I think I did pretty well on my secondary goal over the holidays - to "follow through on commitments made". There was one very serious shortcoming though, and that was that I did not follow up on my last point (to work on my doco) at all. Not one minute of research.
The problem is that I have a bad habit of taking on additional commitments before I have followed through on my original ones. In this case, I decided to work as a 1st AD on an independent art-house feature. The feature has almost not budget, almost no consistency in the crew, is not yet fully cast, and the director is also her own producer/production manager, location manager and art director, and has only brought me on two weeks before the first shoot date. Adding to that the fact that I have never been a 1st AD before, and neither has the other girl I am job-sharing with, it is clearly a very big commitment, that in some ways I regret taking on. It is a really interesting and challenging experience, but I am running a serious risk of making my other work substandard, which is a pretty serious concern for me. I think my TVC work is safe - and therefore I won't be letting others down - but I do not want to waste the opportunity I have with the documentary project, as documentary is something I really enjoy making and watching and I think it holds great opportunities for us as filmmakers and human beings.
With that in mind, my secondary goal for this week is not from the list on Blackboard; it is to "focus on the most important task at hand, even though it may not be crying out as the most urgent". I really need to get my priorities straight!!! I have to pitch on Monday... Help!
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Rose Damon. I didn't see your pitch so can't comment on that (even though i heard in class that it was possibly the best energy and speaking wise, even if there wasn't time for feedback). I have huge admiration for your commitment and abilities and your improvement in time management, but next time i see you working on a power point during the presentation before yours............you are very intelligent and articulate and will do yourself and your stress levels a huge amount of good if you take a chip away approach at things - giving Alice in Wonderland type advice here "I always give myself very good advice, I just seldom ever take it". I need to work on the same thing and more. Maybe we need to re-institute weekly tea sessions?
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CHRISTOPHER DAVID JAMES STRATTON.
Chris! Hooray for commenting! Thank you! Yes indeed my time management continues to be a problem. I can't believe how long that pitch took to prepare! I skipped two classes to work on it, and still had to work on it while others were pitching, as you saw. Shame!
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