Sunday, October 18, 2015

How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014)

The most recent television show I've been watching is "How I Met Your Mother". This show is basically about a character named Ted telling his kids how he met their mother. Along the way many things happen in order for him to finally meet her. Ted becomes friends with five people who all become very important characters. The show takes place in New York with two main sets, the bar which they go to in every episode and Teds apartment. This show is extremely funny which is why I love it so much. Since this is a tv show and not a movie it is filmed very differently. Instead of it just being one main plot or story of the whole movie with a tv show you have a whole new story in each episode. Even though there are many differences there are still similarities, both movies and tv shows have similar people working on them such as the writer, actors, director, editor, etc.Image result for how i met your mother

Sunday, October 4, 2015

American Idiot Documentry (2013)

Broadway Idiot (2013) PosterRecently I watched a documentary on the making of the Broadway musical called "American Idiot". I've never actually seen the musical but the reason I decided to watch this documentary is because I love the band Green Day and the soundtrack is amazing. The soundtrack consists of every song from the popular Green Day album called "American idiot" but covered by the performers. I honestly think some of the covered songs are better than the originals such as "21 Guns" featuring Rebecca Naomi Jones. Rebecca Naomi Jones plays Whatsername in the Broadway production and is such an amazing and talented singer, I've been listing to her songs and this soundtrack on repeat all week. I think its amazing to see how Billie Joe Armstrong (lead singer of Green Day) and his band went from the punk rock scene of mosh pits and crowd surfing to a very successful Broadway production. Since this is a documentary it is filmed a lot differently than other movies. There is no set script or actors but it is all real life events so the process of filming a documentary is much different than a fictional movie. There is also a lot of different issues that comes with filming a documentary versus a movie.