It Really Works!

IT REALLY WORKS!

MANY MONTHS AGO I WROTE SECIFICLY THE TYPE OF WAREHOUSE I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO DO VIDEO PRODUCTION.

THE MR. BOB HILL IS OFFERING ME ONE THREE TIMES LARGER THAN I ENVISIONED BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED. ROLL UP DOOR. SEPERATE RECEPTION OFFICE. VERY LARGE STAGE FLOOR. SAFE AREA.

BOY WHEN GOD GIVES HE REALLY DOES.

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR, YOU WILL GET MORE.

Publish Your Own Magazine

I was recently introduced to the MagCloud.com website. This reopened doors to the publishing world to me. I love shooting photographs and now to be able to design a real magazine that showcases my work on many subjects is a real gold mine. My latest model was the Long Beach Queen Mary. Please take a look.

NOW I KNOW

I remember as a child seeing a man while at the corner store. He caught my eye. He was a white guy maybe in has 60s. He had a large hump on one side of his shoulders. I thought it looked so odd yet I kelp sneaking a peek at the man whenever he was not looking my way. I didn't know I would one day become just like that man later in my own life.

Klippel Feil Syndrome...

Klippel feil syndrome is a congenial deformation that happens in the early stages of prenatal development. It affect the vertebrae and spine areas by fuzzing the neck area, limiting mobility. It is always paired with Scoliosis and Sprengel's which is a deformation that affects the scapulae and clavicle. Which often are develop abnormal in symmetry in the shoulder and neck areas.

I have been through all of the teasing taunting and name calling. In school I was called Head, No-neck, crooked neck, head and shoulders, and all kind of stuff that was embarrassing and hurtful as a youngster. My family never talked about it, mainly because they did not understand the condition. I started noticing a difference at about 14 and tried to compensate by working out with weights and martial arts. I even made it through four years in the U.S. Marines by being muscular to help hide that my physic was very strange.

Doctors that I have seen say they have only heard of the condition, and I am the only case they had the opportunity to examine. In my life I have only seen two besides the gentleman I mentioned earlier. One male and one female.

What's crazy is the fact that I did not know for a long time that I was also different or so called special. Just like my bones and organs did not develop normally. My cognitive reasoning may have not developed properly either.

Wow! That explains it, No wonder I felt such a struggle seeing ideas the same way as others in school.

Ralph Williams
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My First Short Movie

Director's Statement

I was laid off from my last job of seven years working for a major news organization. I had worked as a graphic designer all together for over 20 years. This career had chosen me because of my natural God bestowed talent in art and anything creative. My teacher once stated that art stands for Anything Ralph Tries. I had to make a decision to keep going in a career where art ability no longer made the difference between a good graphic artist and a clip art dependent designer.

Well I choose to go in a new direction of TV media. First I bought my own camera and other equipment and soon found that just having the equipment and desire was not enough to step out and produce professional quality videos. I needed training and I needed it fast. I enrolled in courses at two schools and with the help of teachers who had worked in the news and film industry I excelled very quickly. I soon gained the skills needed to make the transition from graphic artist to a videographer/editor. Ironically I ended up covering some of the same events that my prior employer was covering. I covered events like The Long Beach Toyota Grand Prix, Fashion Week, and Behind the scenes of feature films. I now had the chance to Interviewing well known actors and celebs.

After seeing the real process of making a film. My desire to create more narrative stories became a challenge of it's own. I don't write my own stories yet so I began to ask friends if I could shoot some of their scripts. I received many stories from various writers. The one thing they all had in common was their stories were all over the place. I realized these are almost impossible to shoot on a low or no budget production.

Then I met Helen Banks, I read three of her short scripts and fell in love with her writing style and ability. Helen's scripts are concise and very intuitive for me to understand and breakdown. We agreed to shoot just one of her shorts so we could get a feel for how we can work together. I felt The Pact was a story that is somewhat common and timely. Others who read the script agreed this was the one to start with. We got the crew together and began to shoot The Pact. After shooting that first take I understood Helen's skills did not stop at the writing. She turned it on and I knew we had something special as a team. I used all of my skills to create a compelling look and feel. The lighting, the framing and even the sound I created to give our movie a unique quality. I can't wait to start on our next project there are stories to be told, money to be made, dreams and goals to be realized. Thank you.