New York, New York!

It has been a crazy week!!! That is for sure. The week has been flying by and all of the days have kind of blended together. Today was my highlight but I will get back to that.
Classes this week have been good. We have just been continuing building all of the basics that we have started learning about and preparing for our shoots tomorrow and Monday. We had one new class this week, editing with an instructor named Matteo. He is a really cool guy! He is Italian and really knows what  he is talking about. He has been taking us through using Final Cut Pro and he is making the daunting program look simple and straight forward, for the the most part at least. I know there is still a lot to learn but I feel a lot more confident in what I am doing and I know that I can at least put together a movie on the program.
I got to edit my first film that I shot, the Mis En Scene, and screen it for our class. I was happy with how it turned out and I will put the link to it on this blog, feel free to check it out and constructive criticism is always appreciated!! The link is, http://vimeo.com/25217683
Today was probably my favourite day yet. We had what is called a production workshop and we got to go shoot on the Universal Studios Backlot. We got to shoot on the New York set which was cool because due to fires and Spiderman 3 not many students have been able to shoot on it lately. I got to direct a scene in the morning and I think it went really well! Both of my actors were great and were very respectful and I think I got good performances out of both of them.I will be editing it some time this week and I will make sure I post it on here afterwards.
The day was super long and hot but it was extremely worth it. Being on the backlot was a really neat experience and to think of the people who have walked down the same streets was mind blowing. Like I said they just finished shooting Spider Man Three in the exact same spot so it's pretty cool to think about that. It is amazing just how much the sets seemed like New York and when you start looking around you realize just how complicated everything is as well as just how fake all the sets really are even though they look extremely realistic.
It is only 8:00pm but after today I need to sleep! I wish everyone the best and I will see you all soon, there is less then one month left until I come home. At this point there is definitely mixed emotions about that one but it is still a long way away.