Big City, Big Dreams: Archive

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We're so close to halfway! Please please if you... →

Feb 24th

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More updates

First, internships. I emailed that Australian company about that possibility. I was told they’d get back to me soon. Still nothing from NYU. Second webseries. My mom’s friends and you all are really pulling through for us, we’re up to 39% with 19 days left to go! Thanks again, we really couldn’t do this without you. Considering contacting Kickstarter about getting...

Feb 18th

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Shamelessly overpromoting CAPS, but we're at 36%... →

CAPS is the story of an underfunded and unloved children’s department of a public library, and the four employees who keep the department running. It is a fast-paced satire that deals with library budgets, censorship, and the employee’s quirky interpersonal conflicts. We can’t afford to rent equipment to shoot it if we don’t get your help! Please please if you can...

Feb 18th

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34% Funded. Thank you so much to everyone who's... →

Feb 17th

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General update.

I had my follow up interview at NYU-TV a week ago. They said they’d get back to me when they worked out who was working where, but I’ve yet to hear from them. Also trying to work out my summer internship schedule, but the Tisch internship coordinator has yet to email me back either. Thinking of going to visit him next week, because I really need to get that figured out. The Australian...

Feb 17th

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Our project is almost 30% funded! →

Support youth female filmmakers and donate to CAPS, the webseries!

Feb 16th

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Adventures in Funding our Webseries: Day One

My dear friend Erin and I are making a webseries. We’re not allowed to use school equipment, so we need funding to rent from an exterior place. Today, we set up a Kickstarter for it. 5 Backers $145 Dollars out of $1430 29 Days left Not bad! Two of the backers are actually members of my family, but it still counts. Thanks to everyone who donated to us today! If you would like to help,...

Feb 8th

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Help kickstart CAPS: The Webseries! →

erinrose-obrien: Reasons why you should kickstart CAPS: The Webseries (my webseries): We r 2 kewl gurlz wh0 g0 2 nyu. ^ It was written by one “kewl gurl” who is a female comedy writer, and the series is directed by another “kewl gurl.” Don’t you want to support women in the male-dominated field of television? It’s funny! Everybody needs to laugh sometimes! Even Newt Gingrich! If you don’t...

Feb 7th

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Feb 3rd

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Last but not least, I went to Gravid Water...

I wasn’t sure who would be performing. Scott Adsit wasn’t going to be there because he was just in LA for the SAG awards. I’m not entirely familiar with everyone from the comedy world, so Erin was more excited than I as two people she deeply admires were there. But then we got there and found out Peter Gwinn of The Colbert Report is actually a GW regular who’s just been on...

Jan 31st

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Internship update

Talked to the Tisch internship coordinator again. He thinks he might be able to get me a summer job at The Onion. He’s currently taking a look at my resume. This will also have a follow up sometime soon.

Jan 31st

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Adventures in Job Hunting

I applied for a job at the NYU-TV station, and I went in for an interview last week. It was exciting! I’m a lifeguard right now, which is frustratingly unrelated to my passions. I think I interviewed well, at least I hope I did. The most exciting part was being told that I’m the first underclassman to even be considered for a producer position. I’m incredibly proud of that. ...

Jan 31st

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Went to a taping of Flop House.

It’s a podcast run by two Daily Show writers (Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy) and one gentleman I was not familiar with. Flop House is about bad movies. This particular episode was about 12 Rounds, a “thriller” type movie where the cops had to stop a guy who… I’m not really sure, actually. He wanted to steal a bunch of money but was hiding it under a cover of a different...

Jan 22nd

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What Stephen Colbert is doing is brilliant.

He’s pointing out nearly every flaw in the American electoral system through his use of his (now Jon Stewart’s) SuperPAC and now his attempted Presidential run. This whole use of Herman Cain being on the ballot as a vessel to gauge interest is absolutely genius. He is my favorite person on television, followed very closely by Stewart. His satire is fantastically well thought out, and...

Jan 17th

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Jan 13th

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List of Awards

The Ring won an Award of Excellence at the Northwest High School Film Festival in Comedy (2009) out of a group of 275 entries from 21 schools, judged by 23 industry professionals.. NHSFF is the largest and longest running festival for high school filmmakers in the Puget Sound area. Without Our Cars won an Honorable Mention at the Northwest High School Film Festival (2010) and an...

Jan 12th

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Currently sending a couple of projects in to...

NFFTY is the largest youth film festival in the world, and it was founded by an alum from my high school. It’s a really great environment. I won an audience award there last year, so I’m really looking forward to this year.

Jan 12th

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Work and concerns

I’m currently applying for my second job, at NYU-TV, as a producer/camera operator/editor. That’s the perfect job for me, so I’m really excited, but I’m a little worried that I’m putting too much on my plate. If I get this job, it’ll probably be my weekend job, and I’ll still be lifeguarding during the week between classes. With that, being co-director on...

Jan 5th

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Summer internship idea?

My family friend’s brother works for an animation company in Australia that hires 30 or so interns. I’m going to be forwarded the information soon and it’s an idea for a summer job. My two problems are 1. I can’t jumpstart classes for Sophomore year, and therefore will have to postpone study-abroad and 2. That might get expensive unless I find a paid position as well. But...

Dec 25th

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Dec 6th

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Don't Be Afraid: An Evening with Stephen Colbert →

I had the immense privilege of getting some life advice from Stephen Colbert last night. This is my write up of it for a blog called Fake News Junkies that I do some field reporting for. I hope you enjoy it!

Dec 3rd

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This is my Vimeo. You can see all my high school... →

Nov 23rd

The Deranged Millionaire Mingles with Mortals →

Nov 15th

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Nov 15th

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Today I met Wyatt Cenac.

I went to his event, Shouting at the Screen, at the ReRun theater. It’s a cozy little place with what appeared to be car seats as theater chairs, and we screened Cleopatra Jones. Wyatt and his friend provided commentary on it. It was pretty fantastic. Afterwords, I hovered around for a bit and then went up to him and said that I admired his work on The Daily Show. He thanked me and asked my...

Nov 11th

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Today I attended the IAVA 5th Annual Heroes Gala. Sort of. I wasn’t very important press, so I was only invited to the reception. Unfortunately, Stephen Colbert was rather late, so this was the only interaction I had with him.

Nov 10th

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I talked to the internship coordinator for Film &...

I think it went fairly well. He told me that he’ll help me with my resume if I come back soon, and in the spring he can get me emails for people on Colbert, Stewart, Fallon, Anderson, and anything else I may want to look into. I’m slightly worried about my lack of TV experience, but I’m hoping I can find some way of patching that hole with his help. Plus, Colbert and Stewart...

Nov 2nd

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An actor finds inspiration in an unlikely person.

Oct 27th

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Ruby is a very good liar, but when she moves to a new city and tells tales of her haunted house, they become a little too real.

Oct 27th

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Discussing the possibility of interning at The...

One of the professors at my school suggested it. I was going to go with The Daily Show, as that’s where I hope to end up, but I figured it would be a smarter move to wait until senior year for that, because then they could hire me right out of college. (*crosses fingers*) Anyways, point being, I was talking to her about how I was sad that I couldn’t intern yet, and she said they might...

Oct 26th

The marriage of acting and improvisation: Gravid...

erinrose-obrien: Obviously I’m not a UCB show review blog, but as a student of comedy, I feel it’s my duty to tell my blog when I see cool comedy things. Essentially Gravid Water is the marriage of acting and improvisation. I came for the improv, I fell in love with the acting. The actors have a scene memorized, and the improvisers fill in the blanks where the second character in the scene...

Oct 26th

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Oct 17th

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In The Dark: A young photographer gets involved with forces she doesn’t understand when she takes pictures of a stranger on a bench.

Oct 17th

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English Pocket Mirror is a music video for a song by Us on Roofs. The music is used with permission from the band.

Oct 17th

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Saving the Birds is a PSA for the Bureau of Land Management.

Oct 17th

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Without Our Cars is a documentary about bike culture and alternative energy in Seattle, WA It won an Honorable Mention at the Northwest High School Film Festival 2010 and an audience award at NFFTY 2011. It was also a nominee for the National Student Television Award for Excellence (NW Region) in Public Affairs.

Oct 17th

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Welcome to my blog!

What you can expect: Class projects Musings about my future News on my adventures around New York City Amongst other things.

Oct 17th

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Oct 17th