for those at home

My dad is always reminding me to watch where I’m walking.
My dad is always reminding me of a lot of things, actually…
“Let the people in the elevator walk out first.”  — “Don’t hit your head on the corner of the fireplace.”– “Sit up straight”– “Head over your plate” — “Don’t mumble” — “Express yourself”–”Stand tall”–
Advice [...]

BELIEVE IN YOUR WORK. that’s what we’re told.

It sounds easy, in theory, to believe in your own creations. But I’ve found, when actually put into practice believing whole-heartedly can be the hardest part of creating. It’s not a lack confidence in myself or my ideas, but instead, what I’ve noticed is that there are just so many ideas out here and it [...]

change

The anticipation I feel to begin creating is overwhelming.
After every acting class I want to go out and do what I’ve just been taught and I think there’s an essential sense of “eagerness” that everyone must have. I keep wondering what is next.
After viewing the four TEN films I want nothing more than to start [...]

Debuting…

So tonight I attended the premier for my first film ever. I was very nervous and excited all day leading up to 6:30 pm. While it was an extremely below-the-line, extremely low budget, short–it was very significant to me. I felt as if I was finally starting the chapter in my life that I have [...]

Morning Reflections:

The Thrill of the Risk makes the Road Less Traveled worth Traveling for this Mountain Biker!

Here in LA it is easy to lose yourself to the overwhelming media and pop culture that show you The Way. I’d venture to say The Way is none shy of an admittedly illustrious but never-the-less, incandescent veil revealing all [...]

In-N-Out and back in again…

When hunger struck, it struck with surprising intensity. The refrigerator was looking desolate and barren, and I was home alone and car-less. I saw only one way out of this hunger bind, and that was to make a hike to the burger Mecca of Los Angeles, the In-N-Out burger.
Weather reports said it was around 98 [...]

Thoughts like minerals

As we finish up the first projects, everyone is working their butts off to make theirs look the best. The project itself was so open-ended that each group has come up with a completely unique view of “The Ten.” Our guidelines were simply “10 faces, 10 places, 10 words, 10 symbols.” It’s been a crazy [...]

First Movie Premiere

Working at my internship has definitely allowed me to experience different and interesting things, like awards shows and movie premieres. On Saturday June 28 I was lucky enough to work and attend a movie preimere at the LA Film Festival. The week before the premiere my boss was given the responsibility to promote the movie. The other press interns and I did [...]

First Shoots

I have had acting training, but this week concluded shooting my first of many movies and becoming HD.  Our acting teacher, Marilyn, says it doesn’t take a ton of additional technique, training, etc. to adjust to the screen.  Not having much film experience, I was a prime candidate to see if this was in fact [...]

Maybe I can take both roads…

In my first blog post I talked about how I was at somewhat of a crossroads, trying to figure out my career paths.  Well it’s been two weeks since then so I’ll throw you a little update.  I stutter stepped then fell.  
One of my co-workers asked me last week what I wanted to do [...]

Webisode 1 a Success

The very first project I worked on in Los Angeles already exceeds any similar project I have ever done in quality and knowledge gained. Watching the entire process from setting up the cameras and lights at the scene of the pitch show to narrowing down two hours of footage into a 7 minute highlight was [...]

Today Was A Good Day

June 23rd, my cousin Jackie’s 19th birthday. 
I had high expectations for today. Today was supposed to be purple. And it was.
I never liked the color before it became a part of my sisterhood. Both my mother and grandmother have always hated purple. After all, it is the SECOND girl color. Not as good as pink. [...]

“The Ten” Pitch Show

Elon University in Los Angeles Program presents the first webisode of the 2009 season. In this video produced by Climbing the LAdder Productions, students highlight the pitch competition for the first series of short films.
Next week you will get to vote on the best short film.
 

 

Movie Awards

Never could I have imagined while I was internship hunting in April that I would be working at a major network’s awards show. But as soon as I had ended the my phone interview, with my current boss in the press department, she wanted me to come out to LA before my original arrival date of [...]

Los Angeles and the Shuffle

Weeks before I arrived in Los Angeles I was becoming more and more anxious about the trip. What will the people be like? How will I get an internship and how will I get to it? What if I wind up hating the city? I quickly found, though, that LA is the exact fit for [...]

Behind the LAdder

I’m not going to lie…Producing the first show wasn’t the easiest task of my life.  I loved the thrill of putting together a show, but creating the first one of the summer meant I had to create the bar for the shows to come to improve on.  But after all the stress, hours (days) of [...]

It’s a small world after all…

So this past Christmas my mom took my family to Aruba. While we were there we went on the Kuku Kanuku party bus. The bus takes you to various bars throughout Aruba and while talking to a young couple at one of the bars I discovered they were Elon alumni, class of 2007.
Last night a few [...]

A Day at Sony

From the streets of Hollywood to the views from mountain peaks, we have covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time. As the three-week marker quickly approaches, one can only wonder what is in store for our class in the coming weeks. Each week has been great in its own regard but [...]

LA, the Jingle and more

As Sam wrote yesterday, I helped record and mix the Elon in LA jingle and everyone should check it out.  It turned out really well and it’s really catchy.  Anyway,  I started working on the set of Shuffle which is a movie being done by a production group called Theatre Junkies.  It’s a really sweet [...]

The Elon In LA Jingle

I am determined to apply music to my career in some way. Whether it be shooting music videos or actually writing songs for a living, I want my passion for music to come out in my work.
My friend Erik Keithley and I took it upon ourselves to write an original song for the webisode [...]