Joel Simone

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• Class Announcements - Livermore Posters: 05.15.08
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    I announced the movie to Mr. Ross's drama classes and went to Livermore's downtown to post posters. Afterwards, later in the evening, I introduced the movie to Mr. Willis's English-4 class. I was surprised by Livermore's downtown; there is so much potential for a very strong artistic community. There is a ...
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• Name Changed - Posters Posting: 05.13.08
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    I spent the last several days posting posters on campus and at local cafés, note the pictures below. I also networked with the various media and art departments at Las Positas College and arranged to introduce the movie presentation for associated classes. Tonight, I wrote out a base for the presentation; ...
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• Mythical - Humn 10 Final: 05.08.08
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    Today I turned in my Humanities 10 final essay, and this included doing a short wrap up presentation for the class. The final assignment was to complete an interdisciplinary project analyzing and associating three pieces of art, i.e., a musical piece, a painting, and a poem. I chose to ...
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• The Doorway Poster: 05.01.08
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    Last week, I needed to smog check my van for this years vehicle registration, so I decided play with some ideas for the The Doorway movie poster while waiting. At first, I wasn't exactly sure what I wanted. I was thinking of a simple photo of Jordan, the main ...
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• The Doorway Newsletter #3 - The Screening: 05.01.08
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    The following newsletter was sent out today, May 1, 2008: Dear Friends, Family, Mentors, and Colleagues, Yesterday, Nero Nava and I finished shooting the final live action elements, and we're now ready to forge full force into post production, i.e., editing and sound. With this grand announcement, I'm proud to say, it's ...
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• Another Shoot - And Some Pics: 04.19.08
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    We are moving forward on The Doorway. After two weekends of shooting, things are going very well; I've included a picture from the recent shoot below, visit the project page for additional production stills. Last weekend I focused on editing the footage we have, and the scenes are coming ...
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• The Doorway Newsletter #2 - Shooting: 04.05.08
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    The Doorway production is moving forward, and plans for the screening and presentation have begun. In addition, over the last several months, I made substantial changes to the piece. These changes concern the cast and were influenced in developing the project. With these changes, The Doorway has become more personal ...
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• Humn-10 Weekly Summary: 04.05.08
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    This post will be kept short; a lot of my time is being directed towards the movie, The Doorway. On Tuesday, we did a quick recap on last weeks in class movie, Across the World. On Thursday, we went over due dates on assignments. Again, I'm keeping it short ...
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• Fri. Training - Basic: 04.04.08
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    Today was a very basic back work out. I will keep this post short; most of my time is now dedicated to the movie. I worked out for about an hour, and I ran 2 miles at 7-10 mph. At the end I ran two 1/4 miles, in intervals, at ...
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• Mon. & Tue. Training - Improvement: 03.26.08
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    I forgot to log for training on Monday, so I will combine a short note for Monday and Tuesday. My run on Sunday, Spiritual Sunday, greatly influenced my recent workouts. As noted, on Sunday I ran for nearly 1.5 hours, half the distance uphill. My legs haven't been so ...
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The Doorway - Jordan: 04.05.08

This image is from the first day of shooting The Doorway. As noted in the production newsletter, Shooting, inspiration has guided me into the lead part, i.e., to play Jordan. I will limit website notes, thoughts, and feature images until the production is complete; my main focus and attention is now guided towards The Doorway. The screening and presentation will likely take place during finals week, towards the end of May. Visit the production page for additional production stills, The Doorway Production Stills. | Post a Comment

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