Here is one of the storyboards for my film:

The storyboard artist is Cinjeon Gauh.  This is the second of the “free” panels I got for buying him a drink about a month ago.  It’s actually a very fun and rewarding process to see the first stage of my vision for the film come to life through storyboards.

Filming begins at the end of February!  Exciting. 

Free at last… I just finished my Junior year at SVA. Only one more year to go and then - cue fanfare - the real world.

Last Friday I went to the Dusty Film Festival, where all of the Senior thesis films are screened. I went in not expecting much so I was pleasantly suprised when one film was really quite amazing- Sarah Stuve’s My Dead Brain. Basically it takes place in a girl’s mind where she is fighting with aspects of herself over how to act. The film makes statements about certain pop culture issues… For instance, she’s watching TV with a gun to her head and the only way to change the channel is by pulling the trigger or she is watching a workout TV show while stuffing down cupcakes. Words fail to do the film justice in explaining it. Its ultimately a very trippy visual/aural art film that must be experienced to be appreciated. Art films really aren’t even my cup of tea and I ended up liking it… a lot. I’m not sure if it won anything, but it definitely merits it above the rest.

I’ve begun some initial work on my Thesis idea, while working on a complete overhaul of East Side Story with Cinjeon. I think it needs the title changed because ESS brings up too many preconceived notions, which the film must stray away from.

I entered Duplicity into channel 13’s Reel 13 short film competition, where 3 semi-finalist films are selected each week and voted on by viewers on their website. The winner is shown late Saturday night on channel 13 and receives a $500 prize (just showing it on TV is great.) Duplicity was improved a little more since last year’s cut, like adding a muzzle flash and improving the audio. If it becomes a semi-finalist, you’ll be the first to know.

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