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Sunday, September 06, 2009
Congratulations to Eileen & Vinnie
Congrats to my sister Eileen and Vinnie on their marriage!
She asked me to do her montage and I squeezed it into my already hectic production schedule - which included 3 projects concurrently in production. I don’t typically do weddings, except sometimes for an occasional big budgeted celebrity style wedding - as those provide the creative outlet backed up by compensation for the time required for professional creativity. However this was my sister’s wedding and family comes 1st - thankfully though, they asked Vinnie’s friend James to document & edit their wedding as I wanted to enjoy her wedding and I don’t want her waiting long in line behind my previous production committments; so her request for a montage worked out for the both of us.
Montages are cool, ‘cause they’re small projects and take less time; I feel that story, suprises, and a sense of exploration of human emotions make out for an entertaining montage. It’s discouraging to see couples put their family/friends through a boring slideshow. The issue with good montages however, is that the time needed for creativity far out weighs the production budget.
In this case, I didn’t have time to do all the 3D layering-picture-to video effects I wanted to, so to compensate I maximized the other techniques. It was an outdoor reception and I played the montage from my iPhone 3GS connected to the projector that was angled onto the outside high wall of the building. All in all, to my suprise, it actually turned out well and from the audience’s positive feedback, I’ll add that to my list of work as another successful project.
View their wedding picture/video montage via 2 methodologies:
1) The long, rewarding method:
In the screening room flash portion of this site - Click on: Screening Room - Enter Here, Click Here to Watch/The Work, Click Here to View the Work, then on popup window click on Video Link #9.
2) The short, internet ADD method: (LINK) - Videos
Then click on Video Link #9.
Which ever of the 2 methods you utilize, the video is about 113 megs / 360x270, so if you don’t have a fast internet connection and the video keeps stopping ‘cause it’s playing faster than it’s loading, then you would have to pause the player and allow the file to load before viewing. The montage is posted with it downloadable for those who want a copy and have the apps to rip, however it’s not posted at the best available quality as that’d be over 1.2 gig / 720x480.
I’m always down to support family, so I gotta drop a word about my cousin DJ AMT.
If you listen to R&B/Hip-Hop, then here’s a heads up, he’s made available for download a 90’s mix and September mix. So pump’m in your headphones and cars - and check back on the regular for other mixes.
I use to go through earphones 2x month. Then I picked up the tangle free Dr. Dre Beats Earbuds and those lasted about 4 months. After wearing them continuously, I experienced the wires getting caught - hooking on objects and pulling the cord hard, resulting in wire exposure and eventually dead earbuds. They are a tangle free design, but as a trade off, the cord/cable is flat and apparently hooks objects easily.
Still looking for a more efficient and dependable solution to tangle free earphones.
I recall as a kid being really into Ninjas. In fact, in 3rd grade I got in trouble for bringing a Ninja Star (Shuriken) to elementary school. The older kids in the neighborhood ordered some from a martial arts magazine and sold them to kids in the neighborhood.
As of this post, I’ve only known 1 Ninja; at the 1st martial arts school where I trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu a decade ago, one of the Muay Thai Instructor’s was studying Ninjitsu. He showed me a cut on his chin from his sword test where they go full out in testing; it was his only mistake, but he passed.
I still have some Ninja gear from my childhood somewhere in my boxes. Maybe I’ll throw some stars around.
Was backstage for Broadway Musical ‘Avenue Q’
For those who haven’t seen this show, it’s a musical with puppets and adult humor content; you have been warned.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
reel online
Hi folks, after requests to have some of my work online…alas, the site is up.
Click on the film-reel button (on the top right) or any pic in the photo gallery and the flash portion of the site will pull up where you can view my work.
- Bobby
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Bobby is a director, editor, producer, filmmaker, videographer, photographer, mixed martial artist, author, public speaker, and humanitarian.
His interests also include spiritual exploration and the science of consciousness.
Bobby Torres is one of those soul bipeds that's been around the game. He's well informed about what really goes down in our realities.
Bobby is balanced in different areas ranging from quantum mechanics to social behavior..some know him as 'BobGenius'.
If you ever get to meet him, he's down to earth and you'll find him rubbing elbows with an A list celebrity, talking about the mechanics of the universe with a quantum physicist, chatting about theology with a biblical scholar or spiritual leader, discussing hidden/forbidden history with an archeologist, doing humanitarian public services like searching for missing children and terrorism interdiction, critiquing the latest theatrical movie releases, training mixed martial arts, entertaining with close-up magic, performing mind-bending psychological illusions of mentalism, teaching a child something new, or helping a homeless in need.
Then comes his creative storytelling side...
Passionate about filmaking & videography and with the advent of independent digital & HD filmaking, has allowed him to freely explore the dramatic structured, emotional side of humanity through storytelling on screen.
Extremely focused, adaptable, and objective, he's developed technical prowess having to learn to wear different hats...writer, director, editor, DP, producer. Well grounded and plays his part well...a team player.
Experiences range from screenwriting, shorts, music videos, commercials, documentaries, educational/instructional series, featured filmaking, celebrity-style weddings, and event videography.
The next evolution of filmmakers & videographers, a consummate professional, the all around kid is a valuable asset to any production.
Whatever he puts his mind to accomplish, you will witness his heart's enduring work ethic.
He stands on the bleeding edge of technology and merges it seamlessly with the collective creative mind, cause in the end you want to be proud of your video.
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