My Video Project

Hunted Library from Rodolfo Maxil on Vimeo.

Trip to the museum of the moving image

The trip to the museum was something new to me. In there i found things that i was not expecting to see. some of those things are. Make up special effects. Then i came across costumes that people used to make movies and even action figures. One of the things that really caught my attention as soon as i stepped a foot inside the building, was the fact that the whole place was so white.  All the white walls and stairs make you have a feeling of you walking on air.  At the 3rd floor was quiet the opposite. It was all dark with a lot things to see. The first thing you will see at the 3rd floor are 3 big 3d screens and a game that was kind of difficult to play with. There was also a surfing game that had a surfing table on the floor that if followed your moves.  It was very cool. The museum also had some really old game consoles like the atari. It was nice to see an atari again after a long time. The games from the past like mario still exist today. But with the difference is that now they are all  three dimensional and now they look so much better and with voices and cool sounds. Not to mention the particle effects and style.  I recommend this museum if you want to take a trip to the past. It makes you feel like a kid again when you see all the old stuff.

a trip to hunter.

About me.

My name is Rodolfo Maxil.  I work with different types of media. I graduated from Kingsborough community college as a graphic designer. And then I transfer to Hunter College and planning on majoring in Media. I also enjoy working with photography and video a lot. So much that I have my own equipment at home. Making videos and combining them with graphics and photographs are my favorite thing to do. I work with Adobe Master’s Collection cs5. And the applications I use the most are Photoshop, Illustraitor, After Effect, Premiere Pro, Soundbooth and Encore. The works I do in my computer are simple but effective and that’s because I put my heart into it.  And every now and then I get the ideas from the dreams I had the same day. Sometimes one of the things I do is to put a notebook right next to my bed, just in case I have a very good dream or a very scary nightmare. I write it down before I forget and then try to recreate it. I also travel a lot  in the train and there are times that I see people doing different things. Sometimes I even think of a whole story to write while am in the train. I see people begging for food and others stealing, other people laugh while others cry. Sometimes I see 3 Mexican guys with different instruments. 2 of them play an acoustic guitar and the other plays the accordion and at the same time singing his heart out. He tells the story of his life and the reason why he is here. Which is technically about the same story for a lot of Mexicans, they come here to give their families a better life. In mexico they call those songs “Corridos” and that’s because most of the times they are real stories that happened to other people or sometimes they come from personal experience. These people remind me of the days I lived in mexico. And the promises I made to my grandma and grandpa when they were alive. And that’s what keeps me going. I can frankly say that the subway inspires me a lot because it gives me a lot of good ideas and good memories…..