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Brilliant.

So is Owen your real name?

@berlioz

Actually no :/
When I get old enough I plan on legally making it, though.

Okay.
Why?

@berlioz

My legal name now just doesn't.. fit.
Once I get old enough to move out and stuff, I really want to start over in a lot if ways, which also means a new name.
Owen fits me well, I think, and it makes me a lot happier than my legal name.

Pretty weird ngl. But I support doing strange things so there you go.

@berlioz

Lol thx man
I assume Dom is your real name, then?

Yeah. I mean Dominic but yeah.

@berlioz

Noice

So what got you into film. (For you too, Frances.)

@berlioz

Probably when I started watching Nerdwriter's videos on YouTube (HIGHLY recommended). After watching Nerdwriter for fun, I'd watch TV and movies with a different perspective- paying special attention to dialogue and camera shots and angles. Like a whole world was opened up to me, and I really started seeing how valuable film making was.
I have a language arts teacher who's really encouraged me too. He likes to hear my input when we analyze literature and film clips.
It's just a really cool art form, bringing people into new worlds with SFX, new cultures with costume and set design, new people with dialogue and skilled acting, new emotions with a mere camera angle, and a new tone just by changing something as simple as a color. It's all very impactful.

What about you?

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Well– my dad has always loved film, and he's always insisted I watch this or that. So, for as long as I can remember, I've just been glued to the television or curled up in a seat at the cinema. We've always loved movies + he collects Hollywood memorabilia; I'm surrounded by movie history. But as for when I decided film was what I wanted to pursue– I would say it was near the end of my middle school crisis; which was the three-year period where I agonized over what I was going to do with my life (yes, dramatic) because I couldn't choose between art, literature, photography, fashion, etc. because I loved them too much. Then, I realized that film and making movies was basically all of those things into a visual product + experience, and It was a win-win if I wanted to do all the things I loved while enjoying myself and making…money?

@berlioz

It's such a diverse feild, I agree with you. So many great things wrapped into one beautiful experience.

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Yeah– it's everything. Everything in the world can be translated through film, if it's done right. And when it's done, you have this creation; like a ?time capsule of a moment, a story, the beauty, the poetry of whatever the film is composed of into a language of visuals and emotion.

@berlioz

Perfectly said!

I subscribed to Nerdwriter so I'll remember to check it out later. The name by itself sounds promising. Have you heard of Overly Sarcastic Productions?
And I quite agree. Film can be such a malleable, rich, and diverse experience. And the ability to work in that field… it's so wonderful to imagine. I had the great experience of getting to see (and minimally work on) an indy film set.
I can get you the movie if you want.

@berlioz

I think I've watched a vid or two from Overly sarcastic Productions… I'll have to go back and check them out.
Btw, Nerdwriter has a vid about Interstellar. It's not really positive, but I do agree with a lot of what he says. In fact, most of what he says. But I just can't personally bash Interstellar lol.
And yes! What's the title?? That must've been so fun!

Trope Talks by Red is the best part for writers.
And here's the film.

@berlioz

Very cool

Thanks. It was an amazing week.

@berlioz

What'd you get to work on?

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My main yt channel for film analyses is Like Stories of Old. There's a video on Interstellar, which is great. My favourite one is the one on Inception (one of my fav. movies). I like this channel cause it's got really good audio + HD clips, and the guy's views on these concepts are really thoughtful and kind of…philosophical?
hmm~ It's neat. The editing, I think is great, and the audio/soundtrack of the short film is really clear. And considering it's an indie film, possibly student-made?– it's impressive. And you got to help out with it? !!wow!

@berlioz

I just watched Inception the other day! Loved it

So I was mostly just a student that was watching. But I lifted stuff and patched things with gaff tape and sprayed down walls and sat in place as a prop for the camera man, Max, and took apart the set and stored pieces in the trailer.

I'll check out LSoO.

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Inception is one of my top five's. I don't usually like rewatching stuff but i've seen this maybe…six times? Idk, Christopher Nolan movies are always fun to watch.
Oh, so like a grip? that's cool.

Yeah, pretty much a grip.

@berlioz

Is anyone excited for the new Dune movie?

No idea what.

@berlioz

Have you heard about the book by Frank Herbert, Dune?