A New Purpose

So this blog is being revamped and has a new purpose- my journey through the USC Master's program for film production. It has already been a crazy journey.  Most of you followed my trek across the country via the Facebook album so I won't re-hash any of that here.  The group that I am part of here, the 2011 SCA Spring Graduate students, is an amzing group of people. We are a very diverse group coming from all over the world and we will all being making very different films, each with a unique perspective.  I can't wait to work with all of them.

I already have several assignements and I will be posting links to them here for you all to see. Over the next couple of weeks I will be editing a scene from Boston Legal, recreating a scene from "All the President's Men" and my P1.  My P1 is a solo project that I must produe, direct, shoot and edit all by myself.  It also must be silent, have no guns or cars and be made for less than $100. Not sure what I am going to do yet for that.

I am enjoying the benefits of being out here. I saw both The Mechanic and Sanctum before their release date for free. I nearly hit Winona Ryder as she booked across the street in her Golden Globes dress as she had illegally parked her Mercedes.  I must admit though, I hate the traffic and parking in this city. and it is always cold.  But these are trifles as this oppurtunity is beyond brilliant.  I feel like I am at Hogwarts. The way the Dean talked about how we were all hand selected and this was beyond a dount the best film school in the world.  She once joked that if all the SCA students didn't go to work one day Hollywood would shut down.  And the she realized that it wasn't a joke, it was true.  To further the Harry Potter analogy I decided that Cinematography is Charms and Transfiguration, Directing is my Defense against the Dark Arts, Editing is Potions and Sound is Herbology. Don't ask me why, it just feels right.

"Your cuts are too arbitrary Mr. Potter!"

I am working at the AMC Del Amo 18 because after a year of 80+ free movies I am not paying for movies anymore.  I am also working in the equipment room at USC. Great job as it is pretty relaxed and I get to be very familiar with all the tools at my disposal.

That's all I can think of for now but this blog will finally be updated on a regular basis because there is always so much going on I want to tell of you.  Also these posts will be prettier in the future with pictures and video but I am on the computer at work right now so I am limited.