Full Sail's EBMS Program: Training the Entertainment Leaders of Tomorrow

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am proud to tell you that I have completed my Graduate program at Full Sail University. CLASS OF 2012!!! I have created a presentation on my reflection of the Entertainment Business Master's of Science program over the past year. I would like to thank each of you for taking the journey with me and please take a look at the presentation by clicking on the following link.

Link to Presentation: http://youtu.be/ve4MZMKonQQ

In my theme of this blog, I like to give ratings and I definitely give the EBMS program 5 stars out of 5 for development and curriculum interaction provided for the student.

Thank you for your time and attention. This is KB and this has been Real to Reel.

Hasbro's Battleship

Well Ladies and Gentlemen,

I bring another special blog from Real to Reel. This particular blog will be somewhat sentimental to me because it will be my last blog post under the Entertainment Business Master’s of Science program with Full Sail University (Class of 2012!!!). I have achieved my goal of completing a Post Graduate program in my desired field of Entertainment. In this post, I will discuss a few current issues with the film industry that has caught my attention.

I recently viewed Hasbro’s Battleship film this past weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Being prior military, I naturally scanned the movie for flaws in continuity and poor portrayals of naval personnel, which I didn’t find. What I did find was a well-written script and overall well produced film based upon a popular board game. I actually forgot the film was centered on the board game until the closing scenes of the movie. This film was definitely one worth the price of admission.

I give Hasbro’s Battleship 4.75 stars out of 5 for great story development and effects. They did such a good job with Transformers and continued the successful method with this film.

I am noticing the latest films that have been released have been adaptations of various muses. We have seen our favorite superheroes and childhood fairytales come to the silver screen in more than one adaptation in recent years. There have also been film adaptations of popular video games and now we can add popular board games to that list, which I thought would stop with Dungeons and Dragons. Don’t even try to count the number of book turned film adaptations that we have witnessed in the past 18 months.

Honestly, I am not complaining about this method because I have been enjoying its results. What I am referencing the fact that we (the audience) need more originality because we are becoming accustomed to remakes. For example, how many of us have seen Spiderman, Batman, and Snow White unaccountable amounts? Yet we cannot wait for the new version (film) to premiere because of the new twist that Hollywood has put on the film. Being the film fanatic that I am, I simply feel that Tinsel town needs to hear my voice, as well as others, and know that we crave originality and for them to actually execute.

Thank you all for taking this journey through Full Sail University with me and faithfully reading my blog post. Although I have finished my program, I will continue to post on this blog weekly.

This is KB and this has been Real to Reel.

Marvel's Avengers: Heavy Hitting Blockbuster (In more ways than one!)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am back with another movie review post. This time I have the pleasure of discussing Marvel’s Avengers, which is currently in movie theaters. The film has already broken records after its opening weekend to become the biggest selling film during it opening weekend.

Marvel’s Avengers, in my opinion, was definitely NOT a waste of time or money. I make this statement with the up most confidence. It may even have been one of the best films that I have seen in the past few months. I was so intrigued by the previews for the film that I went to the midnight screening to see it before everyone else. From the beginning to the very end (an by the term “end” I mean the “continued” ending) I was lost in the world of Avengers. I could not believe that there were not any dreadfully slow parts to this film as there should not have been.  As a matter of fact, if you stepped out to go to the concession stand or the restroom you would have missed a piece of vital information.

As I sit here describing my thoughts and experiences of the film, I ponder whether I should give you (the reader) a basic overview on the storyline of the movie or just dive in and give you a full description of the film. So after quickly pondering about my decision, I think the basic overview will do for right now. Being that it is such a great film I do not want to spoil it for you (the reader).

The storyline to Marvel’s Avengers is the point where all the team members of the once defunct (before it ever actually started) Avenger’s program assemble. Those members being Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. For the die-hard Avenger fans, like myself, there are no references to the other original members such as Black Panther, Wasp, and Giant Man from the original comics. The Avengers face an ill-hearted Loki, Thor’s brother, whom wants to take over the world and rule it as his own. Loki and the Avengers face off in an epic battle over the fate of the Earth as cliche as it sounds.

I cannot state enough how eye-catching this movie is for the audience. The movie definitely sews all of the previously released character storylines together. It also leaves the audience wanting more and speculating about the remaining films within the Avengers franchise. I leave you with two points for this film. First of all, GO SEE THE FILM…SOON! Lastly, make sure you keep and eye out for the Hulk and his antics.

This film definitely gets 5 out of 5 stars for the completeness of the action, storyline, comedy, drama, and everything else that the film has to offer.

This is KB and this has been Real to Reel!