This post has been a long time coming.
It is again that time of year when I'm writing an assignment, when surprise surprise it seems a great idea to write in my blog again.
This year has been tough, & busy. I've loved it immensely, words cannot descrbe.
I don't seem to have any time to stop & properly rest. But that's okay because that's what I want University to be about for me.
I've been out a ridiculous amount. I mean, stupidly lots.
I've got multiple jobs, some of which have even led to film work. Some to business plans.

I've created films.
Arcade Documentary
I did sound on this production. It was ok, I think that shoot was poorly organised & there was a serious lack of communication between the people in my group. I found myself getting agitated when I was seeing a job being done, but knowing that I could do it better.
When we were on shoot we realised that we had more restrictions than we anticipated, paniked, and started looking elsewhere for a documentary idea. I had to draw the group back to the arcade, because we had a good idea, we just had to shift around it.
As a group, production managers and directors didn't discuss witht he rest of the group what needed to be done or what was going on as much as they should have done. This meant that a lot of the time we didn't know what was going on on shoot.
The project itself came out really well. The edit and camera work carried us through.
Planned in the Pub
Our first studio piece. I was Producer & Production Assistant. I was stressed, but the production was organised to a point, & I was happy with the piece we came out with at the end. I'm a bitch, and the people I work with know that. Even my lecturers have said that they're scared of me. I hope they mean that they respect me, because that's what's important at the end of the day. To have the respect of your peers & your crew is something that I think is hard to have, but once you do, difficult to shake.
We didn't have actors arriving on time. In some way I think I could have prevented that issue, but in others not, because it wasn't my responsibility to get hold of the actors, I'd delegated that to the other PA. I hope as well that I kept people happy and motivated on shoot, because at the end of a long day, the last thing you want to do is go for Another take.

I'm creating films:
Milk
A 5 minute drama surrounding the brief "Secrets & Lies". We created this idea in an hour yesterday and I'm really happy about it. It's a solid idea, with a story that we know. And I'm production manager for this piece, so I feel more comfortable in that I'm going to be more in control. I like being in control, & knowing that it's all going to go okay because I've organised it.
It's going to be brilliant.

Procastination is reflective.