"5 Ways Marvel’s Phase 2 Will Change Filmmaking Forever (For Better Or Worse)"

3 things I learned that I did not know before knowing the article:

• Every Avenger got their own movie?
• There's going to be sequels?
• Other studios are going to be doing awesome stuff like this?!

2 opinions about the article:

• Didn't need to be spaced out into different pages
• Some of the points were weak

1 question about the article:

• Who picked out the pictures for this? (Number 2 seemed a bit out of place.)

"Peter Ramsey, ‘Rise of the Guardians’ Director, Takes Russian Santa Very Seriously"

3 things I learned that I did not know before knowing the article:

•  Reactions are considered "easter eggs"
• Santa's motivation isn't just "let's reward the good kids"
• The camera movements were made to be realistic

2 opinions about the article:

• Seemed written for people who'd already seen the movie
• Gave a good impression of the movie

1 question about the article:

• What is the "shadow play" scene?

December 3~9, 2012

What you learned this week: Bloopers are a valid way to extend the time of your movie
What you want to learn in the future: How to motivate myself better...
Something that frustrated you this week: After Effects does not seem to have keyframes. Or any way to make new layers not stretch for the whole timeline.
Something that made you happy this week: I'm making progress!
Link: http://aeportal.blogspot.com/2009/07/create-fire-in-after-effects.html

"Stop Motion Casts a Spell on SpongeBob"

3 things I learned that I did not know before knowing the article:

• That Spongebob is getting a stop-motion episode
• That the plot is seriously Plankton giving people drug-laced food
• That the puppets are so big!

2 opinions about the article:

• Wish they'd gone more into how other things were made: the candy hills looked interesting
• Feel they could have chosen better pictures to compliment the article

1 question about the article:

• Why are some of the quotes just placed in without context?

"Does Twilight Really Ruin Real-Life Romance?"

3 things I learned that I did not know before knowing the article:

• That many Twilight fans are adult women
• There is seriously a "Twimoms" forum
• There are Twilight conventions

2 opinions about the article:

• Through, had lots of different (well supported) points
• Feels like they underestimated how long it could last

1 question about the article:

• Which poor sap had to look up all of those quotes.

November/December 26~02

What you learned this week: Look into things thoroughly before proceeding!
What you want to learn in the future: How people actually put together good portfolios. At all.
Something that frustrated you this week: ... realizing just now that I have stuff to hand in tomorrow. Dang it.
Something that made you happy this week: I've got a lot of writing ideas?
Link: http://allbetsareoff.com/tutorials/keep-your-wiggle-under-control/ Good fix for a problem that I didn't know I was going to have.