So Sundance is in less than 1 week and I'm so excited!!! There's still so much to do but I'll get it done!
But in the meantime, I've been at least getting some stuff done! I've been meeting and collaborating with a bunch of friends, making things happen. I had a few meetings already from making music videos, to writing a feature and directing a part 4 of an already established short film 4 part series! Lots of exciting new things are coming up and I can't wait to put it all out there!
So January 10th I filmed my first music video with the talented Miss Vali Porter, an amazingggg singer! I shot in 2 days, edited in 1 and we had it out on Youtube a few days later! I was really nervous, anxious and excited to see what my peers would think about it. I got lots of great reviews and the not so great reviews were mostly from my fellow filmmaker buddies. Which is what I expected, they gave me criticism, which I am still getting accustomed to, I took it with a grain of salt and with that I shall make my NEXT music video that much better!! Yes, I said it, my NEXT music video. We shoot first week of February! :D
So Vali Porter and I have discussed future projects because we work quite well together and our collaborations are great and I know that there will be some fun, new exciting things to show with each new music video that we make. She remixes popular songs and sings them with her guitar player and they're great songs. I'm so excited to be collaborating with someone so creative, it'll definitely keep my creative juices flowing! I'll keep you all posted on the music videos! Here's a look at the first one we shot! Hope you enjoy it, they're only gonna get better from here!
On to Sundance! So I fly out this Tuesday and I just CANNOT wait to get there already! My aunt is picking me and Michelle up and she said she has some people that she wants me to meet that are connected with Sundance in some form and I'm really excited about that. I want to be fully prepared to network. When I went to the Cannes Film Festival in France in 2009, I had really crappy business cards that I made quickly at Kinko's, I had no real vision or idea of what I wanted to represent myself as and I had no work to show. I was completely unprepared so networking was slighted. Well this time, I'm gonna be ready!
I ordered some business cards, they're plain but professional which is all I really care about right now. They have the vital information I need and gets across that I'm a director. I ordered 500 to be picked up by Tuesday, right before I fly out! (I know, I'm gambling with time but better late than never!) And I have been trying for so damn long to get my website up, since early last year and nothing seems to be working. I finally started doing my own and I found a template and started to customize it but I just wasn't crazy about it so about a week ago I just started a fresh blank white page and I'm building my own website from scratch, to be ready by this Tuesday! Sounds easier than it is, but I've been working on it almost every night for at least 2 hours if not more. I'm losing sleep over it because I need to get it done! I refuse to show up to Sundance to network, unprepared! I refuse!!! So I'll keep you guys posted on where I am as far as the site goes, it's looking perdy good so far! :)
Until my next post!
Director Pamela Matew
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