Another day at the festival for good ol’ Alex J! Today’s shift was a “Mixer” which is Hollywood for “Killer Party at a Swanky Museum”. DJ, drinky-drinks, people trying to bargain with us to get in and yelling that their name was on THE list (when in reality, we were told to let anyone in, regardless of whether or not they had tickets/there was no list to begin with)… I did many more things than I normally do! I fetched shirts for the bartenders because they were too hot in their jackets, I fetched water bottles because the other volunteers were getting thirsty, and I was a sexual object to the evening’s theatre manager!
I’m partially kidding about the last one, but she was a little overly flirtatious. I was her shadow for the evening, following her to and fro and doing her bidding, fetching her boxes and standing by as she showered me with hand-squeeze after back rub after coy smile.
Only one way to get to the top of this town!
In simultaneously interesting news, I met a few fellow filmees, one from the University of Michigan who is interning in LA over the summer and doing way more things than I would ever think to do, which is inspiring and intimidating. I actually gave him my card (time to refill the wallet!) and he gave me his reel (impressive gesture), which I will watch at some point and probably be made jealous. We shared some similar thoughts about filmmaking, Los Angeles, and agreed to meet up and film something this summer. Then he found a guy who knew a lot more about French and German film, so I was left the object of affection of the theatre manager while he talked shop…
Then I saw my first screening of the festival, the Shorts Program 2! There are five in all, and I have goals to catch three of them. I was very impressed! Most of them were good, the animations were superb, and a select few of the live-actions were nearly perfect. The one from Tisch/NYU was by far the worst, so that’s comforting (in a pretty sadistic way).
After spending much of today at work narrowing down to the 13 or so festivals I’d like to submit Sole Mates to, it was interesting to see what is being made in the world of short films today, to see what goes on in people’s heads in terms of shorter form ideas. It was almost reassuring to see that my film could have had a spot in the line-up. Though not as professionally made, the story makes sense… though in this backwards town, sometimes vagueries mean more than fulfilling stories.
Anyway, that’s enough for tonight. School tomorrow and another volunteer shift to attend to! Summer’s over!
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