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Show MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007 . THE COLLEGE TIMES Life All No, no, no thank you for your consideration Luke Hickman Life editor Last year, Al Gore's global warning, An Incovenient Truth, stirred a lot of pots, The pinnacle of its ecofriendly warning was at the Academy Awards on Feb. 25, 2007, when the double-award-winning documentary inspired the Academy to make several announcements emphasizing that it was going green. At the end of every year, DVDs of the year's releases (known as "screeners" and marked with the words "For You Consideration") are sent out to members of the Academy for viewing with intent of voting. Unlike previous years, the 2007 screeners are Photo credit: Nate Drew UVSC's Nate Drew among the interns for James Newton Howard, a world-renowned composer. Composing with the big dogs Music major gets a taste of his dream age of 24 with the household name Elton John, who noticed Howard's talent and solicited his skill for a handUVSC student Nate ful of his albums in the '70s Drew is well on his way to and '80s. fulfilling his dreams. The Drew's credentials put 27-year-old music major him on the top of the list for has been chasing his love of the coveted internship that music since the age of two, five other aspiring young when he began mimicking composers received, most his mother on the piano. of which were from Utah. He has studied at UCLA Drew scored 100 percent and the University of Utah, on the resume required for and his impressive creden- the position. Howard is so tials landed him a weeklong well established that "his felinternship with the great low composers are jealous James Newton Howard, a because of the people James composer who has written has working for him," Nate scores for dozens of huge said. "We saw Hollywood's blockbuster films including A-list orchestra put James's Vie Fugitive, Vie Sixth Sense brilliance in action." and Blood Diamond. At the age of 15, Drew Howard's talent and cre- realized his true passion and dentials place him alongside began composing scores for icons like John Williams movies. The thirst for his and Hans Zimmer. dreams took a break for a Howard began his im- brief moment recently when pressive career at the young he witnessed Howard's brilErik Frederickson L'ife writer Talecris \ 1 PLASMA R£SOURC£S ' liance in full effect. "There was one night he sat down with us and showed us how he composed every note for over an hour," Drew said. "It was amazing." Drew has steadily been soaking up knowledge and tips since he was 15, as well as gathering the necessary professional equipment to perfect his sound. "A couple years ago, I received a good sum of money for some of my work, and I put all back into equipment to better my sound," Nate said. UVSC's talented music major learned intricate and valuable details on his weeklong internship with one of the greatest cinematic composers of our generation. Howard and his crew of the most talented musicians in Hollywood were working on the score for the forth- coming Will Smith flick, I Am Legend, Drew was lucky enough to see the first-hand skill of Howard at his best, and his ability to speedily produce brilliant music to big-budget movies. "The night, before we got there, he was asked to change 10 minutes of orchestral music; and he stayed up all night, not only fixing it, but making it perfect," Drew said. After his internship, Drew came to the realization that his dreams are within reach. "I'm in a position to do what I've been pursuing all my life; in fact, it's not very far off." Drew is close to his degree and is on the fast track to fulfilling his dream of providing the musical scores for major motion pictures. -«? packaged in recycled paper goods, some with small pieces of recycled, flimsy plastics holding the discs in the center. Their official statement on Oscars.com reads as follows: "This year, the Academy, the Oscar telecast producer Laura Ziskin and the entire production team endeavored to select supplies and services with a sensitivity toward reducing the threats we face from global warming, species extinction, deforestation, toxic waste, and hazardous chemicals in our water and food." One may see this as a publicity stunt to hop on the popular bandwagon, but evidence backing their claims is clearly apparent through their actions now, nearly nine months later. Photo credit: Luke Hukman, Universal Studios, Oreamworks SKG, Warner Bros. Does this mean that the trophy will be made of pawned celebrity gold? In theaters this week Life-saving products. 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Why do dumb people You'd think that would always have to ruin some- be an easy task; just search thing good? the phrases "digital short," In most cases, you'd "Shia SNL," "Dear Sister" probably expect me to be or something along those referring to money-grub- lines, and it will come up, b i n g right? Wrong. HolBecause this new genlywood eration of kids has grown destroy- up with amazingly cool ing its video technology and the o r i g i - massive information dan a l - tabase that is the Internet ity with at their disposal, they see mediocre funny people doing hilariremakes, spin-offs, sequels ous things with this comand rips. But this time I'm bination and copycat it. talking about the average Instead of finding my Joes. video of choice, all I could Last week I tried look- find were a million reing up Andy Samberg's makes of it done by the (Hot Rod) SNL digital nerdiest of kids. They've short with Shia . LaBeouf, flooded the Internet with Luke Hickman Life editor crap. While companies like YouTube and MySpace have created unique platforms that the general public can use for good, they forget that the users and composers of these platforms are the most unreliable people on planet: the Internet geeks! Since everyone wants to make a movie, the best way to be funny is copy something original. And that's what these girlfriend-less nerds are doing. They've flooded YouTube with so many lame, personalized videos that I can't find Dear Sister on there for the life of me. And it's not just with Samberg's classic videos like Dear Sister and (Junk) In A Box, but any funny show or movie ever made. Don't get me wrong; I love YouTube. When it came out, I thought, 'Now that's what the Internet was made for.' I just have a problem with the jack-a's who post stupid videos on it. The guys who made YouTube should create a new Web page where you can upload your picture and have it pasted over the faces of the actors in the original video (remember when they did that in the '80s?), that way we don't have to see people making unfunny idiots of themselves elsewhere. With that said, for all of you who haven't seer? Dear Sister, look it up ... but good luck trying tofindit. |