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Here's a list of all the books and films Clare read and watched during her seven week #FieldWorkTerm in addition to her Werner Herzog Masterclass. Clare: BOOKS READ Master Shots Volume 2 Shot by Shot Celluloid San Francisco The Peregrine World Film Locations San Francisco The Monstrous Feminine The Year of Magical Thinking The White Album They Fought Like Demons The Secret History MOVIES WATCHED Long Shot The Crush Oh, Lucy Burn After Reading Call Me By Your Name Faces, Place

Week Seven

This week, I turned in the first draft of my script on Monday and revised it. I also had a chance to revisit and re-write my show bible. I finished the masterclass lessons as well and Shonda had some very helpful things to say about editing, how a writer’s room works, and TV production in general. This internship has overall been a great experience for me. It was fun and exciting that I was able to work on a personal project in addition to the work done for the company. I had

Week Seven

Week Seven

Tomorrow I take a flight into Albany and go back to Bennington College. I have spent the last seven weeks in San Francisco working what is essentially the dream job. In this final week so much happened - I edited the sound for "Celia" with Disher Music and sent out the final cut to a colorist who will continue editing as I am at school. "Celia" is in it's final stages and I can't believe it actually happened. I made a film in just about five and a half weeks with the help of

Week Six

Week Six

This week was mainly finalizing Celia. I was working with Julie Hwang on the rough cuts in order to get a picture lock. It was and still is incredibly difficult to find a colorist and sound designer who can do the film either for or incredibly cheap. This week wasn't so much an overload of work as it was a personal hurdle. I have spoken about this before but the stress of rewatching your own work very much got to me this week. I started to notice not only things wrong with th

Week Six

This week, I went over my beat board and completely redid it. I had tons of drama to add to the script and it ended up working a lot better. I’ve spent hours trying to fix the beat board so that it would be easier for me to write. I have also started writing my script this week, and so far, I haven’t had too many issues with it. I am planning on finishing this weekend so that I can get notes and review it before my internship ends next Friday. This week, I realized just how m

Week Five

Week Five

This week was purely post production for Celia. Originally, when shooting, the plan was that I would be doing all of the editing myself. This was a daunting task as I had never edited visuals that had no audio attached; syncing audio from no reference, and was very nervous about that. After trying to make proxies of the 4K footage from the RED camera, Cameo and I discovered this was nearly impossible with how little RAM my computer had. It was practically shutting down anytim

Week Five

This week, I gave my pitch. This is the first time I have pitched a TV show, and I was a little nervous. Nonetheless, I got through it and received a lot of helpful feedback that will help me keep the process of writing my show going. I have also drafted out the pilot episode of my series and I will be ready to outline this weekend and write my first draft next week. The Atavist also has a second draft, so I did some coverage on that. I’m having a little bit of trouble develo

Week Four

Week Four

There is no way to describe how wonderful this week was for me. I was given quite a bit to do, but loved every moment of it. This was the end of pre production for my short film Celia, as we began shooting the upcoming weekend. I made some minor revisions to the script, to make it more palatable, as well as getting in contact with all the actors and confirming the schedule. I had to create a series of call sheets for the two days we were shooting - a far more difficult task t

Week Four

This week, I had the opportunity to work hard on my Show bible. On Monday this week, we reviewed my bible and looked closely at the characters. As I was reading their descriptions out loud, I realized that we did not know anything about them and they were described through their relation to the main character rather than as individuals. I essentially had to start from the beginning for each character. I have, since Monday, been doing a lot of research regarding the time perio

Week Three

Week Three

This week was by far the most overwhelming - It finally hit me exactly how far away from home I was, and how very much I had to accomplish. I find that I work well under stress, but for some reason this week really got to me. There was a lot of work to be done, and not exactly enough of my mental capacity was working. However, after a real kick in the ass from Cameo, I found that I was back on track and ready to do my best. The previously mentioned voiceovers were not as up t

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