Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

This is a test of the FTP blogging … I’m going crazy trying to figure this stuff out. I sure wish this were easier. Okay, I’ve had three failures so far. Let’s see if this one goes.

Yet another failure.

Here we go again. Let’s see if this will go up along with an image of how I feel today. (Thanks to Adam Curry for apropos image.)

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Well, we did go to war last night. My niece is in the Air Force in Germany. My brother is in the National Guard (formerly Army). Selfishly makes one hope for a quick conclusion to the conflict. I was sad to be an American yesterday. If I were in any other country, I would be concerned about the power that the U.S. wields (aggressively) in the world.

I spoke with my nephew in L.A. last night. He reminded me that, historically, war has always been good for the film industry.

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Screenwriting lunch meeting. Though the U.S. is on the brink of war, getting a film made is much more interesting to me.

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I am a college professor. I teach computer graphic arts. Today is the start of spring break. I don’t know who loves it more, the students or the faculty. By mid-term, we really need the break. I’ve been teaching Photoshop, Quark, Illustrator, Director, Flash, Dreamweaver, AfterEffects and such since 1989. I teach for one of the largest community colleges in Arizona. Our campus has over 24,000 students. My program has more than 350.

Today, I am obsessing about making an independent digital film. I’ve been checking out film schools (New York Film School and Los Angeles Film School). The six-week digital film course at NYFA is $3500. The same course at LAfilm is $6500 but you get to keep the digital camera.

I’ve been attending the Sundance Film Festival off and on since 1996. I made a short film and entered it a few years ago. Now I want to do something bigger.

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My first post. Trying to figure out how this works. I am doubting that anyone will ever read this but it is amusing to write anyway. It just looks so darn good when it gets on the page. I spent so many years writing screenplays that no one read, at least with this type of writing there is a chance that someone will stumble on it.

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