Alejo Riquelme

            Hi everyone.        Today I am going to tell you something important, which has to do with time travel. If I had to choose which moment in history I would travel to, it would be to my hometown, around the beginning of the new century (2000) I wouldn’t travel to the future because, as its name suggests, it’s a completely uncertain moment in history and it wouldn’t be convenient for me to venture in an unknown world. I also wouldn't travel too far back in time because, obviously, the last century was a much more dangerous time than today. I feel like I couldn't handle myself there. So, in my case, I will travel to a past closer to my present.        I’m curious to see again what the streets of my region were like more than two decades ago. Personally, I would like to see my grandparents or great-grandparents again (because some of them have already died). I haven’t intention of s...

  Hi everyone. Today I have something very special to tell you guys. To you know, I am a film and TV student. Because of this, my future’s plan is work how movie scripter and, specially, how professional animator of Stop Motion. Yeah, it’s a great and complex dream to achieve. Of course, a big problem will be to standing out from my competition. Oh, also, If I manage to work solidly in some small studio (or even, a small and independent commission), one important factor for me and my career will be getting a decent salary. But even with all this work on my shoulders (which I anticipate, will not be pretty or pleasant at first), I have to say that my goal of telling stories through this format will not change in the slightest. Honestly, when I entered ICEI, I had no idea how to stand out. I even considered switching to another career for the first year. But now, I discovered my talent and have worked hard to improve it. It wasn't easy, but I can say that in the future, being sel...

                  Hi everyone.        Well, today I'm going to talk to you about what, in my opinion, is the best party that exists: The New Year.       My family and I celebrate this day at my grandmother's house. I personally consider it "better" than the others because it is the simplest of all. By this I mean that I prefer to sit and talk with the family while we eat something "fancy" and wait for the clock to strike "zero". What I enjoy most is being with my family, eating, talking about any subject, laughing and having an ice cream until we go from one year to another. I don't know, I'm someone simple in certain things. Especially in celebrations.        That is why it saddens me that traffic accidents and deaths increase considerably during this holiday. This is sad, because somehow, people go crazy and behave irresponsibly in front of car handlebars more ...

Hello. Today I have to tell you something. This is an important long-term goal that I have for my career as a filmmaker. Once I graduate from ICEI, I will apply to do a Masters in animation, before officially dedicating myself to the profession of animator/screenwriter. And for that I have in mind to enter the ECIB (Barcelona Film School) Yes, I really want to travel and get to know Spain. Apart from the issue of the language barrier -which obviously would not be as great as, for example, if I traveled to the US-, my problems are mainly two: In the first place, the enormous geographical distances (in the sense that, probably, I will be forced to reside only in Spain during the 18 months that the Master lasts, without being able to see my family). Secondly, in my almost null knowledge of Barcelona itself, apart from certain vague news that I find out on the internet, the weather or the rise of Spanish cinema during the last decade (I say this last from a personal point of view, obviousl...

     Hello, how are you all? Today I will talk about a very personal topic, which I have wanted to discuss for a long time. These are two types of characters in fiction that I hate or, at least, seem quite insufferable to me. What I am about to say may sound very direct, but as I said, it is just my point of view.      Ready? Here I go.    In the first place, the characters are exaggeratedly "good" or too moralistic. These appear in works of different genres, from comedy to horror. However, it is in the latter where their shortcomings are most noted. I'll give an example from a zombie game: One group of survivors meets another. The second is desperate and tries to rob the first, so a shootout begins. In the end, the group that was attacked returns fire and kills almost all but one. He begs for his life, and one or more members of the first group plead to let him live, ignoring the fact that he and his group recently ambushed and nearly killed ...

              Hello, how are you all? Today I will give some advice for young people who are just finishing high school and are about to enter university.          Not to beat around the bush, I want to advise you on something that may sound obvious (and it is), but it will probably give you a little encouragement to rethink your future university careers. Ready? Here goes: Do not study something that has not interested you for a long time.        Seriously, it can be surprising how much we can excel when we study something that we are passionate about, not recently, but a considerable time ago. Why? Because this way we will already have experience in our field, and we will not have such unpleasant surprises when we come across something that we do not know.        Obviously, not all races have the same complexity. It is a fact that the difficulty ...