Michelle Morte

Tag: hustle

  • LA Cine Fest Semi Finalist Woo!

    LA Cine Fest Semi Finalist Woo!

    Hello all!

    I know it’s been a while since I last posted anything, but I’m excited to announce that Because I Love You (2016) is a Semi Finalist at LA Cine Fest!

    IMG_1333Exciting stuff right!? So I had the privilege to work on this amazing short film a little over a year ago. This project is one of my more meaningful projects because of the message behind the film.

    The film itself is about Audrey (Diana Diaz) who after escaping her abusive ex boyfriend (Derrick Dover) falls into a spiral of depression and paranoia. Her mother (Paula Lauzon) pushes her farther by conveying a message from Derrick asking for another chance. Audrey’s cousin, Charlotte (Stephanie Mills), wants to help her out of this vicious cycle, but only she can help herself when her nightmare comes to visit.

    We will learn if we’re finalist by hopefully the end of next week. So keep an eye out for more announcements regarding this beautiful short film 🙂

  • WTF!? – Nessa Knows (S01E01)

    WTF!? – Nessa Knows (S01E01)

    Hi all,

    Sorry I haven’t been posting lately. If you’ve been keeping up with my via social media, you can see that I’m (currently as I write this post) 13 days away from graduation! Woo! Exciting stuff guys!

    Well during this semester, I’ve been keeping very busy. I produced a pilot on youtube (for a class), coordinated a PSA for the Orange County D.A’s office, producing a short to be filming at the end of July, all while juggling exams, papers and projects. So, yeah – been staying pretty busy.

    Anywho, there is one project that I had wrapped back in the beginning of April that I never got a chance to write about. So I’m going to write about it now.

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    Over the semester, I had the chance of co-showrunning a pilot for YouTube called Nessa Knows. The show itself is about a Vanessa (played by Alexandria Lewis), a senior in high school, who learns that she has a unique gift of reading minds, but her insight becomes both a gift and curse. She soon realizes the world is full of stereotypes, and learns the true nature of the people she interacts with everyday.

    Long story short, this show was fairly difficult to run because, unfortunately we had a difficult personality on the crew that kept holding us back. However, she did pull through with production. Not so much during wrap and post. But what are you going to do? You deal with it, work around it, and move on.

    On the upside, the final product turned out to be pretty good. I’ve attached a link below 🙂 And for our final we’ll be making an indiegogo campaign for the show. So if you like the pilot, you can keep an eye out for that!

    Well, enough of my rambling. On to my next piece of good news! Post to follow shortly after! 🙂

  • Central Coast Getaway

    Central Coast Getaway

    After an intense two months of juggling back to back jobs and school, spring break was more than welcoming. Unfortunately, even with spring break I was still working. Except for this past weekend. This past weekend, I was able to get some much needed R&R. And where did I go? Central coast. And let me tell you it was exactly what I needed. There’s definitely something about small towns and of course the sea breeze.

    I know a good majority of the posts that I put on my blog are usually work related, but the moral of this post is this: I know it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle, but you need to take a break every now and then to recharge. That way you can get back into it without feeling so burnt out.

    Hope you enjoyed the pictures! 🙂

  • Random Act of Caffeinated Kindness

    Random Act of Caffeinated Kindness

    I know this may not look like much. To be honest it just looks like a regular cup of coffee. Nothing special. But that’s to most, most times to me too. But not today. 

    Today a random woman paid for my coffee. She didn’t know who I was. I didn’t know who she was. Hence the term “random” being used as this human’s adjective. 

    Anyways, I had just settled a rather unpleasant matter not even 30 min earlier. Along with the fact that I was tired considering I didn’t gett off work until 5 this morning. So you can see just how tired I really was. Well after I had settled the unpleasantness, I figured that it was about time I needed coffee, since I hadn’t had any yet for the day. So I drive to the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf close to my place and order my coffee. Then I wait until it’s my turn to pull up to the window ready to pay when the cashier said that the lady in front of me paid for my coffee. 

    Needless to say it was a pleasant surprise. And if just goes to show you that even though we live in political climate full of turmoil we shouldn’t ever lose hope. Want to know why? Because random act of kindness like this, shows that there is a glimmer of hope for humanity. 

    Well I just wanted to share a pleasant happening today. And I hope you all have a great day full of positive vibes. 

  • Set Daze

    Set Daze

     

    Just wrapped up another shoot. And as always I loved every minute of it. I know that I work in the Production Office the whole time and pretty much handle paperwork for most of my day during production, but I’m not complaining. To be honest I really love it. I know what you’re thinking. You’re probably thinking, “if you love paperwork so much why don’t you just work a 9-5 like most people?” And my answer is because I will most likely not have the same amount of love for that job, that I have for this. I know that if I did that, I would have hated coming into work. I would have always just dreaded the day until I got off. Yes the hours on set are long, but it doesn’t feel that way. Well not to me at least.

    I also think I’m getting a better handle on being an Office PA too. And I’m hoping that within the next few months I might be able to move up to Production Secretary or APOC (Asst Prod Office Coord) and then eventually become a Line Producer/UPM.

    What I love most about film production jobs is that they’re not all the same. The job’s never the same. There’s always something new to learn. AND I’m not stuck in the same location every time. Maybe that’s what scares a lot of people from not pursuing a career in the arts. Because there’s not stability in it. And most people out there, want the stability you know?

    Well that’s all I have to say. I hope you enjoyed reading this as well as looking at my lovely pictures too. I try to keep it interesting for you, don’t want to let it all just be boring text you know? 😉

    Until the next job, this is Michelle signing off…