Sorry for the lack of upates around here, folks. Midterm season is in full swing and that means most of my energies are focused on school. A quick update on what I'm up to:
-Vagabond/GWH shoot: Did a four-hour shoot in a hotel room today as a class excercise...yeah, I don't know. Basically, every crew got the same scene and the same basic setup (hotel room), but otherwise we were free to do as we liked. As producer/assistant director, I've been much busy getting things ready for the shoot...arranging props, auditioning actors, paperwork, paperwork, also some paperwork (you'd think the USC cinema school was actually all about supporting the paper industry). Now that the shoot is successfully completed, I basically just have to collate all that paperwork and turn it in. This has been roughly a three-week prep process, so I'm glad to see it go off basically without a hitch.
-Interactive Media Design Midterm: We're supposed to "experience an interactive presentation"...which basically means anything from going into Second Life to visiting a particular website to attending a gallery show with interactive pieces on display. I'm going to a japanese arcade. Then I write a paper about the characteristics of the arcade, and remix the experience using some other experience as a model. Have I started this one yet? No. When is it due? Monday. I am amazing.
-507 Film #2: In addition to the Vagabond project, I'm supposed to be in production on my second short film. And by supposed to be, I mean I have the camera, I have a concept, and I haven't shot anything. Essentially, I am trying to come up with a way to pare down this project, because the concept I have would be much better served by filming it NOT during midterms. Anyone have an idea for a short film that can be shot in an afternoon or two? Send it my way.
-Critical Studies Midterm: This one's easy. I just have to write a paper addressing and exploring one of the concepts we've talked about in class. As I am the queen of BSing, especially faux-scholarly BS, this will be a snap.
-Thesis Space Setup: Aaaaalmost there...trying to coordinate the plumber and the electrician so that everything gets installed in the order it needs to go in. Working on finding a source for rubber flooring that would be ridiculously expensive, and tracking down a locksmith who can install a more secure lock system (ie. no more keys that anyone can copy at their leisure).
In other news, my film class sucks. You'll notice it got two major project mentions in the above breakdown, and that's not including the 8 hours of lecture a week. I don't mind taking a film production class, I really don't, but I'm getting a little tired of the time commitment involved. There is no reason for a class that is only loosely tied to my major to be taking up 15-20 hours a week of my time. I guess it would be different if I hadn't already done all this before. The film students get all excited about location shoots, learning how to work in crews, ::gasp:: editing on the compyooter, etc, but this is pretty much old hat for anyone who's survived Bradley Multimedia. In short, I want this class to either A) take less time, or B) not be required for game students. Okay, rant over. Hope all is well with all of you, and I will check in again once things settle down a bit.
It feels good to wear my hair down and not die of the heat. Also, getting your hair cut at the cheapo salon is nervous business. Now I know why I always shelled out the bucks to get it done at the nice places at home. Oh well.
It feels good to wear my hair down and not die of the heat. Also, getting your hair cut at the cheapo salon is nervous business. Now I know why I always shelled out the bucks to get it done at the nice places at home. Oh well.
