Passion Project Updates & Reflections

What I have learned: Creating a screenplay is a lot more than just sitting down and writing a script.

What I know: 

-There are stories in me waiting to be told. 

-Not all of these stories are fit to be transformed into films. 

-Collaborating with another person (especially one I admire so much) is scary and wonderful and challenging at times. 

-A lot more gets done when we stop waiting to be hit with inspiration and instead try to play with ideas we already have.

-We have a lot to get done.

During the past few months of school, Abhishek and I haven't gotten much writing done. In fact, much of our attention has been placed into getting ideas out and making calls as to what is worth making a movie about. It's infuriatingly difficult at times when ideas don't come or they're only partially formed, but it's a pivotal step we omitted a bit with last year's script. We're planning on extending our Passion Project to next semester and completing more of the production side of things during the last half of the year. Since I'm leaving this upcoming summer there's a sense of insistence on making this project something really special. There is so much we need to do between now and the completion of our film but ultimately, I want to create something we're proud of.

"I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance." -Van Gogh