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i really don't know where i want to begin with this project. i don't know what song im using yet but i want to use something that's strong and expresses how im feeling and what i've been through. i'm…Continue

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Started by Taylor Mone' Parker. Last reply by Mr. Malley Feb 18, 2010.

One Thing I Learned

In about 100 words, explain one thing you learned while watching your classmates documentary films.

Started by Mr. Malley Dec 15, 2009.

One Shot Film - Intial Ideas 76 Replies

Last night you wrote about one quote you chose for your first project. What is the quote you'll be using? What does it mean? How do you plan to capture it on film?1-2 paragraphs.Continue

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Started by Mr. Malley. Last reply by John " Amazing " Roman Oct 3, 2009.

Notable and Otherwise

"I hate you Amanda, I'm never being Tim McGraw again"
- a boy named Dean

"Just the fact that Patrick Swayze was in it, made it a good movie."
- Sarah

"I am unfamiliar with this symbol."
"I know you are."
- exchange between Mr. Malley and Aaron, who asked about the paragraph symbol moments after receiving a two page one paragraph essay back.

Mr. Malley - "You saw Sherlock Holmes? How was it."
Wes - "It was good. If you're the kind of guy who can sit through a movie with a lot of talking, you'd like it."

"Mr. Malley...what do you do? You just seem to be sarcastic and walk around and see if people need stuff."
- Rome

Basically this video was all about how we need to make changes in our education. Something that struck me as highly intriguing was the fact that the government spends $390,000 to send one person to iraq for one year, as opposed to a student's yearly education standing at a mere $7,000-$20,00. It's really scary that our education isn't taken more seriously.
- Autumn

"Challenge the monotony folks."
- Brandon

"One thing that i have learned from by watching other documentaries is just to keep playing around with it. By this I mean that i've seen some really cool effects and shots, and all it takes is some exploration of either final cut or using the camera to get shots that aren't boring or just "shots" and it allows the movie to be good."
- James

"I am very wordstruck."
- Julius "Alleges to be THE Man" Groomes

"I love how he said his voiceover. It was really sarcasticky."
- Sarah

"It's a photoshop baby. Don't even worry about it. It's not real."
- James

"I feel like your voice was part of your music."
- Hannah

"If it wasn't Black and white it wouldn't be as intense or Grrrr in your face."
- Amanda (complete with bear claw mannerism)

"Two different shots for the same moment adds creatism"
- John

"It's as serious as black and white."
- Chris

"I was going to do a time lapse sunset. But, obviously we have no sun."
- April

"Bringing different angles into the mix makes a movie unboring."
- James

Music blares. "John, I told you to bring in headphones." - Mr. Malley
"I know, I just took them off so I could hear something in my movie." - John

"Hitler had a mother."
- CJ, explaining...umm...something.

"I would use puppets or something because it's hard to find an old person."
"Do you have an old person Mr. Malley?"
- Sara & Hannah

"Like those two little devils on your shoulder?"
- Chris

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Life in a Day

Hey folks. I don't know how many of you would feel compelled to check back, but if you do, I wanted to let you know about a filmmaking opportunity. Famed director Ridley Scott is celebrating a "Life in a Day" film project asking people from all around the world to grab a camera, shoot something personal, and submit it to a channel on Youtube. Then, he and another director are going to stitch the film together into a documentary that hopefully… Continue

Posted by Mr. Malley on July 9, 2010 at 9:48am

Ya know, I drafted this and wasnt going to turn it in cause it didnt matter, but someone showed me otherwise. . .

Boy oh Boy the things I've learned from this class. Where do I start? Well I guess I'll first say that you Mr. Malley have officially taken the spot of my favorite teacher ever. You've replaced my 3rd grade teacher Ms. Romes who used to always hug me and give me candy. She called me "hun" alot too, which made me comfortable and love going to school. And even though you lack the first three qualities, you kept the third for a different set of…

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Posted by b. day. on June 28, 2010 at 4:22pm — 5 Comments

To Mr. Malley.

School's over and so therefore Mass Media is too. Great, now I really have nothing to do -_- I'm glad that we ended everything with a final film festival. And thank the Lord me and Leanna finished our video on time. Second time it happened Malley. Pretty great I know. We combined ideas and did the best we could. I truly feel like I put my all into this and it turned out great! This class really gave me something to look forward to in college. I want to win many more film festivals, have my… Continue

Posted by Nari on June 20, 2010 at 7:21pm — 1 Comment

its been a roller-coaster, and i hate roller-coasters

I would like to start out by saying that this was not my first choice for a senior english class this year, But I am absolutely happy I did. I got to learn some pretty cool things about making films and I will never look at movies the same way again. I also got to make some pretty cool videos with my friends for this class. The one thing i did not like about this class was the blog posts.

To clear things up its not that I don't like the idea of writing something about myself, but the fact…

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Posted by mitchw on June 10, 2010 at 11:12am — 1 Comment

*last post of the year.

this class year has had it's negatives and positives. when the year first started off, everything was going good because we were working on the group projects. honestly, everything seemed so easy then but thats just when reality kicked it. i realized that when you started doing your projects on your own that it wasn't so easy to stay focus on what you were suppose to be doing. i actually realized that i'm not the person to be doing this film making thing because it's just not my thing and… Continue

Posted by Taylor Mone' Parker on June 10, 2010 at 11:02am

Final Reflection

This is it!... all i have to say about this class is that made my day just being here everyday. I enjoy every second of it. Mr Malley your a great person, i had you more as my friend but i treated you with the respect that a teacher deserves, i respect you for what you do and for what you have done (south buffalo touch) :)... this class has help me to discover and learn more about my self and the things that i love doing, presenting my projects if you can tell all of them are about sports, is… Continue

Posted by pablo o on June 10, 2010 at 11:16am — 1 Comment

Nari's Declassified Malley's class survival guide.

Hey welcome to Nari's declassified Malley's class survival guide. Please keep your eyes and hands on the mouse and screen at all times to ensure your safety :) enjoy you're reading.

The following offer very useful advice to secure your survival in Malley's class:

Put work into your videos. Deadlines are never enforced with Malley so don't feel like you have to scramble together a crappy video just to make the deadline. He's never…

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Posted by Nari on May 19, 2010 at 11:29pm — 5 Comments

For the next class

LIST OF TEN THINGS.

1.)

Blog posts are key in this class, and make sure they sound like you

2.)

you will most likely stay after at least once on a project

3.)

get ready to be okay with the way you sound, because this thing called a voice over will be used.

4.)

If you are not a fan of any of apples products, good luck being that way at the end of the year.

5.)

CAPITALIZE YOUR…

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Posted by Eric K on May 19, 2010 at 11:12am

Were at the end.

Okay so I thought the last blog post a wrote was my last blog post. Guess not. It's time for my final reflection of Mass Media class, and I have nothing bad to say. I've gained so much from this class that I can use in the present and future. I learned how to use a new video program, I learned proper techniques in making a video, and that I should always be creative about it. Anyone can make a good movie if they put there effort and creativity into. It's just that simple. Mass Media isn't…

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Posted by Sarah Hy on June 13, 2010 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

To the class of 2011,

1. If you don't think you can work well with a partner on the project, don't work with them, obviously.

2. Do your blog posts, they're easy, so just do them, plus it gives you more of a grade.

3. Bring Mr. Malley's camera and or tripods back, or he'll have a fit, haha jk, but no I'm serious.

4. Don't be afraid of Mr. Malley's weird faces, don't worry, it's normal.

5. Be creative, if you don't like your film, fix it until you yourself like…

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Posted by Sarah Hy on June 1, 2010 at 9:30am

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MR. MALLEY WHAT ARE SOME GOOD FILM SCHOOLS TO GO TO, I NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE MY DAD KEEPS BUGGING ME ABOUT COLLEGE, I KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO GO? HELP ME PLEASE!

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Hey folks. If you're in the neighborhood, make sure you stop by Central Films on Facebook and "Like" our page. I'm trying to figure out where I want to upload your movies from this year after this Ning's video capabilities implode, but have yet to figure it out. I'll be in touch.

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Mr. Malley commented on b. day.'s blog post Ya know, I drafted this and wasnt going to turn it in cause it didnt matter, but someone showed me otherwise. . .

"Can't you two just talk in person?"

Jul 5, 2010

Nari commented on b. day.'s blog post Ya know, I drafted this and wasnt going to turn it in cause it didnt matter, but someone showed me otherwise. . .

"Yea you don't and I'm not lame b/c if I am you are too for being on the site as well when school's over. Man we don't have lives :( soooo how're the kids? Hanging in there with the old job? Me too. Me too."

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b. day. commented on b. day.'s blog post Ya know, I drafted this and wasnt going to turn it in cause it didnt matter, but someone showed me otherwise. . .

"God Nari you're so lame. You just don't know how to let go huh? GET OVER IT! THE CLASS IS OVER! STAY OFF THE SITE JEEZ! no im kidding. lol yeah that person is you. Or it could have been mike ho. im not sure i remember. HAHA Look at that! i…"

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Nari commented on b. day.'s blog post Ya know, I drafted this and wasnt going to turn it in cause it didnt matter, but someone showed me otherwise. . .

"is that someone in your title me? lol i remember yelling at you about it but im not quite sure and yes Mr.Malley i am purposely not capitalizing my i's :D muhahahahaha sorry I had to bug you at home somehow there's no more school >:)"

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Ya know, I drafted this and wasnt going to turn it in cause it didnt matter, but someone showed me otherwise. . .

Jun 28, 2010

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its been a roller-coaster, and i hate roller-coasters

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*last post of the year.

Jun 22, 2010

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Final Reflection

Jun 22, 2010

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Mr. Malley commented on Nari's blog post To Mr. Malley.

"Nari...you were such an important part of this class. When I look over the course of the year it was your projects that defined quality and the rest of my students had to keep up. As for the Oscar business, all I want is for you to go out into the…"

Jun 22, 2010

Mr. Malley commented on Nari's blog post Nari's Declassified Malley's class survival guide.

"You are truly funny. Great list. I'm tearing up here. Seriously."

Jun 22, 2010

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