Reel Story

For an assignment...we had to make a 10-minute short film that's supposed to serve as a PSA to young people - teenagers.

We decided on a modern day Cinderella retelling - where Cinderella does not get help from fairygodmother by being 'rescued' but more like she rescues herself by building on her self-esteem and asking the prince for a dance instead.
Pretty cool eh? All thanks to my friend Sharmaine who came up with this ingenious idea.

So I volunteered to be the Stepsister. I got the ugly part naturally so I just have to work on the 'mean' part.

This video ain't about my D-grade acting, but more on the new-found enlightenment I got from these 'acting'.

Lemme give you a brief run-through of what transpired.

a) the amount of retakes
b) the amount of "improvs"
c) coming up with an intelligible dialogue
d) costuming. [this was appalling since we're all broke ass students and we managed with whatever budget we had].
e) cooperation from the group members was a HUGE issue.
f) getting 'outside' talent i.e. cameo appearences [all potentials were so busy]

The thing is, have we watched a movie and decided it was so badly done and give suggestion how to improve it and etc?

Well niggaz shut your pie hole. You do not have a fucking clue what the amount of time and effort the actors put in to produce a scene. It's so bloody tiring and did I mention about the high amount of effort? Oh my god never will I again condemn a movie - however badly it is produced.

I felt parched for just a 10-minute film. Just imagine the amount of effort for an hour or a 2-hour movie.

Just imagine 3-hour Indian movies.

Yes Dean. I feel you too.