Third week through!

This has been an awesome week. (see how I start to sound American?)
The topic has been "Screenwriting", which means how to "write a film", or rather its script. Teacher has been Kevin Miller, who wrote "Expelled", which is a movie that debates evolution theory. He took us on a journey through the prevailing models of writing for the screen, and even shared his own "synthesis" of it all as a Christian writer.

We got many writing assignments during the week, which we were to apply to our short film idea. "It's all about character transformation" was one of Kevin's main principles. I'll try not to forget that.

Can you apply the same principles for feature films as well as for short ones? According to our teacher, yes. It all comes down to: storytelling. "Even if you're passionate about filmmaking, view yourselves primarily as storytellers, not filmmakers", said Kevin.

He also said that if your "called" to filmmaking, the best you can do in this business, is to be good storytellers. And write about what you're passionate about!

Simultaneously I am getting to know my classmates better and better. I am so thankful to be on this place - which place could be better for me right now? Youth With A Mission is such a great place to be if you enjoy international environments - we have got almost the whole world represented here, or at least the major parts of the world. My closest roommates right now are actually African!

Next week we are going further into technical aspects such as lighting and camerawork. 'Gonna be fun! We are also going to continue to develop our short film ideas. The plan is to shoot them during the last two weeks of May, and by then everything has to been set up. So I need lots of inspiration! I am also thankful to you who read this, and for you who are praying for me or supporting me financially. I wish you a super week wherever you are!

Urban

PS. Did I get to see a beach yet? Yes I did, once!