This was my life in middle school. I would spend hours on the computer after school building sets, creating characters and writing scripts. It doesnât hold up as well because I donât want to torment my computer with all the custom content downloads⊠and now Iâm jaded from making movies with real people (lol) I made a zombie series called Propagation on Sims. I made an epic short about teenage pregnancy to a Sigur Ros song. I made one about a teacher student affair to the song Nude by Radiohead. I was full of so much confusion and emotions⊠making movies on Sims 2 was my release. Check out Lodelday on youtube. She was my inspiration. Her movies informed my taste in a way. Long live Sims 2. Forever love. Here is Frances Nowak; a character I made for a failed short about a widowed woman finding her life again to the Umbrellas of Cherbourg theme song. The dramaaaa.
In Brittany's college apartment we made a lynchian horror film about notes falling from the ceiling. Our friend Mitch edited and directed it before he moved to Atlanta. You can never predict what you look back on and miss. At the time we felt like the community surrounding us was fading with the progression of our senior year of college. It felt like the end of the world. Now, we miss how lonely we were together. Not actually sure we were lonely at all.
I really love film and wanna break into that world one day, but for now I'm just starting with making scrappy stuff with friends. The whole thing sounded so intimidating, like what do you mean I have to give people a script and put a camera in front of their face and ask them to pretend to be someone else??? That takes a lot of vulnerability I think. Turns out it's so much fun and I need to start doing it more. This first silly video is in fact for a competition my university library is holding to make a promotional short for the libraries. Lowkey don't think we achieved the goal but I hope some student worker gets a laugh. Yeah so check it out it's only 60 seconds.
Iâve recently been watching Rule of Rose (remake) on youtube. Itâs a masterfully twisted game and beautifully done. Something about watching gameplays has always soothed me. I would always fall asleep to Silent Hill 2 gameplays during the pandemic. You just have to turn down the boss fights when youâre finally trying to sleep; it can get a little abrasive. Stay away from gameplays with commentary please. You donât need a random white guy's opinion on the creature design right now- just too goddamn annoying
This beautifully harrowing album from experimental ambient trio from Gothenburg has easily made it onto one of my favorite albums list of the past couple years. First time I listened to the track âStanna Hos Migâ I felt like I was listening back at a fuzzy and distorted memory. The delay on the strings and the vocals are ghostly and sublime; creating a sort of distance from the listener. This album shapeshifts and folds into whatever domineering headspace youâre in at the time. I would love to sample their work sometime. This is the kind of music I wish I was making.