http://www.michelleroca.com/blog a blog featuring musings on life, media culture and film production Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:32:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kyle Newman's FANBOYS (trailer) was reportedly going wide to theaters in 2007, but due to some major political red tape with one of the story lines it was set to be shelved.  After over 300,000 fans sent letters to the Weinstein Co. asking for release of original content (success of ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=324 Yes, I am one of these people. Over the last few months, ever since I invested in an iPhone truthfully, I have found myself getting behind on some of the smaller daily to-dos I set for myself as a result of searching for better ways to document and keep record of ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=280 Visit Merlin Mann's 43 FOLDERS blog for more tips on finding the time and attention to do your best creative work. Good blogs have a voice. Who wrote this? What is their name? What can I figure out about who they are that they have never overtly told me? What’s their ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=316 Butler Application (Mac OS): [9/10] - Can't live without it. This application is the ultimate tool needed to increase productivity and overall efficiency in navigating through your could be better organized Mac OS lifestyle. Whether you need a book mark manager, a file launcher, pasteboard extension (great ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=217 Directed by Michelle Lehman, last year's Tropfest Australia winning film, MARRY ME, tells a little love story about "a little girl who likes a little boy and a little boy who likes his BMX bike". The film was inspired by a true story when director, Michelle, at 5 years of ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=204 Every girl drones on about how she wants to grow up and be independent: be a doctor or a lawyer or the president.  All girls really want is to get married.  And have huge diamond rings and gloriously long white dresses.  Oh, and did I mention kick-ass cake? Tonight, I went to ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=174 This past weekend, I PAed on a VH1 shoot that came to Orlando called "Bongos 3."  This is your typical reality dating show with the difference being that this season, instead of staying in a house or mansion, they toured America.  Vying for the affection of the bachelor, the girls stopped ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=110 Overall Rating: 3/10 Last night, I saw Peter Sollett's Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.  This film reeked of Juno inspired witty catch phrases, trendy indie music references and awkward (not endearing) acting.  Unfortunately, I'll have to admit that I wanted to see this film because of Michael Cera.  I wish there ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=107 This past Sunday, we wrapped on Jesse Chapman's senior thesis film: "The Exposition Report" Being the first Capstone to shoot this semester, we were a little nervous about how things would pan out.  Albeit, it was one of the more simple shorts production-wise, but our crew had an entire summer to ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=66 ...wish it was though. After closing my Macbook screen a little "too" hard, the lcd screen exploded, shattering the pixels and rippling the physical screen.  Sigh. Repairs will be costly, but not as costly as a new Mac.  Apple quoted me at $800, but luckily I was recommended to MicroReplay who ... http://www.michelleroca.com/blog/?p=45