"... And in that moment, I swear we were infinite."
-Charlie, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
I had the privilege to direct a short silent film for our final requirement in our Film Appreciation subject. This film will also be one of the entries from our section for the 'Sshh... Short Silent Film Festival.' We started late in doing this film, with only two days allotted for shooting and five days for editing, I must say that our production team definitely did a great job . We had problems and shortcomings in making this film but upon seeing the product, I just thought that we have a good chance.
Entries were then submitted to the Film Aficionados Circle's office (FILAC) and they told us that we have to post our teaser in their page and the teaser which gets the most 'likes' on Facebook wins the People's Choice Award. Our production team were really competitive, awarding will be on the 28th of September and we have no time to lose. Each of the class helped in getting 'likes' and every inch of shame and pride were put aside. I heard that there were a lot of good entries. I told my team that winning the People's Choice Award would be enough and if we get more awards it would just be God's bonus for all our efforts. That night before the canvassing of 'likes' on Facebook, we were on a tight race with an another entry. It was really, really maddening! It was like we're on the lead then after an hour it's them, then us, then them. The good thing about this one is that we didn't quit, yeah sure we felt down, but we won't waste all our efforts by just quitting.
Before going to sleep that night, I prayed to God that whatever happens to tomorrow's awarding, I will gladly accept it because it's His will.
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