Kai is a mad man

Well Kai is one of my favorite people. He is a maniac. Let me babysit him sometime.

Our group met today at school. We watched the scene from the Graduate so that Tristan and James could come up with overheads and storyboards. Kyndall, Natalie, and I worked out a budget for props and costuming. We have a budget set for catering as well since we are using two outside actors ("outside" meaning they are not in our group, but there are within the film studies program: Viet and Paul Sitler), I figured free food would be a good incentive. We developed a rehearsal and filming schedule for the weekend. Whitfield still hasn't responded about the facilities use request-- luckily we secured a back-up location in case we weren't able to use the locker rooms in the Student Recreation Center. We are also in the process of tweaking our script so that it makes more sense for the characters to be in our new location, while still managing to fit the theme. I feel confident that our project will go as smoothly as possible. Tomorrow we are meeting at the location to set up the lights, the camera, go over the script with the crew and rehearse the blocking choreography. That's what this project is, it's a dance. A well-crafted dance of lights, crew, and camera. I am excited to get started on this. especially since we will be rehearsing before shooting with a night of respite in between. Aside from the other two projects we have, I am pretty sure this one is going to be smooth sailing. I have everyone's forms signed, we have a shared google doc of the schedule, shooting schedule, catering suggestions, props and costume list, and script. This truly is a group effort, which is why I don't feel as stressed as I normally would-- I am working with people who are equally willing and capable of pulling their own weight. This is reassuring. I am most excited to see Tristan in action. I've worked with him before as my director, but I couldn't help but over-step my position's boundaries to get things done. This time I am practicing some self control. Plus, Tristan is one of the most level-headed people I know and I trust his decision-making skills fully. This should be fun. I MUST LET THIS BE FUN.