This is my individual 'ugly' piece.
It's not quite finished yet, but it's pretty funny anyway.
Enjoy.

The Beginning of the End of Empire

It is now a week since we began shooting for our Summer Project piece. After about 70 million ideas, each one completely unrelated from the last, we finally settled on one.

Monosexuality

Odd? You don't say ("No, I do!"). Anyway. Basically we arrived at yet another group meeting to discover a gem of a script that one of our guys had bashed out in one night after Dave just randomly dropped the word "monosexuality" into conversation. Funny how one word can lead to the end of an empire.
"How is this ending an empire?" I hear you ask. Well, monosexuality is when you love yourself to the extent that you clone yourself so you can have a relationship with yourself. This will eventually mean that everyone will realise how great it is to be in love with yourself & no more children will be born because everyone is homosexual in a monosexual way; thus the end of empire. I even put our definition on Wikipedia but unfortunately it didn't last the night...

Okay, so work-wise it's been tough. Like I said in my last entry I was a bit at the end of my tether last week. I was working what felt like non-stop from Monday 'til Saturday. I managed to sort out the mannequin - Britney, and the lab location. Little things like reminding Dave - who directed the piece - what he had to bring, what I had to bring, who we had to text, & other such things. I kinda took over the role of Production Manager whilst Dave got on & was all direct-y. Like we've worked out, I'm the organised one, & he's the creative one. We make a good team. I'm happy with the knowledge that I've put a lot of effort into this project, & have pulled my weight to help make the piece what it is.

The Friday and Sunday shoot was exhausting, but it was all good fun. I was really proud of our group & how we worked together. Sarah & I took turns on doing the camera & sound, but when we got bored Kiz & Joe were there to help too. Joe was an amazing dogs-body & gave us so much help on all of shoot days. Kiz & he also started coming out with loads of creative suggestions which were really useful. After looking at a monitor screen for 4 hours straight you seem to lose a sense of perspective & criticism which the boys brought back. Also, having the script-writers on set meant that we could ask them about how they wanted thing to be said, the weighting of words, & even suggestions for stage directions.
Dave, Alex, & Vic were amazing actors in it. Joe & Dan made amazing lab assistants, & so many of our crew & friends were hysterical in our fake protest, fighting for Justice for Monosexuals ("I'm in Love with a Beautiful Me!").

I'm in awe of Dave's persistence & skills in the editing protest, as he's put so much effort into it. The piece is beginning to take real shape & is looking wicked. Kiz has made some hilarious fake film posters a la Shatwick Productions on photo shop, & Joe is making some brill flash animation and building the majority of the website form what I can gather...


Anyway.
Ugly

So I've currently got my kit out this weekend, but have it for a ridiculously long time, so am sharing it with Dave. Seeing as he lives at my house we can help each other out. And it saves him filling out forms (which he hates). I've changed my idea again, this morning of all days, but I prefer it to the other six or seven ideas I've fallen in love with previously. And I've started filming it so it's really gogogo. I'm trying to do as much of it myself & not get much help from other people because I really want to set myself a challenge. Really push myself for the last time this year.


I think I'm going to apply for the Ryerson exchange too, which means that I've got to buckle down & write that application as well as my PAL & reflective essay. I'm planning on getting everything done by the end of next week so we can really polish up our presentation of our Summer Project & really push for that place on the Channel 4 site. Also, it'll mean that I can relax a bit! This has been the busiest and hardest term so far. But it's also been the most rewarding.

Today, I am Drained.
I feel like I've been working non-stop since Monday.
I feel like i'm contstantly on the phone, or searching thing on the internet, or e-mailing people.
I feel like I've been scribbling down lists & ideas & prop lists & locations & 'to-do's' forever.

Cannot wait to shoot & see the fruit of my labour in motion.

Summer Project

Has so far consisted of about 7 different ideas. It's tiring and has meant that I've lost my drive because there's never one thing to focus on.
Today we had both out IMP guys missing, which is a huge let down because none of us can create the website, & we're relying on them. It's a shame when people let you down.
But we're really cracking on. Are well on the way to get a Sunshine. Attempting to get a location. And thinking about actors.
We're shooting in a week.

And I booked out my Ugly project kit. Which means I have to film it. Ah!