C R E E D

11:48 PM Unknown 0 Comments

Holy Crap.



This past weekend I got the chance to catch the movie CREED.
Can I say bravo to Michael B. Jordan for putting an amazing performance on.

 This movie is probably one of the greatest installments of the Rocky Franchise. It works just as well as a sequel to the original Rocky movie.


With CREED, Ryan Coogler takes an existing mythology and lovingly turns it into something new and very real, while Jordan takes a character who could easily be seen as unsympathetic, and turns him into someone exceedingly relatable.

 Jordan plays Adonis Creed, a kid that liked to fight, and was brought up by his father's wife. 
His father, Apollo Creed, died before he was born. Fighting Ivan Drago in the ring as we remember in Rocky IV. 

 Adonis quits his job in a business firm and moves to Philly to find Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone, to train him. There, he meets Bianca, an up-n-coming singer with a degenerative hearing disorder who he also falls in love with. 

 Creed isn’t complicated. It’s a simple story with just enough humanity sprinkled throughout to capture the hearts and minds of audiences who -- trust me when I say this -- will be cheering at the end of a movie that’s not nearly as predictable as you might think. You may love Stallone as Rambo, but Rambo’s the action star anti-hero. Rocky Balboa is Stallone’s heart and soul: the character that made him a star nearly 40 years ago, and still brings out his best.

 Unlike the previous "Rocky" movies, however, Stallone wasn’t necessarily best suited to write this story. Instead, he chose Coogler, a filmmaker who’s still in touch with the struggle of becoming a professional filmmaker, and then some. 

 That is what makes "Creed," the seventh "Rocky" movie, one of the best "Rocky" movies.

 Just some thoughts I had about this amazing film I saw. 

 -Timothy

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Small Time Rap Game - NATSOUND

11:28 PM Unknown 0 Comments

"I Rap"

I made a natural sound piece, that my professor asked us to for my final in one of his classes.

It's about two rappers, BTodd and Tommy Flow, that I know personally and their producer.

We had to make it where my voice track is not anywhere on the video. So I laid BTodd's track, MIND, under the entire video.


 Check it out below.

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Victim's Impact

11:05 AM Unknown 0 Comments

I have been working on a class project with the Victim's Impact group.
They are a non-profit organization that does public speaking against Drinking and Driving.
We are creating their memorium video to remember the victims.
We just interviewed our first family for the video, and the mother broke down mid interview. It was crazy.

But our next interview is Thursday, so I'll update soon.

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MV Update

11:00 AM Unknown 0 Comments

On Saturday, I shot the music video I was talking about in my last post. Honestly, I had a blast. We did a bunch of different shots and I'm currently in the process of editing the video now.

I'll share what I'm not using below. Enjoy!
-Timothy


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BTodd Monkey

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I am starting on my first music video this week!
My friend, Brandon, turns out to be a rapper. So after he released a couple songs now, he called me and asked if I wanted to collaborate with him on making an MV.
How could I say no, when his music is that good.

I'll be shooting this Saturday, and it'll be the goofiest video I've ever made. 

Check out BTodd on his soundcloud. He is honest to god, real talent.


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I have some... Konica Minolta?!?!

11:15 AM Unknown 0 Comments

What is this mysterious brand name?

Konica Minolta is what you would call the old school retro version cameras and lenses of today.
The Japanese brand was first formed when the two companies, Konica and Minolta, decided to merge in 2003. 
Unfortunately, sales were not good. In 2006, the company decided to quit the camera business and sold it to Sony. 


Why am I talking about them you ask?

Well, for a project I did a ways back. {Check my last post} I was given these three lenses as a form of payment.

Konica Minolta 50mm f/1.4 manual focus lens.
Konica Minolta 135mm f/3.5 manual focus lens.
Konica Minolta 24mm f/3.5 manual focus lens. 
 

I had to buy an adapter to get them to fit onto my GH4, but that was so cheap it didn't even matter. 
Now these lenses aren't like amazing. (except for the 50mm)
They are old, and everything is manual. I can't use these for any run and gun projects. I'd have to keep with my Olympus 12-40mm lens. 

But, I was able to test out the 50mm, and it was great. It was sharp. I could set my own aperture with the aperture ring on the lens itself. If you check my facebook at the link on the top of my page. Then my profile video will be of use from the 50mm Konica lens.

Warning!!!

My profile video is me and my girlfriend. And it is hilariously creepy. 

-Timothy Nguyen

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