Scheduling, The First Step To Successes

This week I won't be talking about the entertainment industry specifically but something that pertains to every aspect of life and that is scheduling. Scheduling is always and important part of completely any set of tasks. After receiving my show assignment for tech I had to go and do massive scheduling for the month of February. Between my show, Greenfields project, musical rehearsal and tournaments, I knew I needed to plan ahead extensively. So first thing I had to do was pull together all my schedules and calenders. Then I had to compile all the dates that I had already filled and deduce when I had time to shoot for my show and for Greenfields. Then I had to double check with other people involved to make sure they were available for those dates too and what dates they wouldn't be available for. By scheduling I can make sure I have everything I need to do planned out and leave extra time in case something unexpected happens. With scheduling I prevent myself from worrying about due dates and when I will fit in stuff. Plus if I do need to reschedule or squeeze something in, a quick peak at my schedule will allow me to figure out if and when I have the time to do so. So to wrap up I suggest everyone practices scheduling in their life. It may be annoying at times but the more you do it, the easier it becomes. Also the more stuff you naturally schedule when receiving assignments or make plans, the easier it is to compile everything together into one big schedule.

Summer Wars, A Must See For Everyone

There are millions of movies out there. Every movie is somebody's attempt to convey emotions, ideas and story to it's viewing audience. Today I would like to talk about one of my favorite films of all time and one I feel conveys everything the creator wanted, in a way that very few others have been able to. So without further ado... 

Now the first thing you'll notice is that it appears to have two different animations styles, a cartoonish one and a more serious or normal one. This is because the movie's plot takes place in a society where most people depend on the internet for there normal lives and even put most their privileges online. So when showing stuff in the online world, the director decided to use a more digital animation style to accommodate the idea of this online world and avatars people used in it. As for the movie's plot, the story is about a normal high school boy named Kenji, who after loosing his chance to represent Japan in the math olympics by a small error, thought he'd be spending his summer vacation as a code monkey for Oz, the social hub of the internet. However all that changes when a school girl friend Natsuki barges in to hire him for a summer job out in the country. Once arriving at her great grandmother's house it's revealed that she hired Kenji to pretend to be her boy friend at her great grandmother's birthday so she could be happy knowing Natsuki had someone nice to look after her, as she has been experiencing heart problems. After much resistance Kenji agrees to stay and go along with the plan. But thats all you get, you'll have to watch to see what happens. 

Anyway lets move onto why this movie is amazing. The first and biggest point is the characters and how they exemplify family. Natsuki has an extremely big family that is seen throughout the film. It is the way the characters are written and conveyed through their voice actors. When watching the movie you can feel the emotions shown between each character, whether its joy, sadness, hate or any other emotion. You also get a feel watching the movie that this is how family's these days are, its not faked like you see families in a lot of films, you can really believe the performance through the writing and acting and it doesn't feel like a performance. This also speaks to me because of the huge extended family I have and I can't help but be reminded of my entire family when watching the film.

Next is the artistic design of this film. Not only is the animation beautiful from its stunning nature shots, to its rough and touch smack downs, the animation is extremely fluent and compliments the style extremely well. Also the music for this film is great. It really wraps you up the scene and even by itself the original sound track is amazing to listen to all on its own and I listen to it regularly. 

Also the movie has won numerous awards over the years since it's release and is the perfect follow up movie for its director, Mamoru Hosoda, from his last great film "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time". So in all this movie is so moving and I would HIGHLY recommend anyone who hasn't watch summer wars to at least watch it once in your life.