This week was crazy and beautiful- I already learned so much! Being on
Colin’s shoot Friday and Saturday was very inspiring- he had great
equipment, thousand lenses, dolly tracks and lots of energy. It was
also interesting how he changed the whole style of the movie during
post production, color correction…
Then on Sunday evening my actor called me and said he has another
shoot before my shoot (which was on the next day) and he doesn’t know
when they will be finished. That was great! However everything was
already organized, I had a two hour rehearsal with the actors and I
really wanted to have him in my film. At the end I risked it but I was
really nervous about it.
Tasha, Jon, Mike and me drove to SF to set up everything. I was really
worried but then on the way to SF my actor called me and said they
were already finished and he could come earlier- that was wonderful!
The shoot went really well- I had great actors and a great crew- they
were so helpful and supportive!
It is amazing how the process of film making combines the most beautiful things:
photography, music, sound, acting, writing, working together with
people…I am really happy that I already found what I want to do in
life:)!

Well, that was a busy week and it is not over yet since my audition
will be on Friday. City College and BDFI is a lot of work- I have to get a
Green Card! I love this school very much and I wished I could stick
around longer to work together with my classmates. Even though the
“History of modern art” class in SF is related to cinematography and
somehow useful, it requires a lot of homework and time, that I don’t
have, especially when we are working on our projects.
It is amazing how Patrick established this great warm atmosphere at
BDFI. Everyone is very kind and helpful, people from the advanced
group work together with us younger people and the other way around.
This week I liked cinematography a lot- we were working together with
our instructor on a scene. It is still hard for me to remember all
these things but I guess that’s what I am here for- to learn and to
become confident in what I am doing.
Well, I am curious how the audition will turn out!
We’ll see!

I love the editing class because we learn everything step by step and
all the keys which I didn’t know before- always wanted to learn how
to rip a video to edit it (I need to do this for my demo :)- thanks a
lot!
Every day I am looking forward to the next class- there is so much to
learn! I am going to the two birthday parties today- that’s a great
opportunity to get to know each other better.
Classes are very motivating- I only wished I had a little bit more
time to focus but I will get there! Now I need to start looking for
locations and actors- I hope my friends from SF can help me with the
location at least, I will talk with them tomorrow. If anyone knows an
apartment with a view on the ocean let me know!!!

I came here because I thought the Digital Filmvinstitute would be the
perfect school for me- people are productive, focused and learning
everything about digital filmmaking (which is the future).
After my first three days here I can say it is even better than I
thought. I love how supportive Patrick and the instructors are, how
they focus on our career but also appreciate and respect independent
filmmaking. The atmosphere is very warm and encouraging- I can’t say
how grateful I am to be here, feel a lot of new energy and can’t wait
to make a film:)!