Annnnnnd another semester finishes… Am I really halfway through my THIRD year at Hillsong College?! Apparently.
Probably my favourite project this past semester has been writing and recording my EP! But, before you ask, no, it’s not “finished.” Although the assessment is sent and sealed, my plan is to polish up and add to the already-existing recordings to get them to a place that I’m pumped to share them with the world (specifically, iTunes & Spotify), so, stay tuned! Until then, here’s a little glimpse into the making of it, over the semester…
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12 Friends Free?!…. Let’s Go See a Movie!
Well, as I’ve mentioned before, the end of semester often brings a mixture of feelings, including sadness at the departure of dear friends. This semester there’s a few real good ‘uns that are departing, moving on to their next epic chapter in life! Because of this, I rounded up the crew and arranged for us to go see the new Spiderman movie! In Australia, movie theatres have assigned seating, so once I got the number of people, I booked all the tickets in the same area…. Guys, I booked 12 movie tickets! Ha! I’ve never booked that many before, plus, I was pinching myself all night, I could hardly believe that 12 of my beloved TV friends were free on the SAME night to enjoy one another’s company one last time!
(there’s two missing from this photo above (Ursina & Andy) but this is the majority of our crazy group!)
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Haka Video
I was honoured to be asked to Project Manage a creative video project in our College recently, and although I tend to have a wonderfully full life already, I was excited at the prospect of helping to oversee something in the film sphere again, as this last semester has been more general college and music-focused (and I’m definitely not complaining about that, let me assure you!). In the two weeks leading up to conference, we organised two shoot days, one of a choir at a beautiful old church, and another jam-packed day where we managed to capture two solid interviews in different locations and broll with two crews in two locations! All with a crew of between 9-11 people, and a cast of 2-7 people! Talk about putting my producing skills into practice! There were hectic moments, to be sure, but there were also moments when I could feel the passion bubbling up inside me for what I was doing. I love producing/directing/managing or whatever the heck it was that I did!
Hillsong Conference, 2019
This conference is always a highlight of Hillsong College life! We are “required” to serve as part of our education, however, I’d be glad to serve whether it was part of our course or not! And this year, I got a position that was rather dreamy! Well, dreamy in the sense that it was amazing to get to do, but not in the sense that it wasn’t tiring and stressful 😉
I got to be “IMAG Producer Assist” which meant I was assisting the producer and director of the camera crew and creative media crew for what happens “in the room” (the very large room, that is – Qudos Bank Arena!). I got to help prep the director with tips on what was about to happen in the service, watch camera angles, and oh so much more! I was so impacted by the fact that I got to be part of such a HUGE event, and one that happens for the greatest cause on planet earth! Seeing thousands of people in a room for the purpose of glorifying God and equipping the Church is so powerful! I nearly wept probably 20 times.
