This is it.

            Well, here goes nothing. This blog is going to be about the effects used in cinema, as well as what is used in theatre every now and then. I have a game plan that I would like to start with and hopefully stick to. Here it is. Each week I will start by watching a movie or play/musical, get on the one and only lovely Blogger, and tell you about what went down with the effects I found intriguing.

 

            Some weeks I may have a post on how to accomplish getting a makeup effect to look like it does in a certain scene. Other posts could be about how a certain action scene is filled with however many technical effects that accomplish whatever the director is trying to get across to their viewer. For instance, an explosion can happen so many different ways in a movie. After I watched it, I would look up how to do that specific type of explosion and why I would use it in one scene over another (comparing and contrasting), or why it provoked a certain reaction from people.

 

            Along with reactions people may have to an effect, I was planning on having people watch an effect compared to another and then have that to back up why that effect was used. This blog will have a lot of facts and how-tos on ways to do certain things for a COMMON person so that it’s not this fancy instruction manual that no one can understand. Therefore, if you are a very formal person who needs proper everything to understand how to do something, I would not recommend that you read any of my how-tos or any reasoning behind why something is accomplished. My blog will be very colloquial.

 

            I hope to accomplish writing all of my posts with interest so that I can have all of you, if not most, actually enjoy what I write about week to week. No promises though. Each week I should have something fresh for you to read or even try at home so that you don’t feel like you are reading and doing the same thing every single time, but bear with me. This is my first blog so I do have to warn you, it will be a little shaky. I can’t promise you’ll get what you are looking for every time, but I will try my hardest to get there. I am open to any suggestions so if you think of something you would like to start seeing in my blog posts, I am open to any suggestions!:)

 

Dramatic exit—Director J