Some rather interesting developments.

I was surprised and caught off guard when the school suddenly decided to change the shortlist and allow me to shoot a story that wasnt originally selected because "none of the stories fit your style or is able to showcase your ability".

So the story I got was a pretty ethereal one which I worked on over the past few days to craft out a plot and some characterization. So basically it's about a struggling photographer (struggling because he cant find work) who starts getting obsessed over a girl who appears in the background of one of his pictures.

Its a rather melancholic piece which I feel will be an interesting challenge for me. And so far I'm glad that the people that I approached to work for me all said yes, this is a stark contrast to what happened last year where nobody wanted to join m because fuckface was the producer. I'm slightly more confident this year.

Yesterday I found out that of the 10 films that were submitted by the school to the SIFF, 9 got selected, the only one that did not even get into the out-of-competition screening and was snubbed altogether was mine. So when I looked through the programme schedule, I saw a list of films, some good, some looked so-so, and then my film was nowhere there.

Its not even my film. I was just forced to direct it, and NOTHING. Such a waste of my level 2, such a huge slap to my face, what a year of failed objectives.