The votes are in and Ron Howard's best film is Apollo 13 -- thank you for voting!
Now...what is the best John Hughes film? This is a toughie...vote to the right -->
-AM
Monday, March 22, 2010
Modern Family at the Academy
I am a Television Academy Student Member and with that membership comes a ton of perks! Not only do I get to see movies for free (they show a different one each weekend), but I get to attend their various "Night with -insert show-" ...All with a guest!
I've been to their 80s comedy night with the cast and crew of "Night Court," "Cheers," "Murphy Brown," and "Designing Women." I'll be attending the night with "Community" this upcoming week and "Glee" in a few more weeks.
The cast enters the theater via a walkway right outside. Notice the Emmy wall paper behind them. Photos or video from this event usually find their way into People Magazine or on Entertainment Tonight.
Waiting for the cast and crew to come out on stage. They showed a brand new episode of "Modern Family" to start off the night. That episode didn't air for another 2 weeks...we received a sneak peek!
If you've seen the show, you know this character, "dog butler." I find him quite creepy as well. The cast freaked out when they saw it standing next to them.
The whole cast and crew of "Modern Family" with host Tom Bergeron.
It must be so much fun on their set. They mentioned keeping the set environment very relaxed because comedy is very hard when people are exhausted or stressed. I can certainly respect that. I'd love to work in an environment like this one day!
-AM
I've been to their 80s comedy night with the cast and crew of "Night Court," "Cheers," "Murphy Brown," and "Designing Women." I'll be attending the night with "Community" this upcoming week and "Glee" in a few more weeks.
The cast enters the theater via a walkway right outside. Notice the Emmy wall paper behind them. Photos or video from this event usually find their way into People Magazine or on Entertainment Tonight.
Waiting for the cast and crew to come out on stage. They showed a brand new episode of "Modern Family" to start off the night. That episode didn't air for another 2 weeks...we received a sneak peek!
If you've seen the show, you know this character, "dog butler." I find him quite creepy as well. The cast freaked out when they saw it standing next to them.
The whole cast and crew of "Modern Family" with host Tom Bergeron.The night with the cast and crew of "Modern Family" was probably the most fun event I have ever gone to at the Academy. I felt like we were all just sitting back and chatting about this awesome show. I even had the guts to stand and ask the director, Jason Winer, a question. In fact, the Academy write-up of the event includes an answer to my question of how important rehearsal and improvisation was to the filming process. They film many different punch lines and pick the funniest!
This was taken after Tom Bergeron held the microphone for me to ask a question - so cool! I said "Hey Tom" when he walked up :-)
This was taken after Tom Bergeron held the microphone for me to ask a question - so cool! I said "Hey Tom" when he walked up :-)It must be so much fun on their set. They mentioned keeping the set environment very relaxed because comedy is very hard when people are exhausted or stressed. I can certainly respect that. I'd love to work in an environment like this one day!
-AM
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Finalist for TEDxUSC
Announcement!
"Friday Night Fright" is a finalist for the TEDxUSC conference. They choose about 4 films to screen during the entire 4 hour conference and I am a finalist. I will find out around April 4th if my film is chosen.
Here's some information about the TEDxUSC conference. Since I was a finalist, I received 1 free ticket to the event, regardless if I screen. I went to the same conference last year and it actually inspired my film "STUCK," so to be able to go as an invited guest is so exciting!
Cross your fingers!!
-AM
"Friday Night Fright" is a finalist for the TEDxUSC conference. They choose about 4 films to screen during the entire 4 hour conference and I am a finalist. I will find out around April 4th if my film is chosen.
Here's some information about the TEDxUSC conference. Since I was a finalist, I received 1 free ticket to the event, regardless if I screen. I went to the same conference last year and it actually inspired my film "STUCK," so to be able to go as an invited guest is so exciting!
Cross your fingers!!
-AM
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Earthquake in Los Angeles
Today I felt my first earthquake while living in Los Angeles.
I usually sleep through them but last night was a big one! I woke up at 4am with my entire room shaking. My bed was shaking, my cabinet was shaking and I'm pretty sure a frame or two is now sideways. I had my window open and heard everything outside as well. Very eerie. Moments after the shaking, car alarms went off and dogs were barking. I'm pretty sure babies were crying and giant lizards were pounding through the streets...but I think that part was in my head.
I of course jumped online to see if what I felt was the real thing. My friend Dave had already posted how there was an earthquake, and then my roommate posted right after him. So I wasn't crazy! "Earthquake" was a trending topic on Twitter and people were freaking out, hoping we were okay. I guess our overwhelming tweets of "Earthquake in Los Angeles" scared the rest of the country!
I texted my roommate "Ahhhhhh." She sent a blank message in return...not sure what that meant...
I continued reading responses and some people's reactions were hilarious. My friend ran outside in her bathrobe. Some got ready for "the big one." And some, like me, just sat there wondering what was going on. Most slept through it and freaked when they saw all of our postings.
I texted my mom who then called me (it was 7am in NC). I told her how freaked out I was. I was supposed to be getting up in a few hours to begin my first day as an intern at Playtone, and I was awake at 4am! We talked briefly and then I tried my hardest to fall asleep. I had a dream I was getting robbed on a continuous bases, so I went to a hardware store and installed locks and cameras. What does that mean??
Anyways, now I can say I have experienced an earthquake. And I'm happy there's social networking, because now I feel like I shared the moment with others!
I usually sleep through them but last night was a big one! I woke up at 4am with my entire room shaking. My bed was shaking, my cabinet was shaking and I'm pretty sure a frame or two is now sideways. I had my window open and heard everything outside as well. Very eerie. Moments after the shaking, car alarms went off and dogs were barking. I'm pretty sure babies were crying and giant lizards were pounding through the streets...but I think that part was in my head.
I of course jumped online to see if what I felt was the real thing. My friend Dave had already posted how there was an earthquake, and then my roommate posted right after him. So I wasn't crazy! "Earthquake" was a trending topic on Twitter and people were freaking out, hoping we were okay. I guess our overwhelming tweets of "Earthquake in Los Angeles" scared the rest of the country!
I texted my roommate "Ahhhhhh." She sent a blank message in return...not sure what that meant...
I continued reading responses and some people's reactions were hilarious. My friend ran outside in her bathrobe. Some got ready for "the big one." And some, like me, just sat there wondering what was going on. Most slept through it and freaked when they saw all of our postings.
I texted my mom who then called me (it was 7am in NC). I told her how freaked out I was. I was supposed to be getting up in a few hours to begin my first day as an intern at Playtone, and I was awake at 4am! We talked briefly and then I tried my hardest to fall asleep. I had a dream I was getting robbed on a continuous bases, so I went to a hardware store and installed locks and cameras. What does that mean??
Anyways, now I can say I have experienced an earthquake. And I'm happy there's social networking, because now I feel like I shared the moment with others!
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