Back in town

First night back in the city of Lansing. It feels weird being here... but at the same time it's nice.
I had a nice time in Indiana visiting my boyfriends family for the 4th of July vacation. Then spent my weekend hanging out with Andrew. Also been working on my films and photography.

Although, a lot has happened in the last couple of days. Hopefully, I will be getting a new job soon! I feel like I nailed a couple of interviews and I should hear back from someone soon! My last day is coming up fast! I'm going to miss jimmy johns. :( I'm going to miss the people that worked there. Everyone there is so different from each other. ha I'm going to miss the nights and the crazy busy lunches. Oh well... time for change... and for the best. I do need to work more hours this last week, cause I need money!

I can't wait to start at CMU. I really wish I started this Fall, but it would have been too soon. I want to pay off my loan first. I saw one of my old professors today and he seemed really excited about me getting accepted to CMU. He told me I need to tell my other teacher and who is also head of the DMAC program at LCC. So I will e-mail him soon

The thing thats going to suck most when I move is, that my best friend might move back to town when I move out. I mean really? How shitty is that?! I will drive down and see her. No doubt about that!

I hope you guys liked my little random video I posted. I'm starting to get back into things! So keep an eye on this blog! Should be posting another video soon. It should be up sometime this weekend! It will be the Highland Festival in Alma, Michigan!  :)

Well I'm going to go to bed, too tired to think.

Last month went by WAY too fast!

Life. It's been crazy. Starting to realize that you can only trust very few people. Everything in my life has been changing.. I would say for the better.

I got accepted to CMU and I will be starting in the Spring of 2013. I plan on getting a bachelor in Communication and Broadcasting. I will be working on my own videos in my own time, but this way I will be able to get a job and pay my bills.

I just had an interview at Mancino's here in Alma. Hopefully, I got the job. I'm pretty sure I did. I have another interview at Main Street Pizza in Ithaca tomorrow at 1pm.

Right now, Andrew and I are in the process of moving up north to St. Louis. Well... more like I am in the process. Andrew has been staying up here for some while now. It kinda sucks, cause now I really only see him on the weekends. However, it is nice to come up North and get away from the city and just relax.

I am also planning our wedding. We set a date on August 10, 2013. I am SO excited for our wedding. I'm planning a beach wedding in South Haven with close family and friends. Of course my close family is about 58 people... where Andrews is about 30. AND that's just family... that's not counting friends. So, so much for a small wedding... And who knows... it might not even be at the beach. ha I don't care though, because I'm going to marry the love of my life. That's all that matters. :)

Life... has been crazy lately... I don't want to go into detail... but lets just say I know who my real friends are. 

On the side note... here's a new video of my dog Wookie playing catch... I got bored... lol

http://youtu.be/jXZ37SchHzU

life so far...

Wow... Haven't been on here in a while. I was busy there for a little bit but things are starting to slow down.

 I'm official done with school. I got my associates degree in Motion Picture Directing and I couldn't be more excited. My degree has still not been mailed to me yet... but I should be getting it soon! Although I still feel at my age I haven't done much. I feel like I need to start working harder then ever and get myself out there.

I applied at CMU and I have a meeting with an adviser this Wednesday. I've already sent my transcript up there... I just don't know what to do next. So I thought it would be best to sit down and talk to someone before I did anything else. Last time when I just winged in through college... I didn't do so good.. this time I plan... or I will do a lot better.
I plan on moving back up north. I was kinda nervous with this idea at first but the more I think about it the more I like the idea. I think it would be a good idea to  move back up there. I have family up there and soon I will be going to school. Plus Andrew has a good paying job up there. I do want to get out of this city... its scary and getting really dangerous. I fucking saw a shooting and had to go to court for it. Fuck it. I'm done with Lansing.

I'm planning on working with a couple people to do the Doritos commercial contest for the Super bowl next year. I just wrote to the two people who came to me with the idea telling them I was still interested. Hopefully I will hear from them soon.

I've been brainstorming ideas for a new story. I'm thinking a detective action short. I think it would be a lot easier and cheaper to  make then a SCI FI. It's based off the shooting I saw Saturday night in Downtown Lansing. How we chased down the gunner.. yeah it was exciting. ha I don't want to tell too much cause it will give it away.

I did it

I did it. I'm officially done with school! I turned in my last project which was my demo reel, resume, business card, and a link to my website. I am now ready to move from school, and continue to use these skills that I have learned, to get a well paying job. I plan on getting a part time job in a local news or tv studio. Since I'm moving up north, in August, I was thinking about getting a job at Cenertal Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. They have a public tv station there on campus.

I might be able to get a job at Buzz Tv in Jackson, Michigan. So I don't know if moving up North is a good idea.  My fiance's dad knows Rusty, who is the person getting this started. He talk to Rusty about me, told him I am a hard worker and I want to succeed in what I want to do. Which was very nice of him. I ended up writing Rusty a message on facebook. He replied that they didn't have any money, since they're just get started. However, once they do get things going he would be happy to have me on the team. I wrote him back saying I could volunteer during the summer if he needs any help. I feel like everyone likes free help. ha

I also plan on working part time or more on my own films. I just want a part time job to help pay bills, and also gain more experience and skills for my field. Also, so I can have money, but I really want to do my own thing. I plan on being in other film festivals in the area and spread myself out across the state, then make my way out. So start here in Lansing, then to Grand Rapids, Detroit, Travers City, then Chicago, Toledo, ect. I need to start networking a lot more and getting my name out there.

I'm so nervous and excited at the same time. Life is about to change, I know I am ready.

FOR RENT

Here is my very first short and outside of school project. I made this with my Co-Director Erin Smith for the Fortnight Film Fest.

Fortnight

Well last weekend was the Lansing Film Festival. My team and I made it to the top 15 for Fortnight but we didn't place anything else. I don't care. I still had a movie in the film fest and it was on the big screen. I'm still pretty proud of myself. ALSO my movie was the 1st to get a crowd reaction. I was happy. :) I will be posting the short within the next hour. 

Now I'm working on my website and my demo reel for school. My last day is this Monday! I'm so close to being done! I am so excited! I just have so much to do! @_@

After I am done with my demo reel I am going to work on a couple videos for my friend, Ian Mulvaney. He does stand up comedy at connections here in Lansing. He was the one in the video I posted a while back.  I am going to make shorter videos with only a couple jokes here and there. This way there only a couple minutes long.

I am also working on a script for my webisode. It's going alright. I think I am going to talk to my little sister about helping me write it. She told me she wants to start doing my writing and get her life back... so I'm going to talk to her about it this week. I might even change the whole idea for my webisode... I don't know.

 I'm debating weather or not to do the East Lansing film fest... i should... but i don't know what to do... and I already have a lot going on... we'll see...

So exhausted

Man, making movies really take a lot of energy out of you, but its been worth it! I've been loving ever moment this last week. However, time is going fast and Friday is going to be here soon! I am getting more nervous by the second... every time I am not working on the film, I get scared, like I'm running out of time. I don't want to, I want to finish this and still compete! I wish I had a time machine!

I was editing almost all day and I am about 1/2 way through the video editing, but I still need to match the audio. I've be working on it from 5pm to about now. I didn't work on it last night at all... so I hope that's making good time. @_@  Matching the audio is going to take some time because of the tracks aren't labeled. Yes, they were in order that I filmed, but now the video clips are in that order anymore since I titled them. I'm sure it will be easy, I just need to remain calm.

If my team makes it to the top 15 you can come cheer for us!
Come see the Fortnight Contest Films at the Lansing Public Media Center. Support your favorite team Rec-Les and help us win $500 for the Audience Choice Award!

Admission: $5 or Festival Pass