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What is Hare's Eye?

Hare's Eye is a short story by a Russian writer, Dmitry Bakin. Currently, a group of Brooklyn College undergraduates and graduate students are adapting the short story into a short film.

Hare's Eye takes place in the military, but it does not have to do with war. It deals more with the internal thoughts or psyches of soldiers. The themes pertain to how they dream or feel about the world and military life.

We have already shot two days worth of footage! Our set was wonderful and built by a classmate, Hugh. I, Affea T. Henriques, was the casting director and I am the script supervisor. You'll notice my classmates in the pictures moving props, operating sound and video equipment. Usually classes do not produce large films, but we are very ambitious and we love learning about the different jobs in the film industry. Being casting director was really awesome! I looked through photo submissions and resumes until I found the right guys! They are really amazing actors and one performer, Andrew Ash, graduated from Yale with an M.A. in Drama. Our director, Flemming Laursen, is a talented MFA student who has experience in the Danish military. He cares passionately for this movie because currently many of his friends are in Afghanistan.

You may be wondering why we are asking for money. The reason is that we want to make our film as professional as possible. We are not your typical college students and we don't intend to make a "low-budget" movie with o.k. props. We rented actual military uniforms and did a lot of research about military life. We spoke to soldiers about their experiences. We built a realistic set with the finest materials.

Bottom line--we want to make a fantastic, kick-butt movie! Help us! Depending on your donation amount, you can get a free copy of our movie or be invited to our release party. If you give us enough you will be listed in the credits as executive producer. Please donate at our kickstarter page:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1069727883/hares-eye

Thanks for reading and considering this investment!

Sincerely,
Affea T. Henriques

Adaptation of Morning Breakfast

I really love directing movies and I had so much fun with this! It is based on the poem "Morning Breakfast" by Jacques Prevert. It was an awesome experience and a fun day! I would definitely like to make a movie again. For some reason I only have ideas for horrors and suspense. You'll notice that my movie is quite morbid! You can also watch a movie that I was in, directed by Youssef Lehnin. He adapted the same poem. All films and the poem can be found below:

"Unfortunate" from Head Make Book on Vimeo.

Below is the poem it is based on:

Breakfast

He poured the coffee
Into the cup
He poured the milk
Into the cup of coffee
He added the sugar
To the coffee and milk
He stirred it
With a teaspoon
He drank the coffee
And put back the cup
Without speaking to me
He lit a cigarette
He blew some rings
With the smoke
He flicked the ashes
Into the ashtray
Without speaking to me
Without looking at me
He got up
He put his hat
On his head
He put on
His raincoat
Because it was raining
He went out
Into the rain
Without a word
Without looking at me
And I
I took my head
In my hands
And I wept

Enjoy and please comment!

More Pics!

I went to Toledo and Escorial, two cities not far from Madrid. There are these amazing structures that were built centuries ago. Imagine the wealth the dead kings must have had! It was built in the 1500s.

There were a lot of ghosts! In El Monasterio del Escorial there are rooms full of coffins. El Monasterio del Escorial is a huge palace-like structure where Felipe II spent his winters. Complete with galleries, offices, bedrooms, salons, and a Basílica. It was creepy because the people were still rotting away inside a castle (you can smell the funk of 4000 years-seriously). The royal family was incestuous and pretty wicked. They were pretty strange people. (Obviously, they are all together inside their winter home and it has been centuries since they died.)

I wish I could show the coffins but they prohibit photos inside and a security guard was already pissed at me for crawling into a fireplace.



part of the monasterio




Me in Escorial


Toledo was cool, but it rained all day. Here are some photos....

City walls


A really old mosque that was converted into a church.


View of Toledo


This church took 200 years to build


Inside of the church

There was this weird hypnotic video about the priest who decided this church needed to be built...

The castle in segovia

Disney stole this idea! There is a picture of the coronation of Queen Isabella inside the castle and she has no pupils. It´s so creepy. The artist drew her without eyes because the day she was coronated happened to coincide with the day that St. Lucy is celebrated. She is the patrion saint of the blind. The painting was so creepy that I didn´t take a picture of it.

a closer look of some photos

Me in Segovia










Segovia has an aqueduct that is 2000 years old










Driving from Segovia

a closer look of some photos

slideshow spain

I'm in Spain!

And it's really cold. I wish I hadn't packed mostly summer clothes. Donate to the Affea fund so I can buy a sweater.

Seriously it was like 90 degrees Monday and now it's barely sixty!