OK. So, I'm posting something I did for the first three weeks of the semester for a multimedia writing class. I want to digitize my work so I don't have to keep the paper version.
Anyway, we got paired up and had to do a cover for our interview with each other. We weren't told how we should write it or what media the script is written for. So I had a really long, open-ended, playful tone for my first draft, which is not graded, and here's what I got for my final, which can be good for a TV production, but not necessarily on Radio. Probably best for the Internet, so here goes:
Soon-to-be screenwriter Darryl Lopez is taking Writing For Multimedia at the Academy of Art University this spring. At 25, he has spent his adolescence making sketch comedies, parodies, and other entertaining short-form productions. With all its satirical portrayals of the modern-day quarter-life crisis as we know it, I was thrilled to get to know him better when he said that he's following the footsteps of Judd Apatow, the funny man behind box-office hits like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Funny People.
After three years studying film at the Academy, Lopez realize that his passion is about telling stories that are personal, yet at the same time funny. Using comical elements to its advantage, with a twist of irony, he's determined to create funny yet witty films that people can easily relate to. I recognized that drive behind his serious facade - although stars are glimmering in his dark brown eyes as he was speaking. The more he talks, the more I noticed the darkness of his curly hair, and the more he looks like Seth Rogen.
Except - he's not blonde.
He's very approachable, though. His face was beaming whenever I asked him questions related to the film and entertainment industry, as he's "hoping to make it big" someday. Taking aside overrated moments on the red-carpet, Lopez prefers watching The Onion on Comedy Central than getting the latest updates form the Hollywood buzz, or watching Steve Carrell fooling around in the daily inanities on The Office.
Like most of us, Lopez practically grew up with American TV sitcom favorites, such as Seinfeld and Friends. I wasn't surprised when he told me he's born and raised in sunny, laidback San jose. Which is cool.
What's cooler is that his dreams are starting to become reality. Recently, he got together with his production partner for an independent feature project, working it all to meet their $5,000 budget. And, by the way, this is the first time they're financing themselves. Still, they have high hopes for making it to the local film festival after its release scheduled this summer.
This feature is going to be about the coming-of-age story of a boy into his manhood, struggling to find his fit in the world outside college. Would he and his friends survive graduating with "traditional majors" that clashes with the modern society's need for innovation today? Are college degrees going to help him earn a steady job that provides sufficient income, guarantees his insurance, and also make the most out of his life? How can he connect these dots with an urge to live out his true passions? Don't we all need to stop saying, "I hate my job" in this economic downturn?
Plus, everybody deserves to live to the fullest.
Is Lopez crafting this believable character as his fictionalized self?
We'll see. In the meantime, let's get to know him a little better as the semester goes, shall we? Let's watch him carefully turn his dreams into reality.
Instructor's Note: Good pace, good focus. 19/20
