Hectic

I know I say this lots, but wow, it's been a crazy one this week! We have had a few assessments this week as well as an exam in Christian Doctrine. But honestly, my primary focus has been on my short film above all.
I'm proud of the results from all the shooting we have been doing over the past two weeks. Last night was my finale official shoot, the only thing I have left is a traveling montage with some voice overs I have already recorded. I'm really gunning to get mine to be  Short Film Showcase, so I asked for an extension to from it's original deadline so I wouldn't have to turn over a half baked product. It's an amazing feeling to have a project that I can be proud of and can add to my portfolio, instead of some goofy video I did with my friends. As great as a learning experience this has been, I will be glad when it is finally completed. The idea has been in my head all year, but the past two months have been brutally stressful in order to complete this project. It's crazy to think back to all the hours of preparation and shooting that has went into something that will be all over in under five minutes. It's a labor of love I suppose...hopefully I have taken away from this some ways to make it easier on me in the future so it will be more of the ladder. Here's some pics from the shoot (as always, remember these are stills taken from the raw footage, the finished product will look much better!)

This isn't an effect, that's all real light.

Sorry for the shortness of this entry, like I said this week is crazy. This weekend we have live album recording for United as well as Men's conference.

Scene IV

It's about that time again. Time for me to explain to you, my loyal readers, on why I haven't updated recently while also catching you up on the latest happenings on the far side of the world. So here it goes...
Anna (sister for those of you who don't know) flew over to visit for a week. We originally were going to fly out to New Zealand together, but those plans fell through. She did however get the chance to see all the famous sites as well as my personal favorite,  Katoomba/ the Blue Mountains (see entry "Katoomba). We also were able to take her to a few Hillsong Sunday Services. For her last few days with us, we got spent the night in a hotel in the city and went to the zoo. I was really glad she managed to get some time to come see us, I wish heaps of my friends from back home would have had the same opportunity.
Today, I focused completely on my short film. Before today, I had only pieces of my script actually shot, but after six hours of straight shooting, I am thrilled to say I am almost done! The scene we shot today was the last and one of the more complicated scenes. It was the finale act and required everything we all had not only to get it done, but to make it a performance worth watching. Needless to say, my cast brought their A game today (even though one of the main characters was casted the night before) and I am completely satisfied with what we were able to capture.  I am utterly exhausted. When I got home I crashed on my bed and didn't even roll over till two hours later.

Tomorrow, I will hand off the footage to my editor who is hard at work pasting together and polishing up a finished product with the materials I have already handed over to him. Because the project was delayed due to recasting and reshoots, he is editing and receiving footage while we are out shooting it instead of me being able to hand it all over at once.

In the mean time, enjoy the visuals. Remember, they are raw and unedited, they will be cleaner and more stylized in the finished product.