Nujabes and Shing02 - Luv (Sic) Pt. 4

Snow flakes in January

Heart warm like February,

I wouldn't ordinarily

March to the drum, play a fool like April

May the best dance in a Juno bridal

Power of the will, Julius and Augustus

Aw you know, it's just us

In a new semester, back in September

Boy, I wonder if you still remember



Genius lyrics!

Two Months

I never found my way to saving enough for a Vimeo Plus account, but managed to still upload the project. This has been long overdue for an upload, but I decided shortly after coming back from my vacation to San Francisco that I should finally upload this.

This is a short video of my travels the first 2 months I received my Canon t2i. It's a compilation of a few regular days in my life and a few travels here and there.

I created this project as a means to practice the process of shooting/editing with a DSLR with proxies and using the Apple ProRes codecs for editing with Final Cut Pro. I also used it as a way to practice typography in conjunction with tracking.

I hope you guys enjoy a few days in the life of Joe.



Watch it in HD on Vimeo.

Sorry for the lack of updates..

..but I was busy with a wedding (which was a huge success) and a very much needed vacation to San Francisco.

Anyways, I've received an offer from Vanguard Records to work on a project for upcoming artist Trevor Hall for his song "Brand New Day".

I've decided to take up the project to help fund my new iMac I plan to get Fall this year so I can further expand my editing capabilities that my ever aging 2009 13" MacBook Pro can't handle. Also Apple's new Thunderbolt port is something that really has caught my eye with its transfer rate of 10GBs a second that I can find vital for storing all my raw footage from my DSLR.

Vanguard is an independent record label working with EMI but I'm excited to work with them since they have The Living Sisters under their name. I'm a fan of the group because of vocalist Inara George who is better known for her work in the duo The Bird and the Bee and her solo act and hope I can somehow squeeze some free tickets or a hookup after completion of this project with Vanguard.

My due date is July 13, which is coincidentally a special day for me too so that means I can have a double celebration that day.

P.S. - This doesn't mean I'm putting my other projects to the side. I'll be working simultaneously with the Edward Sharpe project, and the Trevor Hall project so expect updates from my other stuff too.

Quick Update

I haven't been able to post anything lengthy in awhile and I decided to do a quick update.

The Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes project is going pretty well with Jess and I working the first 30 seconds of the song. So far she's been doing much of the graphic work and I've been animating.

I'll post up a screen shot of some of the early work when we get the beginning done.

Now I'm off to work but before that..

I love Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I love this picture.

Hangover + Helvetica/Jabari Johnson

Over the weekend I got the chance to check out anticipated summer comedy "The Hangover Part II" and the documentary "Helvetica".

The Hangover Part II is one of those movies where you turn your brain off and enjoy. Everything except the location (the sequel takes place in Thailand) is basically a cookie cutter from the first movie. The trio of Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, and Bradley Cooper have a wild night they barely remember and lose a member of their entourage (this time Helm's fiance's little brother) and they go on a journey to retrace their steps to solve this mystery.

The story was unoriginal, but regardless I thought it was still a movie that had a lot of moments. Zach Galifianakis' style of awkward comedy isn't for everyone, but definitely kept me laughing in the first act until the it slowed down in the second act. Luckily the movie picked up again towards the end but ended with a climax and resolve similar to that of the first one.

I think one of my only gripes with the movie is the decision to drop Heather Graham's character (the stripper Ed Helms falls in love with in the first movie) without an explanation whatsoever and replaces her with an unexplained fiance.

Overall a good sequel that sadly uses the same exact formula of the first movie but still offers some new laughs.

Helvetica is a documentary explaining the history behind the font Helvetica. If you've worked a lot with type or design  you'll really appreciate this documentary and the concept and work behind the engineer of Helvetica.

Believe it or not, Helvetica is probably the most used font in the design world today. It is one of the most visually appealing yet neutral fonts and the transition from the serifs of the 50's to modern day design.

Type fanatics should definitely see this one.


In other news Jabari Johnson, an old friend who helped me get some of my type work out there, seems to be doing some big things lately. I helped create his introduction for his online web series "Jabari Present", a show geared at bringing new artists to the spotlight. He currently has worked with artists such as Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, and is currently working on a web documentary with upcoming UK hip-hop artist Tinie Tempah.

He's known for breaking into the entertainment business through his use of the internet as his launching point for his career and currently works in digital marketing for Capitol/EMI records.

Here's an article by Black Web 2.0 on his success due the digital world.

Good luck, Jabari!