ENDURE

What can I say this is a very interesting process I feel like a creature with 4 different brains and 32 arms. It is crazy real crazy but God's grace people and I declare that over everyone life right now.
Plenty grace plus more.

Endure this process

Don't worry Kavita. You will make it through. I am also in my own little boat fighting very big waves. But a small rest period is on it's way fear not!!

Strength to you all!!!

Renee

Eye of the Tiger

Hey Guys,

Do you hear that? Its waves crashing and thunder and rain and lightning and there's this tiny boat in the midst of the chaos. Will I survive this onslaught or will I just sink. Don't know but I am fighting, bailing out water and praying, Boy am I praying.

Doing three class assignments at once. That was this week. Lacking sleep. (Sharon, girl, 5hrs in 2 days. Don't know how you managing) Luckily our group has finished everything for Friday.

Yes, one down, but I think the storm is getting worst because two more assignments to handle.

Advance Research is taking a lot out of me and Capstone, well, atleast I am happy where I've reached but I have so much left to do that its difficult.

But I am holding strong because you guys in class have been giving me so much inspiration by fighting your own storms. Thanks for your ongoing guidance and support.

Take care and soon we'll all be seeing rainbows.

Kavita.

Last Blog

Maybe next students cold be encouraged to blog from semester 1. This was a new experience for me - a positive one, but one that I think we needed to be prepared for in a different way. However that said - it's all good. It seems though that this will be the last blog.
As requested I am attempting to post all relevant docs for myself Chiwale and Michael R.

Unfortunately the system is not allowing me to upload our documents to the blog.
They will come to Annabelle and Frances Ann via email as well as hard copy at ARCON.

Bye bye my blog brothers and sisters.
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Sigh

Hi,

How is everyone? I hope you are all well. On my last post, I said I was shooting my commercial. Well I am afraid that I was unable to achieve the filmic look I wanted and as such would have to re-shoot in order to get the look I wanted. Thankfully, I am able to submit my Capstone for marking in the producing class.

As for Capstone, on Saturday every thing that could go wrong did go wrong. Things that could not go wrong, did go wrong. Who is Freud again? He missed some vital points. Had it not been for my cast and crew who kept me going when I had lost almost all hope, I do not know what I would have done. Michael R, Michael C, Kavita and my sister. Again thank you and I do hope that the final project I hand in (I hope on time) will do you guys justice and make you proud you were part of the shoot.

Resh

Sky of Grey.

Hi guys,

How is everyone doing? Hope all is well.

I am trying to cope. The group's producing project has gone all wrong. I now know how it feels when you can't get things your way even when you compromise. Eteck has officially let us down twice by cancelling the last two weekends. Now it is impossible to get it done on time for class. But we have to get it done since we have given eteck our word. As Sharon has advised me, we will have to do renegotiations since they were the ones to set us back.

In the meantime, I (and I am sure most of my colleagues as well) am struggling with our individual Capstone projects. I am lucky in that I have finished all my filming two weeks back and have just finished most of my ADR. I just have to do one line (repetition of one word) with my actress. Trying to cheat this in post though. My aim is to try to finish edit my project both visuals and sound this weekend and do all my special effects so that next week, I can do titles and end credits. Notice I said TRYING.

As for my other courses, tears will be shed. But remember after rain there will always be a rainbow.

Now for the positives. Capstone Long is fantastic. The proposal is done and we are working on casting and location. We also have initiatives for funding. So everyone cross your fingers. (Trying to get only the small amount of $350,000) I know some of you might laugh, but the key thing is we believe we can do it. I am really anxious and rearing to go with this project.

Hope everyone is coping well and again if anyone needs a hand with anything feel free to ask, will try my best to help in whatever way I can.

Take care and Happy Producing,
Kavita.

This is not a fete in here this is madness

We could only continue to try, till the last breath. Images of the blood sweat and tears that produces the madness. Thanks to all the hands that helped to make the load lighter. We press on with a few more things still to be shot. Just got in additional drive space so that editing can begin as soon as a camera is signed out. Everything else still happens with full force like: cheques to collect, other people wuk to do, gas and phone bills, flow and light bills etc etc. Jah guide us all

Learning learning learning

A still from behind the scenes of my 5 minute video. We were in CLL for 12 hours and I still did not get all the stuff I wanted. Shooting again hopefully this weekend. I am really happy with the experience so far and it has concreted my desire for doing this. But it has taught me that I am still quite a 'toddler' in this movie-thing. I need to do this a lot more times to get the hang of putting all of this together and getting it halfway near want I envisioned. It hurts my heart to know that I can't get to do this to the full extent because of time, equipment restrictions/limitations, issues with actors , etc.

Anyway, I am now about to turn back to the mountain of projects that loom behind me. Sharon girl...my laundry pile is also getting higher.

Thank God for God and coffee! Press on people!

busy

SO mush things to do. Have to re-edit the short minute film for producing class, have to finish my capstone (still need to shoot more of the script), I need money to pay my actors, and still I have other classes to attained.

RASTAFARI

GASP!!

I am crawling on my last breath and I still have law and governance to
study.....WHY!!!!!!!! And now we have a change in equipment loan
procedure....WHY!!!! Still not finished my Capstone project. I have a few
more crucial things to get and I am fighting a flu.......deadline what
deadline?

So Little Time

So many of us have complained that we can only do so much in any given time. And it is true. There are too many assignments and too many subjects in any given time. I truly wish that we had an extra in the beginning of the holidays to do our short film but alas...

Now the problem is, I have confirmed my script and had started shooting. Now my actress has decided she is tired of being bruised and battered and wants a change in script. Great! What happened to all the hours I spent shooting before. Maybe I can still incorporate it. So I have finally redone the script and it meets her approval. Sigh, I hate the star system! Come to think of it, I prefer this script. I don't have to worry about matching the lighting. So we both benefit. My lead actor have already confirmed so now its just to get everybody same day and time and shoot. But I love my visuals from before too much too give them up. I will incorporate them one way or another. Since time is limited I want to shoot in one or two days maximum. So I'm going to pull a Hitchcock. I'm going to "cut in camera". That way I don't have much editing to do. Thanks Dr. Mier for introducing him to me. I usually love to have lots of shots so that I can select, but then I end up with soo many I don't know which to choose. Well, that's it for Capstone.

Now, as for my 20 second ad for this course. Guess what, I'm shooting it today, yeah! I have all the equipment and everything so by midnight tonight, I will have finished shooting. It feels soo good to have at least one script in the pan, you can't imagine.

That's it for now. Now to shoot that ad. Guys, I hope (against the odds, I kno, I'm here) that everyone is doing fine with their workload.

Wishing you all the best,

Resh.

Week 10 - HELP!!!!

Hi Guys,

HELP!!!!!!!!

I think this succinctly summarises what I and by extension many of us feel at this point in time in the semester. I really don't know how some of you are managing to do all our projects at the same time. I find myself two days or even the day before realising that there is a deadine and have been pushing back my scheduled work to finish up the due assignment. With this constantly happening in a cycle I always have work upon work to do and the cycle is never ending.

I also agree with Annabelle, it is only when we fall in pitfalls are we able to learn how to climb out and avoid them the when they come up. Additionally, I like a good challenge, no wait, I like overcoming a challenge, not the challenge itself.

This week I have two assignments coming back to back. I have a devastatingly long essay, 2,5oo words to do for Friday and I have planning to collaborate with my group members for producing class for our rehearsal/filming for Friday and Saturday. We have to organise any additional crew we need to get and we need to finalise shot list and storyboard. And then added to that my Capstone short has been put on the back burner for this week so editing will have to wait. Compromise, compromise, compromise. Not a word I often use with my work but I am trying to pull out silver linings wherever I can. And talk about trying to manage it all. Stress!!!! BUT... Thanks to everyone in class, their generosity and constant words of comfort and advice and maybe even knowing that we are all chaotic together is somewhat calming to heart. Thanks guys for being the best bunch of filmmakers ever.

PS If anyone needs help with anything please email or call, will try my best to help out in anyway I can.

And remember Happy Producing.

Kavita

Are we there yet?

Amidst all the crazy deadlines and surmounting pressures, one can hardly look up from the plough without feeling despair. Have we accomplished much? Yes. BUt in relation to the tasks that we were set to accomplish, we still have much more to do in the next 3-4 weeks. Where has the time gone?
Yet as we face these challenges of time and the changing factors around us including work, family, illness and other issues we can not help but feel a sense of accomplishment when one task is completed or even halfway completed.

It has filled me with a great sense of exhiliration and jubilation that i was able to shoot at least two of the scenes for my individual capstone film last Saturday. With much help from Naomi, Chiwale and Dionne whom I owe much thanks and a little encouragement from Sigmond.
I always appreciate the creativity of teamwork and will always cherish the fact that my work doesn't just belong to me, but to all those who helped. It is always amazing to see a team get excited about a project that you care about..it is indeed one of the best feelings in this job!!!!!!

I have much more to say about the process of being a producer/director since i haven't blogged in several weeks ...but for now i take my leave.

much peace

BUDGET TEMPLATE

Dear Ms. Solomon,

As always it was a pleasure having you and we would like to thank you for the wonderful session.

I have been looking for a budget template and while I have found those with the Above the Line costs clearly defined, I'm afraid none has the Below the Line costs marked off so I do not know which costs are Below the line. Does insurance, advertising etc fall under this? While I can do the budget without these headings, I prefer to do it with them the reason being, should we get into the industry, this is the format we will have to use.

As such, would it be possible for you to send us a copy of a budget you may have which clearly has both indicated?

Thank you very much,

Reshma

Flat boring shots

I think I could use flat shots. Have it looking , feeling desolate and hopeless. I don't know. I think I'll pass an iron on the other shots and see