Naughty Santas

Early Merry Christmas. (I love this)

French Projects and Papers

I completely forgot about the movement paper and we worked on the French Project and somehow I have the feeling that I'm going to pull an all nighter tonight. YEY
Well, I could tell you a lot of stuff, but unfortunately I have to work.
Have fun, see you soon.

Wetterweisheiten

Ich weiss ich sollte lernen oder Schlafen, doch irgendwie hat es mir die  "ich kann bilder mit meinem Computer machen" Phase angetan und somit kann ich auch was mitteilen. Ich freue mich ja sehr auf die Schweiz, doch wie bitte sehr soll ich denn Wetterumschwung von hier...

zu hier...

überleben? Vor allem wenn ich sagen kann das ich schon im schönen LA bis auf die Knochen friere und meine Wintersachen ausgepackt habe. HA! nunja. Mindestens gibt es Sonntag Schnee (natürlich an dem Tag an welchem ich ankomme). SCHNEEEEEEE

Das wars. Gute Nacht

I've forgotten about this

I just went through some things on my computer and I found something that I had wanted to show you before, but I just forgot. Remember the night when Kelsey, Mikaela and I went crazy about Photo Booth? It was 11/11/11 then. It was a weird day. That might explain this:

To explain myself: NO, I did not have a conversation with myself, but Mikaela and I had a conversation with just my account. It went a little insane when Mikaela decided that she can just hack into the whole thing using her phone, and Marina decided to join into the insanity as well. What we created was a facebook war that has never seen before. Kelsey eventually gave in too and there really was chaos. The really bad part was looking at my phone after all was over: 221 comments and post had we made up to that point, it was pretty terrible. 11/11/11 was a strange day. Finding that thing just made me remember it and smile, so I thought I should share that with you.

French for Americans.

Dialects project. I have to admit I quiet like it. Choosing a dialect, learning it and then... yea then: Teaching it to everyone else. I chose a french accent, I think it's rather easy, well, it is easy for me. I'm doing the whole thing with Marina, who's american, so the whole day I tried to teach her how french people speak american, it was rather amusing. Americans don't have the uvular R, which makes it slightly difficult for them to speak it at any rate, plus they don't really have the ö or ü sound which just makes it funny to listen. It is rather hard trying to teach people how to make those sounds, but it eventually worked. Then only thing I seem not to get out of her is, that now, whenever she's saying an R, she's saying an ch. Maybe she should come to switzerland.
I miss switzerland. I can hardly believe that I'll be home in less then a week! This is crazy! Just insane! Really really just insane! WHEN THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN? Is there snow yet? Are you people at home missing me at all? I miss you! Is the air clear and cold? I cannot wait! I have to clean up my apartment and pack first, and, well, have some finals, but I'll be back.

So this is as to show you how I spend my afternoon, just instead of trying to get the french out, I tried to get the french into Marina:

Hollywood.

Sometimes it's weird to realize that I really AM in Hollywood. I know I have lived here for quiet a while now, but it still appears strange to me. This is Hollywood. This is the Capitol of filmmaking. I am right here. This huge, slightly weird, but still in a way normal city is IT.
Tonight I had movie night with Debora. If you wanna be in the Industry KNOW the Industry, so basically what we did tonight was research. First we went and saw 'Shame' - heavy. DP work is quiet good, although I would change a few shots, but when wouldn't I... It's really heavy, but good. I think you should see it, but be prepared for it to be nothing that you would have expected:

Then we wanted to watch something else, nothing was playing at the ArcLight so we went to see the Christmas Wonderland at the Grove before we decided to watch 'My week with Marilyn'. I have to say that I am amazed by Michelle Williams performance. She was brilliant, I wouldn't have believed that someone could play Marilyn Monroe the way she did. It was fascinating. This is a movie to watch if you want to know more about who Marilyn Monroe was. Not the Character she played for the public, but the real she. It was fascinating to see how much it covered what I have just read in Arthur Millers 'After the fall'. And the ensemble of good actors in 'My week with Marilyn' is quiet astonishing. Well, we also have Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan in 'Shame' two of the most fascinating actors to watch.

The two movies are just completely different. I'm glad I was able to see them.
Finishing up for today, I'm going to put a Quote from Francis Ford Coppola, what he said to one of his assistants on the set of 'The Godfather':
"So you still want to direct films? Always remember three things. Have the definite script ready before you shoot. There'll always be some changes, but they should be small ones. Second, work with people you trust and feel secure with. Remember good crew people you've worked with on other films and get them for your film. Third, make your actors feel very secure so they can do their job well." - pauses for a moment - "I've managed to do none of these things on this film"

Good night

What Jenna Marbles teaches you

I do seriously believe that THIS is the thought process of 90% of the LA drivers ha!