THE WHISPER

So we just finished making our first movie. It was quite the interesting experience, and I had a blast. The name of the movie is 'The Whisper'. Its about a man who wants to become a superhero, but has no powers to do so. But more than that, its about a dysfunctional family. It's a pretty funny movie, and I'm excited to edit it. Our producer (lab teacher) said it's one of the best movies he has seen done in Digital Cinematography in a long time. And if one of us makes a really good edit, we will get lots of praise for it. So that was pretty cool! I was the Assistant Director on the shoot, which ended up being VERY stressful. The A.D. is in charge of making the shooting schedule and making sure everything is running on time. I also had to call out 'Quiet on the Set!, this is for picture, Sound (they would say speed when they were ready), Camera (they would also say speed), Marker (and the Assistant Cameraman would clap the clapboard together) and then we would wait for the Director to call 'ACTION!' For the stressful part- I made a pretty good shooting schedule that accomidated everyone's needs (Our main actor had to leave by 12:30 am on the 2nd day). Well during the first day of shoot another one of our main actors suddenly remembers she has to leave by 6:30 pm that day... well we were supposed to be shooting until 9 pm. So I had to re write my entire schedule so we could get all her coverage done before 6 30 and had to push a lot of her shots to the 2nd day, which was hard because I had to get Paul out by 12:30 on day 2. So somehow I manage to get it all taken care of, and then our other actress decides that since the other 2 get to leave early, that she wants to to go to work some on Tuesday so she can make some money. Well, let's just say how annoying that is. She used the excuse 'I'm a struggling actress'. NEVER use that as an excuse. So I had to re-write my schedule 3 different times, and not to mention we were 3 hours behind schedule on day 1. SOMEHOW we managed to pull it off, with time to spare. I thank my amazing organization skills, because without those I would've died of a panic attack. Other than that, I thought the shoot went great. We all had tons of fun, and learned a lot. I think the movie is going to turn out great. We shot it in my apartment, which added to a lot of stress I must say. I'm glad we are done, and I can put my apartment back together. This Saturday night we are shooting a Rimell London comercial, so that should be fun. I'm Co-Directing on that, so wish me luck.

Hello

So today was not very productive haha. I took Stephen to the airport so he can enjoy the week break off at home. I wish I could afford a $600 plane ticket so I could come home also, but unfortunately I can't. After that, I went a turned in my app at Pac Sun, because I want a job I decided. And then me and my friend Dennis went to the Florida Mall and hung out. That place is HUGE. In one of the surf stores there is a wave pool to surf on, it was tight. Next time we go I'm gonna give it a try!

I also got the whole Invisible Children thing organized. They will be coming to my school October 10th to show the new documentary named "GO". I hear its great, and very inspiring so I can't wait. I can't believe I got the whole thing organzied by myself! Pretty nuts. Also, one of my friends from Africa said this to me today, "Thank you so much for looking out for my people man, it really means a lot." Those words alone will keep me going to achieve my goal. It really meant a lot.

Venting...

So can I just make one thing clear... I HATE flaky people. Honestly, if you say you are going to do something, just freakin do it! I get so sick of people saying they are gonna do something then last second change their mind. It seems to happen to me on a regular basis, so I should be used to it. It still drives me nuts. I'm glad I was not raised that way, because its drives me nuts. If you say you are going to do it, just do it and don't make up retarded excuses. Unless you are on your death bed, I don't want to hear your excuse. If you didn't want to do it in the first place, don't say you are going to then go change your mind.