Still

A few monthes ago, my beautiful and wonderful friend Ginny made a short film, "Await," and asked me to act in it!  I was going over my resume today, updating, cleaning, etc, and watched it again.  Okay, so maybe I watched a few pieces I've been in, but don't judge me.  I'm so incredibly pleased with how this one turned out, and hope to work with her on another sometime soon!  Matter of fact, I bugged her about it about an hour ago, and that's what inspired me to write this post.

It was her first project like this, and I think her eye is great... and not just because I'm in the film.  I mean, I appreciate the fact that I am, but, hey.  That'd be pretty selfish and egotistical.  It's also not because she was my roommate my freshman year of college, and is a good friend.  It's artsy.  I like artsy when it has a point, and I enjoy what this film says.

Anyways, here are a few stills from the project, because, it's similar to how I'm feeling today.  Not in a bad way- the girl in the film looks a little bit sad, and I'm not sad.  I'm just a bit calm, and not preparing for much.  Due to the semester ending, I don't have work this morning, and due to my neck continuing to be a bit of a pain, the workouts planned to take up most of the day will not be happening in as much force.   I had pulled my neck almost two weeks ago, and went back to martial arts last night.  It was fine while I was working out, but, perhaps, doing jiu jitsu wasn't the strongest choice.  Getting choked out umpteen times within the span of an hour does tend to aggravate the neck.  Just a little bit.  As I said- maybe not my best choice ever.

There are places that I have to be later this afternoon, but this morning is about relaxing, recuperating, doing some yoga, sipping some coffee, and editing some photographs. 

You can watch the full film here.

Filmed in Ginny's apartment, and at Saint John the Devine.

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Film by Ginny Kozemczak

Await

So, here is what I worked on yesterday!  Fastest post-production ever.  

I'm pretty excited about how this turned out.... some nice, simple fun super-artsiness.

Directed by: Ginny Kozemczek Dixon

Actor: Me

Location: St. John the Divine Cathedral and an apartment in the Upper West Side

Inspiration Fridays: Elizabeth Taylor

ELIZABETH TAYLOR. 

 I'll let her own words speak for her.

"I feel very adventurous. 

There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them".

"I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. 

You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it".

"I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions".

"The problem with people who have no vices 

is that generally you can be pretty sure 

they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues".

"It is strange that the years teach us patience; 

that the shorter our time, 

the greater our capacity for waiting".

"If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, 

I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down".

"When people say, 'She's got everything', 

I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow"

~ Elizabeth Taylor

Pop Art My World

I got this new camera... it's called a Pop Cam.  It's film, and it takes four shots in rapid fire, through four different colour gels, on the same film.  This past weekend, I took it for a spin around through Prospect Park, and over the Manhattan Bridge.  These are completely unedited.

And... here's the gratuitous extremely awkward self-shot :)

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

On Film

A digital shot taken of my darling film camera, given to me by my wonderful friend Kacie.  It was sitting in my room, on my side table, on top of a scarf I have, that I bought in Paris about three years ago.  The scarf is covered in different Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec lithographs, so it's mosty shades, of green, mustard yellow, peacock blue, and red.  I loved how this offset the camera.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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