EXTERNAL SHOW RECAP

I don't really have any photos to show (cause I don't have.. a camera) but anyway, the show went really smoothly! We were pretty prepared that day and it seemed organized. Catering was great and we had a lot of people on hand to help out! We really came together as a group!

The show also served as a platform for the President's Media Award, and I was lucky enough to get the prize for animation! Thank you to Ron Burnett, and the media jury for this wonderful prize! :)

Speaking of prizes, some friends of mine also go the Traveller's Prize, to help aid them in their trip to Toronto, for the film festival. Carrie-Anne Mombourquette (Basic Space), Ippiksaut Friesen (The Dimming), and Waleed Rabia (Yearning) all received this prize, and congratulations to Ippik for winning BEST OF ANIMATION AT THE FESTIVAL! AHH!! That is so exciting! Her film is great, by the way, and if you ever get a chance to see The Dimming, please do!

Congratulations to all the graduating students of Emily Carr, class of 2011! We should all be very proud of ourselves!

As for this blog, I'm going to keep it up! I've got several films I'm interested in doing, so I'll maintain similar progress blogs for those as well.

EXTERNAL SHOW

Hi guys! Sorry for the long intermission between posts, but the film is done, and the Internal show went really well! It's still up at Emily Carr for two more days if anyone is interested, and you can pick up my business card!

We're also having an External Show this Saturday at VanCity theatres. The doors are at 11, award ceremony at 12, and the first program begins at 12:30.

I'm in the first program from 12:30-2, so check it out if you don't have anything to do this May long weekend!

Here is the facebook link for those of you incline:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195723680468808

Please come if you have a chance! Lots of good food!

FINALIZED POSTER

Here it is! It's really similar to the sketched version, but it's been cleaned up, and details have been put in (you can only really see them when it's been printed out and you're close to it).

Trailer!

Here is the trailer to my film!
Sound design by Raphael Choi

Come to the screening on May 7th at Emily Carr!

POSTER IDEAS

Here are some poster ideas I've been working on last night:

I've gotten the most feedback on this one, so I the finalized version may be an iteration of this design. The colours would relate more to the character since this looks like a poster from a completely different film.

STATUS UPDATE

Hey hey hey.

So for the past 3 weeks, I've been at school for upwards of 10+ each day, working non stop. I usually forgo meals, and settle with handfuls of cereal and the occasional cup of coffee. This is a horrible habit and has probably shortened my life span considerably.

That being said, I'm proud to say I'm approximately 70% finished my film. Up next: poster designs / press kit and a trailer. I'll be uploading poster ideas in the next couple days, and I'd love your opinions!

Hope you're all doing well!

AUDITORY SPARKLE

This is a bit unrelated to my film, but I just wanted to share! You could say this relates to my workflow or something (but that would be wildly unnecessary).

There are three songs that I will always listen to whenever I'm feeling down or unmotivated:

1.) Empire Ants - Gorillaz (ft. Little Dragon)



This is seriously the best song I've heard in forever. It builds to an amazing crescendo and just makes you want to get up and dance (or.. work on a film or something). I don't know if it has the same effect on other people, but I know that whenever I hear this song, I don't feel completely hopeless.

2.) Twice - Little Dragon



I first fell in love with the shadow puppet theatre, but then I realized the song was wonderful. I hate saying things are evocative but it embodies it. I guess you could say it emotes really effectively, as vague as that statement is.

And my current favourite,

3.) Chinatown - Destroyer



I don't know what it is about this song, but everytime I'm trying to get to bed, this gets stuck in my head. It works less as a lullaby than a need that insistently claws at me that can only be satiated when I listen to it a few times.

The sad (good?) thing is that even if I gorge myself on any of these songs, they don't seem to wear me out.

Anywho, I just wrote this post to share some music. I hope I don't ramble on too much.

Bye for now!