Making Mooooovies!

So I'm going to back track a little bit and recount status update on my film...

I had just gotten back from an epic 21st Birthday Celebration Galore in Munich, Germany when I finally got a solid response from one of my contacts. I was finally going to make a movie. One problem. She calls me on Monday the 28th telling me that that upcoming weekend may in fact be the only week she will be painting till Spring. Luckily I have no plans so I agree, realizing this may in fact be my only chance to get footage. However, this week was one of the longest weeks we had at the AIB. I was getting up at 7am and not getting home till about 11pm. Incredibly long school days, mixed with a trip to Aachen and Masstricht. On top of that we had an editing project to do for school.

Basically, that entire week I was running around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to prepare for the weekend ahead. Come Friday, the day I leave for Berlin, I'm completely exhausted, unprepared, and unorganized for this trip. Yet, somehow I had unbelievable luck. One of the student workers agreed to come along with me, because she wanted the experience and liked my project. If it wasn't for her, I don't know what I would of done. She was able to keep the project running smoothly.

At any rate we make it to East Berlin where the artist lives. It was pretty sweet being in East Berlin because it just so happened to be the 20th anniversary of the signing of the reunification Germany. The city felt so incredibly alive. I was in awe of the surroundings for everywhere I looked was covered in some form of street art. We finally manage to get to the artists house, a bit behind schedule. The second we walked in the door she asks us "Where's the beer?" So we drop off our stuff go grab a few pints come back and stay up talking, watching movies, and enjoying a few pints.

I managed to grab some solid interviews the next day and some pretty sweet shots of her painting.

The next few shooting days were insanely hectic, however I was able to get some really good footage. Although, I'm not entirely satisfied with what I currently have.

At any rate the last day I went to this really sweet bar and made friends with the bartender as the place was closing. Turns out this guy is a graffiti artist and would be doing a joint piece with his friends the next week our group went there. Also, he may be doing it on a piece of the Berlin wall. I was freaking excited. So all in all hectic, but fairly good week.