I Can't Believe it
BY ROBBY BROWN - MESA, ARIZONA I can't believe it. We have been home for almost a month now. Were we really in Africa shooting two films?!? Reality sets in everyday as the crew gathers in the hotel suites to do post-production.
I can’t believe how tedious and time-consuming post-production is! Fortunately I love it! Everyday I learn something new, something that will help me in my career. I feel like I have so much more experience and knowledge from all the experiences from the last several months. It has been all hands on, I tell ya! It is amazing to see how much we all have accomplished individually and as a crew!
I can’t believe how close we all became on the crew. I didn’t expect that. Now we are all making plans for our lives and we are going our separate ways. We are each taking what we learned and applying it to our own personal ambitions. It is sooo cool. This experience is helping each of us achieve our dreams! In the end I know we will always be a film family. We will always be Cyndi’s baby ducks. She led us in, got us through the rough situations and got us home.
I can’t believe that one of my teachers at Mesa Community College, who three months ago thought I was pretty much just a goof ball, I see more then my own roommates. I fall asleep on her beds. I rummage through her fridge and I use her toothpaste! Yea, I bring my toothbrush to work!
I can’t believe how much she continues to teach me. I have been thinking a lot about how I want to put together a demo real to send out to future employers. It has been fun to look at the footage I shot and see how it has changed and how I have grown as a filmmaker. While editing the doc I can see my gradual progress as a cinematographer. It is funny. As I watch I laugh and remember. I tell myself not to zoom. Come on don’t zoom….No! Why did you zoom!
I can’t believe how much money I can make doing something that I am absolutely thrilled about! I am more excited to learn everything I can. I am more excited about life! While I work I get in my own little world and I hear someone yell “doc cam!”. I feel that moment of excitement and energy. Then I realize it is just Cyndi wrestling Jeanette or Pam’s trying to pinch one of the kids.
I can’t believe it is almost over and sometimes I can’t believe it ever happened.
I can’t believe we have submitted two films to the Sundance film festival. I am apart of that and always will be. Me, Robby Brown! What, what whaaaat?
I can't believe it!