I went into the Easter break from university with a small profile piece to shoot, as wel as one other documentary. All was going well, got the profile piece done, all good. That was a saturday shoot. On the Sunday and Monday I felt a bit under the weather but thought it was a bug/summer cold/something insignificant. Tuesday morning, I wake up to find my face and back covered in CHICKEN POX!
Let me just say, everyone, I hope you all got it as a child, because at 21 it is absolutely vile. I felt ill, couldn't go out, and then ended up being off uni for 2 weeks under doctor's orders. Great. That meant I was back in uni on the 11th of May. We had til the 20th to get all our work handed in.
You can see now why chicken pox was a slight inconvenience. I managed to get my other film shot on the 12th of May, thanks to a lovely understanding group of contributors and 2 fabulous crew members (Adam and Ben) who stepped in at short notice to help me get the thing made.
"King Street" will be available online soon, in various forms.
"Plexi" is also finished, which in a way, I'm a little sad about. Both my films interest me, but this one in particular, captured why I love the sport of ice hockey so much. It also made me realize we've got a fair bit of off-season left, which is probably where the sadness comes from!
That will also be making an appearance online soon, as well as, hopefully, a screening up in Manchester.
So, both films are done, and hand in day comes along. This was actually a really happy day, I've been so stressed with having to miss time at uni and get everything done, that it was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders.
But that's it. One presentation tomorrow afternoon and it's done.
My degree will be finished. That's quite sad, as it's been a great three years, but I'm also so proud. There were hard times, there were many times where I thought I wasn't going to do it. Times where I wanted to quit and do something else. But I didn't, I had a cracking circle of family and friends who supported me and made sure I did what, I know in my heart, I wanted to and was good at. They know who they are, so I just wanted to say, thank you.
So that's the ending, and the new beginning is my life in the working world. I've got a little 4 day job in June, as a freelance camera operator, and who knows, that might lead to more regular work. I'm also still looking at post production jobs, just in case.
This is the start of a brand new adventure, and do you know what I say?
Bring it on.
