Almost Half-Way Through!

Classes, that is. It's crazy! In just a few weeks, we'll be starting Crew Drills and filming. 

Today we had editing, and we got to edit an action scene. I got to show mine up on the big screen, so that was pretty cool. I had a lot of fun editing it. In case you forgot, I LOVE EDITING!

Next, we had a cinematography lab, where we played with lights and set up a scene with two different places that had different contrast ratios that our actor had to walk through. We had an 8:1 contrast ratio, which is really crazy, like film noir. And then we had a 3:1 ratio, which was really soft and pretty. It was really cool to watch the actor walk through it. It was dark, then really contrasted light, then dark again, then pretty light. 

Also, I think I'm finally starting to get the hang of lights. Starting being the key word. But progress is progress.

My cinematography professor told us this story about a writer who said to a photographer, "You take great pictures, you must have a great camera," and the photographer said, "You write great books. You must have a great typewriter." I thought you'd like that, Mom.

We finally had directing class again tonight. We're starting these crazy, beat-by-beat script breakdowns, where we have to go through and write each change in a scene. It's kind of hard to explain. We have to write the subtext, the emotion, and what we want the audience to know for each and every change in the tone of a scene. I guess that's the best way to describe it.

It's actually quite fun.

Anyway, tomorrow's the last day of the third week of school.

OH! And I can't forget!! Saturday, I'll have a surprise visit from two of my favorite people: Steph and Skye! I can't wait!!