Derek Efrain Villanueva

Valentine's Day: "The Perfect Square"

Something I thought of in class and later created on Paint Shop Pro called, "The Perfect Square." Geeky, I know...

Franklin Hall, A Work In Progress

Construction workers stood out walking amongst students trying to settle into their destinations in Franklin Hall today.

If I didn't know any better I'd say I had walked into a room resembling one of those Midwestern towns having been struck by a tornado. An entire metal grid remained exposed due to missing drop ceiling tiles, leaving wires and silver central ventilation ducts exposed for the students to bear.

"Great...," murmured a disillusioned instructor after looking at the ill equipped room she was going to be in for the next 18 weeks.


Below is a picture of a newly renovated Franklin Hall lecture room still needing some construction touch-ups.

Little Love (Short Film)

Here's the trailer for my 2010 short film called, "Little Love."

Margin Films director Quentin Lee of "Ethan Mao" and "Drift" directed this project shortly after the post-production of his 2009 feature, "The People I've Slept With."

Without giving too much of the plot here's my description of the film: It's about the choices people make (good or bad) that challenge the relationship amongst a close group of friends. Pursued desires following consequence. Oh yeah, did I mention I'm doing "tasteful" nudity in this.



Please visit the film's main website for information regarding festival screenings:
Little Love Film
You can also help support this project by searching for "Little Love" on Facebook.

Actors -
Michael Massei as "Andy"
Derek E. Villanueva as "Rafael"
Travis Oakden as "Markus"

LA City College (Pictures)

Los Angeles City College (Holmes Hall)- February 8, 2010.

I took the following three pictures using my Canon Mark II after purchasing a red 77mm Hoya filter for my 24-105 EF zoom lens from Freestyle, today.

This semester I signed up for a Philosophy 9 class with Instructor Julio Torres. A course covering modern symbolic logic. Ugh, another course dealing with math and stuff that is rather abstract for me.Before reaching my destination, I found a couple of vacant rooms in Holmes Hall that were completely empty at 3:20 P.M. for what I thought, were perfect shots.

I took advantage of the window lighting in the first two pictures.

The third picture is from "Tully's" Coffee shop located on campus. Coincidentally, Jose Acosta (my recent subject matter) happened to be the patron in the shot.