Entering the Spongebob Squareshorts contest!

So my latest film project was creating a spongebob inspired short film for the Nickelodeon film making contest they are hosting, where you must create an original film short inspired by the little absorbent, yellow, porous Spongebob Squarepants. The actual title of this contest is "Spongebob Squareshorts"

Spongebob Squareshorts

When I first heard about this I thought it was perfect for me to enter. I thought since I already enjoy making videos and short films, I thought I could do the same for this. So as soon as I heard about this, I knew I had to look it up to find out more. When I went on the website (spongebobsquareshorts.com) and read the assignment, I thought I could do this easily, but in reality, it was really hard to create a whole original storyline script. But once I got it flowing, it grew into a beautiful script. And in my mind, seemed perfect, but know I had to actually film it.

This is really my first video where I needed other people to play the characters, because normally I would play as all of the characters myself. But for this one I didn't want that. So after struggling and having harshly tempered conversations, I finally convinced my two friends, Issac Mata & Jose Romero, to play the other two roles in my film script. But then they wouldn't stop asking me to pay them for acting, but really? I wasn't going to pay them, because they were my friends and I not going to give money away like that. But getting to work with my friends to be in the video was fun, even though they wasted a lot of time messing up, but makes for a few funny bloopers. And I'm glad they were able to help be a part of it because without them, I wouldn't have the characters I need and I wouldn't have such an awesomely funny video!

Best Actors Ever

The editing process was very easy for me because I already knew what I needed in the video and how the story goes, simply because I wrote the script! I would say more but I don't know what to say because that pretty much sums it up.

Editing Process working out smoothly as planned

So all together, I'm glad how the results with my video came out. Creativity mix with hard work can make anything, and I am satisfied with what I made. So all I need to do know is wait and see if my video entry gets accepted. If I win this contest, that will be the moment where my hopes and dreams become reality.

UPDATE (July 19, 2013): Unfortunately, my short film was not accepted as a finalist. I am sad and disappointed but that's ok, because you know what they say, 'Hope for the best, Expect the worst', well that basically how it happened. Even though it wasn't accepted, I enjoyed filming and making it, and although I hoped to make it in the end, I can't stay sad because life goes on and we need to keep working hard to achieve our goals and to just keep on living.