Danny Who's Journal

Subject:	Talking to myself accomplishes more than talking to u
Time:	7:12 am.
Mood:	hopeful.
Music:	Hayden - Dynamite Walls.

i slid down my railing with a clove in my mouth and i never realized how heavily i inhale when im doing that but i took the biggest drag ever and coughed and almost fell, i am still shaking...i dont know if its the fall or the drag but i can't stop...

before that, i was talkin to myself as if i was pitching a movie idea to someone (i did this for over an hour and a half, i do this alot) and i came up with an idea, just a preproduction idea, to put tiny cameras in the peephole of the dorm doors. i did a good pitch..alot of stuff happens in the halls and with remote network links from the rooms to my computer i'd have a lot of boring video to sort through but i could catch some good film...if i had every door on both sides hooked up on a floor with wide angle cameras i could catch, albeit with some gaps, some good video....i would have to get everyones permission to install them, not to mention residence life, but my ideal system would allow ppl to still use the peephole but now with a wider view, and they could come to me to see whatever is filmed for surveillance, if someone say urinated on their door or something. so thats how i'd get them to go along with it...the only problem with everyone having a camera is that they'd all know they were on film in the hall and be less likely to act natural...of course any thing i planned on using in a film showing anyone, i would have to get them to sign a release form but slip them a few bucks and its cool...i am years away from this ever coming to any realization not to mention thousands of dollars away as well...but an opening credits sequence using this idea would be creative in a movie set in a college...just wishful thinking but pitching a movie that utilizes new technology and creativity puts it a step ahead of the rest... a step towards being noticed and achieving critical acclaim...Darren Aronovsky (Pi & Requiem for a Dream) did a great job with new camera tricks.

I have had no problem thinking of ideas for movies and little things to put in them but i knew i have been tryin to think of something innovative camera-wise and i was startin to think everything new had been done to death,

i mean when John carpenter made Halloween with the then revolutionary steady-cam technology when a guy carries the camera in order to give the viewer the idea that the camera is the character's viewpoint, it was revolutionary but it was the 70's and alot of things hadn't been done..whats left by now, whats left that i could conceivably do on a less than indie budget?...and i'm not saying my simple peephole door shot idea is revolutionary or never been done, but it simply gives me new hope that i can think of newish ideas...so its more of a moral victory for myself...i know ur not impressed so shut up, im the man and thats that...ahahha...

Music is also one of the most important things for a film catching u also, and Aronovsky does that well too, and i have been honing this skill for a while, movie trailers are reliant on music that make u remember, new catchy music does wonders for anything... anyway The man is a genius and my idol...he is working on Lobby Lobster (a movie he self-financed and wrote as he went along), Batman:Year One, Ronin (not the DeNiro action flick), and an unnamed Brad Pitt movie...i cant wait.

for the meantime i'm thinkin of commercial ideas for my business project, i came up with a good simple idea that could look good if i do it right, or really dumb if i do it wrong...its tough to come up with ideas when i dont know what i can do, because i dont have a video camera and i will most likely have to borrow one from the school and i dont know what they have to offer..ill go find out in the next couple of days though. i havent found anyone yet who has a good video camera but i dont know that many people, but if the school only has crap then i'll have to ask around more...

i will have to get a job soon because i plan on having this ASAP

and apparently i would need like at least $1400 on ebay and they run ups to 5 large in retail, but thems the breaks...

anyway i spent all this time with my ideas and i want to save money and learn the technology behind cameras and continue to cultvate creative ideas, i'll have to learn to build the cameras, but between classes at JMU and te multitude of stuff u can learn online i'll learn...someday i will realize some of my ideas and make a stunning film that someone else, maybe just one person, will enjoy as much as i will...so my new hobby is to learn technology, make money and think..i think i can handle that...and the beauty is my major is technology, so even if i never get into the film industry, anything i learn can only boost my resume....

...hope and happiness is good stuff...
*(that requiem link is one of the greatest sites, just keep moving ur mouse & clicking, u never really get anywhere and it keeps going forever but i never saw a site that fit its topic more...)

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