Long days for Week 3

So because of Labor day my one class on monday was pushed to tuesday. So yesterday I had a full day of classes. Starting off at 9am I was in my BTL lab learning about all the equipment that comes on the grip truck. We were out on the loading dock and Josh showed us the C-stands, which hold various things and the different lights. We also got to set up a dolly which was pretty cool. You pull out track and piece it together and then once the entire track is level you lift the dolly and place it on the track. We got out kinda early from that. I didn't bring my lunch so Instead I walked to Mr. Robotos, a habachi place. For like 9 dollars you can get a huge meal of a side salad with enough rice to feed a small family and three breasts of chicken. Top it off with their yum yum sauce and its delicious. I always split it in half before I eat though so I can take half home. You see the appeal of that for a day like today- I didn't have to bring two meals because I could just eat leftovers from my huge lunch.

On the way back from Roboto's, my friend Jon called me. Jon tried three times to get into the film school but sadly they didn't take him. So instead he decided to go into media production which he thinks is better than the film school. But when he called me on tuesday we met up and he showed me around the media production offices (which are next door to the film school don't cha know?). They have a lot of really nice stuff but I'm personally am still glad that I'm in the film school- we don't need to compete for attention like they have to in media production.

After the tour with Jon I went into my editing lab.

I was editing my weekend project. Basically Andrew gave us a scene that was about one character giving another character a tour of a space. It went like this:

-the living room

-very nice

-the couch

-lovely

-the table

-exquisite

-the fruit bowl

-outstanding

-the bedroom

-theres only one bed

-perhaps you'd like to watch tv while i take a shower?

end scene.

I knew everyone was going to make it really sexual so I decided to make it about a realtor who was really desperate to make a sale that she would even sleep with her client to sell the place.

I remembered that when I filmed it everything went well but in post, when my character said the line about the shower it didn't have the sort of 'i'm so desperate that i'll sleep with you' tone.

So I was like: crap. what was i going to do? i mean my weekend project tanked last week so i really needed to do good.

So here was my solution: suddenly this scene was going to be a scene form a realtor training video. so at random times text would pop up with little tips about what not to do when selling an apartment. so the punch lines came from text that said "DON'T use the shower as an excuse to entice your client into bed" after the shower line.

After that save I was very satisfied with how it came out.

again we got out early and so I just had to bide my time until genres class where we were going to watch night of the living dead. I just decided to eat my leftovers and play on the computer a bit.

In genres we watched night of the living dead which i was originally terrified of. but in the end i was surprised at how much i enjoyed the movie. I really don't like horror but this i could defiantly deal with.

Today was wednesday and we showed our weekend projects. Everyones projects were really good and I was surprised at what a good response mine got. Andrew liked how I utilized the 180 line and i believe he also liked what I did in order to save the ending. So that was a blast! Then we had our filmmaking lecture class where we talked about movement and how to direct the audience's eye towards what we want them to see. we did exercises again to demonstrate that we got the point and when I was with my group I decided to give out suggestions which I normally don't do. After the first shot was taken I suggested that we try a different angle. It turned out pretty well. We ended up taking four shots, two of them by me and when it came time to show one shot my group chose mine as the best example. It felt so good- especially since I had suggested it as a side note and it turned out to be the one we showed. I don't think it was the best one by far, but it was nice for the confidence boost.

I just need to stay strong and keep reminding myself that I am a student and that I am still learning. Its okay to make mistakes and ask questions. Its hard to think that way, but I'm trying to condition myself.