Fresh and piping hot from the oven! :)
So I’ve finally booked a date for a screening of my documentary on campus! How exciting! Gonna keep this a small affair just for friends and those involved in the movie. It’s getting me all nervous though! I guess I now understand that feeling of vulnerability an artist gets sometimes because we’re putting so much of ourselves out there.
It’s really difficult to imagine what the reaction to the film will be because it’s so unpredictable. Just look at the commercial film industry… a low-budget and low-profile film like Once became an unexpectedly huge crowd winner, while a film like The X-files had so much hype about it being the next blockbuster only to disappoint in the end.
I’ll definitely be seeking feedback from my audience come May 28th. I look forward to hearing their thoughts and suggestions. I’m going to keep polishing this up until I feel its ready for bigger, better things. I’ve definitely got dreams of sending this through the festival circuit. Gonna keep working to get there. :)
In the meantime though, it’s full steam ahead for preparations for this big showcase!
Location – check. Invitations – check.
Food, Guest Book, Vid/Photo Documentarist – TBC
I truly enjoyed my 2D computer animation class last quarter. The assignment for this project was to animate a paragraph of text, so i picked a poem ‘I Found A Tiny Starfish’ by Dayle Ann Dodds. Fell in love with this poem the minute I read it almost 10 years ago.
Created using Adobe Photoshop & After Effects. Many thanks to Professor Debra Tolchinsky.
Finally, after 2 quarters of work on my documentary, Beyond The Drive, it’s 90% complete! The journey has been an amazing one and I’m very glad to have met some of the most inspiring and talented people around Chicago.
I look forward to organizing its premiere in Northwestern next quarter, so look out for it! Join me on my journey to explore the human drive towards success and uncover why we really do what we do.
Shuling Yong 