Posts filed under ‘movies’
listen….
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with open arms
they stand ~ waiting
to embrace
your passion
and
your vision.
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I can hear their voices
whispering… from afar…
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can you hear them?
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your dreams are speaking…..
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Note: Jordan left for the West Coast yesterday… with a car full of stuff and two friends. Their final destination is Los Angeles, however, they are stopping along the way to hike in Colorado – Rocky Mountain National Park. Jordan will be living and working in LA. He was accepted into the AFI’s (American Film Institute) Summer Internship Program, which will begin June 15th. Until then, he has a job – working as an assistant on a film set. (The director is an alumnus of Jordan’s school.) & one more thing… since he will be an AFI intern, he will working on this year’s “AFI Lifetime Achievement Award” program which will be nationally televised in June. Apparently some dude by the name of Steve Martin is the honoree!! Geez the kid might as well be attending/working the Academy Awards!! To quote my son ~ “Mom, they are renting me a tux!”
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10 for Tuesday = Ten Word Story #11
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“I must let go of whom I hold most dear.”
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Jordan is the one on the right – going for the Robert De Niro look from the movie “The Deer Hunter”. The words are all him, as well.
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It is official! My son has been accepted in the American Film’s Institute’s (AFI) Summer Internship this summer!!! In Los Angeles……….across the country…….in a car…….
I could not be more proud.
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more squirrelly thoughts
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the past is finite
the future is infinite
and
the present – it just is……
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all in a manner of speaking
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inspired by a ‘past’ movie night with my boys – X-Men: Days of Future Past
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(ps: I enjoyed the movie very much, although I did need a chaser of Tylenol afterward.
Thank heavens I have Marvel geeks for sons!!)
an ode to an editing beard
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my son –
what is it?
what is it i see?
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oh mom –
it is my editing beard
my editing beard you see
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my son –
tell me why?
tell me how it came to be?
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oh mom –
i am so busy
i haven’t shaved in two weeks
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my son –
what have you been doing?
what has kept you so very busy?
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oh mom –
it is all the filming and editing
it has become life itself – it is my movie!
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my son –
i am so proud,
so very proud to be…
the mom of a man with an editing beard
the editing beard i see!
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Yep, that’s my boy!
movie update – action!
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I need you to do this
and
think that
then
say this
and
stand here.
No –
go there,
look this way…
No –
look that way –
HOLD
your position –
places
everyone
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ACTION!
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Updates from the set:
I woke up this morning to a sweet surprise from my son – an action shot of my boy directing a movie!
One more tidbit – Apparently he has not shaved in 2 weeks – he has named ‘it’ an editing beard. Humph, he promises a selfie ……..
I just gotta see this …
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Oscar
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visions and dreams inspired
sweat and sleepless nights
dues must be paid
patiently he stands waiting
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Currently the young man is knee-deep in film footage. He has begun editing his film project for school. From what I have been told, there is much to do. This is the big one – he conceived the story, wrote the script, casting, directing, lighting, sound, editing…..
I believe my future Scorsese is having a wonderful time.
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the movies in my mind
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scenes of life keep passing by
as
hours upon hours come and go
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people, places and stories may change
but
an audience of one… faithfully remains
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“I have to make a movie…”
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little man with Lego’s
dreaming his magical stories
bigger man with camera
filming his magical dreams
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back in 2008 – leaning against Barney, scouring Entertainment Weekly magazines, with his 6′ Oscar behind him
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when Jordan was little, he would say ” I gotta make a movie” and then run away… to his toys and Legos…
NOW
when he goes away to school, he tells his crying mom
“I have to make a movie”
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my film guy
Hello my bloggerbuddies!
I hope y’all are having a nice weekend. I am home with my boys and Sydnee Pee. It has been a long week of working, driving, cooking (that would be Peyton), working, driving…..and my son – the recent graduate and new member of the working force. This was also his first full week of employment – media technician (one of only two) for Six Flags Amusement Park.
Due to his work schedule and mine, I finally had the opportunity to sit down and watch his video assignments from school. I must say – yes, I am biased – that he is very talented. He has an eye and a way of seeing things, matching things – editing. He had the opportunity this year to take a film editing class at school and was able to work with incredible equipment and editing programs. It was a really awesome experience and one that I believe will serve him well when he goes away to school in the fall. {A little background – double majoring in business and movie production – wants to make movies when he is ‘grown up’}.
A few months ago I posted his movie trailer assignment – to make an anti-genre movie trailer. Take a movie and change the genre of the movie – such as drama to comedy.
https://words4jp.wordpress.com/2013/02/19/my-movie-man/
SO:
Today I am introducing my son’s music video. A few items – he began this project back in January and finished it just as school was ending a few weeks ago. (A little Terrence Malick going on, maybe….). He has his own film production company intro (recognize the music and the name of his company?). Also, he recommends watching this in wide-screen.
Without further adieu –
Drumroll
Curtains rise….
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