Wade's Film Log

I feel day one of class I had teachers constantly asking "Have you been thinking about your F1's?" And admittedly I have been thinking about my F1 for some time by that point. It was probably around late-May or early-June where I began to think about a story that could go on to define my Fall semester. I would spend an hour every couple days just writing, listening to music, and thinking. One of the things I initially thought about was my dog, Chiky, that had recently died. I developed the general beats, visual aesthetics, and even the choice to light it like a noir. It would be a movie about grief. I left it for about a week and realized it would be terrible choice to make that film because it would mean that I would have to live with that emotion baggage for another 6 months, and I began to question I really wanted to spend my first semester of stressful film school constantly thinking about grief and hidden emotional expression. So I left my sketchbook alone for about ...

 Hey guys! I technically didn't lie in the last post since it's still Fall semester, but yeah it's been a while. I really did mean to write a blog earlier on in the semester, but this little thing in my life called film school really does like to take up my time. For this blog, want to get back into the groove of things, so I figured I'd write about my time at FSU Film so far, before I jump head first into process of my most recent film, I Lost What's Mine . FSU FILM So unlike some other programs, this one is bit weird with it. You're basically spilt into these groups of 5 on day one and then that's you new immediate family for about 13 weeks. For about 10 of those weeks it's a mix of classes and early pre-production for the infamous F1 (a 2 minute 30 second film with only 2 speaking characters). It's pretty bare-bones, but that's where they get you. Now for those who remember me from my AICE Media Studies days, you'll remember the 8-10 week ...