FICTION is DEAD.
Dictation, storytelling, propaganda – they are all a dying artforms.
Filmmaking, musicians and writers looking to make a living are a dying breed and their respective industries are already at their sunset era.
Sure there will be a fight to survive but things won’t get better, let’s admit at least that.
Only filmmaking has transformed itself [...]
March 23, 2009
Categories: ART HYPE, RANT, comics/graphic novels, the INDIE spirit, the Struggling artist . Tags: John Blongak . Author: dromoman . Comments: Leave a Comment
Call it what you will – mass rapid transit (MRT) in Singapore, the TUBE (in London), the subway (New York) and Mass transit Rail (MTR) in Hong Kong and other names but the same creature exist in Tehran, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere in sizeable cities where many people live and work.
The city train.
I avoid [...]
January 13, 2009
Categories: GOD, Wisdom, the Struggling artist . Tags: John Blongak . Author: dromoman . Comments: Leave a Comment
cinema storytelling techniques – 10 tips for all aspiring directors
NOTE – even if you are not a filmmaker, noticing these things may also help you become a more involved film FAN, i hope.
1.) Blur and Sharp
Brings subject into focus against the background – the contrast of blur and sharp images onscreen is part of [...]
November 11, 2008
Categories: TECHNIQUES, the Struggling artist . Tags: John Blongak . Author: dromoman . Comments: Leave a Comment
a definition of melancholy.
“Our brains are too large.. We think too much and it drives us all crazy. We’ve inherited this amazing gift of intelligence and self-awareness and we’ve squandered it … pissed it away. We’d be happy if we could live simple lives, enjoy each other and … I mean maybe live on a [...]
November 5, 2008
Categories: Wisdom, the Struggling artist . Tags: John Blongak . Author: dromoman . Comments: Leave a Comment
time, stress and problems
if a problem is defined as the gap between reality and expectation, then stress happens when you feel that you may not be able to narrow the gap in time.
The most stressful thing driving society today is MONEY, followed closely by POWER, both of which many of us feel we cannot have [...]
October 29, 2008
Categories: Wisdom . Tags: John Blongak . Author: dromoman . Comments: Leave a Comment