I've been so busy, and so physically tired and drained, i have skipped 3 classes this month alone. yes, i skipped 3 classes at hillsong international college.
this is coming from a person who attended every single class in the first semester.
but i was actually just THAT tired that i wouldn't get up, and kept on sleeping.
well.. one of them was actually insomnia where i couldn't sleep until 6am that morning. so obviously i slept in til 10am or else i just wouldn't function at all.
anyways, what led me to take a few moments out of my insanely crazy schedule to jot down a blog, is that today, I SHOT 3 SCENES FOR MY SHORT FILM!!
i borrowed the school's 60D DSLR and a whole lotta other unaffordable gear, gathered up 8 other school mates, and headed into the city to shoot some footage =)
at first (and i mean 2 nights ago), i was freaking out a lil. cus i had never touched a DSLR before. and not to mention, i thought i had all my actors, then 1 bails, then i find replacement, then repeat with 2 more... and i didn't have a final confirmed cast until 3 days before the shoot. then last night, i checked the weather only to find "rain" as forecasted. crap crap crap. now what?!?!
PRAY.
so i did.
still did a lil "freaking out" rant to a friend.
prayed some more.
went to bed, still praying.
ended up with insomnia night #2, and didn't sleep at all, altho i did pray for rest.
as the sun rises, i realized it wasn't raining.
it wasn't super bright, but it wasn't raining!!
it was an overcast day.
i had totally forgotten that overcast days are actually pretty good days to shoot. they block the sunlight, so all my footage isn't over exposed, and my actors are squinting, and i don't need my crew to hold up reflectors or anything! it is also nice and cool, and we weren't sweating like pigs!
it was seriously perfect for scenes 1 and 2.
until... it starting spitting a lil during our lunch break. uh oh... we still had scene 3 to go. now what? do we head on over to location 3, and shoot with an umbrella over the camera?
we decided to go on with it.
by the time we arrived at our location (15mins away), THE SUN HAD COME OUT. F'REALS.
it was amazing.
God is so perfect with His timing!
for the final 2 hrs we spent at the 3rd location shooting the 3rd scene, it gradually got cloudier. and by the time we finished shooting, we still had time take a group photo. =)
we didn't rush thru the day or anything. it was a chill vibe, yet still productive at a good pace. honestly one of the best shoots i have ever been on in terms of timing and productivity (including all those hillsong related shoots.) we made room thruout the day for lil funny things, joked around here and there, breaks to snack and have a drink of water. and we bonded a lot closer. some ppl went from strangers that morning, to now having spent an amazing day together.
we even went for a lunner afterwards, and thats when the rain came down, halfway thru our meal.
amazing.
seriously.
God is for me. not against me. ever.
but now, its nearly 11pm. i think its time to head to bed, cus I'm serving 2mrw morning (BCH IS BACKKKK FOR A WEEK. WEEEEEEEE!!)
PS. my fingers' energy to type in caps does not reflect my true physical energy. lol... probs more of a sleep deprivation caps typing.
PPS. *yawn* okay I'm off. toodles!
