Creating this documentary...

is definitely gonna be a challenge. I have been getting good footage and interviews but the hardest part is trying to see the final picture in my head to see what I'm missing and what I still need to get. I did, however, find some home videos that would be great to go along with the piece. People often times don't see how hard something is unless they see how it was in the past. How much a disease like Lupus changes a person and how someone can go from living an active, productive life to living caged in a room with little to no energy. How do I present that though? What am I missing? What is the resolution? How do I make people care? So many questions, so little time...

Recent Film-scapades

Been working on a documentary about my mom and her Lupus. It's pretty difficult because with all things in life, documentaries can't be controlled. All you can really do is just try to get some good, emotional, interesting footage that will make people want to watch. Many things have changed since I started. I almost thought that I wouldn't be able to finish it at one point. But luckily I have a very supportive group of faculty and administrators here at the school who want to help me out and get me the hell out of here. The documentary has changed but there is a lot more good about it. Some stories don't have an amazing happy ending. Sometimes you can't control a story about life even if you were so set on it. But happy endings and well-being I guess are boring in life. The struggle and learning to live life no matter what is the true inspiration of humanity. That is what my documentary is about now...