visual madness

Canon HV30:
$570.

Røde VideoMic:
$150.

Raynox DCR-6600 Wide Angle Lens:
$140.

Canon XH-A1 Lens Hood:
$24.

Shooting amazing HD footage with a badass camcorder for only a fraction of what it normally costs:

Priceless.

-Kev

Not unlike a member of the Church of Latter-day Saints, ever since I read what I now consider to be one the greatest books of all time, I’ve been eagerly trying to push it on to everyone I know. So far I’ve gotten almost all my good friends and even my sister to read it, and their reactions have been pretty much unanimous: it’s a stunning piece of work.

So with the film coming out in little over than three months away, I’ve been rushing to get more people to read it before they watch the movie, so that way they’ll be able to get the full experience of having their minds raped by graphic novel brilliance for the first time.

Alas, as fate would have it, there’s been one person as of late who’s has proven to be a bit of a hard sell. This Negative Nancy comes in the form of Allan Hagen, a fellow magician and flourisher from Norway who is also a very skilled and knowledgeable cinematographer to boot. Long story short, I’ve been egging him on to read the book for ages, but even after months and months of my constant annoyance he still hasn’t even gotten down to getting himself a copy of the book. Apparently him being a film nut meant he wasn’t much of a reader – but then again, graphic novels are just like storyboards, aren’t they? » Read the rest of this entry «

So it’s been over a week since I last updated the site – been meaning to get around to it for a while, but I’ve just been busy with, well…

Still, somewhere in the midst of all the Easy Mac, Peter Serafinowicz and just plain ol’ lying-around-and-doing-nothing, there have been a few notable events that have taken place since you last heard read from me. With that having been said, here we go: » Read the rest of this entry «

Even though classes are pretty much over here at Chapman, there’s still one week of finals left to go before school is officially out for the winter (yay). As a result, over the past few days I’ve been busy cramming my mind with information relating to everything from radio and newspapers all the way up to f-stops and German Expressionist cinema. It’s been pretty hectic so far, but the effort should all pay off within the next week or so.

Nevertheless, despite the heavy workload I still try and find some time in between study sessions to take little breaks here and there. And while most other times I’d use those periods to practice flourishes or watch movies (usually at the same time), this weekend has seen my breaks spent on another activity:

Tap Tap Dance is the latest from Tapulous, the same company that originally put out Tap Tap Revenge a while back. » Read the rest of this entry «

My bicycle got a punctured tire a few weeks ago, but since Orange County is such a small place I haven’t really been bothered enough to get it fixed yet.

So instead of just sitting around idly and doing nothing about it, I figured I’d write a bicycle haiku instead. A biku, if you will:

you were once my friend

now you just sit there and rust

useless piece of s***

Alrighty then. Time to walk to class.