last blog. This is a continuation of sorts, but the thesis for this IMovie. Using IMovie, I put together a slideshow, showcasing spielberg's work in film and television. A visual timeline from the start of his career in TV with the " Night Gallery " to his latest project in film with "Rin Tin Tin", a CGI film from Dreamworks. I want to show his visual work and craftsmanship throughout these photo images I have projected here in IMovie.



Spielberg in Jaws



              I must say, the way I put this together, I wanted to give it a suspense tease of excitement. I wanted to start out with his early work in TV, then zip right to his early films and known blockbusters. A timeline of his work using a film intercut transition feature in IMovie with photos of him behind the camera and posters of his movies. I excluded the films, TV and cartoons he produced and just focus exclusively on his own movies he directed. I was trying to build the excitement from past to the grand present and future of his work. In his films, Spielberg likes to tease the audience on the spectacle of what's to come and have us focus on the story to care about the characters. This format of storytelling was first put together in "King Kong 1933", the earliest I remember. Spielberg is not the first, but I feel he perfected it. For example, in Jaws, he did not want to show the shark itself for an hour into the film. He also stated the talk among the main characters in the boat chasing the shark was the best part for him in the film. It shows he care more about the story than just the visual feasts in the movie. I was trying to show that through my presentation in IMovie. I wish filmmakers now will try to do that approach. We now get spoiled showing all the effect early in films now. If only Spielberg directed the "Transformers" films himself, they would be better movies.

             I had a issue with trying to get the right music for the presentation of Spielberg. For Steven, it had to be instrumental. I was first going to choose a instrumental theme from John Williams which would of worked best since he did the music from most of Spielberg films. I thought that each of his music scores from Spielberg movies couldn't capture the whole showcase overall. I decide to go with Spielberg's TV show theme from "Amazing Stories". I figure it fit the mold, but not the length of the presentation. So I decided to replay the short track and lope it together to fit the presentation. This project I present here I may continue to look for a longer track of this theme and change it once again to give it justice. I believe you can always go back and present your remake of your work to the mass if we feel it is not done well with the materials we have before. Spielberg shows this in "Close Encounters remake". The education of TCI should help us with the tools needed to perfect our skills.

http://youtu.be/4LcOZcWuXqc
         My link to my IMovie

Blog #8 My Creative Hero who inspires me

               Hey everyone, welcome once again to my blog. I hope everybody enjoy the last one I post last week. It was important to me to address that topic. This week, I decided to take a look at someone who have inspired me. It relates to what was mention in last week blog. The film aspect of that topic. The person who inspired me is a Filmmaker. He is someone who made me look at films in a different way. That very man whose inspiration is important to me is Steven Spielberg.

                Steven Spielberg is what I believe an amazing storyteller. The way he displays it on film. I always like movies just as much as any commercial media in entertainment. Spielberg has single handed made me enjoy movies so much more and appreciate its entertainment value to the industry. I loved movies more than anything till the digital media industry started to challenge it. Though, despite that, movies still remain my favorite entertainment media of choice. 

                I was very young (around 7 or 8 years old) when I first saw "Raiders of the lost Ark". It was the first Spielberg film I saw and the one that made me enjoy watching films. Before this film came out in theaters, the first Superman movie (my first film I remember seeing on the big screen ever) and Star Wars was the only films I enjoy at that point. These movies and every other Spielberg film following were my greatest joy and escapism in my life. It is one of the reason I thought of pursuing film. The escape from reality in our messed up world to the joy of unlimited imagination in film.
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                  The Complete Spielberg book

                Spielberg to me is the filmmaker that establish movie going for the general public and help the movie industry along with George Lucas to be profitable. He made blockbuster films like "E.T., "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", and his first hit "Jaws". He stated in his book "The Complete Spielberg", "...There's no rules. I don't believe there's a law of cinema. Movies are dreams...". This shows as he was notorious in going against and challenging the MPAA to changing the ratings on his films. The first two Indiana Jones and Gremlins films were if not made and associated with Spielberg, it would probably will get an R rating. He pretty much led the MPAA to create the PG-13 rating. This has help most blockbusters to become moneymakers today. He even has participated in executive producing in films like "The Goonies" to "Transformers. Dark of the Moon" that is currently playing in theaters now.

Transformers Producer Steven spielberg and Director Michael Bay

               

            
            
              Spielberg inspired me to make movies one day that will make children enjoy, learn, encourage, and escape into his cinematic world. He studies his craft by following great filmmakers of the 40s and 50s. Now, he, like the digital media artist, has venture into animation, science fiction television programs, and video games. He has ignited a passion for this cinema, making it bigger than life itself.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdoC-5OI2xY
Steven Spielberg on the Importance of Studying Classic Films