Despite the fact that over the course of my life I’ve spent countless hours on the internet, it took me up until this year to really start watching web series and reading web comics. Which is perhaps why this list is so sparse in comparison but each of these has really inspired me. If you listened to the last Demon Wolfcast, you’d know that I am hoping to write a web series this year and I’ve been trying to watch my favorites again to see what I can glean from them. Also, I’ve enjoyed reading web comics, and one in particular really helped me in terms of learning how to focus on story. So without further ado, here are my faves!
Ah television, the (almost) love of my life. I have spent so much time over the course of my years watching television and this year was no exception. Making this post however was actually quite a struggle given that I’ve actually shaved down the amount of TV I watch since I got to grad school. That and the fact that during the summer, there was only one show worth watching (The Fall) and I caught that way back in May. Anyways, I did manage to come up with a Top 10 TV shows of the season so far list that doesn’t suck so here it is.
There might not be a show I’m more excited for right now than HBO’s Looking and every trailer we get just increases the love. We finally get our 2nd official trailer for the show. Since the series is just around the corner (Jan 19!) I decided to watch the trailer and jot down some thoughts.
I managed to miss Orphan Black when it was first airing on TV but thanks to the wonders of On Demand I was able to watch all of the episodes in the past two weeks. My goodness is this a great show. It’s scifi without being super technical, the world building and characters are incredibly sharp, and Tatiana Maslany can act her ass off. Needless to say, I’m glad I waited this long to watch the show because the wait won’t be as long for the next season. Today, BBC America dropped the first teaser trailer for the second season of the hit show. Peep it after the jump!
One of these days I’ll learn to edit a film by exactly what the script says and by watching all of the footage. The edit for this film however was not one of those days and made this one of the toughest movies I’ve tried to edit. I asked my friend Fr. Vince to give me his footage at the end of the semester because I liked his movie 30 Day Retreat and wanted to do a take on it. He’s got this Malick like aesthetic that made for a really beautiful film. Turns out trying to edit like Malick is really fucking hard. I mean you can jump cut all you want but if it doesn’t makes sense then the movie falls apart. Taking that into account, and the fact that I wanted more footage of the guy on the retreat and you have for one tough edit. However, I’m really proud of how it turned out. So without further ado, here’s the 30 Day Retreat!