Butch aka Travis

Stanley Kubrick

This is one of the very few Kubrick blogs around. Although i must admit i haven’t looked much. If i ever get enough time i might actually make my own.

Kubrick is far and away my favourtie Director. Dark humour and an excellent satyrist. A Clockwork Orange changed tge way i looked at films and actually started my interest in the process of film making. Some people don’t like his style, but that’s cool.

This from News.com

Police set to charge movie man
March 18, 2005
From: AAP
VICTORIAN police stole the show as they swooped on a group brandishing imitation firearms for an amateur film in a street in northern Melbourne last night.

The crew of about 12 people was staging a prison break in Drummond Street, Coburg, near the former Pentridge prison, when residents phoned police about 9pm (AEDT), Sergeant Trevor Thorn of Coburg police said.
They were carrying an imitation sub-machine gun and two imitation pistols, he said.

“At that time of night in possession of those items, police could have reasonably assumed it was for real,” Sgt Thorn said.

Police in an unmarked car called for back-up.

Three other police units dispatched to the scene soon discovered the group was filming in the street without a permit.

A 23-year-old Brunswick man will be charged on summons with firearms offences.

“I don’t think they understood the full extent of what they were doing,” Sgt Thorn said.

“This incident could have had very serious and tragic repercussions.

“It’s fair to say that police are fairly cautious when they receive information of that nature.

“They’re trained to attend incidents of that nature but thankfully commonsense prevailed.”

Sgt Thorn urged anyone wishing to make a film and use imitation weapons to inform police and the local council, and to seek the correct permits and advice.

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Bit heavy handed maybe, its strange that this isnt an uncommon tale, at my old uni in BrisVegas exactly the same thing happened, except they capsicum sprayed his eyes.

If your a film student then you should register with IMdb.com (internet Movie Database)

Just for interest sake, here are the top 100 films listed by users (this is voted by the users of IMdb, which i like, its devoid of bias)

Check it out
Bold means its one of my favourites

1. 9.0 The Godfather (1972) 118,628
2. 8.9 The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 144,977
3. 8.9 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 98,820
4. 8.8 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 69,665
5. 8.8 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 30,610
6. 8.7 Casablanca (1942) 64,888
7. 8.7 Schindler’s List (1993) 95,592
8. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 153,710
9. 8.7 Citizen Kane (1941) 60,096
10. 8.7 Star Wars (1977) 131,524
11. 8.7 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) 68,610
12. 8.7 Pulp Fiction (1994) 128,187
13. 8.7 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 111,084
14. 8.6 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 101,404
15. 8.6 Rear Window (1954) 40,667
16. 8.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 62,483
17. 8.6 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 29,311
18. 8.6 The Usual Suspects (1995) 101,489
19. 8.6 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 91,755
20. 8.6 Cidade de Deus (2002) 23,701
21. 8.6 12 Angry Men (1957) 28,977
22. 8.5 Memento (2000) 88,051
23. 8.5 Psycho (1960) 52,445
24. 8.5 North by Northwest (1959) 35,565
25. 8.5 C’era una volta il West (1968) 16,238
26. 8.5 Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 31,100
27. 8.5 Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, Le (2001) 57,247
28. 8.5 Goodfellas (1990) 65,703
29. 8.5 The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 90,117
30. 8.5 Sunset Blvd. (1950) 15,532
31. 8.5 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 41,181
32. 8.5 American Beauty (1999) 107,481
33. 8.4 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) 42,260
34. 8.4 Apocalypse Now (1979) 62,684
35. 8.4 The Matrix (1999) 139,380
36. 8.4 Paths of Glory (1957) 13,863
37. 8.4 Fight Club (1999) 108,398
38. 8.4 Vertigo (1958) 33,860
39. 8.4 The Third Man (1949) 17,837
40. 8.4 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) 22,751
41. 8.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) 30,211
42. 8.4 Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 19,868
43. 8.4 Double Indemnity (1944) 11,215
44. 8.3 Boot, Das (1981) 28,029
45. 8.3 Taxi Driver (1976) 47,094
46. 8.3 M (1931) 11,607
47. 8.3 The Pianist (2002) 29,595
48. 8.3 Rashômon (1950) 11,127
49. 8.3 Se7en (1995) 86,084
50. 8.3 All About Eve (1950) 12,645
51. 8.3 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) 21,699
52. 8.3 The Maltese Falcon (1941) 18,881
53. 8.3 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 45,446
54. 8.3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 59,384
55. 8.3 Chinatown (1974) 25,766
56. 8.3 Some Like It Hot (1959) 25,552
57. 8.3 L.A. Confidential (1997) 68,682
58. 8.3 Léon (1994) 50,810
59. 8.3 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 97,327
60. 8.3 Alien (1979) 61,405
61. 8.3 American History X (1998) 57,123
62. 8.3 Modern Times (1936) 9,894
63. 8.2 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) 11,186
64. 8.2 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) 10,127
65. 8.2 The Wizard of Oz (1939) 37,256
66. 8.2 The Manchurian Candidate (1962) 13,741
67. 8.2 The Sting (1973) 22,966
68. 8.2 On the Waterfront (1954) 12,308
69. 8.2 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) 62,297
70. 8.2 Raging Bull (1980) 26,518
71. 8.2 Ran (1985) 11,446
72. 8.2 Amadeus (1984) 35,815
73. 8.2 Vita è bella, La (1997) 36,753
74. 8.2 Touch of Evil (1958) 11,389
75. 8.2 The Great Escape (1963) 19,347
76. 8.2 A Clockwork Orange (1971) 64,017
77. 8.2 City Lights (1931) 7,488
78. 8.2 The Apartment (1960) 10,812
79. 8.2 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 67,574
80. 8.2 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 64,240
81. 8.2 Metropolis (1927) 11,539
82. 8.2 The Shining (1980) 48,988
83. 8.2 High Noon (1952) 12,064
84. 8.2 Jaws (1975) 45,503
85. 8.2 Aliens (1986) 62,928
86. 8.2 Finding Nemo (2003) 39,446
87. 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 20,688
88. 8.2 Braveheart (1995) 89,571
89. 8.1 Million Dollar Baby (2004) 14,687
90. 8.1 Wo hu cang long (2000) 50,756
91. 8.1 Fargo (1996) 64,710
92. 8.1 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) 41,882
93. 8.1 Oldboy (2003) 6,558
94. 8.1 Yojimbo (1961) 8,513
95. 8.1 Blade Runner (1982) 73,751
96. 8.1 Strangers on a Train (1951) 11,228
97. 8.1 Donnie Darko (2001) 49,653
98. 8.1 The Incredibles (2004) 23,900
99. 8.1 The Sixth Sense (1999) 95,086
100. 8.1 The Princess Bride (1987) 53,253

One of the first things i learnt this year was the abscence of 18 - 24 year old males watching TV. I am 22 so i fall inbetween this age bracket, and i realsed i really don’t watch much TV at all. I only watch TV when im on the computer (i have a 2 bedroom flat). I more or less hear what is going on to drown out the othwise din of my next-door neighbours violin.

I have atheory it isn’t just 18 - 24 year old males, to refine it even more it would be straight males aged between 18 - 24.

Don’t get me wrong, im not a homophobe or anything, its just that there is very little that appeals to me on TV.

My favourite show used to be OZ. It was the only show i actually used to sit down and watch, religiously. Every other guy in my Media in Australia class watched this show, and i mean EVERY ONE OF THEM. Obviously SBS didn’t realise that they were on to something because the replaced it with Queer as Folk. and all the men (or Boys) were left with 6 foot under as the alternative. OZ has yet to reappear.

That is a fairly blatant example i guess, but i really get the feeling TV networks haven’t really asked 18 - 24 year old straight men what they want. Instead they have adopted a “we know best” attitude and we have been told what to like.

The problem is so incredibly simple. Don’t worry about interactivity or DVD’s or anything it is a culmination of two very important facts.
1. Men aged 18 - 24 have short attention spans:
its true, i can’t sit still ever, i have to be actively involved with something 99% of the time. What I’m getting at is that we may get into a program, but our attention span is broken by constant Adverts. So we wander off and find womething to do, Adverts not being all that invigorating.

2. There are no TV shows aged at straight men 18 - 24.
There really isn’t. The reason being that (i feel) most ‘people’ see what straight 18 - 24 men to be offensive to others in some way. To many girls and its sexist, to many beers and its promoting an unhealthy life style etc. People seem to overlook this. Its almost like any TV show with a 18 - 24 straight male in it is a show which is trying to make us over, eg. Queer Eye.

Take Channel 10 on a Wednesday from 6pm.

6:00- The Simpsons
This is one of the few remaining shows that men aged 18 - 24 watch. Why? Because its funny, with no moral agenda.

6:30pm- Neighbours.
Time to do something else. This is not invigorating at all, the characters are stupid (i know its an institution, but this is my opinion)

7:00pm - The Simpsons
Good Move

7:30pm - American Idol
Boring, its had its day, Its also so incrdibley annoying and repetitive. This has got to be aimed at gay men and women under 20.

8:30pm - Medium
I think this is about a psychic women. No room for men here, i could say with a degree of certainty we could not identify with the lead character.

9:30pm - Battlestar Gallactica
I don’t have a clue what this is about, i know its Sci - Fi but i ain’t really a fan

10:30pm Late News
News is the worst program on Television.

11:30pm - Sports Tonight
Finally something worth watching, what dya know its time for bed.

11:30pm ED
Need i say anything whatsoever?

So you see, they complain, but look at the crap thats on offer.

Any opinions?

Go into Options >> General

Go down to “Times in the weblog should differ by” and type in 11 in the box.

It should be the right time now

Hiya

I thought i would just put up some websites that i have used over the course of my Bachelors degree, all of them helped me out in one way or another, although some may be of no use to you, i guarantee you will find use for at least one.

1. Flash Kit

Flash Kit is the world’s largest Flash resource site. What on earth does that mean?, you ask. Well, it is a one stop raw materials centre for flash creations, containing thousands of open source movies, online tutorials, help forums, sound effects and loops, and fonts. As if that wasn’t amazing enough in itself, Flash Kit is completely free.

In Lames Terms its the place to get free sound fx and loops etc. It was originally just for Flash, but so many people have put there work on there it can cross into other editing programs.

2. Dave’s Site
Daves Site is a HTML tutorial page, if you know nothing about HTML this will make it so that you can code off by heart. Once you use this you will see how simple HTML really is, whats more your blog will look better as you will understand all the functions on your toolbar. Don’t understand? Try it out…

3. Dynamic Drive
Once you have learned HTML, you can begin to learn JavaScript and DHTML. Dynamic Drive teaches you DHTML so you can edit your script so that you can There is heaps of cool stuff there, but you really need to know HTML first.

4. PHP

PHP stands for Preprocessor Hypertext and it is becoming the new internet standard for Webpage coding. It is able to do alot more that HTML. This is fairly complex script, but definately worth learning. Want to find out more then go in the page. If you know PHP then you can manipulate your blog page, but just learn it before you manipulate anything.

5. MySQl

MySQl isthe world most popular open source Database. You need to know DOS and PHP to use it, but once you do it is an incredibly powerful tool. Similar to MS Access except built for the web.

And Lastly

6. Spybot

If you don’t have Spybot downloaded on your computer you are nuts. Your computer should have 5 saftey items (well, its up to you really). i have 2 firewalls, a pop up blocker, a virus scanner, an ad ware remover and a Spybot.

Download it if you dont have it.

see ya