Long Lost Update

My apologies for the long time between posts here. I hate when weblogs aren't updated, and now I'm guilty of the same crime.

School has become crushingly busy. I have a 35 page script due on Monday (the first third of a feature length). 19 pages finished so far. I have my short film due on Sunday, and I'm in final cutting and sound design stages there. I also have a final in Cinematography and a photo journal due on Thursday. So there is the lame excuse for not giving the updates.

So things have been going very well here for me. My screenwriting professor, who is the head of the program here, said I was an ideal candidate for their MFA program, and that he would be optimistic of my chances of making it (which, statistically speaking is more difficult to gain admission into than is Harvard Medical School). The TA in that class, who currently has a screenplay in development with Adam Sandler's production company, has been embarrassingly full of compliments for me. And I've heard what he's said to the other students. He does not say these things to everyone. That's pretty cool.

Another professor in my Experimental Film class encouraged me to apply for the MFA in Directing and said she would write a letter of recommendation for me. Again, it's all very nice to hear.

So right now I'm kind of knee-deep in this other world of my own creation. I don't know if this happens to everyone, but when I write a feature screenplay (I've written one other), I become kind of obsessed with the story and the characters, finding myself thinking about what they might say and do at all times, having to force myself back into "real life." It's almost like that feeling when you first fall in love and that other person is all you think of, "Wonder what they are doing right now?" "Wonder what so and so would say about this?" etc. I'm psyched though because I have the whole story, now I just have to write it. I know how it ends, and I know how to get there. I think it's a pretty awesome story too. When I finish it, I'll let whoever desires read it.

I miss singing. Can't wait to start playing some music again.

I loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Seriously, it's excellent. Johnny Depp is amazingly talented, and the kids were perfectly cast. The music is hilarious too. I never liked the Gene Wilder version, so I was gratified to see this one. I adored the books as a child and was horrified by the original move. But this one, in my opinion, got it all right.

Good night!