Will's Video Blog

screen glare

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:16:18 PDT

Do you control screens or do screens control you?

This was my final project for a documentary class and is on IMDb.

a night out

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:19:37 PDT

Many videos. Five minutes. One night.

rebel/film/break update

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:57:29 PST

Update: I decided to return the telephoto lens that came with my camera, which brought the price of it down to $450.

distorted reality

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:44:03 PDT

How do you escape life's many unpleasant realities?

This was my final project for production one and is on IMDb here.

embedded video transition

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Sun, 20 May 2012 08:53:19 PDT

After I emailed blip.tv a question this week, my account along with all my videos were deleted for copyright infringement. Although I was pretty upset when this happened, I have copies of all my vlogs, so after looking around for another video hosting site to upload them to, I settled on YouTube. While I will miss having links to download master copies of my videos, having them embedded directly on posts does make them easier to view, although I am still at risk of having them deleted on a whim.

In my rush to make the transition to YouTube I failed to save all of my vlog's original thumbnails but was able to recover all but seven of them, which isn't too much of a loss. I decided not to re-upload my first 30 vlogs out of embarrassment, so these posts contain their original thumbnails instead of embedded videos. I guess having all my vlogs deleted is a reminder that I need to focus on creating videos with all-original content, but this would alter the way I make them (which isn't necessarily a bad thing).

While there might not be much of a point in re-uploading videos that probably no one cares to see, I spent a lot of time and put a ton of passion and care into my video blogs, so I want them to stay available for anyone who might want to watch them. Although the future of my vlog remains unclear, I intend to keep my videos playable for as long as I can, for they, besides my memories, are the only reminders I have of things I am already starting to forget.

l.a.

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:15:48 PDT

Music: Obsessive Compulsive by The Firebird Band

washington d.c.

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:17:06 PDT

Music: Scentless Apprentice by Nirvana

aquarium

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:18:03 PDT

This is footage from my first (and most likely last) visit to the Georgia Aquarium.

Music: Sixtyniner by Boards of Canada

camping

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:46:33 PDT

This is footage from a recent camping trip I took with my friends to the North Georgia mountains. Although I wish I had more footage (my camera died), I am happy with the video and its somewhat dark and moody feel.

Music: Interstate 8 by Modest Mouse

it's too bad

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:49:01 PDT

I wish I was still an avid poster of videos. I used to have my camera attached to my hand, however, it's been months since I've turned it on.

While I ride MARTA or am hanging out with friends, I still think silently to myself "that would make a great shot!," only now it never seems to get captured, let alone uploaded.

I am not quite sure what happened. Maybe it was the influx of online videos and the proliferation of YouTube, the "everyone is doing it, so it's not cool anymore" phenomenon that made me quit capturing my precious video clips.

I managed to ostracize myself from the vlogging community, and I am certainly regretful of that. I am sorry to my (as of now nine) subscribers, and mostly to myself. I got out of the habit of recording small segments of my life and sharing them with you all, and I doubt I will ever be able to resurrect this video blog to its former "glory."

I am pursuing a degree in Film and Video at Georgia State University, however, it seems to be sucking from me all of my video-making passion, my urge to find that one-of-a-kind camera angle, that rush I used to get when I would share unique never-before-seen occurrences.

I am blaming a university, when I should be blaming myself. I let that thrill die, that fragile spark disappear. I hope that I can somehow get that back, for if not, I have lost an innate part of my being, one that I would be saddened to see, after all these posts, vanish.

a brief encounter with society

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:08:49 PDT

A night in the city.

Music: Downtown Venues by Broken Spindles

late night in hotel room

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:00:33 PST

The TV and a view through the "peep hole" on the (hopefully stable) steel door.

when you enter reality

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:46:46 PDT

I have been postponing this for as long as possible but it gets much harder as you get older.

fragmented lives

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:32:56 PST

Final project for video production 1.

Music: Here by Pavement

sam's town

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:47:25 PDT

This is from a trip on Labor Day weekend. I've had it done since around that time but for some reason the sound was way off after I saved the video but I finally got everything working right.

Music: Oh Little Brain by Peaceblaster

update 7-02

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:50:44 PDT

hilton head

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:51:26 PDT

This video is from a little summer trip to Hilton Head Island. I don't know, I hope it turned out good- I think something that messed me up was that I was just taking videos instead of thinking of the end result, or something like that. I tried to be really careful with the level of sounds in the videos so they wouldn't cover up the song.

Music: Through My Sails by Neil Young

atlanta tornado

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:51:39 PDT

This video has been in the works for a little bit, the tornado was a little while ago and things are pretty much back to how they were before. The tornado made me think about the movie Koyaanisqatsi: "life out of balance", which inspired the music by Philip Glass.

Music: Offering by Philip Glass

2007

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:07:58 PDT

Music: Burger Queen by Placebo

kmart

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:52:06 PDT

Black Friday shopping at Kmart and then Good Will and Target on Saturday. Ooh yeah, holiday time shopping!

I have kind of been posting a few more videos than I normally do and soon will have my "educational puppet concept" video up or something like that lol. This has been finished for a couple days, I hope I'm not posting too many videos at a time.

tampa

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:52:22 PDT

During Thanksgiving break we drove to Tampa, didn't get to do anything really except stop at truck stops but it was neat to get to visit another state for a little bit.

(Some) truck stops have good food, I'd recommend the cheese sticks or pancakes!

medieval times

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:53:13 PDT

Medieval Times field trip- the bus ride, the entrance, the dinner show. They gave us vegetable soup, garlic bread, a chicken, half a potato, a rib, a cookie and 2 rounds of (very medieval) Pepsi. The show was pretty well rehearsed, I was a little quiet during it though and at one point felt sorry for all the animals having to perform but they seem to treat them well.

It would be neat to go back sometime but tickets are pretty expensive, I think around $47.50 for adults depending on which "castle".

update 11-07

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:09 PDT

My first official update since one year ago today. I really forgot how much I enjoyed doing these and hope this isn't too long!

the good life

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:34:11 PDT

The Good Life concert at The Drunken Unicorn with opening acts Erie Choir and Zookeeper. The Good Life were really good and the opening acts were great too- it was hard to cut out too much footage. I hope it isn't too long, it gives you a real feel for the concert and their music I hope.

halo 3 release

sk292009@aol.com (Will Moore) — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:34:50 PDT

Went with Brian and my little brother to the release of Halo 3 at the Loganville GameStop.