Wow, ICF was finally coming to an end. Tal, one of the assistants, threw a prop which she called morp. Prom spelled backward is morp. Stephanya Morp! I didn't attend prom back in high school so I was excited. Tal's house was ten minutes from my place. It was going to be an 80s theme…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 26
After all our shoots were done and we made some badass memories. We spent the next two weeks in the editing room. The editing room was stressful for me. We had an audio engineer, Eric, and Paul as our editing teachers. Both of these folks worked in the film industry. Hours of editing Actually, all…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 25
The night I got on the freeway. Other than my own short film, I worked on my other team members' films. One of the memorable shoots was with my teammate, Gawby. I was the producer on the shoot. We shot in Santa Monica and third street. We went to this cafe in Lincoln Heights. We…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 24
The Toy Store shoot It was shoot day! I was nervous. Working with actors can be challenging. I wanted to be a director but I was scared when the time finally came. It can be hard to find your voice in a crowd. I was lucky. I had a group of supportive folks trying to…
Bla Bla Land : Chapter 23
A green light meant I was going to direct my first short film and it was going to be my all-time favorite genre, HORROR! I needed to figure out what the movie's style would be and everyone around me kept telling me how vital lighting would be to make this movie badass. I had some…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 22
Team A during our pitch meeting. I had to come up with a script. It was to be three minutes long with no dialogues. Essentially, it was a silent movie. I had to keep in mind the limitations that I had in terms of budget. There was no budget. Each student had two days to…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 21
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Frshta Show 