4/21/13-4/26/13

Monday to Tuesday- Wrote an entirely new beginning and ending for Anti-Bully Eli. We added a little sister for Eli, Jamie, who will be played by Niola. In the beginning of the screenplay, we find out that Eli's little sister goes to therapy and group support for emotional issues in the past, and Eli's attitude toward this is slightly rude. He feels that people shouldn't make themselves "Targets", foreshadowing why he doesn't see him bullying as being his fault. Everything is the same up until Gretchen runs away crying. He sits down with his friends at their lunch table, acting if it wasn't a big deal. He goes to pick up his sister from support group, finding out that Gretchen also goes, and that she used to self harm. Jamie calls Gretchen "kind of her hero" because instead of relapsing into self harm, she came to the support group and talked about what had happened to her in school that day. She didn't name any names, so Jamie doesn't know this was Eli. Jamie sees his Anti-Bully shirt, and questions it, saying that it is very out of character for him and that "he's a douche". All of this makes him question what had happened that day.

Wednesday- Attended the Board Meeting.

Thursday- Finished reading Tartuffe, so I would have a clear idea of what was going on at the Rutgers Newark/NJIT production Friday.

Friday- Saw Tartuffe at Rutgers Newark/NJIT

4/16/13-4/20/13

This week, I spent my time working on Pre- Production for Anti Bully Eli

Monday- finished up character analysis with the actors/designers

Tuesday- out sick

Wednesday/Thursday/Friday- worked with designers. We have an Anti-Bully t shirt design set, and Colleen is going to get them done for us. We are going to use the school for every location that we need, now we just need to clear it with administration. I also began the shot sheet , and shared what I had with Riley for storyboarding

4/8/13-4/12/13

notes for extra credit:

-Stayed after 4/8 (monday) to help with program auditions by talking to parents of prospective students

-Saw Performance Ensemble 4/14 (today)

Besides the extra day this week I stayed after school, I spent most of my time working on the final draft of my screenplay, Anti-Bully Eli. I corrected the screenplay formatting, and also changed the entire ending to it that Sebastian and I discussed.

This took up most of my week, but I also began reading Tartuffe. I have only read the first few pages, so I can't really summarize anything as of now, but I can say that I do admire how this play was written in the 1600's, yet, the dialogue and plot is still relevant today, making it a much easier read than some of the other plays we have been assigned to read in the past.

From Thursday-Sunday, I began to send out emails to over 100 film production companies in the NYC/NJ area about summer internships. (I'm not exaggerating, I will attach screenshots from my outbox). I have heard back from a few of them asking for my resume, and I have been unofficially accepted to one company in Lambertville, NJ called Greene Birdie Productions, which is a film production company/performance space.
http://www.greenbirdievideo.com/
 I would be there twice a month filming their comedy nights. It is unofficial because I have to work out the commute process with my parents, but I am pretty sure I am going to accept this one no matter what. It would still give me time to intern with another company because of the flexibly this company gives me.

4/1/13-4/5/13

I'm a little confused on blogs this week. On Genesis, it says to do one blog for the whole week, so I guess that's what i'll do.

This week, I spent every night coming home and working on the screenplay for Colleen, Sebastian, and I's film. The finished product is on the Google doc.

Hope this works for this week :)