Paola Mendoza,
Co-Director/Co-Writer/Lead Actress
The count down begins!
One week from today Gloria and I will be saying "action"...my heart just skipped a beat!
Nahhh, but on the real...I feel great about where we are. Gloria and I have been working our asses off for two years and now the time has come, it's ride or die...and you know we are gonna RIDE!!!
So you might be asking yourself exactly what Gloria and I and now a team of about 25 other people have done in order to say "action" on August 19th. If your not, I know my mom is...so here goes..
- bought final draft
- met in starbucks...thousands of times
- got kicked out of starbuck...zero times...gracias for the free office
- flew to Colombia two times...gracias to the fam for the free house
- met in Juan Valdez in Colombia
- made copies all over Bogota
- translated the script...thank god for the Colombian hook up
- applied for a grant that took four months to write...still waiting for the answer...so cross your fingers
- applied to IFP Market
- met with over 25 people at IFP Market
- won a camera package at IFP Market
- met in starbucks some more
- made a lot of cold phone calls for $$$
- wrote a lot of e-mails to strangers...some responded...some did not
- applied for another grant..again cross them fingers
- had a reading
- found our visionary...brad
- suffered over a title
- suffered some more
- got some money!!!!
- got drunk!!!!
- flew back to Colombia
- got drunk again
- got Michael and Joe on board
- we were able to FINALLY sleep
- applied to Tribeca All Access
- ate REALLY well at Tribeca All Access
- hired Maria & Ellyn as our casting directors
- auditioned over 200 kids
- went to Colombia's independence day parade
- talked to another 200 kids
- found our Gabriel
- started rehearsals with Sebastian
- were grateful to have the movie Gods on our side because the kid is brilliant.
- found our Andrea...life can't get better
- got our crew together: becky, andriana, yori, shiya, sam, james, vera, katie, monica, miyo, noni, theresa, chris, dillon, hans, jack, che, tao, veronica, antonio, jr, shereema
- drove all over queens finding our locations
- found some
- lost some
- ate too many empanadas
- had many many long nights
- made some re-writes
- made some sacrafices
- cried a lil bit
- laughed a LOT a bit
and that is the last 2 years wrapped up in a few hundred words....
man life is crazy...and I am loving it!
Co-Director/Co-Writer/Lead Actress
The count down begins!
One week from today Gloria and I will be saying "action"...my heart just skipped a beat!
Nahhh, but on the real...I feel great about where we are. Gloria and I have been working our asses off for two years and now the time has come, it's ride or die...and you know we are gonna RIDE!!!
So you might be asking yourself exactly what Gloria and I and now a team of about 25 other people have done in order to say "action" on August 19th. If your not, I know my mom is...so here goes..
- bought final draft
- met in starbucks...thousands of times
- got kicked out of starbuck...zero times...gracias for the free office
- flew to Colombia two times...gracias to the fam for the free house
- met in Juan Valdez in Colombia
- made copies all over Bogota
- translated the script...thank god for the Colombian hook up
- applied for a grant that took four months to write...still waiting for the answer...so cross your fingers
- applied to IFP Market
- met with over 25 people at IFP Market
- won a camera package at IFP Market
- met in starbucks some more
- made a lot of cold phone calls for $$$
- wrote a lot of e-mails to strangers...some responded...some did not
- applied for another grant..again cross them fingers
- had a reading
- found our visionary...brad
- suffered over a title
- suffered some more
- got some money!!!!
- got drunk!!!!
- flew back to Colombia
- got drunk again
- got Michael and Joe on board
- we were able to FINALLY sleep
- applied to Tribeca All Access
- ate REALLY well at Tribeca All Access
- hired Maria & Ellyn as our casting directors
- auditioned over 200 kids
- went to Colombia's independence day parade
- talked to another 200 kids
- found our Gabriel
- started rehearsals with Sebastian
- were grateful to have the movie Gods on our side because the kid is brilliant.
- found our Andrea...life can't get better
- got our crew together: becky, andriana, yori, shiya, sam, james, vera, katie, monica, miyo, noni, theresa, chris, dillon, hans, jack, che, tao, veronica, antonio, jr, shereema
- drove all over queens finding our locations
- found some
- lost some
- ate too many empanadas
- had many many long nights
- made some re-writes
- made some sacrafices
- cried a lil bit
- laughed a LOT a bit
and that is the last 2 years wrapped up in a few hundred words....
man life is crazy...and I am loving it!
posted by Entre Nos at
9:52 PM
2 Comments:
I love this Paola...I'm so excited to see your dream come true. You have no idea how proud I am of you! I am so excited to tell everyone..."yeah, that's my little sister!" See you in a few days!!!
love you!!
I couldn't be more excited for the journey you are about to go on, Mendoza! You are an inspiration in my life - may the energy of your blog continue to spread and grow throughout the process. Go, go, GO!!!!
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