Adaptations

Adaptations is in the works! It will be an experiment in analysis of films based on books. I don't know how long it will take me to get this project in order, but it might be a while yet.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Mandy the Haunted Doll
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

About 3 years ago I had heard about a doll in the Quesnel Museum. Now this wasn't an ordinary doll, however, this doll was special! This doll was haunted! I heard first of the doll named Mandy from a friend, she had grown up in Quesnel, and she knew some of the history about the doll. What she had told me was this: "Her eyes follow you as you walk past! And she gives you a feeling of fear that I can't even describe!", How could I not want to see this doll? I incidentally bought a book of ghost stories around BC, how curious that I would find a write up of that very same doll in that book! Exactly one week after buying that book I was on my way to Quesnel, (Approx. 1 hour from Prince George), to see this cursed doll. With me I had 3 friends, Derek, Jamie, and Ken. When we arrived at the Museum, Derek and Jamie waited in the lobby, while Ken and I went into the doll's exhibit. I had a camcorder with me, so that I could film it, just in case I caught something that would be extraordinary. After a lengthy conversation with the assistant curator, I was allowed to film the doll. Now Ken and I went to the doll's case and I was already filming it. While I was filming the doll I never experienced any feelings of discomfort or fear. Ken on the other hand left almost immediately after entering the exhibit with me. He told me later that he was to scared to be around the doll. While I was left alone in the exhibit I glanced up from the camera to see this doll with my own eyes, and not through the camera's lens. When I did this, the strong feeling of unease hit me, and I quickly went back to filming. The last shot of the doll is the most interesting part of this endeavor. there is a window behind the exhibit that you can see the doll, in it's case, through. When I zoomed in on it, she smiled. Now I didn't notice this at the time I was filming, but when I was watching the video on the way back home I saw it. I watched it a few times before I told the other 3 what I saw. I past the camera around for them to see, and all of them agree that it was indeed strange. Now I'm not saying that the doll did in fact smile, because it could have been anything from a film glitch to a bend in the glass, but the event as a whole was very weird.

CEM Experiment

Hello Dear readers,

Out of boredom I just finished watching a film reviewer critic. Something that I found pretty funny as this guy doesn't review films, rather he has opted to critique other internet film critics. An interesting concept, and something that I have also thought about doing, however, it probably will never happen, so don't hold your breath. As I watched this video, I began to wonder about Celebrity E-Mail-- What would a "Celebrity" reply with if I were to actually send them one of these blatant satirical emails? Since I do not actually have any of the email addresses of any of those rich and famous types I satirize, I decided on trying this out with my last CEM, "The Cinema Snob".

As of yet, I have not received a response, although I will keep you posted on how this experiment pans out . . .

-A. Warren Johnson