I saw a lot of guest speakers at ICF. There was at least one each week. They were exciting. I mean we got to listen to someone's experience firsthand in the film industry. However, there were times when we all just wanted to go home. We were exhausted. The guest speaker presentations were usually at…
#245 Dear God
Dear God, I am writing to you today on my blog. It has been hard talking and sharing my feelings the last couple of weeks. One minute I want to word vomit and the next moment I am silent and nothing comes out. I have no energy to speak or feel. Certain moments trigger emotions…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 20
Football Football Inner city Filmmakers was when I learned about L.A. traffic. I have grown up on Los Angeles but I had no idea that I could sit in traffic for three hours. One day on my way to school, a tree had fallen on Sepulvada Blvd which caused us to be in traffic. What…
#244 the secret of skinwalker ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW2Q61mmJ-M I want to write about the show The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. After I binge watched The Unexplained, Netflix recommended the next similar show which was The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch. I wasn't up for it at first but my friend said it should be interesting. I didn't really know anything about the ranch.…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 19
Stella Alder Stella Adler! I’m the one with the long hair On our first Tuesday at ICF, we had our first lesson at Mole Richardson and then our first acting course at Stella Adler. After Mole Richardson class in Hollywood, we headed back to Lantana offices aka ICF in Santa Monica. Around 5:30pm, we all…
#243 i look tired
You look so tired? Has anyone said that to you? I literally get that all the time. Sometimes I generally am tired and say yeah I am tired. I work multiple jobs so yeah I am usually tired. Somedays I am not tired at all. Still, I get asked. Are you tired? I finally responded…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 18
Mole Richardson classes Tuesdays were intense at ICF. On Tuesdays, we would be in Hollywood at Mole Richardson. On the first Tuesday to Mole Richardson, I had no idea I was suppose to be in Hollywood and I didn't know what Mole Richardson was. Thank God Karla read the schedule. I had no idea what…
#242 sick
My entire body aches. It's like my bones are aching. I lay here feeling hot at one point and then cold. I was hungry so I had a bagel but it felt like my throat was closing up. It sucks to be sick. Is it covid? I am not sure yet. I am pretty sure…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 17
Other than making a short film on a camcorder and getting lost, ICF was something else. I spent the whole Summer living and breathing filmmaking. I was part of a cohort full of students that had this passion to make movies. We were young and learning to be fearless. The founders of ICF were a…
#241 aesthetics
Have you ever felt like you couldn’t accomplish your task because you were not aesthetically pleased with your surroundings? This trait of mine haunts me. If I a not in the right aesthetic surroundings then it can be a challenge to do certain things. I like to write with a dim light on at night…
The Frshta Show 