Aaaack. So, our movie is on youtube now. The one we made last year, where three of our actors were involved in a crash with a semi. So now, everyone can see my bad acting/fighting skillz. And our queen, who supposedly is Japanese, hence the sama, but speaks with... an English accent? o_O Excuse me whilst I cry.

hokay, so that journal has been sitting there long enough. >.< Ashley is out of the hospital and doing quite a bit better, from what I've heard. Last I saw her she was still in a wheelchair though.
And we finished the movie. It's wonderful. Or at least, I think it is. Our first movie with a budget (a small one, but it was there), and our first serious film. All our other movies have been... comedy. >.<
So yeah.
Also, I almost have a job! There's a new PetSmart opening here, and I may get to be a groomer. I'd get to go train for it somewhere--paid training, and no motel/hotel charge. They pay that as well. ^_^ YAY!!!

Well, for the few people who may be interested, we didn't finish our movie. Our story from the beginning:
We've been participating in the 48-hour movie contest for the local community TV for several years now. The rules for the contest:
You will be given a line and a prop that must be used sometime in your film.
You must begin filming and finish editing between 7:00PM Friday and 7:00PM Sunday.
Your film should be between 1-10 minutes in length.
Pretty simple, huh? They inform you about a month ahead as to what the theme will be (this year was "Fables, Folklore and fairytales") and you can start planning then. You can make your costumes, plan storyline, do script. All the pre-production stuff is fine. It's just the filming and editing that you're not supposed to start before Friday night.
Anyway, they gave us the awesome theme, and my friend, the director, started a facebook group message so we could get started. I came up with the idea of doing Okami's version of the tongue-cut sparrow. In other words, not the tongue-cut sparrow at all. The story is easy enought to find online, if anyone's interested. the Okami version is basically that the daughter of the owner of the sparrow inn has gone missing. Then, as Amaterasu, you have to go find her. It turns out that there's an evil old couple living nearby, and when you go to their house at night, you have to drag them into the monlight, and you find out that they're demons. You battle, save the daughter, and bring her back. We were doing something similar to that (though we were going to cut out the tongue--have that all planned out nicely).
So, Friday evening, we went and got our camera and the line and prop. Line: stick. Prop: a stock. (Amy (our director) asked the guys at CTV to give us something that would be easier to work in, seeing as there would likely be a good amount of pieces that are supposed to take place on very much NOT modern times. Last year, we had a couple comic books as our prop and "save Access" as the line--two things that would very much NOT fit in during fairytale times.)
We did some practicing Friday evening and then went our separate ways and went to bed. I stayed up for a few more hours to finish up costumes. Saturday morning rolled around--three hours later, that is. I got up, worked on costumes a bit longer, then took off for our meeting spot. We had breakfast at about 5, and started getting ready for filming--aka getting costumes on, doing hair, makeup... That stuff. Unfortunately, we did not make it in time for a sunrise battle, which we needed, so we decided that that scene would be shot on Sunday morning instead. So we prepared for the next scene to be done.
We got a bunch of filming done. There were just a couple of major scenes that needed to be filmed--either the next morning, or Saturday night. We planned to all go out for pizza that evening, and then the daytrippers could go home since they weren't needed anymore, and then we could film our traveler coming upon the old man and woman's campsite. So, we all headed out to Pizza del Re. I was in the lead with our cars, because I'm a native (sort of) to this city. Then came the daytrippers from Madison. And last was Ashley, with a couple passengers--also an EC native.
My car, and the Madison people arrived at Del Re, when my friend Katie received a call from Amy's step-father. Ashley's car had been hit by a semi. Sara and Tyler-her passengers, were mostly fine. Bruises and cuts, and quite shaken, but they could talk and stand. As for Ashley, they had the jaws of life out there, and they took about an hour and a half to get her out of her car. And that was Saturday night.
Obviously, we couldn't continue with the project (though we do hope to finish it within the next year).
Ashley was in critical condition, though stable for that first night. We found out Sunday that she had suffered no broken bones and no brain damage. Ashley is a 4'10" girl. She's an absolute pipsqueak. And she's alive. They have her sedated--she did have a major concussion-and they don't know if she'll have any memory loss or if she'll have trouble speaking, but looking at the car afterwards, and the fact that it was a semi and she's just SOOO small, she shouldn't be alive.
I'm so grateful.


Edit: I've left something. Amy and I edited the first couple minutes of the movie as something of a teaser for when we finish it. They will be showing it at the screening. For anyone interested (since I can't think of anyone living close enough to come by on the 28th), Amy uploaded it to youtube, here: [link]
Uh, I'm not technically supposed to spread it around--it's mostly there for those of us working on it to judge/critique, but seeing as, like I said, no one lives close enough to want to come, I figure I can share it with my few buddies here. If you wish to make a comment on it, please comment on my journal or my profile. Not on the youtube video. Also, please watch the high-quality version. Compresion takes out a bunch of the color and quality, don't let it be even worse.
Love and hugs, and again grateful (though now my dad's been taken to the hospital, what's wrong with the world, seriously?).
~Kat
(and don't laugh at my REALLY BAD last line. I feel so lame using that sort of voice. I am SO not an actress...)

To prove that I'm not quite dead yet, I uploaded some shtuff into my scraps. They're not particularly great or anything, but I like them enough. My friends and I are entering a 48-hour film contest at the local CTV, and I was put on costume design. So I've been brainstorming my little heart out. I have to come up with things that will be simple enough to make, but still look... good? Nice? Meh. Either way, that's what I've been up to for the last few weeks. I also get to do work on fight choreography. Haha, I love making movies!

Oh, my stupid computer went and did it again. It deleted ALL of my firefox bookmarks. I'm gong to seethe a bit now. Screaming can wait for tomorrow morning when the family is gone and not asleep.
On another note, I'm 21 in an hour and a half! Now, when my mom offers me wine, it'll be legal! XD

Edit: Yay, I was actually able to restore them this time! Last time I couldn't. T-T