Life of Kyle Prohaska

I love entertainment of all kinds.  I think God has given me gifts that apply to the entertainment industry (besides some other artistic gifts and such) so it’s only natural that I enjoy that the most.  Most of my interests flow into that catagory.

Movies: Anyone who knows me well, knows movies are a huge part of my life.  They have definited entire regions of my childhood.  I can pick a time in my life and tell you what movies I watched a million times a week (usually burning out the VHS tape eventually).  They have shaped some of my personality, way of doing things, phobias, etc.  For the good and the bad obviously because not all entertainment your exposed to is good for you.  I’ve debated whether or not my kids will be allowed to watch much TV.  If they do, I’m glad there is technology now to protect them from what they could watch.  Although if they are as savy as I was as a kid they could easily bypass it (kids are smarter and smarter all the time now….sheesh).  I have a deep passion for movies, especially my favorites because of the impact they have on me as a person.  I’ll fight tooth and nail to defend a few of them, lol.  Some people would freak if you told them Nascar was the most boring sport in the world, or hunting was just flat out boring.  If you say “The Shawshank Redemption is the lamest piece of entertainment the world has ever known…”, you better watch out! :)  I can see how God ordained all the interests of my childhood to lead me to creating films, even into the traditional art background I have.  It always pointed towards filmmaking.  I’m glad to see it come full circle, I couldn’t be more excited.  I love almost every genre there is, except for Horror.  I’m not too big on horror movies, I find them replusive a lot of the time.  Most of them that come out now (especially horror flicks) are about red corn syrup and girls wearing close to nothing that always seem “pirky” if you know what I mean.  It’s rediculous, no value in it at all.  Most of my favorite films involve some sort of story that really touched me personally and most of the time they are dramas of somekind.

Top 10 Films:
1) The Shawshank Redemption
2) The Green Mile
3) Forrest Gump
4) The Truman Show
5) Road to Perdition
6) Crash
7) Signs
8 ) October Sky
9) Rudy
10) Pleasantville

I know I’m forgetting a bunch but that top 5 especially is rock solid, they never move.

Music: Other than visuals, I think my brain is wired really well for music.  I can’t play a single instrument, but my memory when it comes to sounds, musical cues and notes, etc. is very attentive.  I think it has a lot to do with my hearing as well, not just the music side of things.  I do find it odd that I never learned music but I think I would pick up on it pretty quickly if I had the time.  That is one thing I’ve found is that you can only learn so much and tune skills.  I’m glad I have such a broad skillset in things but it’s still limited.  I tried a little bit of everything so far in my life but I settled on a certain arena of art, and it’s still a broad scope of possibility.  Music is very important to me.  Just like movies, I have songs that can remind me of points in my life because I remember playing them back over and over again.  I remember combinations of sound, music, and visuals so well that I’ll remember all the lines to a song, or the next line in a film, or when the car horn is about to sound in that action sequence…many years after I’ve seen it.  It’s very helpful to me I think :)  Music is just awesome, and I have LOADS of it.  Oddly enough, I never really owned too many CD’s.  My taste in music is extremely versitle.  I love a little bit of everything, even the really weird stuff.  I’ve never found a single CD that I liked in its entirety.  It’s always a song or two, so I could never justify the cost of buying an entire album.  Thank goodness for the internet and iTunes music store.

Televison: I’m not too big on TV.  I don’t watch a lot of it, but I used to.  When I was a kid, it was like my playtime.  Lots of old shows really impacted me as a kid.  I was a Nickelodeon child, not a Cartoon Network child.  Shows like Rocko’s Modern Life, Doug, Are You Afraid Of The Dark?, Hey Arnold!, The Secret World of Alex Mack, etc. were the kind of shows I watched.  I can see how far downhill kids shows have gone since I was little.  They are all idiotic and moronic, turning kids into idiots.  Oddly enough, I’ve grown fond of reality TV.  Not the annoying kind ;)  I love TLC and shows like Jon & Kate Plus 8, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, How It’s Made, Dangerous Catch, etc.  History Channel specials, True Hollywood Stories, Law & Order, Seinfeld, etc.  Not many actual TV shows catch my attention, more the learning ones.  If I’m going to watch TV, I try and make it as useful as possible.

Internet: Oh boy, like I even have to answer this one.  I spend way too much time on the computer.  My whole world revolves around it sometimes.  Unfortunately so does my work so I’m on it quite a bit.  There is no way for me to just give up the internet for a month like some people do.  I wouldn’t get a paycheck…so yea.  I like blogging and writing, talking to friends I can’t see face to face, looking up places I want to visit someday, spreading the word about films, reviewing films, marketing my own film, making entertainment contacts and other things, etc.  It’s a great resource, but a double edged sword for sure.  It sucks up your time.

Top 5 Websites:
1) Facebook - I’m on here a million times a day.
2) DVXuser.com - Great resource.
3) IMDB.com - Gotta have it.
4) ChristianFilmmakers.org
5) Facebook - added a 2nd time for good measure.

Concerts & Live Shows: I’m not a big fan of these but it’s not really because I hate them, I just think I never spent enough time at any of them.  It’s been a long time, and concerts can be expensive.  If I wont spend $15 for an entire album to listen to, why would I pay a hundred or more to listen to it live?!  Live shows can be fun, but it really depends on what it is.  This is a hit and miss topic with me.  Some things will get me really excited, others…not so much.