Pick of the Week

Bellflower (2011)- Two drinking, smoking college pals build muscle cars & modified weapons hoping that Armageddon happens. Their goal? To rule the roads just like in their all-time favorite film "Mad Max". That's enough for me...I'm in.

Big Words!

The Purkinje Effect- Huh? Don't worry, it's easier to understand than it is to pronounce. In 1819, Johannes von Purkinje discovered an odd effect while walking at dawn one day. He observed that blue flowers appeared brighter than red flowers in the dawn light while in full daylight the red flowers looked brighter. In other words, brightness of light effects how we perceive the brightness of different colors. This is especially true in dim light. This effect is referred to as the Purkinje Effect. A good example is moonlight. The Purkinje Effect fools our brain into thinking moonlight is blue, even though as reflected sunlight, it is the same color as daylight. Notice that most night scenes in movies are blueish tinted to create a "nighttime" effect.

Film Crew Slang

First Team- When the Director of Photography is finished lighting for a shot he will inform the Assistant Director (A.D.). The A.D. will then call for first team (the lead actors) to come to set. First team will replace 2nd Team (stand-ins) who have been on the actors marks while lighting was taking place.

Friend's Pics

Contributed by FBS Grad Brian Reulke w/ Michael Weber

Keep working

Congratulations to JOHN MCKERROW of Naples, Fl. for booking a nice V.O. & Emcee project. Prior John has booked CO-STAR roles on "MAGIC CITY" & "BURN NOTICE" thanks to LORI of LORI WYMAN CASTING WYMAN. John can also be seen soon on stage in the lead role of Shakespeare's classic. "Taming of the Shrew" as seen here getting his hair pulled! For tickets, go to www.sipnaples.org

Friends Pics

Chilling with great friends & Gypsy Poets on the neighborhood backyard stage! lol---Contributed by Swany Swan

Film Crew Slang

Basher- East Coast crew slang for an Eyelight, a small camera mounted light that is used to add a little sparkle to an actor's eyes or face. Also known as an Obie.

Just getting ready for the New Year event at home-----Contributed by FBS Grad Axl Friedrich

Wedding---Contributed by FBS Grad Jeremy Harmsen

"Another day at work...."--Contributed by FBS Grad Jay Shropshire

#batman #batmobile #corvette #car #la #losangeles# Dark Knight Exhibit

Photo Contributed by FBS Graduate Jeff Hart

Dialogue Greatness

“Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention.”
 
-----Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) in Dumb & Dumber, 1994

Film Term

Motivated Lighting: A style of lighting in which the light sources imitate existing sources, such as lamps or windows.

December 23rd. Happy Festivus!

 

Festivus For the Rest of US

Celebrated on December 23, as depicted on the December 18, 1997 Seinfeld television episode, “The Strike”. While at Monk's restaurant Jerry, George, and Elaine discuss George's father's creation of Festivus (Jerry: "His father hated all the commercial and religious aspects of Christmas, so he made up his own holiday." (Jerry Seinfeld referring to Frank Costanza.). Then Kramer becomes interested in resurrecting the holiday when, at the bagel shop, Frank Costanza tells him how he created Festivus as an alternative holiday in response to the commercialization of Christmas.

Frank Costanza: "Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."

Cosmo Kramer: "What happened to the doll?"

Frank Costanza: "It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us!"

Kramer: "That must have been some kind of doll."

Frank Costanza: "She was."

Festivus pole

The tradition of Festivus begins with an aluminum pole. During Festivus, the pole is displayed unadorned. The basics of the Festivus pole are explained by Frank in two separate situations:

Cosmo Kramer: "And is there a tree?"

Frank Costanza: "No, instead, there's a pole. It requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting ... It's made from aluminum. Very high strength-to-weight ratio."

When not being used, the pole is stored in the Costanzas' crawl space.

Festivus dinner

A celebratory dinner is shown on the evening of Festivus prior to the Feats of Strength and during the Airing of Grievances. The on-air meal was shown to be some sort of meatloaf. In the Seinfeld episode no alcohol is served at the dinner, but George Costanza's boss, Mr. Kruger, drinks from a hip flask.

Airing of Grievances

The celebration of Festivus begins with the "Airing of Grievances", which takes place immediately after the Festivus dinner has been served. It consists of lashing out at others and the world about how one has been disappointed in the past year.

From the Seinfeld episode:

Frank Costanza: "And at the Festivus dinner, you gather your family around, and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you over the past year!"

Frank Costanza: "The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you're gonna hear about it. You, Kruger. My son tells me your company stinks! You couldn't smooth a silk sheet if you had a hot date with a babe...I lost my train of thought."

Feats of Strength

The Feats of Strength is the final tradition observed in the celebration of Festivus, celebrated immediately following (or in the case of "The Strike"during) the Festivus dinner. The head of the household selects one person at the Festivus celebration and challenges that person to a wrestling match. Evidently, the person may decline if they have something else to do, as Kramer did in the episode. Tradition states that Festivus is not over until the head of the household is pinned in a wrestling match. The Feats of Strength are mentioned twice in the episode before they actually take place. In both instances, no detail was given as to what had actually happened, but in both instances, George Costanza ran out of the coffee shop in a mad panic, implying he had bad experiences with the Feats of Strength in the past. What the Feats of Strength entailed was revealed at the very end of the episode, when it actually took place. Failing to pin the head of the household results in Festivus continuing until such requirement is met.
Article cited directly from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus
 

Film Crew Slang

Vanities- A term sometimes used by the crew to describe the folks in charge of hair and make up.

With a little pre-planning, ambition, and a fairly technical climb, I was able to knock another one off the bucket list, touching the Hollywood Sign.---contributed by FBS graduate Brent Martin

Pics

Shooting Glen "Big Baby" Davis w/ my homie @bradendotlost #ShootingForCharity #EatingPizza---Contributed by Swany Swan

Pick of the Week

"The Re-Animator"(1985) Directed by Stuart Gordon
Med school student Herbert West experiments with re-animating dead tissue. His professor dies in the lab under weird circumstances and Herbert is forced to continue his "re-agent"work at a new university. Gore and humor propel us through a Frankenstein/Jekyle & Hyde/Zombie hybrid flick based on an original story by master of horror H.P. Lovecraft. On a relatively low budget this picture provides excellent production value, performances and direction. It is deftly designed for hardcore horror fans who revel in the absurdly gross. Popularity led to a series of re-animator films. If you enjoy "The Evil Dead","Dead Alive" and the "Living Dead" films, "The Re-Animator" belongs in your Netflix line-up.

Film Crew Slang

Hero- A special item, prop or accessory. As in “Gimme the Hero Bomb, we are shooting the close-up.” This is a request for the best looking bomb. We are about to cut the blue wire….or is it the red wire? Television commercials  have Hero as the star. The big juicy burger that is 6 inches tall, steaming hot is the “Hero” or “Hero Product”. The Hero “Product Shot “is usually the last shot of the day.

Dialogue Greatness

Adams Family Values (1993) -Gothic comedy based on the comics by Charles Addams. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.

Gomez: Children, why do you hate the baby?
Pugsley: We don't hate him. We just wanna play with him.
Wednesday: Especially his head.

Film Crew Slang

Pay or Play- An stipulation in a contract which commits the production company to compensate a cast or crew member for a project whether or not that project ever goes into production.