After the Dust has Settled

So the lab part of FilmLab is over and all us labsters have shuffled back to the ‘real’ world. Stephen told me to not think about the script for 10 days. This  was very hard,  it took me at least 5 days to stop the story  from invading my head space. Now I’m supposed to be back thinking about it again, but the ideas seem to be hiding from me. Not fussed about it tho, confident the story will find its own feet to stand on.

Looking forward to catching-up with everyone on the 10th and seeing how we are all traveling.

A

it is the end!

Wow.  Three weeks.  Countless hours singing, painting, discussing, creating, discarding, creating again, discarding again, refining, growing, laughing, eating, learning, listening, questioning, struggling, soaring, nail-biting, grizzling, coffee-drinking, table-tennising, walking, talking, crying, agreeing, arguing, connecting, sharing, opening, stretching, understanding, awakening, conflicting, fighting, hugging, commiserating, thinking, writing, filming, editing, recording, burning, watching, critiquing, deliberating, encouraging, loving, analysing, tripping, sketching, trying, failing, trying again, and this is just the beginning.

Film Lab.

Sonya.

Beg of Week 3

I am … learning

I feel … tired but lucky

I want … to be the best I can be – and I’ve barely scratched the surface

I need … to focus on the task

 

After 2 days away it always takes a bit to get back into it.  We all seemed a bit flat in the singing this morning.  It always takes a bit of guts to prepare to get out of your comfort zone again and stretch stretch stretch.  But we have finally come to the point of being allowed to think about story and plot so its been fun kicking ideas around with Ashlee today.  At the moment our film has taken an absurdist twist with bizarre characters and even more out-there situations.  See what tomorrow brings!!

Week 3 Day 1 – beginning of the end

Was wiped out after the presentations last week, had come so far and yet still no story/plot – aarrrggg! its messing with my head.

Was an effort to get into the day this morning then Paddy swung that around in one sentence. Not gonna tell ya what he said but suffice to say that it changed my whole outlook, not only on my day but also on the film. Still no written story but its starting to sound like something I’d actually want to watch. Yay!

It’s been a strange old ride this one, and tomorrow I may even get the chance to write something down. double Yay, exclamation mark.

I didn’t step one foot into the ‘Art Room’ today, I got a case of ‘craft’ burnout. Off to warmdown now.

Ashlee

End of Week 2

How can I summarise what happens in a week?  So much happens on the surface, in terms of a constant stream of activities, but even more happens below the surface, within our own creative development.  The highlight of the day was definitely Stephen/Paddy/Peter’s send up of Film Lab.