back in action

After a very long rest on the pause button, I have returned to filmmaking (when I'm not attending weddings or working as a temporary receptionist in a cockroach-infested downtown office). I hope my readers haven't forgotten about me (hi mom)...
Today I showed my film to my advisor on campus who said it was "beautiful but a bit unclear". I think this may be code for "I hate it" but she is too nice to ever know the truth. She doesn't know if people will understand that the old lady gives birth to the little girl, but she did say I could clarify a lot with the sound design. It was good to get feedback and feel like they will indeed let me graduate and not disown me forever. Basically, I am just going to have to get used to the reaction of "it looks great (but what the hell are you talking about?)"

I also recorded sound with various actors of various talents and it was quite fun. Two didn't show up and one got lost but I still got some voiceover that I have plans for. One dude was a pro-wrestling announcer (I didn't know this until the end of the session) and we recorded a hilarious, "Get ready to rrrrrrrrrrummmmmble" thing- which obviously has no place in my movie but was too funny not to record. Maybe I can make an interesting sound collage with it.

I'm heading back to europe in 5 days, sadly without a job or visa, but happily with my film, apartment and boy waiting on the otherside of the atlantic. Some people say that once you cross the atlantic you're never on the right side, I think I'm still trying to figure out if this is true for me.