Flash forward to the first week of class, I'm sitting pretty in my new-found DocFilm class that not only comes with Holy Grail grading and pizazz, but the added bonus of a gung-ho professor with a full-bodied, mysterious mustachio. Not everyday does one get the chance to see a mustache of that magnitude, seriously.
The assignment given to us by Mr. Mustachio? Pick something you're passionate about and film a documentary. Beyond psyched.
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| The classic baby on a grandma |
I got to brainstorming and remembered that Gypsy had been talking about a group of people known as "party monsters" in New York who dressed as wildly and eccentrically as possible and get paid to appear at clubs. I'm a costume fiend (baby-on-a-grandma's back, hotdog, etc) so I thought this'd be perfect. Only problem: my filming never got off the ground once I got to the big apple. womp womp womppp. Seriously though, doing work in The City That Never Sleeps? ForgetAboutIt.
So, I regrouped from this lazy-on-my-part speed bump and, a couple days ago, came up with a new focus that, I think, is way more up my alley. Instead, I'm going to highlight an Athens-based group RubberSoul Yoga who specialize in LAUGH yoga. People come together and feed off of each other's spontaneous laughs, giggles, chuckles, ha-has, and ho-hos to gain the health benefits of laughter/to just have a spankin good time!(And this is an assignment??)
Next week, with camera in hand, I'm going to my first laugh-a-palooza yoga session to document the experience and interview people on what tickles their funnybones. Maybe, just maybeee, I can even get enough quality footage to put a smile on the well-groomed, bristly face of Mr. Mustachio.
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