Musings of an Idiot

Long Days, Short Days

The days are growing longer -literally but my days seem to be growing shorter. The amount of work which is going on at school means that time just flies by - and it is a great feeling that you are engrossed so much in work that time becomes a relative concept, as it should be. The most exciting thing was me emailing Chris Plummer, the editor of 'In My Father's Den' and asking him if he could spare some of his precious time to share his knowledge and experiences with the new batch of South Seas students and Chris agreeing to the guest lecture. I am beyond thrilled because i emailed him out of the blue, without actually knowing him or anyone connected to him, and wasn't expecting to hear back because of the heavy time schedules which run in film and television. But I guess this is New Zealand and normal rules do not apply. :-) It would be a fascinating lecture and I can't wait for it.

I also emailed THE AUCKLANDER if they would like to do a story on our film and our independent efforts and Amanda from the North Shore edition got back and was keen on it. So she will be coming over on Friday to do the interview. It only means more publicity for the movie - which I am thrilled about.

Time at school obviously is going into paperwork for NZQA. And man, it is tiring and mind boggling - how do you put such a practical course like what South Seas does over the 1 year and how do you equate the extraordinary number of hours that every member of staff and admin pours into the course. More of my time is also going into building up industry liasions and got couple of important meetings lined up for next week. Lucas is helping out with the 4 week course which is a huge help and takes off a lot of weight of my mind as it gives me time to carry on with the already heavy workload and obviously the occasional emergencies which come up along with the usual job stuff. Like today, had to rush off to Triangle TV to solve a small technical problem with the editing suite. Today, my backpack also took a hike on its own or someone took it -which was mighty strange because there was nothing in my backpack except papers and my inhaler. I hope they return it back.

Just got back from getting some dinner at KFC and the girl at the counter was wonderful. She just gave me a double serving of everything I ordered, it feels nice and surprising that anyone would do that, as I was saying NZ is a real exception. Sometimes people don't realize what a wonderful country they are living in.

The idea for the next movie is solidfying more and more and I am gonna experiment with some themes set in a unique environment. Doing some research on the themes as I don't want to be ignorant about the different aspects of the theme and provide a cliched and stupid potrayal of it. What themes? What genre? Well i guess I will keep it to myself for now. Am off for now.

Ciao,
Amit

posted by Amit @ 8:18 PM