Ma Chere Etrange,
Life through the lens of an unusual, aspiring film maker.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
FINALLY!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Dote-Worthy Directors Part V: Steven Spielberg
Back to the Future
Jurassic Park
Jaws
I seriously could go on and on but I'll spare you lovely readers my rambling. Normally, this is the point in my post where I would recommend you go out and watch these films.. but I am sure most of you have.. therefore.. I beseech you to go out and watch Super 8 when it hits theaters this summer.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Interview with Steven Tsapelas of We Need Girlfriends and My Future Girlfriend
As most of you know from my previous post, I had the awesome opportunity to interview Steven Tsapelas of We Need Girlfriends and My Future Girlfriend. I admit, my week has been so hectic that I've barely had enough time to even log on.. let alone post! So here it is, fellow readers, the long awaited interview. Enjoy and please don't forget to watch My Future Girlfriend when it premiers April 1, 2011! Add them on facebook here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Future-Girlfriend/233489998992
for more news and details. :) Enjoy!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
We Need My Future Girlfriend
If you haven’t heard of the web series, We Need Girlfriends, may I implore you to stop whatever it is that you are doing right now and take some time to watch an episode or two (though I will make you aware that it may very well lead to a marathon) right now here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omE_8VJN9Eo
For those of you individuals who have not watched and are too stubborn to watch right now, We Need Girlfriends is a web series that gained an incredible amount of internet popularity when it released on youtube. The show was so popular, in fact, that CBS picked up it with the intention of making it a sitcom on their network. The sitcom never fully made it to completion for reasons not mentioned in this post (but that will be answered, later on— stay tuned). It chronicles the lives of three twenty-somethings who are in desperate need of.. you guessed it.. girlfriends. The things these three go through during this quest to conquer the “squirrels” of New York City (you’ll have to watch for the reference) is downright hilarious.. yet.. it has enjoyed such popularity due to being so relational. Unless you live in some deluded kind of white picket fence reality, all of us, at some time or another have been where these three guys find themselves: lonely and desperately searching for a significant other that isn’t completely off-the-radar crazy. Am I right, or am I right? This simple fact is what I believe has made the show what it is today— the fact that everyone has been there.. and that maybe, just maybe, these crazy exploits that take place during this season aren’t so crazy and far-fetched after all.
Just trust me when I say, it’s worth the time to sit down and watch.
Now, Ragtag Productions (the production company behind We Need Girlfriends) is on the brink of releasing another web based series, My Future Girlfriend. It is a Sci-Fi romance comedy presented in five parts that is set to release on April 1, 2011. Rest assured, Ragtag Productions has denied any claim that the release date is an April Fool’s joke— this is the real deal, kiddos. Though this project has yet to be seen, it seems promising, packing just as much (if not more) punch than We Need Girlfriends. Watch the teaser trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX9tyBKDdPg
That being said, I have the incredible honor of interviewing Steven Tsapelas, writer and director of We Need Girlfriends and writer of My Future Girlfriend, and presenting it to you directly. Stay tuned to the next few posts for the full interview!
Until then..
Love & love,
Karla Von Guerra.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Dote-Worthy Directors Part IV: Darren Aronofsky
If you have not heard of, nor seen, any of Darren Aronofsky's films, believe me when I say you are sorely missing out. I can rest assured knowing that when I sit down to watch an Aronofsky film, I will not only enjoy it, but I will leave doing something that all films in some extent or another should do-- make the viewer THINK.
This film chronicles a paranoid mathematician scrambling for a number that will solve all of the universe's mysteries. I won't say too much, lest I give it away, but it is such a brilliant film. One thing that sets it apart from others is that it was shot in a modern noir style. Noir is one of my absolute favorite film styles and it's a shame that it is not used very much today.
This film is a little bit more widely known, and the first film for which he was truly noted. It is the chilling and heart wrenching story of four drug-addicted individuals. This movie was a difficult one to sit through and watch, but I loved it because of its realism and fearlessness. It really sheds a light into what life is for those that suffer from intense addictions to drugs.
Monday, January 31, 2011
I've grown a new organism..
Yep. That's right. It's literally become attached to my body. I've been doing so much reading from it the past couple of days that my mind is running a bit on overload. I've always known that I possessed the creative side of film making.. now to just master the technical.