Hey guys! As Nick and I continue to work on the script for our short film, I wanted to let you know what will be happening in the upcoming weeks.
Currently as I’m writing this blog post, I’m in the process of packing for the Student Television Network Convention (STN)! If you’ve stuck along with me for a while, this is the same competition I attended last year in Seattle, Washington. This year, the convention will be in Washington D.C. from March 10th-15th and Nick will be coming with me! While we are away, me and 22 other students from my tv program will be competing nationally to create an 8 minute news show in 8 hours based on a prompt they provide on site. This competition is known as Crazy 8 and I’m the Executive Producer for it! We also do individual competitions where we are in a group of 2-4 students competing in a variety of competitions such as sports highlight, psa, commercial, convention promo (which I did last year), nat package, short film, video tip and more! I will be competing in video tip this year with Alexa Podalsky, who is currently enrolled in AICE Media Studies AS. Video tip is essentially a “how to” based on a television/film prompt which is also provided on site. For this competition, Alexa and I have 3 hours to plan/film and 2 hours to edit. I’ve been attending this competition for the past two years and I can’t believe this is my final year as a senior. I can’t wait for this final experience, but I know it’s going to fly by so I’m going to cherish every moment. Hopefully we can come home with some wins under our belt!
Since Nick and I will be at our competition, we will be trying our best to work on this film whenever we get a chance. Nick and I have already planned to watch the entirety of the film “Stranger Than Fiction” on the plane ride to Washington D.C. Since we want to follow a similar format as the beginning of the film, we got recommendations to watch the entire film since neither of us have before. As for completing the script and start thinking of a shot list, Nick and I will continuously be working on that whenever we get a chance. I’m hoping to start the website while I’m in DC as well, but if not, I will definitely do that the week we get back!
The week we get back from Washington D.C., we have our final week of school before spring break! Nick and I hope for those weeks to be our filming times! Although we are definitely cutting it close, I believe we will be able to pull through with it and give it our best effort with everything going on for both of us. From March 16th-23rd, Nick and I have dedicated most days to fully work on this project. On March 24th, I leave for Nashville, Tennessee with my family to visit my brother. I’ll be gone for a few days then but that week, we decided that Nick would edit the short film and I would continue to work on the website and collaboratively work on the postcard together. Although I won’t be physically present, I always have my phone on me so we can still talk about the project. If we run into any issues, we can easily call or text each other so we can fall back on one another. Nick rarely answers his phone though so I need to just make sure he’s more alert if one of us needs any help.
We have just a little over a month left till this final project is due!! Although we’ve been falling behind and some obstacles are getting in the way, I believe Nick and I will be able to handle them. Wish us luck in Washington D.C.! Until next time…
~rtmedias
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