Directing!

The first production cycle is officially over. And I have officially survived.

I directed my first (and possibly only) film ever on Sunday. And it was okay. It wasn't great, which was surprising. I realized that I'm a pretty terrible director, because I hate making decisions.

I also realized that directing is pretty tough. Especially if-- hypothetically speaking-- you have an Extra who decides to throw a temper tantrum on set and then you fall into a hundred little pieces. 

Which actually happened to me. The temper tantrum. Not the falling-into-little-pieces.

Anyway, that's neither here nor there.

But why I really don't think directing is my thing is because I am horrible at thinking on my feet. Seriously. After the Extra incident, I lost my notes telling me exactly what shots and angles I wanted, and my world crumbled.

Seriously.

I need to stop planning so much. As my roommate says, I'm such a "J." Which is a personality type. Meyers-Briggs and whatnot.

Anyway, it means a planner. Which I am.

So directing is over, and I heard my footage looks incredible. Dailies are Thursday, and we get to watch everything we filmed Sunday. So I'm very excited for that.

Here are some pictures of me directing. Enjoy!

I also worked as 2nd Assistant Director, which I realized is the therapy position. Everyone comes into craft services and the green room and complains about bugs and weather and hard work. And then I'm the good guy on set who brings people candy to cheer them up! So that's lovely.

One more thing, I'm not sure I mentioned it before, but one of my classmates dropped a lens on set Friday, and it was taken off of the trucks and we weren't allowed to use it, but it turns out it's not broken. So that's just awesome!

Anyway, now that directing is over, I feel a huge load lifted off of me, and now I'm super stoked for cinematography. I was terrified of it at first, but now I'm so excited! Go camera team!