I currently have After Effects open and fiddling with "Project X" ideas. It feels good to know that after a long day I'm still willing to work on some of my own projects for no personal gain; just for fun.
I've read somewhere that After Effects has a mild learning curve, but is extremely hard to master. I really like that idea that it seems almost endless in compositing potential, and makes me wonder if even the programmers who've designed it can fully utilize all its abilities.
I also just recently got a copy of "The Tree of Life" which is directed by Terrence Malick, who's known for being a quite a mystery and a recluse (his last film was in 2005, and before directing "The Thin Red Line" in 1998, his last feature was made 20 years prior). I'm yet to watch the whole thing, but I've heard different reviews from word of mouth and the internet about its non-linear story and gorgeous visuals. I'm yet to see it and might check out the first 5 minutes of it before I go to sleep.
From Wikipedia - "Malick's film chronicles the origins and meaning of life by way of a middle-aged man's childhood memories of his family living in 1950s Texas, interspersed with imagery of the origins of the universe and the inception of life on Earth. After decades in development and missed 2009 and 2010 release dates, the film premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d'Or. The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews for its technical and artistic merits, but there were also polarizing reactions in response to Malick's directorial style and, in particular, the film's fragmented non-linear narrative."
I wish there were more hours of the day and that I didn't have to sleep every 15 hours. There's just so much I want to do and work on.
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