So, yeah. That last post is kind of a bummer, huh?
Well, there have been some developments since then.
I am working at the paper again, mainly on the news desk; laying out pages and proofreading, but shooting a little also.
It
could be really fun, once I get the hang of everything and if I am
given some free reign to do something interesting. I'm just not there
yet, but we'll see.
But I have been working on a side project with my friend from the paper, Alex.
We started a podcast. For those that don't know (dad. haha) a podcast is like an internet radio show.
Our podcast, Another Trivial Conversation, is basically just us talking about entertainment media that we enjoy.
We
have done one real episode and one test pilot and in the time from the
pilot to now we have gotten a lot better and I think we might be able to
make something really cool; provided neither of us get a different job
and move away.
Just FYI, if you are going to listen to
it, we spoil a lot of the topics we talk on (like television shows and
movie endings) and we (I) swear ... a lot. Plus we usually drink a
little or more than a little before we start the show, so just be
prepared for that.
Initial impressions from friends are
it is pretty funny. Neither of us are radio guys, but we are pretty
awesome, so that helps. :D
About Evon
- Ryan Evon
- I am a photographer, a sometimes writer, a gamer, a driver and more. I graduated from Central Michigan University with a double major in Journalism(Photo) and English(Creative Writing). Any Photos are copyright Ryan Evon, The Facts or the Morning Sun 2010/2011/2012. All words by, representing and claimed by Ryan Evon & only him, unless in quotation marks & specified otherwise.
Showing posts with label entertainment. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
A Swinging good time
Had a nice change of pace from my recent mood of edging on being burnt out with my job that still has my journalistic juices flowing after a fun weekend.
At the end of last week an a capella group, the Swingle Singers, visited the local college for a performance while they tour Texas. The group did a workshop for local schools and singers the day before their performance. It took forever to start because schools that were supposed to show up didn't, which was a shame for them, because everyone else had a blast.
They made the audience warm up by jumping around and being crazy, played fun singing games and then listened to local groups sing and gave them critiques, then performed themselves.
I was shooting video through the whole thing, trying to balance video and still photo. Sadly they both suffered a little, but it all turned out decent. It was really fun to shoot, I had the songs stuck in my head and when I went home at the end of the day and I started throwing the video pieces together.
Quickly I realized I should have done an interview with the singers. There wasn't really time to do it at the event though. So I vented my disappointment on various venues of the www. One of the singers from the group saw it and said they would be up for an interview.
So the next day after I finished work and hurried over to the venue they were performing at, not sure when they were supposed to be done or if they were even still around.
But the god of journalism, I call him Journalisto, was smiling down on me, because I got there just as they were walking out of the building to load their gear.
I got some interview stuff with two of the singers, the sound level was a little low but it was way better than the nothing I had previously.
So I left there on a journalistic high and it has been carrying me until now. I spent a large chunk of my day off on Sunday putting the video together. I have most of my recent "highlight" videos boiled down to an hour or so production time.
But because I cared about this video (and am using a crappy free video editor) I spent hours nitpicking the placement and overlaps and transitions. Now I feel like I know these people, I've developed crushes on the girls and fascinations with all of their talents. I've watched a few of their videos online, one where they do a flash mob style singing on a subway in London was awesome.
So I present to you, my Swingle Singers video. Enjoy, I did. :D
At the end of last week an a capella group, the Swingle Singers, visited the local college for a performance while they tour Texas. The group did a workshop for local schools and singers the day before their performance. It took forever to start because schools that were supposed to show up didn't, which was a shame for them, because everyone else had a blast.
They made the audience warm up by jumping around and being crazy, played fun singing games and then listened to local groups sing and gave them critiques, then performed themselves.
I was shooting video through the whole thing, trying to balance video and still photo. Sadly they both suffered a little, but it all turned out decent. It was really fun to shoot, I had the songs stuck in my head and when I went home at the end of the day and I started throwing the video pieces together.
Quickly I realized I should have done an interview with the singers. There wasn't really time to do it at the event though. So I vented my disappointment on various venues of the www. One of the singers from the group saw it and said they would be up for an interview.
So the next day after I finished work and hurried over to the venue they were performing at, not sure when they were supposed to be done or if they were even still around.
But the god of journalism, I call him Journalisto, was smiling down on me, because I got there just as they were walking out of the building to load their gear.
I got some interview stuff with two of the singers, the sound level was a little low but it was way better than the nothing I had previously.
So I left there on a journalistic high and it has been carrying me until now. I spent a large chunk of my day off on Sunday putting the video together. I have most of my recent "highlight" videos boiled down to an hour or so production time.
But because I cared about this video (and am using a crappy free video editor) I spent hours nitpicking the placement and overlaps and transitions. Now I feel like I know these people, I've developed crushes on the girls and fascinations with all of their talents. I've watched a few of their videos online, one where they do a flash mob style singing on a subway in London was awesome.
So I present to you, my Swingle Singers video. Enjoy, I did. :D
Friday, February 4, 2011
REVIEW: Lights Out -FX TV
I'm full-on crazy about boxing lately, as I've mentioned here previously.
The sport of it, the drama, the violence. So when I saw the previews for FX's new show, Lights Out, I went a little crazy. Just for a minute.
Sadly, if there is a camera unknown to me in my apartment, recording the random minutes like that, I'm going to be committed soon. I'm quite sure if there is one, it doesn't have audio, or I would already be in a padded room.
Back to the show. First my complaints; which aren't about the show at all. But more about the FX Network itself. 1. FX is bad about putting their shows up for OnDemand. I don't know if this is some strategy or whatever, but it is lame. I work nights most days, so I don't get to watch the show when it is actually on, so I follow the good shows at my leisure through the magic of OnDemand.
But FX doesn't seem to put an episode up until the next episode has aired, so if I can watch one, but missed the week before, I have no idea what is going on. And in the current glory that is narrative driven television (thank you, whatever benevolent force has made this a reality and channels like FX and AMC for listening) I WANT to know what happened. But I watched the new episode without any knowledge of the previous week. I almost wrote "previous weak," which kind of fits. WEAK! I should have been able to watch it. It's 2011. Get on the ball FX!
#2 Complaint. The audio on FX doesn't always sync up with the video. And that shit bugs the hell out of me. It makes it impossible to watch. I keep staring at people's lips, trying to work out how far ahead or behind the audio is and/or testing out my lip reading abilities, instead of watching the damned show.
Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way.
Lights Out is great in the way most boxing movies are great. There is the dramatic and complicated life story surrounding a boxer. It's like a regular movie about someone's life, except you expect there will be a fist fight at one point.
In this case it's the life of a former heavy weight champion, who lost his title in a much debated split decision.
Holt McCallany plays Patrick "Lights" Leary, in what I believe is his first starring role. He has been in quite a few things, but always just kind of there for a second, then shuffled into the background again.
He's the guy that first starts the chant "His name is Robert Paulson" in Fight Club. He has a very commanding presence, which works well for a boxing character, but also has something deeper.
The first episode highlights it, where he very politely asks a guy to pay some money back to a shady mobster-type and then later there are flashes to him breaking the dude's arm because he comes at him with a baseball bat.
One second, nice; the next, he'll seriously mess you up. That's the mystery quality he has.
He's also supported by a couple actors I like.
Stacy Keach also has a commanding presence, despite his hair-lip :D (or should I use :B ...cause of the hair-lip...get it?), and plays Patrick's father, a former boxer and coach. Keach has previously starred in a boxing movie. I've never seen it and don't remember the title...but still, he has boxing history, which fits his character.
Rounding out the male Leary family is the brother Johnny, played by Pablo Schreiber. Another boxer that turned corner man/accountant/manager when Lights went pro. Johnny is central in the drama of the family, as he pisses away all the money his brother earned. Schreiber is a good actor, I've really only seen him in one real role before this. He played Nicholas Sobotka in second season of The Wire on HBO. One of my favorite shows ever and I didn't even start watching it until it was already over.
It's only four episodes in, but I already love the hell out of this show.
Leary, in money trouble since episode one, is facing the reality that he can't do much else to make real money since his celebrity status as a former champ is fading and his big investment plans are falling apart. So he walks the fine line of being retired and broke or starting to box again at 40 with signs of having Pugilistic Dementia, which he finds out in the first episode.
One of the best moments in the season so far was in episode 3, which I watched the day AFTER episode 4, when Leary takes a young, cocky boxer who is training for a title shot into a dark closet at the gym. He tells him that there is nothing he can take with him into the ring, just what he has in that dark room.
Very cool.
The sport of it, the drama, the violence. So when I saw the previews for FX's new show, Lights Out, I went a little crazy. Just for a minute.
Sadly, if there is a camera unknown to me in my apartment, recording the random minutes like that, I'm going to be committed soon. I'm quite sure if there is one, it doesn't have audio, or I would already be in a padded room.
Back to the show. First my complaints; which aren't about the show at all. But more about the FX Network itself. 1. FX is bad about putting their shows up for OnDemand. I don't know if this is some strategy or whatever, but it is lame. I work nights most days, so I don't get to watch the show when it is actually on, so I follow the good shows at my leisure through the magic of OnDemand.
But FX doesn't seem to put an episode up until the next episode has aired, so if I can watch one, but missed the week before, I have no idea what is going on. And in the current glory that is narrative driven television (thank you, whatever benevolent force has made this a reality and channels like FX and AMC for listening) I WANT to know what happened. But I watched the new episode without any knowledge of the previous week. I almost wrote "previous weak," which kind of fits. WEAK! I should have been able to watch it. It's 2011. Get on the ball FX!
#2 Complaint. The audio on FX doesn't always sync up with the video. And that shit bugs the hell out of me. It makes it impossible to watch. I keep staring at people's lips, trying to work out how far ahead or behind the audio is and/or testing out my lip reading abilities, instead of watching the damned show.
Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way.
Lights Out is great in the way most boxing movies are great. There is the dramatic and complicated life story surrounding a boxer. It's like a regular movie about someone's life, except you expect there will be a fist fight at one point.
In this case it's the life of a former heavy weight champion, who lost his title in a much debated split decision.
Holt McCallany plays Patrick "Lights" Leary, in what I believe is his first starring role. He has been in quite a few things, but always just kind of there for a second, then shuffled into the background again.
He's the guy that first starts the chant "His name is Robert Paulson" in Fight Club. He has a very commanding presence, which works well for a boxing character, but also has something deeper.
The first episode highlights it, where he very politely asks a guy to pay some money back to a shady mobster-type and then later there are flashes to him breaking the dude's arm because he comes at him with a baseball bat.
One second, nice; the next, he'll seriously mess you up. That's the mystery quality he has.
He's also supported by a couple actors I like.
Stacy Keach also has a commanding presence, despite his hair-lip :D (or should I use :B ...cause of the hair-lip...get it?), and plays Patrick's father, a former boxer and coach. Keach has previously starred in a boxing movie. I've never seen it and don't remember the title...but still, he has boxing history, which fits his character.
Rounding out the male Leary family is the brother Johnny, played by Pablo Schreiber. Another boxer that turned corner man/accountant/manager when Lights went pro. Johnny is central in the drama of the family, as he pisses away all the money his brother earned. Schreiber is a good actor, I've really only seen him in one real role before this. He played Nicholas Sobotka in second season of The Wire on HBO. One of my favorite shows ever and I didn't even start watching it until it was already over.
It's only four episodes in, but I already love the hell out of this show.
Leary, in money trouble since episode one, is facing the reality that he can't do much else to make real money since his celebrity status as a former champ is fading and his big investment plans are falling apart. So he walks the fine line of being retired and broke or starting to box again at 40 with signs of having Pugilistic Dementia, which he finds out in the first episode.
One of the best moments in the season so far was in episode 3, which I watched the day AFTER episode 4, when Leary takes a young, cocky boxer who is training for a title shot into a dark closet at the gym. He tells him that there is nothing he can take with him into the ring, just what he has in that dark room.
Very cool.
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