My frustration with the Melissa Leo character is that Melissa Leo is awesome and her character was practically non essential after the internet lure.  One thing I wish I could have gone into more is that almost all of the characters felt like caricatures and at times were interchangeable.  Melissa Leo is awesome.  I've been saying it for a while, and she was utterly wasted on a character that did one thing.

In fact, many of the characters do just one thing, and in the process I end up not caring.

Did you like it Seth?

^ Fucking THIS

I think a reedit falls under Lucas fan film flexibility clause.

I think we got tripped up because I suggested that your roommate Jessica, who makes her own Micro Brews, might be persuaded to mix up a custom batch if possible.

It's so stupid that it isn't.

Well grabbing coffee is always available, and summer is always a big time for post.  If you have legit FCP skills, especially on the organizational side, you stand a good chance of finding work as a Post PA, Logger, Digitizer, or even Assistant Editor with enough digging.  If you have broadcast credits, a Junior Editor spot might even be possible. 

Craigslist is ok for some work.  I would look at Production Notices LA, realitystaff.com, mandy.com, entertainmentcareers.net, and crew-net.com.  If there is a specific company or post house you want to work at, feel free to give them a call yourself and solicit.  Worst case scenario, they say no.  Can't hurt.

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Challenge accepted.  Great side project for the new year.  You've heard me wax philosophic on the craft that is Editing for 2+ years, now it's time to get down and funky.  If it sucks, it will just be more internet wanking, eating up cyber space.  If it works, this could be my Gray Album.

Between this and One More Round, the short I'm Editing and doing fight choreo on, this is definitely a "Put my money where my mouth is," year for me.

One correction:

The Hall of the Mountain King sequence was NOT shot in tilt shift.  Nor was it motivated by Fincher wonkery.  Long story short, they shot at the real Henly-on-Thames event but they were not allowed to put their actors in the water.  Nor were they allowed to change the scoreboard in crowd shots, or add anything saying "2004" on it. Early on they knew that many of those shots would have to be composits. They also needed  the scene to tell 2 story points at the same time: 1) Facebook goes international, and 2) The Winklevi decide to sue.  So they needed the scene but they needed to get over some real logistical issues.

Fincher decided to shoot elements and layer them, and do a shallow defocus entirely in post to essentially blur out any incriminating evidence.  It produced a tilt shift like effect, but absolutely none of it was done in camera, nor was it conceived as such when they shot.  The directive to use the music was Fincher's choice, and he and Trent went back and forth on the interpretation.  The blu-ray does a side by side comparison of the original track and its...startling.

Since there was no question posed, I'll answer the same question before asking mine.

Intense doesn't equate screaming for me, and with that in mind, Brando's "Look what they've done to my boy." from Godfather is haunting.  There's so much more he wants to say, but can't for a number of reasons.

What was the movie/book/album that truly expanded your taste?  That was different than anything you ever saw/heard and turned you onto a new way of thinking.

I think some things that were a bit too long for the anniversary shows, like the best picture nom reviews and the bake off review are ideal intermission material.

Serkis is awesome in 24 Hour Party People.