About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
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O Video Why Art Thou?
It’s been a long long time since I did a video essay, so I thought I’d give it a shot. Here I talk briefly about symbolism in O Brother Where Art Thou. Some of the clips I found on Youtube. … Continue reading
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Not so kinetic typography
This is some seriously time-consuming stuff. And I still don’t have it right. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXGbn5CrTig[/tube] I did this in AfterEffects, which I had never used before. I started out by trying to follow this tutorial, but things weren’t working as planned. So … Continue reading
Movie scenes that changed my life
Here’s a little bit about three movies that scarred me for life: [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGD_GbJ57N4[/tube] As always, I’m not happy with the sound. I may work on it some more, or maybe I’ll just call it done and move on to the … Continue reading
The Car – trailer
I decided to attempt a silent film version trailer for The Car, a 1977 killer car movie. The film is about a possessed car that drives around on its own through a small southwestern town running people down, and occasionally … Continue reading