It's production week for A Dragged Path!! I am so so excited to get on set and to finally see this come to life! We shoot in 2 days, and this is really where I become alive in the process. I get all in with the production part, and I can't wait to actually direct and inevitably wear multiple hats. 

Despite running into issues recently and having my ups and downs just in life, this whole process makes me want to start working on my next project!  What can I say? I've been bit by the filmmaking bug. I don't know what the story would be, and I already have people in mind for crew, but I really want to start the next film. I want to grow and develop as a filmmaker, and this is the only way to do so. Besides, making films are fun! A little stressful on shorter time frames, but still fun nonetheless. 

Something else that I'm planning for the future is to get my master's degree. I never thought I'd EVER say those words, considering 10 years ago I didn't even want to go to college (going to college turned out to be the best thing for me). However, in a month and a half, I graduate with my bachelor's. I do the thing that no one else in my family has done and I graduate college. So for me to say that I want to get my master's is huge, considering no one has done it in my family, and especially because no one has done any creative education. I want to continue learning my craft, to get structured training with the directing specialization, and to find my artistic identity and voice.

I think that it would be good for me to be able to get my master's in film production because it also opens up the door to teach. I love bringing newcomers onto my sets because we all start somewhere. Getting to teach the next generation of filmmakers would be amazing, and I could be for them what my teachers are for me. Once you hit university, you start honing into what you want to do in life, and to have film students who are just all in would be incredible. 

So truly, my off-brand film class last semester with a brand new teacher at USF opened the door to so many things. I didn't expect to get bit with the filmmaking bug, but here I am and I could not be happier with my decisions.