Month: May 2024

our hands, i won’t explain

a late post.

i won’t lie, i asked a few second years what projects we’d have this quarter and heard about the short film. i didn’t really understand what we were meant to do but i thought, hey, we’ll have until the end of the quarter to figure that out.

we had a few weeks, required dialogue, characters, props, and quite literally the best group i could’ve asked for.

heather and dan? love them, they are the best.

breakdown of the requirements:
-two minutes MAX (we went over that)
– the line “who let the dogs out”
– a racecar driver as a character
– an unrealistic fake chin

dan was sick for the first week, so heather and i got to know each other and bounce around ideas. i suggested a mocumentary and heather was down so we started planning right away. with eriks help, we were able narrow down a direction for the plot and ultimate script. not all of it stuck but it was the necessary foundation for what came of “racecar the movie”

dan, despite having the plague, was totally responsive and willing to talk with us from home. we zoomed and kept in constant communication. heather and i witnessed dan find and kill a spider. they met rosie (virtually). it was wonderful.

the next friday, i was running all around seattle and missed the first two hours of class. with a short, “we have had THOUGHTS” message from dan, i had no idea what i was walking into but come on, it’s dan and heather we’re talking about, of course it was funny and exactly what we needed. they had found a rendition of “who let the dogs out” and the perfect ending to our film. dan’s character, dan, was going to lose his mind and run off into the forest.

heather was so patient with me while we were in our organization phase of the project, i just really didn’t want to let them down so i was on my best behavior!!! we put together our shot list almost immediately and it made everything run so smoothly. heather is so talented, the way they just pieced together everything we needed, the shots, the equipment, the audio, the props. i’m so excited to see what their career becomes! they took such an insane video concept and were 1, soooo supportive and 2, brought it to life. i’m so thankful to have worked on this project with them. we created something together that we’re all so proud of.

and we became friends! what an honor!!!!

dan and i have worked on a project together in the past and have been in the same class for our first year so i already felt comfortable going into this project. i think dan and i have become better friends and i feel much more like myself with him now and i’m so thankful for that. i already knew dan was talented, i’m happy that everyone else who hasn’t gotten the chance to work with him yet gets to know that now, too.

it’s hard to even put into words how well i think we worked together on this. i had a moment when the three of were in the conference room when i thought of how much i wished i could stay in that moment, just bouncing ideas around with some friends. it felt so special. i hope we make more things together in the future.