I wrote up a great comment here but just realized it didn't publish and now I'm upset about it. Rest assured it was vaguely humorous and insulting in equal measure. I mentioned how much cuter Jack is than you and how great Amsterdam is. Everyone would have laughed when they read it.
Oh most definitely the film adaptation. But actually, it was just the fact that I've always floundered around trying to decide what I want to do with my life ("poet? NGO worker? book editor? ???") and all of those seemed fun and ideal in theory but not in practice. And while always vacillating between different job options and sucking at all of them/not fully enjoying them, I would always be simultaneously taking photos and videos and editing them and LOVING it. It has always been my form of procrastination. So. If I can find so much joy out of not only creating excellent composition (if I do say so myself) in my shots and creating/constructing narratives, but also spending hours upon hours in the editing room, why not do that as a job? I know it's a tough industry, but I don't need to be some hot-shot producer. I just want to work with film in some way. Particularly documentaries, because I like taking footage that's unscripted and then making a story out of it, and it implies more travel and action than any other form of filming (which would be on-set or scenes would be re-shot over and over to get them perfectly.). Not to say I'm not interested in other forms of film, I just am excited about documentaries.
So yeah, that's the basic gist. "It was right under my nose the whole time!". Though I should have known I was meant for this industry ever since those Mayberry (The Maybes?) awards were bestowed upon me (read:us, Jason and Rachael...and Kevin) in AP US History.
I wrote up a great comment here but just realized it didn't publish and now I'm upset about it. Rest assured it was vaguely humorous and insulting in equal measure. I mentioned how much cuter Jack is than you and how great Amsterdam is. Everyone would have laughed when they read it.
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Welcome back!
Oh also, what made you want to go to grad school for film? Was it our awesome "And then there were none" adaptation?
ReplyDeleteOh most definitely the film adaptation. But actually, it was just the fact that I've always floundered around trying to decide what I want to do with my life ("poet? NGO worker? book editor? ???") and all of those seemed fun and ideal in theory but not in practice. And while always vacillating between different job options and sucking at all of them/not fully enjoying them, I would always be simultaneously taking photos and videos and editing them and LOVING it. It has always been my form of procrastination. So. If I can find so much joy out of not only creating excellent composition (if I do say so myself) in my shots and creating/constructing narratives, but also spending hours upon hours in the editing room, why not do that as a job? I know it's a tough industry, but I don't need to be some hot-shot producer. I just want to work with film in some way. Particularly documentaries, because I like taking footage that's unscripted and then making a story out of it, and it implies more travel and action than any other form of filming (which would be on-set or scenes would be re-shot over and over to get them perfectly.). Not to say I'm not interested in other forms of film, I just am excited about documentaries.
ReplyDeleteSo yeah, that's the basic gist. "It was right under my nose the whole time!".
Though I should have known I was meant for this industry ever since those Mayberry (The Maybes?) awards were bestowed upon me (read:us, Jason and Rachael...and Kevin) in AP US History.
Great video. There are lots of places in the world. That is my conclusion.
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