Coming in Second

All in all, I'm still a lot more proud of my workshop script than I am my senior project. Doing workshop... I went in KNOWING what I was doing, and I had some things in the pitch that I would compromise, but others that I would never change... and it was tough, but it was a lot of fun.

Senior pitch I bombed so bad, and the result was four weeks of rushed pitching of different ideas until I threw together a romance. It was a whole process learning to not absolutely loathe the idea and actually give a shit about it.

Is it awesome? No. Is it something I care about? Yes. Could I be proud of it? Maybe one day.

The writing is going a lot easier, the end is nigh. It's taught me a lot, and while it was a battle getting here, it was a good experience.

Story and characters

The script is moving forward, slowly becoming something I could take pride in. I feel like that's a good thing, because the last two drafts were... really hard to give a shit about. I got them done on time, even a little early, but it was forced. Nothing was really at stake because I felt no risk for something that I didn't feel attached to.

I'm more attached now, it's more about character than it is about love, which is always something that makes me more comfortable. We'll see where it goes, my goal is to get to the midpoint by Friday (hopefully sooner)

Vocab word of the week

This week has been a slow but more sure progress when it comes to writing. It's not just forcing it out, vomiting across the page and shrugging. Will it be perfect? No way. But at least now I'm not... turning in something that I know is absolute crap. I have invested more thought into this draft. 

The week has been... busy. Lots of meetings, lots of assignments to cram in before Friday. I'm going to Rochester to visit my best friend. It's going to be crazy, there's a Gatsby themed party and I'll be rocking out in 21st century clothes. Oops. 

On a more personal note... graduation and it's not going as smoothly as I would like. I wanted the last term to be a fun montage, instead it's troublesome. I'll get through it. It will make me stronger. 

The vocabulary term for this week is Ombusperson. 

Be Specific

Just putting it out there to anyone who is writing/preparing their own will. Be. SPECIFIC. 

My dad is the executor of his mother's will, and let me tell you, "Give away my estate to the family equally," is not easy to accomplish. In fact, it's near impossible. I know that grief can be tough. I realize the wound is sort of still raw. I am surprised, however, that my father didn't foresee the arguments and pettiness his brothers and sisters are exhibiting. 

Their newest outcry is that my mother shouldn't see any of my grandmother's jewelry before they do because "she's not family." She's been married to my dad for thirty-seven years and has been putting up with the Welles family crap for even longer. I guess they expect her to close her eyes whenever she goes into the dining room or certain parts of the house. 

Moral of the story is, I will make sure to be specific. And hopefully, if I ever have children, they won't grow up to be unreasonable assholes. 

I'll just sit here and watch my family eat each other. 

Dinner and a show. 

Churning out Page$

Apparently LMFAO and Ke$ha make me write faster. It's more amusing to imagine their songs as the soundtrack. hahaha.

In other news, I cut a Silent Hill trailer. Love it. I know how to improve it but I used Scala's choir cover of "Creep" by Radiohead. It was perfect.

Bought a round trip bus ticket to Rochester to visit my partner in crime, by best friend, and I can't wait even though the trip is about... ten hours. Blarf. My boss sent me a new book to read, I'm cutting Live Free or Die Hard, and I'm wrapping up my second draft of my senior project.

It's going to be a lot of work this week. But I'm going to own it. Fucking one hit KO.

Trailer cutting

I. Love. Cutting. Trailers.

Editing in general is a blast, but trailer cutting is easily my favorite aspect of it. Finding that right moment to end it, to end on a blast of music, ugh. Be still my heart. It's the music lover side of me that just goes nuts to find that score piece that would go hand in hand perfectly with the footage.

I think this week I'll start with Silent Hill, and... I'm thinking I'll cut a legitimate trailer, then see if I can twist the genre like the Scary Mary and The Shining Rom Com.

Mary Frith stole my heart

I have a weakness for cross-dressing pick pockets, what can I say?