More Script Writing

Today I continued writing my script, and realized the past two times last week that I had worked on it I hadn't got much done. I realized this was because in my mind (as opposed to where else?) I was constantly throwing out lines and ideas before they hit the paper. To me they seemed too 'overdone' or 'cliche' with modern day movies and works for my taste. This whole struggle with the concept of 'original' again. I decided that I am just going to go with where ever the script takes me, sort of like a blog post. Instead of 5 lines which I had accomplished last Wednesday, today I completed a page. I think It is going rather well. I have come to terms with the fact that most of my work doesn't get finished fully or I have to assume a fall back, but I will accept defeat when the time comes, but for now, back to writing!

To be or not to be STAC live

Today we had the discussion of STAC live. As a prerequisite I would like to inform you all I am not writing this simply online because I don't have the courage to say it to you all in person but there might have been a miscommunication on what I was fully trying to express in class today to why I do not want to be a part of it. With the kids in charge, people aren't obviously all going to be equal in power. I feel that drama will eventually start, and as Luke said in class today its a part of something you have to go through and I am fully aware. My personal feeling is that at first things are going to go very well like today. Then there is going to be a slow decline of cooperating and an incline of arguing. The thing I like the most about having Luke in charge is he makes the executive decision and has way more experience in everything than we do. If you clash ideas on a project he will tell you which idea is better to go with or to start over or to guide you where you need to go. With kids its not the same because now the class is basically a democracy. I opted out because I feel eventually everyone will give up and due to drama little work will get done. I want to get work donel. This is my opinion, you are all free to your own but this is mine. I would be more than happy to be proven wrong but because of this thought I am doing my own personal project. I went back to my script I wrote in the first month of school about split personality disorder (DID) before my camera was stolen. Kadambari and Sabrina volunteered to act in it as the smaller parts this way I can finish it much faster as opposed to being all parts and the camera girl. I am also working on another script which I hope to be done soon and then film. In conclusion I hope to have one short film and a movie trailer finished by the time STAC live rolls around. This is alot of work but I hope to bang it out and get it done, if not I can always assume a fall back.

STAC Art

Today I got much accomplished regarding my STAC art project. The media was painting with acrylics and it reminded me how much I liked to paint. I used to want to be an artist when I grew up and on my weekends all I would do is stay home and paint, if you have seen my basement the whole wall is covered with paintings of flowers from 4th grade. The only problem I feel I'd have with painting is patience- I have none. I think I might start painting again as a type of method to relax and if it sucks oh well. Today I just liked painting, there is really not that many ways to describe it than that.

Improv

Today after Luke's long interactive lecture on the mono myth of the hero we did some improv. At the end of class Luke said I had a good moment but I didn't really see it. For improvisation in general I feel that I am too lost in my own head thinking of one or the other: character or lines. In my experience from today I had done two different things for two separate improvs. The one with Peter and I focused on trying to say lines and not have a block, but the one with Kadambari I was so focused on my character that I at one point I didn't even know she was crying. I am going to try and have to figure out how to get a happy medium.