Content Creation

I've spent a lot of years thinking and pontificating about all the things I want to share with the world, and before taking the risk of overthinking everything, I decided I'm ready to share. I realized that despite my hangups about sharing lots of video, it's easier to share with video than to update my blog. So I'm back on YouTube! 

As of right now, you'll find three kinds of videos on my channel: youtube.com/shethewriter

• Vlogs on my personal journey as a filmmaker and thoughts I want to share
• Writing tips and recommendations for storytellers
• Flip-throughs and walk throughs of my art journals and notes (I know this is quite popular 😉)

Best of all, there are new videos out every weekday! So by subscribing you can be totally up to date on book and film releases, and you can learn from my mistakes along the way.

Over the years I've been absolved of so much time and energy by learning from other artists and entrepreneurs. I hope that I can inspire and inform (and hopefully entertain) in the way that so many other artists have done for me. ❤️ 

If you have anecdotes to share or questions about filmmaking, please feel free to leave them in the comments. I often have time to read and answer all of them. 

Shonda Rhimes and her conception of MetaFiction

When asked about VR, Shonda Rhimes describes the possibility of intimate engagement with a character. Totally fits the vision of metafiction. Great to watch. 

Wrapping Up Production

We wrapped up shooting this past Sunday. Some of it was a tight fit, and I’m a little nervous about the edit, but deadlines demand that we move on from production.

We spent the last day shooting outside, braving the freezing wind with periodic sprints to the car for lens changes and nutrigrain bars. Just five of us total that day to ensure that we could fit in the vehicle and move about easily. It was the least structured, least planned aspect of the script; which throws me in hot water but actually placed my DP where she felt most comfortable: making intuitive decisions in the moment. She definitely came through in that respect and I was counting on it.

The day before I walked the talent and AD through my annotations for the climactic scene, and not for the first time. We shot it last, and my exhaustion was both evident and necessary. The drive in the camera was being a fool and we did lose a couple of takes, but that’s the only loss of assets we experienced for our very first feature length film, and to be honest, I consider that I victory. I’m tremendously lucky to have worked on this project but it’s too early to celebrate. I have two and a half months to complete an edit, build a press kit and screen it. I’m optimistic that I was able to get this far, and I genuinely believe that anything is possible if it’s destined to happen.

I’m hosting a workshop on characterization this afternoon, and I’m up to my eyes in schoolwork. I couldn’t be more grateful for all the help that’s been offered to me in regards to this project, and to those who are invested in following my progress all along.

Peace,

Ayah

#DeltaPhiFilm