Digital Portfolio (2019-2020)

I felt if I was going to create a film as a modern interpretation of the allegory, I should do my research and really break down the story so I don't lose the key components of it. So, I'm going to go over the events before the story, the story itself, and its affect on society to this day. Before The Story In the story Plato says that the person narrating is Socrates, his old teacher who was executed by the Athen government for "corrupting the minds of Athen youths." According to my english teacher he was apparently offered either death or exile and he chose death. Most people think of Socrates as a voluntary scapegoat since he chose this way and it points to him being something of a martyr. In reality Socrates was moreso a preacher of free and individual thinking, which the government did not appreciate and actually falls in line with the theme I want my films to have this year. Plato released the story saying that they were Socrates words and not his own,

Carey Zhu Carey is working on creating a LoFi video. I'm actually pretty excited about this because I used to listen to a lot of LoFi and was super into LoFi culture. I know Carey, he's a really good fried, incredibly smart and incredibly talented so I'm keen to see what his final product is. I also sit next to him and really enjoy looking over sometimes and just watching him work when I need a break from the research I'm doing. He's incredibly talented and I really can't wait to see the final product. Really impressed by him (he also has a YouTube channel  https://www.youtube.com/user/TasteTheSno  ) Allan Yang Allan's really impresses me just by the simple amount of research and history that's going into his work. It actually inspired me for my next film I want to work on (involving Irish history). He was actually one of the only presentations I was focused and attentive for the entire time cause everything he was talking about was just

What is dialogue? The literal definition is a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie, in accordance with Google. Dialogue is something I've really been interested in because listening to good dialogue is incredible and having the skills to deliver it correctly is one of the most important parts of being an actor, in my personal opinion. How do you write "good" dialogue? To begin looking into this I found a website called Script Reader Pro. Right off the bat he gives a list of tips he refers to as vague. It should: Propel the story forward Reveal character and theme Build conflict and drama Sound different for each character Entertain with witty, quotable lines Never run on longer than three lines Never be on the nose However, right after he states that while it is good advice, it doesn't get into 90% of the problems with bad dialogue, nor how to fix said problems. He gives some good advice, to not just let your