Last night, I came up with a quick storyline for a dramatic short. It was based on a line that I found on OneSentence.org, a site that collects one sentence stories from anyone who wants to submit. The original line was "As I paused on the stairs, I couldn't shake the image of her standing alone in the center of the room, crying." With that, I began to piece together a plot about the degradation of a relationship, break-ups, and the after-effects of a shattering argument.

I decided for it to be a bit of a cold drama, versus a comedy. It's one of those things that I've always wanted to try but never got the opportunity to.

Quick draft of storyline:
A man recounts the story of his turbulent break-up to his best friend, which leads him to realized he'd made a mistake in leaving.

Chronologically ordered:
-Phil and Jenna get into a heated argument over "intentions" and the "state of their relationship."
-Phil leaves Jenna, but not before exchanging harsh words.
-Phil pauses on his way out, considering going back to apologize, but instead decides to keep it to himself and leaves.
-Phil discusses the breakup with his best friend the day after.
-After vocally reflecting on it, Phil regrets his decision to leave Jenna.
-Phil attempts to speak to Jenna, but in turn, Jenna lets Phil know the repercussions of what he did.
-Phil and Jenna decide to stay apart.

In order of appearance:
-Phil discusses the breakup with his best friend the day after.
-After vocally reflecting on it, Phil regrets his decision to leave Jenna.
(We see hints and flashes to the argument the night before, but nothing definite.)
-Phil attempts to speak to Jenna, but in turn, Jenna lets Phil know the repercussions of what he did.
(Jenna describes her end of the situation to Phil. We see the night before, in complete form with Jenna's V.O.)
-Phil and Jenna get into a heated argument over "intentions" and the "state of their relationship."
-Phil leaves Jenna, but not before exchanging harsh words.
-Phil pauses on his way out, considering going back to apologize, but instead decides to keep it to himself and leaves.
-Jenna blah blah blah, her end is tragic or something.
-Phil and Jenna decide to stay apart.

Remember that list of 120 or so movies that I was told to watch last summer? I've started going through the list and I've crossed out what I've watched over the past year. Got some suggestions to add to it?

Brian De Palma - Carlito's Way
Steven Soderbergh - Out Of Sight
Modern Day Film Noir:
- L.A. Confidential
- Chinatown (Polanski)
Shallow Grave - Thriller
Trainspotting - Modern
American Beauty
Steven Shainberg:
- Hit Me
- Secretary
Todd Sollondz - Welcome to the Dollhouse
Gus Van Sant - Drugstore Cowboy
Every Coen Brothers Movie - *The Big Lebowski
Spike Lee:
- Do The Right Thing
- Mo Better Blues
Scorsese:
- Raging Bull
- Taxi Driver
Documentaries:
- Rize
- Dogtown and Z-Boys
- The Endless Summer
Steven Spielberg:
- Schindler's List
- Jaws
- Duel
Jim Jarmusch - Dead Man
American Splendor
Crash
Mysterious Skin
C.R.A.Z.Y.
David Cronenberg - Naked Lunch
Horror (John Carpenter):
- Halloween
- The Thing
Italian Horror:
- Lucio Fulci's Zombie
- The Beyond
- Susprira (Dario Argento)
Italian Giallo:
- The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (Sergio Martino)
Donnie Darko
Primer
Blade Runner
Badlands
Charlie Chaplin:
- City Lights
- Modern Times
The Wizard of Oz
Fritz Lang's M
Silent - Nosferatu
Western - Once Upon A Time In The West
Film Noir:
- Double Indemnity
- Maltese Falcon
Casablanca
Frankenstein (1930's)
Bride of Frankenstein
Orson Welles - Touch of Evil
Classic:
- On The Waterfront
- The Grapes of Wrath (John Ford)
Experimental/Asian Cinema:
-Tetsuo The Iron Man
Horror:
- Audition
- A Tale of Two Sisters
Cult Classics:
Blaxploitation - The Mack
Evil Dead 2
John Waters:
- Cecil B. Demented
- Crybaby
Peter Jackson:
- Dead Alive
Terry Gilliam:
- Brazil
- 12 Monkeys
Any Tim Burton Movie
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Musicals)
Pulp Fiction
Billy Wilder movies
Comedies:
Wes Anderson
Mel Brooks
P.T. Anderson:
- Boogie Nights
- Punch Drunk Love
- Magnolia
Italian Film:
8 1/2 - Fellini
La Dolce Vita
The Graduate (70's)
Breathless - Godard - French New Wave
Band of Outsiders
Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa (Japanese)
Ran
Chungking Express - Wong Kar-Wai
Persona - Bergman
Wings of Desire - German
Element of Crime - Lars Von Trier
Accatone - Pier Paolo Pasolini
All About My Mother - Almodovar
Kubrick Films - 2001
The Godfather series
David Lynch:
- Elephant Man
- Mullholland Drive
Oliver Stone - Platoon
Woody Allen:
- Annie Hall
- Shadows and Fog
Alfred Hitchcock:
- Strangers on a Train
- Rear Window
Peeping Tom (Classic Horror)
Biopics:
- Basquiat
- Before The Night Falls
- Capote
- JFK

I recently made a rap mix for one of my coworkers shortly before I left. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Here's the tracklist.

Should I post it? Do you like hip-hop and R&B enough to wanna hear it?

some of these new changes for the new version of blogger are pretty limiting.

Edit:
for one thing, the group blog/ownership issue is a big one. i was in a bit of a crisis last month, as i inadvertently gained ownership of at least five blogs that weren't mine. for the time being it's fixed, though, but i'm still co-owner of the blogs that aren't mine. i don't like having it all linked to my gmail as it is.

i've also had some template issues, but they were fixed up after this post was done.

haven't posted in a while...

i'm in digital photography now, trying to waste time for a bit.

yeah. i gotta get some food or something.