Woodstock doc and Gimmie Shelter would be interesting.

A friend of mine asked me if I wanted to go to the Gathering of the Juggalos to film the 'counterculture' of today, and the thought of being in that place with no easy way to get out was so scary.

After watching Gimmie Shelter and Woodstock, I was like...fuck marry kill...

I'm still not sure.

I think:

Marry: Woodstock (boring, but won't hit me and Janis Joplin is so cool)

Fuck: Altamont (because Mick Jagger)

Kill: Gathering of the Juggalos (no Mick Jagger and scary drugs)

Also there are issues around the Maysles brothers access, and the split screen Woodstock stuff that I would love to hear you guys talk about.

In my first DIF post, I asked then to do a commentary on The Descent. Then I found out that it was not a movie that The Boys liked. I was kind of embarrassed to have suggested it, but I am doing it again. The monster parts are stupid, but the parts about behind trapped underground are so frightening on a primal level... I want to know what Trey can tell me about claustrophobia, and how they shot it.

I would like to hear about moments in film or TV that totally shocked you. I mean, un-spoilered, real time surprised you.

I have two, and they are kind of girly, but I will never forget how amazing it felt to experience these moments. Both, actually, are TV moments that took place before the Internet or twitter were a big deal.

(That is another interesting topic: how does social media change and alter how we watch. I am watching Breaking Bad mostly because my twitter feed, comprised of people who like stuff I like, went nuts one day about something that happened on that show.)

Anyway, mine:
1. Kimberley takes her wig off and reveals the huge scar (Melrose Place. I know, dumb show, but ask anyone who watched it, that was a crazy awesome fucking scene.)
2. ER, S5, Carter is stabbed in the back and falls, and sees that Lucy has also been attacked. This one is
almost totally due to the Lo Fidelity All-Stars song 'Battleflag,' which gets louder and louder as the episode progresses.

My reaction to both these scenes was to call a friend and say "DID YOU SEE THAT!!?!!!?!!!?" And they were like "YES OH MY GOD!!!"

I would love to know what made you guys feel that way.

I agree that Titanic and Twilight are the best to start with.

I really thought that the Twilight commentary was a great look at sexual fears and expectations that exist today.  The only thing that I thought was missing was you never talked about how Bella's options were limited to:

A guy who wants to eat her because her blood smells so good, but who will try not to, because he can not hear her thoughts, and that makes her interesting (really? Is that not kind of insulting to both of them?)

And a guy who really likes her, but if she pisses him off, will turn into a wolf, who will maim or kill her (Is this a commentary on domestic violence?)

It really upsets me that these are the choices that girls today seem to be faced with.  Where are the guys who respect her, and enjoy hanging out with her?

Where is Lloyd Dobler or Mark Hunter (Hard Harry)? Or even Jake Ryan? Or even Daniel Larusso. John Bender never wanted to hurt Claire, or turn her into him.

In terms of the Titanic commentary, Trey just killed it with all the stories he knew about what really happened. I have been repeating them to various family members ever since, and telling them to listen to the podcast!

I listened to the Silence of the Lambs first, and Starship Troopers second, and those got me hooked.

I graduated from one of the first Full Sail BS degree classes a few years ago, so some of this may have changed.

The Bad:
There was very little mention media management, which I think is such a huge fundamental part of every project. I left FS and was hired, along with one of my classmates, to create a video production department for a staging company. We did okay on the product (we still work there), but it has taken us years to create an organizational structure that works. I wish that FS had addressed this. Not everyone goes to LA.

The Good:
If you wanted to learn, you could. The instructors, when I was there, would hold extra labs for people who really wanted to learn about lighting, or whatever. If you were just there to get a degree and head to Hollywood fame, good luck. If you really wanted to understand lighting, and were willing to spend some time, the instructors would make it happen.

The Very Good:
You learn that someone cried tears of blood making the worst movie ever, and that the douchbag who in class reeks of booze and expresses surprised dismay over quizes that were on the schedule, will uncomplainingly shoulder a very heavy camera for hours at a time on set because that is what he wants to do foreve

The Best:
You can find people who are as obsessed with visual media as you are, and outside of classes you can make short films,  and be a total geek, and be in a bubble where everyone cares about the same stuff as you, and does not tell you to shut up when you whisper "eyelight!" in a movie theater.

I am really happy that I went to Full Sail, mostly because of the people I met. When I write out my student loan check I do not think about the class where I learned how to transfer film in that bag, which was very difficult. I think of the people who I work with now, whom I would not have met if I had not been there.

Well there you go. I am really new to the forum, and bring the Trope Person is an awesome/terrifying idea. Very cool that you did it, especially with this movie!