For those of you who don’t know already, I am currently making a film that will hopefully grab a considerable amount of attention. After trying to explain in multiple times, I think I’ve finally come up with a solid description:
…shhh is a provocative critique of the church. It is addressing the fact that in order to be accepted within an institution whose mandate is grace and love, we must first hide our deepest secrets and darkest sins.
These are some images that provided me with the creative inspiration. Keep close watch here for the internet debut of ‘…shhh’
Filed under: video
Every few weeks I am violently reminded that in order to maintain both an academically rewarding lifestyle, as well as a sense of sanity; I must sometimes be an idiot. I’ve discovered that I have to balance my long hours of intense study with long hours of something useless… like videogames. Time spent on useless things can sometimes be productive in different ways, for example writing poetry. Poetry produces no tangible useful result but is not useless; it cathartic for me, as well as a creative outlet. On the other end, running around dorm with a couple mostly naked guys is less productive, but is nonetheless useful to maintain a healthy balanced mind.
This video is an example of how some friends of my in Sem-house 8 balance their lives.
Filed under: video
Many people have already seen this video, but it is important to notice. I have been challenged recently by my involvement in the media. I see how certain mediums manipulate and distort truth in everything they do, which essentially creates lies. The lies highlighted here are obvious; sense of beauty and the empty promise that the mascara used will make you look like a supermodel.
The lies aren’t always that obvious, and in this example it assumes that the ‘final product’ woman looks better than the ‘pre-altered’ woman. At least I can say that the ‘pre-altered’ woman was far more attractive. At least for me that means she is honest, accesible, and an actual human being.
As much as I wish it weren’t true, we have to be ultra-sensitive to almost every image we consume, and make sure we know when we are being mislead.
Filed under: video
motion picture (moshin-piktcher) – noun
1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion-picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion-picture projector) in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement.
2. motion pictures, the art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures.
This is a place to express ideas and emotions. Video, film, movies, shorts, etc, have all been used for expression and influence. The work that I personally do will soon be posted here and hosted by youtube.com.
I will also be posting other videos through youtube.com by friends, classmates and strangers. If you are interested and fall into one of those categories, please send me a request and a link to your video. The overall intention is to stimulate the dialogue surround student life at Providence College, so keep that in mind when selecting potential clips.
Due to the intensive workload that quality videos provide, this page will not be updated often unless there is an overwhelming vigor by filmmakers who would like to grace our provalogue. In either case, rest assured that when it is updated, you won’t want to miss it.
