Road To Sun Prequel: 2022 Wrap Up, Acceptance Prequel Preview
Yer. What’s up.
I did warn y’all that I was gonna be sporadic with these blog posts right? Yea lol sorry about that. I mean, I believe I’m currently at the point in my film production career that I don’t anyone is currently reading these? Not in a “yall dont fw with me” way but like I’m still starting out so I don’t expect eyes on me rn. Although I do have to acknowledge the progress I’ve made. Which is why I’m back to make this post. Let me catch yall up on what I’ve been up to since my last blog post.
Okay let me go check on when the last post was. brb. *checks date on post* Oh okay its about 3 months. Exactly 3 months actually. How serendipitous. Lets break it down by the month.
October
So 2 days after I made my last blog post, I ended up hammering out the editing and I released the final draft of the Bargain prequel. I got a drone for a week and used it to get some really nice shots. It was fun but nerve wracking I felt like I was it was gonna fall out the sky or hit something. I actually did a couple of times lol. Anyways after that I started working the Depression prequel immediately. I had this idea to play the practice scenes I shot back in 2021 as memories of Icarus’ relationship. I was worried it might be confusing since the character of Icarus is being played by someone else in it, but based off the reactions I’ve received I don’t think anyone cared lol so success! So I wanted to replay the memories in a symbolic way. I had just incorporated the crescent moon in my last episode, and I had ordered a new higher quality star projector so it was only right I put that in this part. The projector came with a basically full moon so it was perfect. I was inspired by the Euphoria Jules Special when she had her memories of her past experiences. It turned out really well. Pretty much spent the whole month working on that. Finished it and had that out the first week of November.
November
So as previously stated, I got the Depression Prequel out. I got really positive reviews on that. I was worried that the video would be too noisy, but when I go back and rewatch it, the quality lowkey gets better. After putting that out I got interviewed on a podcast! S/O to B Drake from Everythang Culture. The interview went really well. I was surprised at how personal the questions were. Easily the most personal I’ve been on a social platform. It was fun though I can’t wait to be back. For this last part of the Prequel… I definitely started slackin ngl. I think I have some psychological block that prevents me from finishing things. I didn’t finish the draft until yesterday.
December
So as I said, I was stalling. I had a solid idea for how I wanted to do this ending, but it just never felt like the right time. And then I ended up remodeling my entire apartment, and it kinda made sense? Like once added all my plants, started my garden, etc. I felt like this would be a great way to show the character of Depression taking over the psyche of Icarus and molding it to his image. So after I finished decorating I was ready to film…sorta. Life was lifing and I had alot of things I needed to take care of outside of the film. By the time I could film, I had to get ready to go home and visit family and friends. I tried working on it while getting ready and I managed to get about 80% of the intended shots. I ended up getting some extra shots back home that actually did a better job to close the film out. Ultimately though, I wasn’t able to drop the film before the end of the year and that really upset me. I was openly weeping on my flight back to Seattle because I was really disappointed in myself. However, I did say I was gonna drop something so I’ll drop the draft I have so far. As usual anything is subject to change. Now that my self imposed restriction didn’t get met and I’ve suffered the Nen drawbacks lol idk when I’ll drop the final draft tbh. I might expand on it so it could take maybe like 2 more weeks to shoot it and edit it? At bare minimum I gotta fix the terrible dubbing lmao. Well since I lost my car keys at the airport I’m gonna be stuck in the crib for awhile anyway. I’ll try to be more consistent on here but as always, no promises.
