Thanks for the feedback Jenny. To answer your question I chose the music I did because the song I intended to use was a well known song from Bob Dylan and it would of brought down the integrity of the film by using somebody else's music. It was a great song too, my all time favorite Dylan song. The song was "Like A Rolling Stone ( Live 1966 from the No Direction Home Doc. ). I felt the song was the perfect fit for the film but in the end an original piece was more suited for the film. It's far from beighn by best instr., by far lol.

Dear Tanya,
I'm glad you loved the story. I'm also glad the end result was met with a good and positive reception. It was important that the first story I told would be one I could easily do. And what better story to tell then one as personal and real as this one. At first my approach was to write down everything I could remember from that night. Everything from the way it felt to the way it looked. I tried to channel the memory the best I could. In the end I didn't get exactly what I wanted seeing as how I used alot of still photos. Alot more then I would of liked anyways. Visually I feel I used the wrong means to illustrate the scene in wich my father discovers me praying, as a front ofcourse. I would of loved to use actual film. But in the end I'm content with what I got. Thanks again.

Good question Armand. No, I've never shown the film to my dad. It's been almost five years since the last time I saw him. But if I did show him the film he would perhaps feel bad. But in the end he's stuborness would reassure him he made the right decision. Or maybe I'm wrong. My father has suprised me before. If I knew he would see it I wouldn't change a thing. If anything I would try to make it better in order to truely capture the feelings I felt on that night. Maybe then he would be proud of me. Thanks for the feed back Mr.Rivers.

As a matter of fact there is. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Stanley Kubrick was a creative genius whose 17 films have left an endearing and undisputable influence on American Film since his first film in the 60's. He's my all time favorite director because I can relate to his story. He had a vision and wouldn't let anything compromise his vision. Despite the fact that he never finished high school and never officially attended college he still prevailed. He didn't go through all the right procedures but in the end he came out on top. I hope I can someday look back and say I did it my way.

As for favorite films, to name a few...

A Clock Work Orange
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
China Town
The God Father 1-2
There Wil Be Blood,etc etc.

Thanks for the feedback, to answer your question I've been giving a few subjects some thought. If I had the means I would love to do a film about something real and important as the pressures of growing up according to the standards modern day society has imposed on the youth. Why is that everybody has to look a certain way or act a certain way to be accepted. It's these kind of problems that seem like a small deal until someones pushed over the edge and commits a horrific crime such as the V-Tech shootings. I think it would be interesting to potray the thinking process involved in carrying out something as cold and terrible as a school shooting. What is it that drives them, what goes through they're mind when they decide on it. Do they just wake up in the morning and say this is it, enough. All of that would be interesting. Unfourtantly it's been done before.

Dear Iwan

Before I answer your question I want to take this oppurtunity to thank you again for allowing me to sit in on a few photography classes over the summer. Although I didn't stay in your class for long I still want to thank you. Ok, so to answer your question I guess what I learned was that no matter how personal the story, it is important that it be told. You never know who might relate to it and connect with it on an emotional level. I felt it was important that I potrayed a sence of hope in the film. To let the viewer know that things are bad now but they can get better. And indeed they did. So if anybody is going through the same thing they can see that its something that can be handled. Or atleast thats what I think. As for my next project I'm currently working on a script for a short pilot based on the lives of coffee shop employees. It won't be reality, it would be more of like a sitcom. A mini one. I intend to have the script finished by June, start shooting around June aswell. Well see how it goes.

Thanks Andy I appreciate the feedback.

Hi Maria, thanks again for the feedback. I just wish I would of checked the page sooner, I would of seen your inventation to work on another project and gladly accepted it. Perhaps its too late or maybe there's still time. Still, im truely grateful for the positive feedback and for the invitation.