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Saturday, May 28, 2011

The Real Alberta Cross - ATX Lyrics!

I was recently listening to ATX by Alberta Cross and was interested in the lyrics.  After have researched it on the internet, I ran into all kinds of incorrect interpretations of the song.  Below, I have written what I think He's actually singing.  If you think my interpretation is wrong, please let me know.

ATX by Alberta Cross

Oh I was down...on my knees...but I couldn't see
There was a hur-ri-cane, inside of me
Bring me to this place...cause I just want to feel
If there was cold...and I couldn't see...would it come to me
And I've got the fear...I've got fear...inside of me
Bring me to this place...cause I just want to see
CHORUS:
Come on take me home, come on take me home,
cause I just wanna feel, cause I just can't relate
I just wanna feel, cause just can't relate

How does it feel...how does it feel...to be on your own
Well keep faith...I don't wanna fail...I wanna conquer feel
Bring me to this place...cause I just wanna see

CHORUS:
Come on take me home, come on take me home, 
cause I just wanna feel, cause I just can't relate
I just wanna feel, cause just can't relate

Then solo, then chorus

My Interpretation: It's about a place we all call home or a place you wanna be in your life, but the journey to that place is quite difficult to achieve.  Most of us have to take this journey alone and some may never get there. Regardless of the circumstances of your life, you must believe somehow you'll get there, cause if you don't believe in yourself, you will never see the purely gates of the place you want to be. 

Virtual Storyboard & Elements

This is an opening clip of a storyboard, created with the Sims 2 pc game.  I think it's kick-ass, even though there were a lot of flaws.  I uploaded this vid to show...build up; one of the more keen elements of a screenplay.

here is PART II.
The "being captured" element was executed poorly. Sorry, but this is to show the why, and how, hopefully.

here is PART III.
This storyboard clip has no correlation to the others.  It's a manifest of the key, three-act structure of a scene or short film.  Hopefully you will see that there's an introduction to the characters and plot(act 1),  the journey to pursue the plot(act 2), and the outcome of the characters and plot(act 3).  Please reply if you have questions.

Friday, May 20, 2011

HOW TO OPEN IN A SCREENPLAY

Example:


FADE IN ON:

BEDROOM BALCONY
Slowly migrating towards us…

Its doors are open.  WE see that inside is typical-- a bed, dresser and vanity.

From inside.  The sound of CLASSICAL PROGRESSION whispers dimly.

INT. ROYAL SUITE (BEDROOM) -- NIGHT

As WE progress, following the music, WE catch glimpse of a silenced 45 caliber handgun and a kill-wire, lying on the mattress…

On the doorknob of an open bathroom door hangs a black cocktail dress: wet, scuffed, and torn…

The volume of the classical music (identified as “Frederick Chopin Nocturne” in C-Sharp Minor) heightens as WE pursue the bathroom…

INT. BATHROOM

It’s coming from an I-pod speaker adapter on the counter.  In the sink: WE can’t help but notice the bloody cloth and surgeon scissors.

WE divert our attention to a naked WOMAN, an assassin, lying in a tub of cold water.  Injured but alive.  Age is unknown.

She possesses a few scraps and scars on her body, a fresh stitch on her left thigh, and a cigarette glued in her right hand.  Her eyes are vacant.  You could almost mistake her for a manikin.

She then brings the cigarette up to her lips-- her movement too sudden.  As if a dead woman comes to life…
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At the beginning of a script, It is essential that you try your best to lure-in the audience, no matter what the occasion. This is because the first pages of a manuscript will tell an agent, or director if it's worth reading further.  As you observed from the EXAMPLE above, the MAIN character was introduced rather intricately: You get a  sense of  the character. That's what you want to do.  You want to create an attachment between the main character, and the audience.

Feel free to ask questions. 

Monday, May 16, 2011

Pop-star Ke$ha: Hot or Not?

TRUE 
FALSIFIED
Today, there are so many different ways to cover-up ugliness.  To name a few, Photoshop, good lighting, good angles, and good cameras can make untalented little cunts like Ke$ha appear kinda sexxy:) To be completely honest, I fell into the trap myself. I mean, optical illusions are pretty convincing. I actually thought she was weirdly attractive. Now, I just think Weirdly shapped body .
If anyone opposes this, feel free to speak your mind.