Summer Working
Summer break is in full swing, and school is done. What’s not done is the creative work. That never stops. School or no school, there are still stories to develop, scripts to write, films to produce and footage to edit. The difference that arises with getting all of that done during the summer is routine. During the school year, you have a bit of structure: you know where you’ll be and how much free time you’ll have, so you can figure out when and where you will write or edit or have meetings. In the summer, you have the freedom to figure that out on your own terms.
Getting Project Feedback
The last week of the semester was final and work-in-progress screenings for a most people. The graduate students had both. Final screenings for project one and work-in-progress screenings for project two, some of which were producer-led projects. Sharing you work for the purpose of getting feedback or having it critiqued is always a vulnerable and sometimes difficult experience but there are ways to make it a little less painful.
Let the Theses Begin!
A behind the scenes shot from my shoot, “35.”
My shoot this semester went great. It’s wrapped and we’re in post, which comes with..
It All Comes Down to Collaborations
You can’t make films alone. Well, you could. But it would be pretty hard to film, record sound, and act in a film all be yourself. Telling..
“Don’t Panic”
As soon as you begin development on a project, there’s a lot of emotions. The excitement of telling an interesting story, the weariness of..
Panels Make the Film World Go Round
Chicago Filmmakers Panel.
Image from Chicago Filmmakers Instagram Page.
This past week, I attended two panel events at different organi..