This week was absolutely amazing with it ending with Cucalorus! It was a fun weekend filled with connections, fantastic films, and valuable Q&A sessions. We began the week as a group in the Edit Lab for three hours working on how we wanted the film to be edited as well as work out transitions. After much discussion, and Matt messing around in Final Cut Pro, we came up with our plan! Then we were busy this weekend attending Cucalorus. I went to the opening party, which I found to be interesting in both a negative and a positive way. I loved the location and the opportunity to network with people. It gave me the chance to talk with some fellow female filmmakers about Circles and I was recommended festivals to submit it to. But the music was very loud, making it hard to hear people.
We managed anyway and it was a fun night. I saw several features, including She's Allergic to Cats, Dark Night, The Arbalest, The Levelling, and Buster's Mal Heart to name a few. Most were followed with amazing Q&A sessions that made me excited and energized to be a part of this industry. I even got a chance to talk to the director and lead of The Arbalest (who also made the online sensation Too Many Cooks) and let them know how much I loved their awkward and amazing film. The real highlight of my weekend was the documentary entitled Tower. Using found footage a rotoscope animation, the filmmakers created a recreation of the University of Texas mass shooting from their iconic tower in the 1960s. It was even more inspiring that the producer of this film was a UNCW Film Studies alumni, essentially doing what I want to do. Though the comedy at Dead Crow was great and Jengo's was a blast, I am glad that I was able to watch the features and shorts from this year's festival. They truly reminded me of the pure magic of film and why I want to be in this field.
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