Blog #1 - Pre-Project
Hello! Welcome to my Hawken Project blog! For the next 3 weeks, I will be making a mockumentary about a fictitious club (Hugging Club) trying their best to adjust to COVID-19 protocols and exceptionally low membership. My group and I were inspired by our own lived experiences of being involved in clubs during this pandemic, as well as our collective improvisation training and general interest in writing, acting, directing, and producing films. Personally, I have been involved in smaller-scale improv and film projects for many years, but I have never attempted something at this level. Luckily, I have some extra filmmaking experience under my belt this year from being involved in HPS's two virtual COVID-safe multimedia film productions. I really hope we are able to make a high-quality final product, and more importantly to broaden our abilities as artists. This will require discipline, structure, and commitment to the work we are doing, which I think are all reasonable goals. We hav...