A Grateful mind.

Week 4 of 11

People tell you how stressful this class is. They tell you that it's hard, you have to be organized and that you're not going to sleep. But you never fully believe those people only because they did it. They made it through the blood sweat and tears of that class. So in the back of your mind a small little voice telling you "this will be easy, you'll be fine". Then that day comes you have to walk into that school down that hallway and enter that classroom ready to be put down, questioned, and asked to prove it.

You are can never really be mentally prepare for this class no matter how much you plan and get organized. All those students before me had one thing in common that helped them stay alive in that class. Do you know what that is? It's friends' they are the ones that are there for you. They take the stress off  your shoulders and try to help in any way they can. Without them making a short film in 11 weeks would be impossible. So I would like to say thank you. I'm thankful for everyone's help and I don't even want to picture this quarter without them! I am forever Grateful!

Auditions!

Week 3 of 11

Calling all Actors, Calling all Actors! Well we are moving along smoothly with the Pre-production phase. We are holding Auditions this Friday Jan. 25th. Excitement is definitely in the air! We are nearly ready. The crew is pretty much good to go just need a few extra hands on set, and of course we need our Actors. Hopefully we can cast the right people for each character this Friday. Casting is a very nerve-racking experience. It's like going to an adoptions day and trying to find the pet that's right for you, and some times you just have to wait for that pet to come to you. Hopefully all the right actors come to us on Friday. Fingers crossed!!

Love Story 2013

hello my friends, this is the Directors blog for the original short Love Story 2013.

This is where we'll be reviling all the details of the stressful but exciting film process for the next 11 weeks. So stay tuned in for all the raw emotions that we'll want to blog about!

About Me

My name is Chander Mohan. I love to read Final cut, and a lot of camera books and  I am a video production student at The Art Institute of California. I graduated in June from Lincoln high School. I am 19 years old, and I live in Lincoln California. I was born in India and I moved here two years ago. English is my second language. I took a video class in high school and I decided to go into in video as a career. I like to play cricket and make i like video tapes. I like to shoot video for games in high school such as soccer and volleyball. I want to be a cinematographer when I graduate from the Art Institute. I enrolled the video production program because that is the only program I have experience in.. When I was 7 years old, I played with the cameras because at that time I did not know that they were not toys. In India, I grew up with the cameras. My dad worked in video production and owned a shop in India. I would learned that every time you learn something new, you get better.

 In 2008 my family came to the U.S.A. I felt that I was not interested in video production anymore. My dad no longer made videos, and I could not find the kind atmosphere in which I grew up. In that year my Lincoln high school counselor called me and give me the list of class for my next year. In that list I found a 49er ROP video production class, so my counselor enrolled me in that class.

By 2009 I was back on track and I ready o learn new ideas. In that class I learned about Final Cut Pro and shooting live events like “Every 15 Min”, basket ball games, News for school and soccer games. After I graduated, I wanted to be a cinematographer. In one year of my 49erROP class, my teacher taught me new stuff . I really liked that class and it encouraged me to learn more about video production.

So these are the reasons why I to want learn more about video production. I also want to get a good job after I complete this video production course so I can help my family. I really want work with other people because I want to learn something new from them. I think Art institute will help me in video production.