Historias Antiguas

     



        As I was scrolling down all these updates in the film industry, I came upon an article that obviously caught my attention. Seems to me that Johnny Depp will be working on a new project based on Don Quixote, which is an old spanish classic tale of a characteristic man who had an obsession with books and had his own imagination of life. Funny enough, in my AP spanish class, we are reading and comprehending Don Quixote's life. Johnny Depp will be working with Disney.

      The reason why I chose this article is because i currently reading antique novel of Don Quixote. The novel is such a great book, it's a bit hard to read but it's very detailed. I never thought that even people would know about this old tale, and seeing that Johnny Depp will be producing this outstanding tale and working with Disney, is pretty cool. I am sure the upcoming movie will be a success.

      This impacts me as a student because this is actually an educational novel, it is very interesting. As a future filmmaker this shows me that using old classic tales is the best to use for a film, bringing back old tales. Also, as a consumer this shows me that using celebrities such like Johnny Depp is a plus for marketing your brand. People might not even know who is Don Quixote and his tale, but having announcing that Johnny Depp is the producer, I am sure people are going to want to see the film.

      This article makes me question Johnny Depp's intelligence  in production, I wonder if he will do a good job. It also leaves me wondering, who will be part of the cast? Will they be changing up the storyboard? I hope for the best for this film, I will be looking forward in watching this at theaters.



http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35935

It's Britney Bitch.

     

     Britney has done it again, she makes headlines for her glamours fierce new soundtrack featuring singer Will.I.Am called "Scream and Shout". Her new music video premiered during "The X-Factor" which she judges in. The music video is HOT. The video just makes you want to turn it up and dance ! as the set was done in a green screen room, the "white walls" and Britney in her stunning De La Renta dress, flaunting her amazing body.

     I chose this article simply because Britney Spears is Hot and the song is Hot and the video is Hot, everything is just Hot. I believe music videos take a big impact in music careers because it's practically marketing your brand. She was smart by making a record with Will.I.Am, they made a great team and their song is catchy. Now everyone like "E NEWS" is showing off the video clip stating negative and good comments which it doesn't matter because both benefit Britney, so you go girl !

      This impacts me as a student because I see that no matter what you do in life if it's good or bad there is always going to be people trying to bring you down but as long as you hold strong you will build strong confidence that will lead you to the right path. As a future filmmaker this impacts me because I see that there is a lot of marketing in music and promoting the product. As a consumer this impacts me because it obviously caught my attention, music is part of our everyday lives, getting ready, in the car, etc.

     This article doesn't raise much questions for me, I'm glad Britney is flaunting her talent and getting HOTTER. I do question, how does she feel about this? How does she decide on her music videos? does her manager put more of an effort in bringing it all together?

WTF. Are you Twilight fans crazy ?!

Tonight hundreds of Twilights fans camp out in tents in Los Angeles ahead of next week's world premiere of the last film in the vampire romance. Summit Entertainment has said that about 2,200 people from all over the world registered to camp on a concrete plaza outside a downtown Los Angeles movie theatre. Nice enough, Summit has planned special activities during the five day wait such like, screening four of the other films in the saga and "twilight workouts". Twilight has made more than $2.5 billion at box offices worldwide.

The reason why I chose this article is to admire the talented creator of the well known saga Stephanie Meyer. Her brilliant ideas well put together have created a fortune. It must be one of the best feelings to know that their are millions of people all over the world who are swept off their feet reading her books and watching her films. Point is, people are ditching work, school just to camp out in front of a Los Angeles theatre when the premier isn't until a week, that's just crazy but I'm sure the writer takes this as a huge  compliment. 

This impacts me as a student because I know how important school is and to hear that students are missing many days of school just to watch cast walk the red carpet for the films preview is crazy, but shows how many loyal fans are out there. On the other hand, as a future filmmaker I believe this inspires many writers out there, shows creativeness can lead you to many paths. As a consumer I believe this inspires me to want to watch the movie.

Regarding the article, I am curious how does the writer deal with such tension like the Edward and Kristen situation? what is their back up plan if one of the main cast backs out of the movie? 

http://www.ky3.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-twilight-fansbre8a71d4-20121108,0,6996255.story

THE KARDASHIAN'S ARE HERE !

        

      Klhoe Kardashian boosts up X-Factors ratings up by 30 percent! But due to a slightly accident of Klhoe Kardashian rocking a sheer purple blouse with out a bra on Wednesday's first live episode of the TV singing contest, she lost a couple of fans just for a shirt. People comment that Klhoe was "less impressive in her hosting duties". Regarding the incident the Kardashian brought more eyeballs to the show.

       I believe this article is important because it shows how public incidents can really boost your game up such like ratings.  What caught my eye is that the people that wrote these articles regarding Klhoe showing off her nipple and fans/viewers feeling "awkward" and upset, X Factor got higher ratings than never before. It's like a controversial situation. People have a lot of jealousy or anger towards her but still they watch their shows.

      Reading this article it impacts me as a student because I get to learn and understand how much ratings can really do affect. As a future filmmaker this shows me that publicity stunts always make headlines, whether if they are good or bad. As a consumer, this does catch my attention that one of the Kardashian's is now a judge on the X Factor, I've never watched the show but now that Klhoe is a judge I do now want to watch the show.

      Reading the article raises questions like, what does the television crew plan on doing when little accidents like this one happen again. Will this effect Klhoe's position as a judge? Does the producer love the idea of having Klhoe as a judge ? Is Klhoe just there because she's a Kardashian or do they really want her opinion in the show with talented artists?

Kendrick Lamar

        

          Kendrick Lamar was born June 17, 1987, he is an upcoming hip hop recording artist from Compton, California. His album was ranked as one of the top digital hip hop release. Kendrick expresses himself in his music about girl trouble, a lack of economic opportunity, the retributive gang violence that leads to "bodies on top of bodies".  Well known artists like Dr Dre signed Kendrick Lamar to his record label "TDE" He is a new rising artist that is going to be making history in the entertainment industry and inspiring many with his powerful lyrics.


        This article caught my attention because this talented artist has been making headlines. I know this article is music related but it also has to do with film as well, their are filmmakers recording every performance and him on his journey to a A-list hip hop artist.  Films such like "Notorious BIG and Katy Perry" was based on their life, where they were from, what their lifestyle as a child was like growing up in their neighborhood, and how all their life struggles were their inspiration in becoming a well respected artist. I believe it's about "capturing the moment" and this is why I find it important because all type of publicity for these artists like "Kendrick Lamar" does expose their talents.


         I find this article inspiring in many ways. As a student this impacts me to stand up for what you believe in, don't stay quiet and speak what you believe in. For future filmmakers,  I believe they'd be impacted by this article because there are always documentaries on these incredible artists and they can one day work on projects like this. As a consumer, this impacts me because millions and millions of people are willing to pay to watch artists grow and working with projects such as documentaries.

        This article doesn't really raise any questions for me. I'm proud of these artists, they are inspiring and without filmmakers we wouldn't be able to understand exactly where these artists are coming from, filmmakers bring a "better picture". The only question I'd probably have is, who decides on creating the documentary?


      

Do you still find me frightening ?

        The film Paranormal Activity is based on supernatural events. This is the fourth film in the Paranormal Activity series. Top critic Joe Neumair from New York Daily News states "of course, a promise of more activity to come. But unless moviegoers think it's worth watching another whole cast of characters sleep while their furniture moves around them, only diehard fans will stay awake for that next entry. " As I research over this new movie, I find it easier to find negative comments on the film. People don't seem to be thrilled as they were three series before this upcoming "4".  Critic's are not expecting paranormal to make top box office but they believe the series takes a steady income. Paranormal Activity will have competition with the film "Sinister".

       

       I choose this article because as a viewer, I've watched practically all the paranormal activity movies but from watching the third one I was loosing the thrill I used to have for those movies. What caught my attention to even write about this was that I was finding a lot of negative comments regarding the film. It seemed to me that not only I am a bit tired of all these series but so are other people as well. 

        This impacts me as a student because films like these focus more on a young audience, due to teenagers going out more than adults. As a future filmmaker this makes me realize that you have to pay attention to your feed back from your audience, change things up a bit and improve. As a consumer, you should step up your game, if your bringing all these series to the plate might as well make some changes don't bore your audience. 

        I wonder if the producers think the way they set up their series are not "too similar". I'm curious how they brainstorm their ideas and if they rely on the audience's opinion. I would like to know if there is a possible chance for "Paranormal Activity 5"?

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-paranormal-activity-4-review-20121019,0,3345199.story

       

Congratulations! you've reached the "I hate children" meter :D

      For some people it is no surprise that our presidential candidate Mitt Romney has rejected Nickelodeon's invitation to "Kids Pick the President". He made the announcement on October 4th after he had announced about about cutting PBS. On the other hand, Obama even invited nickelodeon to the white house and answered the questions of the children. Press asked Obama's campaign how they felt about Mitt Romney rejecting nickelodeon's event "Kids Pick the President" and they stated "It’s no surprise Romney decided to play hookey. Kids demand details, and I’m sure they want some answers on why Romney could increase their class sizes, eliminate their teacher’s jobs, raise taxes on their families and slash funding for Big Bird. Unfortunately for Mitt Romney, ‘The dog ate my homework’ just doesn't cut it when you’re running for president." 

      I chose this article because it takes a big part in Americans, this is the man who is running for president and wants to cut PBS an educational program for children and doesn't want to participate with children events which the children are our future. I believe Mitt Romney should have taken the time to hear what the kids had to say and answer their questions. 

      As a student this disappoints me, I feel as if Mitt Romney doesn't take students seriously as he should. Today's children is our future, and he needs to hear them out and show them he's willing to support. I don't believe Romney is on the right track for running for president, It's going to take a huge  responsibility to please everyone and from what I've seen, he's better off letting Obama do his job. As a future filmmaker I believe the media like TMZ did a good job in exposing Mitt Romney's rejection to "Kids Pick the President"  and as a consumer I wish I would have seen more of what Romney had to say about his actions. 

      Reading this article raises questions like does former governor Mitt Romney have the right intentions for America ? Would he help our country or will he make our situation worse. I wonder if he cares about our students and our education, that is really scary. 


http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/08/barack-obama-mitt-romeny-nickelodeon-kids-pick-president-adam-fetcher/

       

who's your daddy?

    

      The question is, who is going to take over the box office? Critics are saying that Taken 2 will be expected to make $45 million and $50 million according to pre-seen release audience surveys. The distributer itself is lowering the expected income of the movie down to $35 million "Twentieth Century Fox".  Taken 2 is practically Tim Burton's black and white film "Frankenweenie" competition. When the original Taken was released in 2009, it made a surprising hit, bringing in $24.7 million on a Super Bowl weekend.

      This article is based on who is going to top of the charts in box office. Taken 2, Frankenweenie, and Transylvania are going to be released around the same date. Critics are expecting Taken 2 to make another hit and out due Tim Burton's film (Frankenweenie). It's been all based on a pre- seen release audience survey.

      I chose this article because I'm a big fan of the original film TAKEN. The film was outstanding and full with action, I've watched this movie over at least five times and I'm still not tired of it. Knowing there's a part 2 coming out I'm excited to watch it and see what the french director Oliver Megaton brings to the table. What caught my eye was that there is a chance that the film will make more in box office then the Tim Burton's film "Frankenweenie".

     This impacts me as a consumer because being in the entertainment industry you need to be very logical of how you handle your money. Budget takes a big part in the film industry, every film needs lot's of investment in order create the big picture you visualize in your head. At the end you do make a profit, I believe. Taken 2 is expected to make at least from $45-$50 million in box office, that's a lot!

      My question is, who will make the most ? I also wonder, what happen;s when a film doesn't make it's expected value. Does it impact the whole production team ? I'm sure many are excited to view this upcoming films.

New York Film Festival

    


       This upcoming Friday the New York film festival will be presenting their 50th edition with the world premiere of Ang Lee's awards "Life of Pi". The festival will be premiering many top movie titles such as "Flight" by Robert Zemeckis and "Not Fade Away" by David Chase's. Richard Pena has directed New York's Film Festivals since 1988, he was always open to promote obscure work if he felt it was worthy like Iranian and Chinese Cinema. Critics state "Richard Pena has become the world's most prestigious- even if it is". Many film makers are looking forward in attending this film festival. Richard Pena also comments about him being happy about moving on and trying out other things.


         The article is based on the event that will be taking place in New York on September 28, 2012 the New York Film Festival. Richard Pena the director of the festival will be honor for all his hard work that he's put in for the last 25 years. This article is important because it is a huge event that makes headlines world wide, every film maker wants to be involved in this event. This impacts me as a student  because I get to see what's the fuss in the entertainment industry and how little films come up to big screen movies. As a future filmmaker this catches my attention and shows that this where I should be to get inspired by all these creative directors, as a consumer I'm sure many want to be involved in the event because it's something you can invest your money in and make a large profit out of it. My questions is, what are the concerns of the directors attending the festival.





http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-new-york-film-festival-nyff-20120926,0,483510.story

You Go Korea !

            Every two years an international film festival is held, and it's going to be taking place in North Korea. Koreans are going to get to see many foreign films from Germany, Britain, Spain, Middle East. and practically from everywhere except America. For the picture displayed is a shot of one of the films that are going to be featured called "Comrade Kim Goes Flying" and another film that many are looking forward to is "Meet in Pyongyang" which is part of a Nort Korean- European production that worked with a Chinese studio. Who would of known Korea is film crazy. This recent year, leader King Jong II died in December and he actually loved films. In a interview Choe acknowledge that the main purpose of North Korea cinema is propaganda,  Choe Hung Ryol is a well known director in Korea.

         The article is based on an international foreign film festival taking place in Korea where basically all these other countries group up except America. I chose this article because I think foreign movies are awesome and Korea isn't the first country that comes to mind when I think about films and that's great for them to expose their creativeness. I'm impacted as a student because not only am I learning of activities that go on in America but also around the country and I get to learn about foreign director like Choe Hung Ryol. I believe America should be part of this as well.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/international-film-festival-opens-in-unlikely-but-movie-crazy-north-korea/2012/09/19/d5aa1430-0246-11e2-9132-f2750cd65f97_story.html

Who is director Sam Bacile ?

         Wonder what's all the fuss about socal director going by the name of Sam Bacile? According to news there is no real Sam Bacile, he is actually a 52 year old Israeli American real estate developer. "Sam" had made a 14 minute clip in July of "The Innocence of Muslims" Egyptian media starting showing it off on air. He's film was disrespecting muslims based about a religious leader being gay etc. He wasn't even muslim, he is egyptian. The film feuded many muslims. Protesters starting doing attacks which many believe that leaded to the murder of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Nihad Awad, national executive director of the washing based council stated "Those who created this trashy film do not represent the people of America or the Christian faith. The only proper response to intentional provocations such as this film is efforts o promote mutual understanding between faiths and to marginalize extremists of all stripes." Sam went missing (hiding) after U.S. Consulate attack.

        I chose this article because it caught my attention of being practically all over the news making headlines how this was so erotic and pretty much is the reason why our Ambassador J. Christopher has been murdered and this takes a big part in our country as Americans. This impacts me as a student because this shows how any message can be send out, positive or negative it is easy to access and publish through internet and be seen everywhere and affect many. I wonder how ignorant the cast must have been if many of them are saying how they had a feeling he wasn't even muslim and they were suspicious of the socal director  "Sam Bacile". 

http://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/12/director-of-anti-muslim-film-goes-into-hiding-after-u-s-consulate-attacks/

        

Fifty Shades of Grey

         Fifty Shades of Grey has come around all over the world. The well known novel has sold 40 million copies worldwide, the book has been sold in 37 countries! The novel set a record as one of the fastest selling book of all time. A lot of production companies such like Warner Bros. , Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and Paramount put bids for the films rights. Directors like Mike De Luca and Dana Brunettie from the Social Network are assigned to direct the film, the producers were signed by the Author of Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James. Many well known actors are willing to cast on the film for example there are rumors of Ryan Gosling playing Christian Grey and Lucy Hale playing Anastasia.


     I myself have actually read the novel, all my close friends were talking about it all the time and it always seemed to appear on a lot of talk shows and it's like "The Book" to read. I was hooked on the novel, I think it's amazing that their coming out with an actual movie for this book. I'm sure this film is going to be a huge hit. This event doesn't really effect me in any way but I've seen on talk shows that this book has effected and brought sparks back into many couples who have lost their connection with their partner and now this book took a big part in their relationship and actually brought them closer and helped them in many ways emotionally and physically. This article effects me as a student to see that reading should be a huge priority because it's going to help you along the way in pursuing the entertainment industry, writing and reading can help you create a story or build an imagination in your head and it'll make you more of a creative film maker.



http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/06/ryan-gosling-and-fifty-shades-rumors-we-can-dream-right/

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/fifty-shades-of-grey-authors-very-passionate-following-16207903.html

Tony Scott

Amazing director in Hollywood, Tony Scott unfortunately left big projects behind. As Tony struggled  in performing ting his top block buster "Top Gun" it took a large amount of time to realese his successful film. Tom Rathman from Chairman of 20th century Fox commented on Tony Scotts death saying "We had a meeting just two weeks ago and he was burning with excitement of creating stuff". Scott practically started his career as a top commercial director, he worked on television series such as "The Good Wife" wich was considered one of televisions best drama.

Before ending his life, Tony Scott left notes in his car and office. Tony ended his life  y jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge located in San Pedro, California. Police officials believe that the notes in Tony's car with phone numbers and and names are hints related to his death possible reasons why he did suicide. Scott was well known for having big budget action films. Tony Scott met his wife on set of "Days of Thunder" they fell in love and had two happily male twins together. Many are grieving upon Tony's death, he will be missed. Reading this article I've learned about Tony Scott as a successful director, I didn't even know who he was. It's great learning new things about people who play a big role in this industry. It's unfortunate that Scott has passed away, I see that he's inspired others.

LA TIMES

Farewell Joan Roberts

Do you recall the girl full of life staring in Sunny River, Are You With Me? and High Button Shoes? Sadly on August 13, 2012 actress Joan Rivers expired at age 95. Joan was from New York City, New York, she was known for many of her Broadway show cases. She was most known for creating the role of Laurey in the broadway production of Oklahoma in 1943.

Joan Roberts staged in Sunny River, Oklahoma! , Marinka, Are You With it?, High Button Shoes, and Follies. She also stare in well known films such as "The Model and the Marriage Broker" and "Lovely To Look At". 

Joan guest on TV show "The Milton Berle Show" and also on the episode of "Kraft Theatre". Less a decade, Joan conducted in workshops on singing and voice projection. There are documentary's of her on PBS called "Rodgers & Hammer"

Her death was confirmed by the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization. Joan's son had reported that cause to her death was due to congestive heart failure.  Farewell Mrs.Roberts. . .