An Eternal Winter Storm

            Everything started with a “Do you want to build snowman?” If you know the famous phrase you know I’m talking about the famous animated Disney film called “Frozen”. I think is amazing how Disney just made the movie and I’m pretty sure they never thought it was going to get the hype that the movie got. I mean if they needed money they go it, financially speaking Disney had just put a certain amount into the movie and the revenue was just out of this world how we would say. Disney basically did a lot of their schedule in the parks around this movie. Even in Christmas they change the entire Christmas light up castle show to have the princess and the queen of the movie in it. Meet and greets were added to both of their theme parks and a special area for kids to play with snow, ice skate and so forth. 

            The thing is that this big change definitely had their pro and cons in the theme parks and the guest. Some of them just really would look to get away of the park and the wait lines to this experiences but others would wait whatever it takes to get into the experience. At the end it really resulted that some of the annual pass holders for the theme parks were just tired of seeing the same thing over and over and just basically Frozen had take over everything and every single space in the parks. For example; they took out the ride at Norway in Epcot to be the next new ride, which is “Frozen” themed. The urge hasn’t started yet since they ride still under construction and maybe when it opens it will be just like it was to meet the characters from the movie about 3-6 hours wait to just see a character. Imagine how much time will be to just wait to ride an actual ride that has a time sequence in it. Disney definitely took advantage of the hype the movie cause and make revenue of everything they could no matter if they will get over board or not.

References:

North, Rachel. Wegotthiscovered.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015. http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/movies-too-much-hype-frozen-avatar-twilight/

Nefer, Barb. Hypeorlando.com Retrieved March 31, 2015. http://www.hypeorlando.com/in-the-shadow-of-the-mouse/tag/frozen/

A Journey to L.A

Hello Everyone,

Today I’m going to be referring to a blog post that I read the past week and it was pretty interesting since, the person is talking about his experience getting into the film industry which was I’m aiming to do in the future if the opportunity comes. He compares us (newbies) that we are passionate about this industry and how bad we want something like with the “Terminator” movie, when Schwarzenegger is naked walking by the street of L.A.  I think is amazing comparison, since we are really naked without the clothing “desire for job” he says.

Is completely true, most of filmmakers students they travel to L.A and all is because that where Hollywood is and where our dream can become possible faster.  He talks about everything really starts with been a PA(Production Assistant) and how nobody wants to be in this business and be 40 and still a PA, which is funny because in every business is the same. The young people are the ones that are the minor position most of the time and you wouldn’t want to be 40 and still there.

I love this blog post so much that seriously, I needed to discuss it here, since is really helpful and I really think it sounds how making in it in the business will be. “So beware, all you newbies entering this bright and shiny labyrinth -- here there be dragons and hippogriffs, and things are not always as they seem...” he says at the end of his post, which for me is what I always thought about it and I know is not a easy business to make it. But as Rogene Manas, I’m determined like him to make it someday and I know never is too late and better to give up trying than not trying at all.

Thanks for reading,

Sangerald

References: 

http://hollywoodjuicer.blogspot.com/2013/06/cautionary-tales.html

How to make possible the impossible...

Hello Everyone,


Today I'm going to be talking about a guy, who really inspire me as soon I watched him talking and is not what he said is also how he projected himself made me just think he was amazing. Martin Villeneuve just really speak by his work and no his words, in this video he explains how he made this movie that everybody thought it was impossible to make without the amount of money he had. This guys inspires me, because he talks about three things that he says are more important than money when you don't have it to make your dreams successful. He says "when you don't have money, you use time" and what's more important after money? is time, of course, because if you don't have time to make things possible use time which is your next ally. He took 7 years to make this movie possible. The next step is love, he says that you need to use love to reach to those who you will need but you don't have money to pay. Something that I think all the same, most of the time we don't do stuff for money, as workers in the entertainment business we just do this for love, is something that we love working on and yes we get paid, because without money(food, bills, etc) you can't live or survive. At the same time, when you work in something that you love it needs to be at the point that will love it so much that you can do it anytime and for free too. The third and last step he says that you need to "constraint can boost creativity" and here is how he explains that used this to get some of the most amazing inspiration for  him as a filmmaker to get his movie become a reality and most of the stuff he needed as well, he got  them by letting creativity and imagination take reigns of him and his project. I think guys like Martin needs to go around the world and talk to young filmmakers, because his movie is amazing and how he made it possible more amazing than that! 

Thanks for reading,

Sangerald Ortiz


http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_villeneuve_how_i_made_an_impossible_film.html

Tools for success

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to talk this week about some tools that will help to get your work out there and that way people will be communicating with you about getting work done. I personally think when you present your work to anybody professionally and clean it will give a better opportunity than anybody else to get the job, gig, etc. As personal experience, I have my portfolio as a Digital Media Producer with a company that has template for making portfolio of any source, its free which is the important part, because when your starting in the entertainment is hard to just pay for a lot of stuff without making any income. That's why I make my portfolio with wix, because they have a lot of templates and they are easy to manipulate as well, and is completely free. I can design my own websites but I prefer this, since I have no income to pay for web host or domain. The websites I have built, you can click HERE to see it, is basic but it represents all the work I have done at school during my two years doing my BFA. You will be able to create a website for free and put your website in Facebook, Twitter, etc. Make sure that you always share a lot your work on the web, be your our social media assistant for your company, who else than you know what is best to show and how to show it out there. Nobody will be able to talk to people about the stuff you love like you will, because is your passion, what you love doing and you live to do. Try to at first use all the social media publishing you can use to share your work and company. Also make your own business cards too and try to give them to people when you talk about it or ask for their address and send them a personal note and your business card and that way they will know your a person who is trying and who is interested in been their designer, photographer, filmmaker, musician, music producer/manager/etc or just somebody to get a job in what you love.

Good Luck,

Sangerald

Experience Of a Lifetime!!! :)

Hello Everyone,

     I wanted to share with you my latest experience in the movie industry. A friend from Facebook that I had been talking to, because he owns a little production company where he’s the director, contacted me. He was going to be filming a music video for his friend/client from Full Sail University here in Orlando. She is an actually writes what she sings and I thought it will be an amazing experience and there I was going to be a Production Assistant for the day in my friend’s company “Water Light Multimedia” and it was amazing experience that I will never forget. It was a 12 hours filming experience where I did or perform duties as a messenger, grip, gaffer, playback music, special effects (man made rain), put away team, etc. As a production assistant your there to do anything in you can help with and you’re asked as well. The most amazing part of the music video was mostly the ending of it when we needed to make the rain during the entire music video and just when were about to film the great performance, where Vika (the singer) was performing her song in the street, with a huge panels of bright lights in the background and she needed to getting wet because it was supposed to be raining and that was the most amazing part when it actually rain during the entire performance so we didn’t need to create the rain ourselves and it was just amazing. I had been in other productions as an extra or something like that but this experience was really amazing and I learned a lot and it was an experience of the lifetime. I always say “The sky is the limit” so if you really want something go out there and let yourself know by people, look for people and always ask or volunteer yourself all the time and you’ll see at the end the hard works and the search pays off. The music video is called “Vika-The Rain”.

Thanks for visiting! 

Sangerald Ortiz

Got to meet the best actor ever!

       Back at home, in Puerto Rico I got to be an extra for the movie "The Rum Diary" I got selected from the agency I worked for and got to go and film in the movie. It was an amazing experience, because I never though on my life that I was going to see how a movie is filmed and made with my own eyes. The movie was staring Johnny Deep, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and other famous people. I did got cast for an scene where it was representing a carnival, and from there they keep selecting people and i did got two more times for a nightclub and a bar scene. It was amazing, but tiring as well. I decided to skip classes all that time, since it was on April 2010, I was going to college for psychology at this time. I needed to be there a 3 in the morning and from a huge park they drove you to a location where wardrobe was, you get your hair styled, then your clothes, they drive you to the film location and they feed me for breakfast, lunch and diner since we were filming for 18 hours the first day. I went back to cousin house since she live in San Juan and I live in Ponce is almost a two hour drive so I decided to stay in San Juan while I was filming, because got selected for a second time and the second day we filmed for 20 hours and the third day was for like 15 hours. The second day I saw how they converted an abandoned building that look like trash in the outside and mud all over the place, but when you got inside that building, there was an amazing disco from the 60-70's with a/c inside, smoke, music and it looked like you were going back in time and been part of something amazing. Cameras everywhere, the director, producer, choreographer, make up artist spraying water all over your face, learning how to dance like in that time, everything was just amazing and is something that I would never forget my entire life. I got to eat in the same table as Amber Heard and she told us her history on how she got into the movie, the same with Johnny deep I got to see him, shake hands with him and say hi. His one of my favorite actors ever so just be able to say hi is like I was looking to the most famous person ever i had seen in my entire life. I need to say whenever you hear in your life that there's a movie casting extras, it doesn't matter if they get you in camera or not, jump on it and take the risk to be in the movie as an extra is an amazing experience and you get paid amazingly too. So go ahead and take the risk you will have a blast!

Thanks for reading,


Sangerald Ortiz

My portfolio and a little more!

Hey Everyone,

     Here I'm just posting two links: one of them is my professional photography website and you can click HERE to access it and the other one is my actual portfolio of the best work that I did as a student in the International Academy of Design and Technology during my BFA in Digital Media Production, you can click HERE to access it as well. I hope you guys enjoying seeing a little of my work and have a nice day!

Sangerald Ortiz