Almost Done!

So exam week is in full swing. With two more days to go and a final exam tomorrow, I should be studying. However I am just way too excited for the summer to begin. I have so many things planned, and as a few of them include a great deal of work ( besides actually working at my part-time job) I don't feel as if they are such.

I volunteered last week for CURVE 94.3 last week for a three hour gig, selling cupcakes for cancer. Although I was not actually selling the cupcakes, I was still participating in the event. It was so much fun and has pretty much peaked my enthusiasm for everything that is about to take place over the course of the summer.

The first thing on my agenda is to try to get a small internship at a local ad agency. I really want to get into the industry and to this day know pretty little about it. So this is one of the top things on my list.

Second, I am starting all the preliminary work on my video IPP, a 12 minute documentary on Haunted Manitoba (that's what I'm calling it). This will include all the fun stuff, like participating the The Haunted Winnipeg Bus and Ghost Tours. This is something I have wanted to do since my little guy was born, so lets say just over five years ago. I will also be researching the places I have chosen to document, and yes... film them (the spooky stuff will come later). I will be finding the suitable people to interview as well as old photos from the Manitoba Archives building. And of course, write my script.

Thirdly, I plan to organize an art show for a long-time friend of mine who has gotten accepted into Emily Carr in Vancouver and will be leaving at the end of the summer. All her art must go! this is something I am equally excited about like the others, because wanting to work in an art gallery was also a dream of mine. I am pleased to say that through my first year as a CreComm student, I have acquired all the necessary skills to put on something like an art show for my friend "just for fun."

Other plans for the summer include: getting a car, taking my son to the park, car, writing band reviews, car, catching up on my favourtite shows, car, soccer with my son, car, and catching some sun. Did I forget anything? .... Oh, car!

Jenn

Sports Article #2

The new proposed stadium to be built at the University of Manitoba is officially underway. The new stadium is set to be ready for the start of the 2012 season. $90 million, the estimated financing amount has been given from the government to David Asper. The financing will help Asper’s company, Cre(s)win Properties Inc. with the overall construction costs of the stadium ($115 million) and the fitness centre ($22 million) of $137 million. But how will this loan affect taxpayers? And is a new stadium worth the money?

Nick Andrelunas is a Winnipegger against the proposed tax increase. “I don’t think that’s a good idea,” retorts Andrelunas. What if Asper can’t pay the money back? In the beginning when this proposed stadium was just a future plan, Winnipeggers were told that the new proposed stadium wouldn’t affect taxpayers. Andrelunas is not pleased with the outcome, “I think it should have been more straight forward from the start, “he says.

Another vast concern is location. For most people who currently bus to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers games, the rapid transit system to the University of Manitoba is crucial. Some might think the location is not convenient.

Chas Vokey is a long-time Bomber fan, “I think it’s a good idea,” says Vokey who is pleased that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are getting a new stadium. Vokey doesn’t feel that the location is a big deal at all. “It could be worse,” adds Vokey. “It could be outside the city.”

The rapid transit system which has been in construction since October 22, 2008 is estimated to be finished by the time the new stadium will be complete.

In addition to Winnipeg proposing a new stadium, Saskatchewan is planning on investing in a new one as well, a bigger one. Are they trying to outdo us? Vokey doesn’t think so, “As much of a Bomber fan I am, Roughrider fans are much more die-hard… so a bigger stadium there makes sense.”

Unfortunately, I failed this article, due to accessing TSN's article to find out David Asper's company's name which is actually Creswin Properties Inc. but not according to this TSN article.

Third paragraph - second line


Thanks TSN!

Part 1: sports Articles

This article is from a month ago, but still....

Why do Manitobans love the Moose? “It brought the city together,” said fan, Chris Managh, 24.  Managh and three friends attend the AHL Manitoba Moose games regularly.

The four fans started attending the Moose games last year during the playoffs.  “The playoffs got interesting,” said Cody Joseph, 22.  The Manitoba Moose made it to the 2009 playoffs for the Calder Cup championship, they were finalists in the game against the Hershey Bears, but lost.

“The biggest thing about the Moose is that it unites the city (of Winnipeg).  You can sit next to a stranger and high five them and not even know who they are,” said Managh at last night’s game at the MTS Centre against the Worcester Sharks.

But high-fiving with fellow Moose fans isn’t the highlight of their hockey experience.  “You gotta heckle, it’s part of the game,” said Managh who sported a Manitoba Moose jersey outfit complete with the matching toque. Managh’s friend agreed, “Ragging on those visiting fans is a lot of fun too,” said Joseph. 

Joseph went on to explain that when the Manitoba Moose play against the Hamilton Bulldogs, opposing fans usually crowd the arena.  “You just bug ‘em when a goal is scored, tell them they suck,” explained Managh, who admitted that he has already been to 13 of the home games at the MTS Centre.

All four men play hockey for recreation beer leagues.  Both Managh and Joseph have been involved in hockey for a long time.  “I have a Teemu Selanne jersey, but I haven’t worn it in about a year,” said the now minor league hockey fan, Joseph, who also sported his Manitoba Moose jersey.

Managh reported that most Winnipeg NHL fans don’t like the AHL team, the Manitoba Moose because, “our team is built up of has beens.” But Joseph retorted, “the Jets are in the past, move on people.”

Both Managh and Joseph expected that the Moose will have taken the game last night, not just for the sake of winning but for current goalie, Cory Schneider who will soon be leaving the Manitoba Moose as part of a trade deal.

“They’re on a streak right now, they’re gonna win one for Schneider before he takes off,” said Managh.  Joseph was a bit more optimistic on the idea of a new goalie, “the goalie they are trading for is definitely better for the team.”

The Manitoba Moose ended the night with a victory of 3-1 over the Worcester Sharks.  According to the Winnipeg Sun, the trade deadline for Cory Schneider is set for today at 2 p.m.

Tomorrow, will post a Bomber story

:)

 

IPP Approved!

Today, on average, seventy something CreComms had fifteen minute interviews with a panel of instructors. The panel interrogated us and asked a series of questions (to make sure we know our stuff).  The nerves didn't set in until about 5 minutes beforehand.  In the time leading up to the interview, I took my dad and son on a tour of the Red River College campus. Joey loved it. For some reason the stairs were his favourite part. He kept wanting to go up!

So once I was in the office anticipating the questions they'd ask, my stomach started to flop a bit. So, I did what I always do. I put on a smile and laughed a lot! I think, now I think... that my positive personality is what got me approved. They said they could sense how passionate I was about this project. They tried to scare me off by telling me that my choice of project; a film documentary on Haunted Manitoba was an extremely difficult task. They even tried persuading me to do a still photo slide show with narrations. I think that the face I made, quickly told them I was not impressed.

Now as a first year CreComm, I will not lie, I have no idea as to how to produce a documentary. I am learning. And as to why I have chosen this method of IPP? Why not? We are in a program that gives us the opportunity to do something that we wouldn't ordinarily have the option of doing. I mean, how cool would it be to make a documentary?

I am now officially devoting my summer to filming this thing. Documentary... here I come!

The best Haunting Movies of all Time

So in an effort to start preliminary research on my Independent Personal Project : Manitoba Hauntings documentary (pending approval with the panel next Monday), I have been on this kick of rewatching haunting movies and have stumbled upon this list of best Haunting Movies of all time:

1. The Shining (1980)
2. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
3. Session 9 (2001)
4. The Ring (2002)
5. The Sixth Sense (1999)
6. The Amityville Horror (1979)
7. The Changeling (1980)
8. Ju-On: The Grudge (2003)
9. The Others (2001)
10. Al Final del Espectro (2006)

Check out the full list HERE
Think of any others?
Let me know.

I'm Lovin' It

Just as promised....





Scroll down to the earlier post, "Gimme that Fillet O Fish" if you don't understand the purpose of this post.
:)

And now some insights in CreComm screenplay writing

In school we are learning to film short mini-screenplays we had written last semester.  So far, we have written radio dramas, and entered them in a competition.  My group didn't win, but I'm sure if we presented on time, we may have a had a chance.

Then we had to write a montage and like usual, I used the deep angle.  I, for some reason have a much easier time writing about traumas.  It's not that I'm sick and get some sort of cheap thrill out of it, it just seemes to be something that I can write fairly well.

Currently, we in the process of writing a much longer screenplay and now that we have had the chance to film a short, I'm sure that writing a bigger one will involve a lot more detail to be taken into consideration.

For me, it feels like writing a screenplay is sort of like writing a short story.  There needs to be a beginning, middle and an end, as well as a PURPOSE. Also just like a short story, the setting needs to be described fully.

And don't forget there has to be a protagonist.  But there is a further step into writing a screenplay, something about plot points? Yes I know there is a bit more meaning to the plot point than what I have specified, my definition is still a little sketchy, but I think I get the gist.

Anyway, this is an example of the short film featured in class.  My idea is somewhat similar in the way of concept. Hence, the traumatic theme I was referring to earlier.