Category Archives: School Assignment

School Almost Done!

Posted on May 2, 2014 by admin

I’m studying for my last two tests, and will soon put school behind me. Then I can get back to work on the apartment. We worked on it all winter, and made some progress. I stopped work to study for … Continue reading →

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Last Day of School

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

Star Date: May 15, 2013 I’ll always remember this as a really fulfilling week for me — finals week. Everyone showed our most recent work, and I’m really proud to have been part of this group of smart and talented … Continue reading →

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Scoring a Film — Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, 1927

Posted on December 12, 2012 by admin

Score for Berlin: Symphony of a Great City from Crystal Kingston on Vimeo. Continue reading →

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Visual Communication — Lessons Learned

Posted on December 2, 2012 by admin

For our final visual communication assignment, Lynn-Wood has asked us to make a short piece describing what we learned this semester in her Directing class. As always, my mind began to swirl!
Oh, to have wings…

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Visual Communication: Pain (Cleo Film)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by admin

Short film assignment for Directing class; topic —pain.

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Typography Assignment

Posted on October 8, 2012 by admin

As long as I have this blog going, I might as well post some of my work from other classes. This assignment is for my Digital Image class, using typography. I made two similar versions, and I can’t decide which … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Film Technology

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

It all started with a bet in 1878. Eadweard Muybridge realized you could string a series of still photographs together and make them appear to move. Muybridge’s first film was of a horse galloping, but he also made an early film about buffaloes. This is a piece I made in homage to Muybridge, from footage I took at a friend’s ranch.


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A Tangent or Related? Film Industry vs Entertainment Industry

Posted on October 7, 2012 by admin

Ever notice how the specific choice of words you enter for a search can influence a course of study? Google kindly provides hints while you’re typing a term in the search bar, allowing you to change your direction midstream. You might wind up in a place you never imagined. This week’s assignment for my directing class — tech advances in film — seemed pretty straightforward at first glance. Continue reading →

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About Megan Griffiths — Director

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin

In my last post, I wrote about my discovery of Megan Griffiths, an up-and-coming director in the Seattle film scene. As we all know, you aren’t really a serious filmmaker unless you have an IMDb page(!), so here’s hers: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341722/

She has five titles for Director:
2012/I Eden
2011 The Off Hours
2009 Eros (short)
2008 Moving (short)
2003 First Aid for Choking Continue reading →

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Love—Visually

Posted on September 24, 2012 by admin

Check out my short film about LOVE!

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