I spoke to him!

Finally! Went to CC (cinema collective), and we were working in the foley studio--that's doing sounds in a studio to accompany the images on screen. It was so much fun!!! We split up into two groups: the foley artists who do the actual sound in the studio and the recordist who is in the booth working with the computers. I chose to be a foley artist.

Remember when I was too shy to talk to Slate in class? Well, now I had to talk to him. He was supervising the foley artists in the studio and working with the mics. I was the second to last person to do their sound. The scene is a guy falling through a rabbit hole and he lands on a wooden floor that's covered with leaves. I had to do the landing. We set up the mics, but they were still doing some stuff on the computer in the booth, so we had some down time. He said to me, "Sorry, I forgot your name again. I'm bad with names..." I told him my name. He was sitting on the floor against the wall. I was crouching on the wood floor. I plucked the courage...

Me: So...are you in my 202 class? I thought I saw you but I wasn't sure...
S.: Yeah, actually I drop in sometimes. I missed the exemption test, and I need the units anyway...
Me: Yeah...'cuz I thought, you really don't belong in that class...

YAY! Finally. I initiated a conversation with a boy. Yes! I am so happy right now, I'm glowing. Anyway, I was doing the sound for the fall and Slate kept watching me. I would jump on the hard wood, hit my hands on the wood, then let my knees hit the wood. It was nerve-racking, but kind of cool. Scarf was in the editing booth, and he and the sound mixer would talk to me and give me direction. I would talk into the mic to speak to them. Scarf said that I had a really nice voice and that he wants me to read a story to him later. I laughed and said okay. We did some takes, and I jumped some more, and that was pretty much it. It was fun. I got over that "awkward phase" where you just meet a person for the first time. Well, actually, all moments with strangers and people I hardly know are awkward.

It was an awesome day. B.--the guy who hosted the after-party--is filming a short film, and L. and I are going to be extras. He's really cool and funny, so that will be fun. Yay for making films and doing foley!