The World Of Jadeey

Today I was looking at the New York Film Academy website. This is something I do periodically. I've wanted to attend the New York Film Academy since my first year of film classes at Vic.

They offer a great 1 year course. Unfortunately with living expenses added in (you're not allowed a job on a student visa) I'd need about $100,000 to do it. So I always go and look wistfully at the website, knowing I'll never be able to afford it.

Today I noticed a 4 week film editing course. Now, editing is the only part I've ever cared about anyway. Fees are $5000. I'd also have to find somewhere to live for the 4 weeks. But, you know, that's actually a possibility. Not this year, but if I save I actually could do it.

So... Perhaps.... I might end up fulfilling my dream of attending the New York Film Academy after all.

Labels: dreams, film making

Well no they don't. But I'm drinking mello yello right now so it seemed appropriate.

I have a ton to write about today but I might not write it all. I'm planning to spend the afternoon working on either my Innocent script or my R & J story. Writing in here is a good way to get me warmed up and ready to focus on writing.

First a couple of movie recs. I found the course outline from one of my film papers which listed all the films we watched. There is one I have to put on here even though I don't think anyone will be able to get hold of a copy. My reasons for putting it here? Well for one it was a great film but mainly because of who the producer was. It amused me greatly when I noticed this morning because I know someone with the same name.

Okay without further ado I present todays film picks.

1/ One Potato, Two Potato This is a film from 1964 about a white woman who divorces her husband and then falls in love with an African American Man. The film is hugely powerful and masterfully directed. If anyone does ever manage to get their hands on it then please let me know as I'd kill to see it again. Oh, and IMDB as usual messes up and doesn't list one of the producers, Sam Weston. Sam was a director of adult films back in the 1960s and 70s. Yup, I do mean porn. :)

2/ Hudsucker Proxy An hilarious film. Very typical of the Coen brothers, if you like their work it's a must. If you don't know their work then you might want to give Intolerable Cruelty a try first cos it's a lot more mainstream (although, in my opinion, not one of their better films). Once you've weaned yourself onto the odd brand of humour the Coen's bring to their films give Hudsucker a try, you won't be disappointed.

Labels: film making, movies

And I'll be your star for weekends.

Didn't get my room clean yesterday so I guess that's gotta go onto todays list. I've also got to meet with my business partner. I've been avoiding him for too long, not on purpose but just because when I meet him he is kind of hard to get rid of and so uses up all of my free time. I cannot complain so much about this now that I don't have uni as well as full-time work. Ha I feel like I have masses of free time. And besides he's so nice it's mean of me to avoid him.

I've noticed recently that I'm always saying people are so nice. Overall I have more male friends than female (in fact of my close friends only 2 are female) and I always comment on how nice they are. Antz is one of the nicest guys I know, but so is Derek, so is Shukul, so is Gavin, so is Blair, so is Daniel, so is Shanil, so is Ruwan, so is Hayden, so is Ben. What is that about?

How can all 10 of those guys be one of the nicest guys I know? I'd be hard pressed to rank them in order of their niceness too. There are a couple of others that I know who don't make it onto the list of the nicest guys but who are very close to it. I guess it makes sense, I wouldn't be friends with someone who wasn't nice. So maybe I've just got to stop commenting on how they are the nicest guy I know, there are ten of them - perhaps they are not extra-specially nice but just normal!

I finished the final treatment of 'Innocence' last night. This is quite an acheivement for me, it has been over a year in the making. I'm thinking about finishing treatments for the other ideas I have laying about before getting into the scripts. Don't know why though, that really seems like a stupid idea but i'm sure it's what i'll do.

I joined this neat website where I watch other people's short films and make comments and then they make comments on mine. Am going to upload We'll Always Be Strangers even though it is not entirely finished. Honestly I doubt i'll ever get around to fully finishing it anyway.

Labels: boys, film making

Even though I hated that movie today it reminded me that I really want to make a Bollywood film. And I will make damn sure it's better than the piece of crap I watched today.

I wanna make it a New Zealand film as well. Was thinking that a white girl should fall in love with a Hindu boy and his parents do not approve. Trouble with that is I'd bet uber-hassles about it being the story of my life and in Bollywood the white girl never gets the guy...

I will have to think on this idea some more and figure it out. Will also need to find someone to write the songs since I have no musical talent whatsoever! Come to think of it will have to find a sound person since my soundie hates Bollywood with a passion!

Labels: film making

I started writing again about a week ago, script writing that is. It's a fantastic feeling getting back into it.

I'm gonna try and finish "Love Hurts" as well. I really enjoyed writing that script, and while it's totally Hollywood I think it could be good.

Ok better go shower and head into work. I've got tons to catch up on and can't seem to keep away from the place!

Am going to see the Bollywood film Guram Masala tomorrow. I will give an update on how it was tomorrow night.

Labels: film making, movies