6 Days left of my Internship!

So I have 6 more days of my internship and I am not ready for it to end. Everyday I wake up excited to go! From the people to the daily lessons, I am having a wonderful summer. Today since we were on Stage and there wasn't to much for me to help out with, I asked questions. The answers I got would surprise you. I went to different departments and spoke with people I usually don't talk to. I found out a lot about the crew and I haven't even asked everyone on my list.

Some people were born into the "biz" and others had a passion that could not be deterred. Some have dreams of being directors while others would love to own their own restaurant. The one thing they all had in common was that they love the challenge of change. From being on set for the past eight weeks not one day has been the same. There is always something different happening. Everyday comes with challenges. It can be as small as who does a pair of socks belong to and as big as someone needing to be escorted off set.

Today I learned a very big lesson, one I sort of hoped I would never have to. Today something horrible happened. I feel that the details are to personal to share but the lesson is not. When something really bad happens one of the most important things to do is to let everyone know together. So everyone involved is on the same page. It may not always be easy but this is life and things happen.

My life is not going exactly as planned, it is going better. I have a Mom that loves me, an internship I love,  and I go to NYU!! I have friends that care about me and I am going abroad in 10 days. Today I remembered to never take anything for granted. If I want to get to know someone I am not going to wait. I am going to live life!

I will write soon,

Alana

Forever and a year.

It has been to long since I have last written.  Almost a year and a half has passed since my last entry. 

In that time I have…

• Worked on a film in the Tribeca Film Fest!
• Finished my sophmore year of NYU
• Wrote my thesis film
• Took Sight and Sound Film with Rick
• Had my first kiss
• Worked at the PPC
• Baked a lot of cupcakes
• I am working on a real TV show as an intern!!!
• Also I am studying abroad next semester at Prague!

So a lot has happen and I will try to do a better job of keeping this more up to date!

CAMPING at NYU??

Fire Tower

 I know that it sounds odd but believe it or not I went camping!!! NYU housing had a freshman camping trip which took five people from each freshman dorm. It was a blast! We left Saturday morning from third north and got to Beaver Pond in about an hour and a half. The first day we set up our tents and then went on a three mile hike to a fire tower. It was worth the hike the view was awesome. Later that day I played some football on the sand near beaver pond! I actually caught the ball at one point, I also was tackled but I never let go of the ball (it was touch football)! In the end our team won! For dinner we had some pasta with some of the Ra's grandmas secret sauce (Prego) . Later that night we told scary stories over the camp fire while eating smores! Also I tried a new creation it was a smore but instead of chocolate we put Reese's peanut butter cups so good!!! In all my girl scout days I had never tried that. It was a little hard to fall asleep because it was so cold but in the end I had a great time. It was nice to get out of the city and look up and see the stars! I got to see the big dipper and many more! We got back to the city away from all the green on Sunday afternoon. It was a great experience going outdoors and meeting new people!

On the Hike

End of day one

The woods!!

Where we laid our heads!

bugs!

Fridays in New York!

So last friday was Fashion Night Out. It is an event put on by Vogue magazine. Before we looked in to all the shops that were participating. A group of friends and I went to the Whopper Bar. Which is basically burger king. The only big difference is the have a pizza Whopper! I didn't get one my my friends tried it out!

First reaction

Before 

After 

They seemed to enjoy it! I tried a piece it wasn't that bad, it was just kind of odd!

After we went to the Whopper Bar we walked around time square. There is a large American Eagle Outfitters that has a huge screen that shows pictures. We decide to go in and get our picture taken. I got a scarf that was 20% off because of fashion night out! It only took about 5 minutes for our picture to come up on the big screen. 

All of us on the big screen!!

Fashion night outfits!

PRADA FASHION NIGHT OUT

There were so many people there!

Second week of school!

Okay so my second week of school has finally started! I had my Monday classes for the first time! 

8:00-9:15 am Writing the Essay

11:00- 1:30 Three moments in Witchcraft (Tisch honors course)

4:55-6:00 pm Storytelling strategies resataction

It has been so much fun getting to know everyone here. Today was Chrissy's birthday so we celebrated by eating out at Ben's pizza.  Let me see what I did in the past week.

So While Chrissy and I were taking a walk we spent a total of sixteen dollars but so worth it! We each got a ben & Jerry's Ice cream and 2 DVD's for ten dollars! Her movies are the ones on the left mine are on the right.

 

There is always so much going on here! my second week of school has come to a close but I have already experienced so much! I got a work study job! I love the people that I work with.    

This is the aftermath of a man who tossed his cat out the window, The cat lived.

This was a trip to little Italy!

On our way back We went in to PRADA it was crazy!

This was the elevator!

RED WHITE AND GREEN EVERYWHERE 

The people you see on a Thursday afternoon

Pictures!!

So here are a bunch of pictures from my past week at NYU!                 

                              

Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge

This is from The New School block party that my roommate and I attended! If you find free stuff, do it! We also tried some coconut water it wasn't so good, but it was free!

Control Room at Good Morning America

I visited Good Morning America with NYU!

This is the Guy from Cash cab!!

TV Camera!!

Week ONE!

So Today draws an end to my first week at NYU!

I can't believe that just 7 days ago I was moving in to what I now call home!
This week has been a world wind of excitement! I met my wonderful roommate!!! She is more then I could of asked for! We are in a quad so we share are dorm with 2 other girls! Our dorm is very homey we have a lot of reminders of home. I am from California so this is a bit of a change for me. I can't believe I won't have to drive a car for the next four years!!

 I am 1 of 260 Tisch film production students!  There are a lot of us, we are a force that travels in packs! If you find one of us there is sure to be another close by. I am in the audio semester! We are split in half the first part of the alphabet has audio first semester and visual second and vice versa. I will put up my schedule soon!

So far this week what I did:

• Moved into Hayden the best freshman dorm (most recommended) 
• I was on good Morning America! My mom was very happy to tell all my teachers at my high school!
• I walk across the Brooklyn bridge at night and durning the day, everyone needs to do this once in their life! Woody Allen would agree!
• Went to Trader Joe's in the city, it almost felt like I was home.
• I meet so many different people, NYU has so many students I don't know how I am going to keep track of all of their names.
• I went to Radio City Music Hall for orientation!
• I brought tickets for Vampire Weekend at Radio City!
• Saw Pulp Fiction at midnight. 
• Saw inception for the THIRD time.
• Bought 2 films for $10 bucks and 1 pint of Ben & Jerry's for $6.

That's all folks,

Alana