Here it is. Finally, my first film. I feel good about it. It’s still amateurish, rough and lots of improvements can be made for sure. But for what it is, this is, and will forever be, my first short film:

http://vimeo.com/17910632

I’m taking a class this semester called Script to Screen with Rona Mark. Through a series of exercises, we’ve been learning the basics of handling a camera, writing a script and making a complete film. Our exercises are short two-minute pieces centered around the late Columbia film professor Stefan Sharff’s book on filmmaking.

In the past few months I’ve discovered just how hard it is to translate something from a perfect idea into a medium that is at once, limiting and freeing. Its like learning to speak all over again.

Three (not-so-very-good) shorts:

Number 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxyv7zXv8EQ

Number 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgz1IBgAPYw

Number 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGa2RWBS2Sg