For the last year, I've been unhappy with the career I was studying. I was in art college for animation and I lost passion for it very quickly (I literally hate drawing, wtf was I doing there). My love has always resided in film. Filmmaking and editing:
Touching a camera, lighting a scene, placing the mics; then having to select the correct footage and sync it with the perfect song, fix the audio and correct the color to the perfect levels, so when you look back at the piece of art you've created, you've learned and grown and are proud of every single detail you paid attention to, that nobody will notice. But you will.
Those feelings are what I fell in love with when I started doing music videos at age 14 and later when I joined the TV production class in high school.
That's why, this semester I'm starting over in a new college, a film production program. I should've been graduating with my Bachelor's Degree in 2023. In fact, all my middle school friends back home will graduate in a couple of months. I, on the other hand, will be graduating in May of 2025, at the GROWN age of 24 years old and 9 months.
I am very conscious that every person goes at their own speed, and that my timing is mine and nobody else's... but people will have 3 YEARS of experience at my age when I'll just be a fresh-out-of-college 25-year-old!
I do have a plan, though. I'm going to take every summer 'off' and take an internship in different film production companies. I'll be the assistant of the assistant of the assistant. I don't care, as long as I'm there.
Oh, and the video. I forgot there's a video on this post!
I've been wanting to do documentary filmmaking for a while (I am currently working on a doc), but recently I've picked up a love that I had left forgotten. I do (trust me, I do) hate consumerism culture, but I can't help but LOVE well-made fashion films and creative commercials.
When I was in high school, I wanted to be a publicity director, or just do spots for a living, IDK, something related to making commercials. However, I don't think I would really enjoy working in marketing (it's not out of the picture, but it's not in the picture if you know what I mean). I love the creative side of filmmaking so much more, without having to focus on selling a product.
This video is one of the many that made me fall in love again with short-form filmmaking. You watch it, and it's not shoving any product in your face, but then it finishes and it says L'Oreal Paris and it's like, 'oh yeah, all their hair was styled beautifully, I get how this is selling hair products', but EVERYTHING was beautiful, so it didn't necessarily stand out. It's a beautiful commercial, very gently done, and I love that.
I'm still pursuing documentary film. I love the genre and the MANY different ways you can approach it, but I love short and fashion films just as much (and I'm sure it'll be easier to land a job in that lol).