Hell Shoot: Laguna

This is a late entry. May 19,2009
My second experience in a real production setting. This time a production for a music video, worked with UP graduates students. Nice, Kind, friendly people (I'm not just saying it).

Had a Photography 101 with Mai, thank you.

Had witness the Jaguar, new model, not yet released in the Philippines, even the
director was mesmerized by it. lol Spent half the day just shooting the car around.

The on lactation was in Laguna, an hour or more drive from Metro Manila. In Tokyo Mansion.

This was a nice dreadful experience not the shoot but my personal physical situation. No sleep for almost 5 days. After graduating from my intense summer workshop, I helped my sister's project and that's my 5 sleepless nights, It happens to be my last day in Bacolod so I had to visit my sister in Iloilo,Overnight, finished her project, went back to Bacolod, to catch my flight back to Manila. I thought I could spend my time in m bed but what do you know, I got a text from my classmate informing about this shoot and filling for her coz' she's sick. So I agreed. They told me call time was 4am--never in m life I hated punctuality--was there on the meeting place at 3am waited til' 7am coz' the cam department had problems.

Spent a whole day on the shoot, we finished at around 6am in the morning, It was our first day of school, thank goody, my first class is at noon, so I had an 2hours of sleep.

Question: would I put myself in this experience again? Yes, I could always hate me when I'm already there.

**I took those pictures, If it's not allowed please inform me I'll take it down**

Problem Chase

I hate math hate hate hate hate it! but not full rage hate, I just hate the hell process math gives me when I solve each problems. Which reminds me, when I was in 4th year high school, my math teacher knew that half the class is struggling, not because she's a bad teacher but because it was really hard. Then one of my classmates clamored about how hard it is she then replied,' you can stow away with problem solving because it will be present in your life, it may not be exactly dealing with numbers nonetheless it's still a problem'. -- True.

Now, backtracking, Our class resumed and then I was re energized but still decided to be late. The edited footage was presented to us, they encourage to give feedback and questions. Tell you the truth I was eager to see the final product. A one day shoot, with a surprisingly good outcome from the art department I was curious as hell since,not to brag, it was our sweat that made it possible. It was interesting to see it on TV. Our mentors gave dished out their comments, The DOP explained the editing process, the director, however commented on how usually pre-prod plans gets distorted when production time comes along, that you have to think and re think, consider and re consider you options, face and tackle the problem--well that's what I think after he said when your on production it's a problem solving process.

** all the while I thought I've gone separate ways with problem solving but there it is, coming right up my face and bites me on the ass

hell shoot and cure for insomnia?

I knew my summer's going to be crap, and it is, because have a one month summer and what did I do enrolled myself into a workshop. We had a production going on, It was continuous tiring efforts from all departments. Still after an exhausting week I was able to emit a smile, and a light feeling within. Don't want to sound so dramatic or cinematic (how can one be cinematic??lol) but even though it is stressful I don't mind doing it again over and over.

I have some inner hatred with some of the guys I worked with but to hell with them, I'm training myself to be a pacifist unless, provoked so for now I'll just zipped my mouth. though I must admit it's tempting *insert devil laugh*

anyways we had a mock shoot. we compressed the time making it a one day shoot, It's my fist experience in a real production setting with professionals guiding us so it was real fun. except for a couple of guys that triggered my nerve-endings, anyways I have respect for them so say no more

the following day, it was weekend we had a two day shoot, it was tiring, it was hell, we would wake up early in the morning and from then on it was all work up til midnight. Following day we took lightly, little slow in the production and wrapped around 7pm, less tiring than the 1st production and the 1st night. I came home, as my head hit the pillow, less than 5minutes I'm snoring my way to the nest day.

added note: Finally I have finally found a cure for my insomnia nights -- exhaustion! haha lol