Friday, February 6, 2015

New year, new plans, new projects


I'm back again! Yet another miracle! Anyway, November and December were busy times. We produced four more values commercials, that was an intense time and I directed them. I got to work with a professional director of photography from Bogota, that was fun.

In December, my father and his wife were visiting me in Colombia, which of course was a lot of fun. We went to Cartagena and Santa Marta, among other places. I had the opportunity to visit Tayrona Park again, a beautiful place.

In January I spent three weeks in Sweden, feeling the cold and the snow. I can just say that I was freezing! I think I have become a tropical person... Anyway, I was able to spend time with my supporters, which is very important, they are fantastic and are part of what I am doing.

Now we are planning our activities for this year. We are trying to implement more planning, which is very good. One big thing is of course the film school (Christian School of filmmaking). We already have a group of about seven students who have applied, which is very good considering it is only February. We need to do a lot of prepping to improve the school. Among other things, I am working on a complete "manual" for the students, which will contain a summary of everything they will be learning.

I have also been writing on my screenplay idea, which is fun and difficult. This year I also want to produce/direct at least one short film (maybe several), but I am looking into which. I might do several. I need about 25-30.000 dollars to do Hero, a futuristic short film. Possible but not easy.

Of course, we will also continue producing values commercials. Or at least get our package of ten commercials ready for distribution in television.

Something that I am looking forward to is Global Outreach Day. More about that later!

In short, I'm excited about this year, there are great things to come.