To be honest, I have a fairly good reason to why I haven't blogged. My life has been going a million miles an hour with things going passed me without even noticing.
On the face of things, this seems like a bad thing but it's all been incredible.
A few things that have been going on is as I've mentioned many times on this blog is my band. I'm not going to lie, I haven't shown what I've promised.. Yet. This idea has now changed in a way that allows us to achieve what we need. This, is what I call the 'HOPE' project. 'HOPE' is something that I truly believe in, I want it to say everything about what has happened over the last year. I promise that if you hold on to my word, me and the guys WILL deliver this E.P. and our debut show. With time being such an issue, when we're together we want to make it the very best thing so when it comes out, I can basically say to everyone who has questioned us that this it and we're actually very serious about it.
Secondly, I'm embarking on probably the biggest thing that's come from a simple idea to a full blown production. 'Lost Boy' was an idea that popped to my head after being hugely influenced by the Skins series 2 Tony Stonem's storyline. I began writing a script just to get this idea on paper. College FMP began and I had ideas coming to my head, including a proper film blitzed with a music video and a rockumentary on my band, taking influence from Start The Machine. Eventually, I got told that I could make a short film from a script I was writing. Firstly, the idea seemed too big and I was worried that I could never achieve it due to time, money and many other constraints. After I drafted a few ideas, I finally snapped into my usual mind frame of when I want something bad enough and lock into a task, I can get it done. So, I began seriously writing up these ideas and after about 3 weeks of planning, endless storyboarding, script re-writes, character designs, casting, crew, etc.. Finally, things are now all systems go, beginning on Thursday and will be spending three FULL days shooting things, multi camera'ed and having an assistant director to this project in Alex Gocher, also my guitarist and to a degree my sounding board for any project that I embark on.. He knows I'm crazy so when I put an idea across to him, Gocher is used to hearing it from being a small idea and helping me grow it into a full idea.
Filming begins Thursday and it's being treated very much like how a real show, movie, anything is put on. Sets, microphones, camera's, etc. I get to work with Alex Gocher who makes a brief cameo appearance and get to act with Jade Lloyd and Chloe Solman. I look forward to working with these guys but even after the three full days of filming and working together, it's still far from over with post production. I literally cannot wait to show everyone because this isn't just a script that I roughed up together, it's something that really means to me and I put my heart into writing it. I really hope it can come out how I want it to in my head and I'll do everything I can in my power to allow me to produce it to it's full potential.
As the title suggests, it feels like only yesterday I was coming out of this shit hole period in my life and walking into my new life at college. Absolutely rad. This whole year has gone incredibly quick and I've achieved everything I wanted to; meet new people, draw on my new blank canvas, do something I genuinely love doing and have a complete new surroundings. I achieved this all which is the most amazing feeling ever (which is all related to my bands 'HOPE' project). The downside is that I cannot believe that it's almost over. I'm not afraid to admit that during this group of people in my media class I've become attached to and it's gonna be a huge downer when a lot of us go our own ways. I mean people are jumping up on to the level 3 course, including myself now but we're such a tight group, in some aspects it's a massive downer that we're moving on.
I went to my interview yesterday and I was sitting in the same corridor that I was sitting in before my first interview, I was so nervous and I felt so apprehensive but this time, I couldn't help to feel like I did when I first started.. Only less nervous. It's hard to explain but I do know that I'm gonna miss this bunch of friends because having the one full-time course, you are ALWAYS with them.. There's only a couple of hours in a college week where you're not with them so without sounding too cheesy, they become really like a second family.
Still look forward to looking onwards but I sure will miss these guys, not seeing them on a daily basis. Anyway, blahhh blahhh! x
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