My Silent Vlog Board on Pinterest

Yes, Sarahdippity’s silent vlogs are on Pinterest. I created this board a short while ago but am not good with populating and updating it. Keeping up with posting on YouTube is one of my goals this year, along with trying to make a documentary film and a short film or two. It’s already February though and we are still in the middle of our COVID era. I’m not sure how to make movies given the parameters we are living in. Like my Dad so wisely advised, just take it “one day at a time.”

Visual Inspirations: Yasujiro Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon

Winter is finally here. We had our first snow storm of 2021 and it has been a wonderful lazy Sunday. In need of a large dose of inspirations, I browsed through the Criterion Channel tonight after watching THE CROWN and YOUR HONOR. The results are these beautifully framed shots of AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (1962), directed by Yasujiro Ozu (Japan). I’ll post more once I have a chance to finish the film.

ALTERED at Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards 2020

What a wonderful Christmas present this is! ALTERED is an Official Selection at the Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards & Festival 2020!

ALTERED, Official Selection of Austin Indie Fest

Just when I thought ALTERED was done with its 2020 festival circuit, I received an email from Austin Indie Fest announcing that ALTERED has been chosen to be featured in their festival this month. Never ever give up everyone. This proves that all dreams are possible. All of us from the ALTERED team, we are so very happy with the way things turned out for this little short that happened in one night. COVID has put a temporary plug on our creative projects, but we hope to be back soon with something in 2021. Thank you Austin Film Fest! We are so very honored to be a part of your line-up this year. An unprecedented year.
ALTERED will screen online on November 20, 2020 at 6:00PM, along with these three amazing short films: FAUST, uTRANSFER, and MAILER DAEMON.

Canon XA50: The Video Camera I’m Still Coveting

It has been a little over a year since I had a chance to try out the Canon XA50 video camera. I loved it then and still am thinking about it now. Hopefully, I can budget for it soon. It still is, in my limited experience, the perfect video camera for run & gun low budget filmmakers. Even though it’s not a cinema camera, the images I got from the XA50 are quite beautiful.

Mais Oui!

Made another Tiktok video while eating yogurt yesterday. This beautiful matchbook was one of my favorite props.

IndieX Film Fest Nominations

Heard yesterday via Film Freeway that ALTERED has gotten three more nominations! This time, they’re from IndieX Film Festival where it’s an official selection for the July showcase. The nominations are for the categories of Best Microfilm, Best Sound Design, and Best Director (Female).

So happy for all of us here at the ALTERED team! A few bright lights in the dimness of 2020. Thank you IndieX.

Official Laurels

The official laurels for our two wins from The Scene Festival arrived in the email box today. So proud of our ALTERED crew. And so grateful as well. It takes a fabulous team to make a movie – no matter how short. Thank you Kat, Kayla & Ashley! You are the cream & sugar in my cup of coffee. And you know how much I love both!

“Altered,” Official Selection of IndieX Film Festival

So excited that ALTERED is now an official selection of IndieX Film Festival (July). Thank you IndieX! I’ll never get used to this.

By the way, I love love this video of Mark Duplass at SXSW 2015. So inspiring!