www.nicholasgjenkins.net
It's rough, but it's functional for those of you who would like to check out teaser trailers of my work (you have to have the newest version of Quicktime) and eventually I think I'm going to merge my site and this blog... we'll see.
Your Lonely Director,
Nicholas G. Jenkins
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Let the Teaching Commence...
I try to sneak a Dark City reference in as many places as I can :)
So yesterday began the semester for us and I'm pretty loaded down. It's a good thing. The editing process is slow for me, so I'm filling my time with class prep. It's a strange semester for me. I'm teaching two editing classes (one introductory, the other more advanced), a directing class, and two independent studies on Directing and Cinematography. Lots to do and good groups of students.
Next week I leave for Seattle and the Sci-Fi Film Festival. I'm excited, but I hate flying. No, I mean REALLY hate flying. So much so that I'm almost wishing I hadn't been accepted into the fest... almost. It's going to be a wonderful experience to see what other filmmakers are doing on my level (and WAY above by the looks of it... check out YouTube for the trailer to a short film called "E:D:E:N"). There is also a film from AFI named "The Recordist". It looks great and I can't wait to see it.
All in all things are moving forward quite well. I haven't heard any results for the jobs I applied for, but I'm told that's normal and I won't hear anything until March. As the Spaniard says, "I hate waiting."
Also been rethinking the whole "Blog" thing these days. Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to the vast emptiness of the internet with this thing. I'm not really sure it's worth my time. I keep one on MySpace and seem to have a better turn out. I'm not much for diaries so this may be superfluous. I don't know. We'll see.
Current Music: A strange mix of Bullet for my Valentine, Gwar, Bush, and Chevelle.
Current Movies: Sunshine
So yesterday began the semester for us and I'm pretty loaded down. It's a good thing. The editing process is slow for me, so I'm filling my time with class prep. It's a strange semester for me. I'm teaching two editing classes (one introductory, the other more advanced), a directing class, and two independent studies on Directing and Cinematography. Lots to do and good groups of students.
Next week I leave for Seattle and the Sci-Fi Film Festival. I'm excited, but I hate flying. No, I mean REALLY hate flying. So much so that I'm almost wishing I hadn't been accepted into the fest... almost. It's going to be a wonderful experience to see what other filmmakers are doing on my level (and WAY above by the looks of it... check out YouTube for the trailer to a short film called "E:D:E:N"). There is also a film from AFI named "The Recordist". It looks great and I can't wait to see it.
All in all things are moving forward quite well. I haven't heard any results for the jobs I applied for, but I'm told that's normal and I won't hear anything until March. As the Spaniard says, "I hate waiting."
Also been rethinking the whole "Blog" thing these days. Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to the vast emptiness of the internet with this thing. I'm not really sure it's worth my time. I keep one on MySpace and seem to have a better turn out. I'm not much for diaries so this may be superfluous. I don't know. We'll see.
Current Music: A strange mix of Bullet for my Valentine, Gwar, Bush, and Chevelle.
Current Movies: Sunshine
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Sunshine: A Review
Danny Boyle's "Sunshine" is one of those rare films that engaged me both philosophically, and aesthetically. This is a truly impressive film and one that inspires me to make film. So rarely do those two states come together that I have to marvel at it. To write too much about "Sunshine" would give away too much of the journey. The plot involves a team of astronauts on a mission to re-ignite our dying sun. As it turns out, this is actually the second mission as the first one failed for mysterious reasons.I recommend "Sunshine" to everyone who loves science fiction, movies, and stories. This, to me, is what filmmaking is all about and I heartily include it with other sci-fi greats like "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Solaris", "Dark City", and "Alien".
Grade: A+
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