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DVD REVIEW – DRIVE ANGRY

What’s Going On?

From writer/director team Patrick Lussier and Todd Farmer, DRIVE ANGRY tells the story of Milton, who has escaped from hell and is on a mission of to kill the man who killed his daughter and is planning to sacrifice his granddaughter to the devil. Expect lots of blood, boobs, and cars along the way. I apologize for not being more alliterative there.

Who’s In It:

The film stars Nicolas Cage at his Cage-iest, Amber Heard, William Fichtner (the guy with the shot gun from the opening sequence of THE DARK KNIGHT), and even features an appearance from writer Todd Farmer.

If You Like…:

The GRINDHOUSE films, especially DEATH PROOF or other “man on a mission in a car” movies like the recent remake of THE MECHANIC, this is definitely for you.

Special Features:

The film features only two deleted scenes , mostly because, as the directors explain in their commentary on the scenes, they kept almost everything that they shot.

There’s also a feature called ACCESS: DRIVE ANGRY , which is a combination of features. It includes pop-up facts about the film, including the variety of cars that show up, picture in picture video interviews with members of the cast and crew, and a body count score card, which tallies the carnage of the film and assigns points to headshots, dismemberments, and various other bloody actions. What’s actually pretty fun about it is that it is synchronized in such a way that it pairs with the score of the film very nicely.

The Technical Gist

The film looks great, although, since the movie was shot in 3D and made to be viewed in that format, some of the “OOH LOOK THIS IS IN 3D” shots of things heading toward or into the camera look a bit hokey.

The Verdict

I wasn’t a huge fan of this, but it definitely is the best of the more recent “crazy Nic Cage” films. Definitely better than THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE, to be sure. If you need some mindless action before TRANSFORMERS 3 hits theaters, this might be worth a QUEUE .

Cheap Dvd Duplication » Actors Headshots; Re-Size, Crop to 8×10 ...

Welcome, Thespians! This user-friendly guide will show you how to properly prepare actors headshots as quality 8x10s for your manager, agent, and casting directors. You will learn how to re-size and crop, touch up, type in your name, and get the best service when you go to a copy center for prints and cuts (for résumés also).

Sample scenario. Your agent wants new headshots. You do a photo shoot. The photographer gives you a website link to your digital images. Your agent views them, chooses three, and asks you to print them. The images are Jpegs—the file names have jpg extensions. Let’s begin with one file.

Make a Copy of your Source file. In Adobe Photoshop, open up a file your agent chose. Since you always want to keep your Source file (Fig.3-a.) in its original state, you will make a copy. You can do this either by simply re-naming the Source or by using my preferred method—make a Copy file in a new window. To do so, click on the first icon (of three) at the base of the History window. Don’t rename the Copy file yet (each Save of a Jpeg loses some image quality—but don’t worry about a few Saves).

Enhance the headshot and touch up blemishes. You can do this before re-sizing if you want to touch up the entire image in case you decide to crop it differently in the future. Or you can enhance and touch up the headshot after re-sizing and cropping. This will give you less image to work on.

If you are skilled in using Photoshop (PS), touching up will be a snap. If not, you can easily become proficient by playing with the various tools. You will often use a ‘soft brush’ (zero% hardness) when using the Clone Stamp or Paintbrush but not always. You might even decrease the brush Opacity. You can do nifty things with Liquify if you get adventurous. Some PS devotees like using Gaussian Blur, which you’ll find in the Filter drop-down menu. You’ll have to experiment—it’s well worth the time. Just be sure you’re playing with a copy file rather than your Source.

Check the Resolution in the Image Size window. With the copy file of your headshot open, click on Image from the Menu and select Image Size from the drop-down menu. Look at the Resolution. It should be 300 for quality printing. If not, then type in 300. Don’t use 600 Res—it makes too large a file, often causing printer errors.

Change the Width and Height of your copy file.