shutter

my friend and classmate elyssa took this photo of me on the platform

we loved the light

what a week

this week it was the introduction to cinematography
i had been undecided for a while about whether or not i should take  the cinematography pathway
you can choose between filmmaking, which focuses more on directing, writing and editing, or cinematography which is more camera, lights, sound. technical stuff
i'm not hugely confident with the technical stuff
but this week has been awesome and i have loved every minute
and i have absorbed so much new information
it has pretty much confirmed to me that i want to take the cinematography option on the course
but also because i love being on set so much
i would love to have technical skills that mean when i graduate i can get onto sets
and just spend all the time doing what i love
as well as directing and writing in any potential "spare" time i might have

but yeah
still time to make the decision

also even more movements are being made about moving home
moving into a flat/house nearer to school
hopefully that will be happening in the next few months
i have a few people to call about that
but the housemates are cool guys who i get along with really well
so it should be all good
life is really cool it's a really neat thing

shadowplay

light is hugely inspiring

 today i have decided on ways that i'm going to light certain shots

that i have had in my mind for months 

and even possibly, where i'm going to shoot them

i think shadows are extraordinary

because you can see the expression of body movement 

and it can tell a beautiful story through images alone

this week is the camera, lights and sound week

yesterday we had a whole day learning about the history of cinematography

it was fantastic

it's good to know that my opinion on minimal dialogue will aid a creative vision that is mostly visual

not sure if that makes sense

i just think that in cinema you should make the most of the fact that cinema is visual

rather than just have two people sitting talking to each other

also last week, had another screen arts session, about citizen kane

loved it, especially the scene where he walks through the corridor with the mirrors

it was beautiful, i would love to make a nod to that 

last week was mainly dedicated to "directing actors" which was certainly interesting

there is so much to learn

and went to the wrap party for the feature i was working on before i started film school

it was great to see everyone again, that film really inspired me quite greatly

there were ideas and things I watched them doing that i know i want to do

that's what i mean by inspiring

and it was nice to catch up with everyone as well,

 i really respect and look up to everyone that i worked with, 

and that's how a film set should be

i'd be lucky to work with those people again

and hope to cross paths soon

also my hair appointment is booked for the 9th november

blonde

also movements are being made to possibly move in with some awesome people

I'll update on that if/when it happens

finally, saw the title of an article in the newspaper today

it is a quote from Jean-Jacques Rousseau,

which i had to write down because i need to remember it:

Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet.

hey

this is my life now... 

tea, kitkats, and breaking bad

had a pretty cool day today despite being quite ill 

and quite under the weather in general 

had a screen arts day, wow it's amazing

the screen arts tutors are amazing, 

so knowledgeable and quite inspiring really

they know the whole history of cinema

and today we started right at the beginning 

with the Lumiere Brothers in 1895 paris

and edison inventing the sprockets for film 

(which revolutionised how it could move through the camera and the projector)

and griffith and his continuity editing

and cinema as the "7th art"

truly fascinating to me

i love seeing cinema as an art
and of course all art has its theory and history
and i really enjoy that side to things

it was quite hard to get out of bed this morning
but i'm glad i did
so there's something for you

i have a really cool jumper

it has a panther on it 

it protects me from evil

it's magnificent 

which is how i feel lately

i mean there are setbacks all the time

but setbacks should drive you

they should push you forward in a way that you wouldn't push yourself

that's what i think

that's what i have grown to think

so in celebration of recent setbacks

and recent movements forward 

i have started writing another script

film school is going well 

we had a writing day today, "story 1" which was awesome

sitting and discussing writing all day... it's literally heaven

but yeah i mean life is awesome lately

and this weekend i gave in 

i gave in to the hype and i followed the crowd

and i started watching breaking bad

yes 

i hate to admit it

but 

it's awesome

bye bye social life

i started at 2PM on saturday and i'm just at s2e5 so NO SPOILERS!!!!

editing the footage we shot on tuesday! 

it's awesome, i really enjoy editing

i was scared because i had never done it before 

and i didn't really know anything about it

but actually i really enjoy it 

and it's so rewarding to see something come together 

from little puzzle pieces

and it's just very very fun 

i took the audio out of mine and replaced it with a chopin soundtrack 

and yesterday we had our first screen arts seminar

which was fantastic

i just want to know everything about everything

and yes 

things are just very exciting

so exciting that i don't mind the hour-and-a-half journey there in the morning

and then home in the evening

it barely affects me at all 

in other news, not relating to film 

i'm going blonde soon 

suicide blonde

no i'm joking not suicide blonde

beach blonde

blonde beach bitch 

day two
10am this morning we had our kit introduction
went from basically never having held a camera in my life
to using one to capture footage out in the park
it was great.
day two was even better than day one
i love the practical side of it
i can't wait to know more
i think this is a good place to be
this is what education should be about
expanding your mind every day