A Week of More Talk than Action

This recent week has gone a lot slower in terms of the production but tons of research, and camera, and editing practice are taking place of shooting. I've been under the weather this past week but I'm real sure that I'll be well enough to get back on schedule for this next week. It's funny how many people are interested or connected to the film industry at BASIS that I've been able to learn a lot from. The Film festival reacquainted me with many students who have plenty of useful advice for me to take and experiences for me to learn from. One student in particular who didn't even participate but came to watch was Jesse Gilmer, after the festival Jesse and I hung out and we started talking about film making to which he told me his dad is in the film making business. Although his dad is mainly making commercials at the moment, Jesse said that he'd mention me to his dad who is on a business trip right now but will come back in March. On Friday I received a call from Jesse's dad and had a nice conversation where he answered many of my questions and showed quite a bit of interest in my project, enough to tell me to call him anytime I have a question about something. Although not much recording has been finished this week, a lot of knowledge from experienced people and the vast amount of information available to me on the internet and at the library have alleviated some of the problems I pictured in the production process and provided a renewed confidence in the project.