Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Today was hot. Uncomfortably hot. I actually started today with a continuation from last night, so let me rewind. As you know, I was driving back from San Francisco. We got to LA at around 5am. I got to experience my first time driving on the LA freeway. Why the heck was there so much traffic at 5am! People drive so fast out here. And you gotta cross six lanes of traffic to reach your exit. Anyway, we made it home safe, so fun times.
I attempted to do some things on my computer, but passed out in the middle of it. After about five hours of sleep, I woke up. I guess five hours was enough. So today, we made plans to go to Melrose Ave and do a little shopping. Kuda picked up Chelsea and then headed to Flitz's to scoop me up.
As I said, it was hot out. So hot that I didn't want to walk. So instead, we drove down Melrose and pulled over if we saw a store we were interested in.
The first store we went to was Johnny Cupcakes. It is a clothing store with its very own brand. The theme of the store was cupcake making from like the 50's. Therefore, they had industrial windowed refrigerators for show racks, fake ovens, and baking kitchenware. It was really cool looking. The lady behind the counter was really pretty and really cool as she entertained Chelsea's endless amounts of questions. She was just so fascinated with the place.
Across the street I could see the Kid Robot store, but decided not to go in, as well as the Go Ape store. It seems like most of the newer hip/underground clothing brands either get their start in LA or just blow up here.
As we drove down further, I saw a store which looked like it had shelves full of sneakers. I was right! Granted, a lot of the sneakers looked used, this place had so many styles. Many of these styles were either discontinued or very hard to find. I was amazed at the amount they had. They also did sell new sneakers as well. But for any sneaker connoisseur on a sneaker mission, I'd recommend stopping here, Sportie LA on Melrose. unfortunately for me, they didn't have what I was looking for.
Tonight was the night we got to take part in a test screening of a new film starring Johnny Depp. As I predicted, it was Michael Mann's new film, 'Public Enemies'.
It was a pretty decent film. We were prewarned that some of the effects haven't been finished and that the sound hasn't been fully mixed, nor has the picture been color corrected. Aside from that, I did enjoy it. It had a lot of action and the film placed the audience in the middle of it, just like Mann does in his film 'Heat'. I felt, however, that the pacing needed some tweaking. It seemed to drag out a little and some scenes breezed right through leaving me questioning what was the point or what happened. I think they should also spend a little more time in developing some of the characters. I explained all this on the opinion cards they asked us to fill out. Hopefully they take some of the suggestions. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product.
Watching the film in this state of production made me feel better about the films I make. It made me really realize how much post production a film goes through. Without the color correcting and necessary tweaking, some of the scenes looked like student film quality. This is no diss to the film-makers, it just reassured me and the potential quality of any film I make.
We finished the night by driving around randomly, stopping at a clothing boutique called Pop Killer , where I bought a shirt, and then grabbing some late night eats at Mel's diner right off of Hollywood Blvd.
Shopping on Melrose and test screening a film, is this all in a day's work for the local LA resident? Of course not, because I didn't get paid to any of it. But I did enjoy it.
I attempted to do some things on my computer, but passed out in the middle of it. After about five hours of sleep, I woke up. I guess five hours was enough. So today, we made plans to go to Melrose Ave and do a little shopping. Kuda picked up Chelsea and then headed to Flitz's to scoop me up.
As I said, it was hot out. So hot that I didn't want to walk. So instead, we drove down Melrose and pulled over if we saw a store we were interested in.
The first store we went to was Johnny Cupcakes. It is a clothing store with its very own brand. The theme of the store was cupcake making from like the 50's. Therefore, they had industrial windowed refrigerators for show racks, fake ovens, and baking kitchenware. It was really cool looking. The lady behind the counter was really pretty and really cool as she entertained Chelsea's endless amounts of questions. She was just so fascinated with the place.
Across the street I could see the Kid Robot store, but decided not to go in, as well as the Go Ape store. It seems like most of the newer hip/underground clothing brands either get their start in LA or just blow up here.
As we drove down further, I saw a store which looked like it had shelves full of sneakers. I was right! Granted, a lot of the sneakers looked used, this place had so many styles. Many of these styles were either discontinued or very hard to find. I was amazed at the amount they had. They also did sell new sneakers as well. But for any sneaker connoisseur on a sneaker mission, I'd recommend stopping here, Sportie LA on Melrose. unfortunately for me, they didn't have what I was looking for.
Tonight was the night we got to take part in a test screening of a new film starring Johnny Depp. As I predicted, it was Michael Mann's new film, 'Public Enemies'.
It was a pretty decent film. We were prewarned that some of the effects haven't been finished and that the sound hasn't been fully mixed, nor has the picture been color corrected. Aside from that, I did enjoy it. It had a lot of action and the film placed the audience in the middle of it, just like Mann does in his film 'Heat'. I felt, however, that the pacing needed some tweaking. It seemed to drag out a little and some scenes breezed right through leaving me questioning what was the point or what happened. I think they should also spend a little more time in developing some of the characters. I explained all this on the opinion cards they asked us to fill out. Hopefully they take some of the suggestions. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product.
Watching the film in this state of production made me feel better about the films I make. It made me really realize how much post production a film goes through. Without the color correcting and necessary tweaking, some of the scenes looked like student film quality. This is no diss to the film-makers, it just reassured me and the potential quality of any film I make.
We finished the night by driving around randomly, stopping at a clothing boutique called Pop Killer , where I bought a shirt, and then grabbing some late night eats at Mel's diner right off of Hollywood Blvd.
Shopping on Melrose and test screening a film, is this all in a day's work for the local LA resident? Of course not, because I didn't get paid to any of it. But I did enjoy it.
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