I already have people interested in being a part of my crew for my short film... and I haven't even finished the script yet. 

I started writing my script 3 weeks ago, on November 19th, after a conversation with my boyfriend. This is the first film I've written, and it will be the first on which I am the main director. It's the first film that will truly be mine. Written by me. Directed by me. Produced by me. I cannot wait for this opportunity. 

Don't get me wrong, I am incredibly grateful for Roll For Perception, and being able to be the director of photography and 1AD on that film. Roll For Perception is such a fun concept, and I loved being a part of this project. However, this project wasn't fully mine. I can call my YouTube channel mine because I do all the work: the planning, the filming, the editing. Basically, like film, the pre-production, production, and post-production. It's all by me when it comes to my YouTube channel. When it came to Roll For Perception, though, it was a group effort. Quite frankly, if it were just me, I wouldn't have been able to pull it off. So I thank Nathan, Angelina, and Jassie for being the best crew to work with. 

I'm currently writing the first draft of A Dragged Path. This film means so much to me because Annye, the protagonist, goes through a metamorphosis, one similar to what I went through this semester. I see myself in Annye as I write, and that's always been a recurring theme in my writing, even when I was penning theatre shows that never made it to the stage. This is a film for the dreamers, the ones who were always told to have a Plan B, and the ones who spend countless nights pursuing what they love. I see you, and you are not alone. I am that dreamer. I am the one who was always told to have a Plan B. Now, considering this film comes out officially in 3 days, I don't have to have a Plan B anymore. I have tangible work to prove that I can be a filmmaker. That I can continue doing this for a living. Plan A has been and always will be content creation and film. That was my first love, back at age 11 when I first started posting to YouTube. Before my scoliosis diagnosis, before the bullying, and before my love of theatre, volleyball, and so many other things. The creators that I started out watching may be different than the ones I watch now; however, they've all shaped me into who I am today. 

I honestly only have my EFP teacher, Professor Ahrendt, to thank for helping me find my love of film again. I went through so many career choices this semester, and at the end, I'm landing back onto what my heart always knew. And now, I plan to go at it fully. I'm planning videos for regular YouTube content. I'm planning how to showcase the behind-the-scenes of producing a film. I have so many ideas for films, and it's all thanks to Professor Ahrendt's presentation assignment, where we had to pitch a short film or documentary idea to the class. I pitched mine, and a couple of weeks later, went into production for Roll For Perception. With that combination, the ideas kept flooding in, and then I started writing A Dragged Path. He saw me working on it, and he will be the first to read the first draft. I feel honored by that, and I'm the one writing it. Seeing my professor continue to do professional work outside of his classes makes me know that it's possible to do film professionally. 

I guess the only appropriate thing to say at the end of this is to go out there and make your dreams come true.