Too Fly Interview for film !!!

Maria “TOOFLY” Castillo is a Graffiti Artist that my group and I interviewed for our film, she started writing Graffiti at a young age developing her own hand style and 'TooFly' characters. Her work soon blossomed on various graffiti black books, allowing her skills to be recognized by writers across the five boroughs. She has also done a few pieces on the RoofTop in the recent years, she also has her own online shop where you can buy limited amounts of her art work and merchandise that she sells. 

http://www.tooflynyc.com/life/history/

Work in Progress

This is the trailer of the Rooftop Legends Film. The film has changed it's direction and is not just focused on the history of rooftop legends it is focused on more of general idea of graffiti throughout out new york city, we included two interviews  that we did. 

Photo by Young Legends

Music choices for film

     Here is our first choice for our music in the film. The vibe of the song gives you a cool, relax, 90's feel. The beat is perfect , and thats why we chose it for the film. We believe it's a classic that fits our film just perfect!

the song below was on our second trailer for our film due in June.

Goals for the Next Quarter

Our group is in the process of making a film called rooftop legends. In the first semester,  our group have taken footage of the rooftop, we have taken pictures of the art on our schools rooftop. We have also taken work shops on editing and how to work a camera. We learned how to properly use a camera. How to set the settings depending on what are we taking footage of and how to prevent having the video shake. Its better to use a tripod or even a skateboard to make our film less shaking. We learned what B role is. A man came to teach us how to properly shoot an interview. How we have to shoot the person you're interviewing from different angles. In the editing workshop Arianna gave us random clips of a footage and we had to take what we have been taught and edit the clip, honestly the only thing I learned whats a burns affect. we've also interviews our dean Jessie. 

By the end of quarter 3,  a task for us is that we think it would be a good idea to get an interview of one of the artist that have done work on the rooftop. One thing we was thinking is to ask the other students and teachers how they feel about the rooftop. Or to even get them doing a piece of art work on the roof. Since all the footage we have of the roof is in the morning during school hours, it would look even more beautiful when the sun is setting just around 5 or 6 o'clock eastern time example of the kind of lighting above. Since most of the film and pictures are done in fish-eyed and wide angle, we should try to get the art work in different angles. Another challenge for our group and our mini milestone for our self's should be coming up with a story or a meaning behind our film not just a video of cool art work. Our first intention was trying to show how the rooftop art work evolved over the years and how graffiti art is a actually an admirable thing.

Now for the 3rd quarter, my team and I need to figure out how to complete the whole film and what we are trying to convey to our audience. The key to my groups success is if we come to class, staying on task during class, remember to bring materials needed, and communication is #1 key to success because if someone in the group doesn't like what we are doing, it is important for us to discuss the issue and find a solution.

Rooftop Legends Film

Photo by YungLegendz

This Film that my group and I are making Rooftop Legends, It documents the history of Graffiti and the making of the Graffiti on this Rooftop and how it all collides into one story about the controversial art form. It also describes the reasons the roof was turned into what it is today and how.

Rooftop Legends is located on the roof of the Seward Park Campus school. Rooftop Legends is one of the largest street art shows in New York City. Jesse Pais, is dean at New Design High School, which is one of 5 schools in the building. He is also the founder of Rooftop Legends. He started Rooftop Legends when he was asked to do a credit recovery program on the history of hip-hop. He originally planned on taking students to the Graffiti Hall of Fame in Harlem but it was going under construction as it only contained a minimum amount of tags and throw up’s. He decided that the roof of Seward Park  would be a good place for graffiti. He created Rooftop Legends. The roof contains over 60 pieces of graffiti, and every year it is updated with new graffiti. People are allowed to explore and view the art. When people enter the roof, all they can see and touch is pure art from corner to corner. We would like to welcome you to, Rooftop Legends.

Pfunk by Pinksmith

       Photo by Luna Park

http://thestreetspot.com/tag/rooftop-legends