Tuesday, February 26, 2008

ThirdCat in LOS ANGELES

Jason and I moved out here to Los Angeles to finish up our degree with Emerson. They have a program here where we take classes and have an internship at the same time. So sorry for the delayed update - I guess it was we were relocating our lives to LA!

Just watched the Oscars last night, and one speech stuck out in my mind so much. It was Marketa Irglova's acceptance speech for Achievement in Music (Song) for ONCE, "Falling Slowly". Once is an amazingly beautiful movie that everyone should see, and it is so full of hope. Just like Marketa's speech. An excerpt -

"This is such a big deal, not only for us, but for all other independent musicians and artists that spend most of their time struggling, and this, the fact that we're standing here tonight, the fact that we're able to hold this, it's just to prove no matter how far out your dreams are, it's possible. And, you know, fair play to those who dare to dream and don't give up".

I write about this on our blog because it applies so much to what we are doing here. SO MANY people have helped us along the way, for little or no money and it's because they all believe that this project can go somewhere, whether it gets into film festivals or it touches someone's life. And Jason and I are thankful for that everyday. I hope that we can dare to dream like Marketa did.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Appearance on other sites!

Thank you to all of you who posted about us in your websites. We appreciate all of your support!

NewEnglandFilm.com - Dec. 2007
Harlow's Monkey - Nov. 19, 2007
UngratefulLittleBastard - July 24, 2007

Hope to see you at our Teaser Launch Party! Read below for details.

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Teasers Launch Party

Come to our party to watch the premiere of our teasers for "Going Home"! It will be held Thursday Dec. 13 from 6-10PM at Phoenix Landing, 512 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA.

Come watch two teasers, listen to original music featured in "Going Home" performed live, and talented Emerson students perform their own music.

We will also be selling T-Shirts featuring designs that represent different majors at Emerson at the event for $12/shirt. Check out the designs at the ThirdCat Store!

The event is 19+ with state issued photo ID/passport. Open to EVERYONE!

Suggested Donation of $2 to help with post production costs.

Directions to Phoenix Landing: Central Square T-Stop on Red Line.

Hope to see you there!!

Featured on NewEnglandFilm.com

Our project is featured on NewEnglandFilm.com!! So exciting!

Check it out - www.newenglandfilm.com/news

We were on Good Morning Emerson!

Check it out - we were on Good Morning Emerson again on Tuesday. It's is currently available via podcasting in iTunes, and will be on our website soon!

Good Morning Emerson is broadcast on The Emerson Channel and The Boston Neighborhood Network.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

ThirdCat Lives on...

I apologize that I've been MIA for a little while. Post Production has completely consumed my life. Editing is going extremely well though. Last Thursday, we completed our first rough cut which is even better than I thought it would be at this point.


There are three editors working on this film including myself. As an adoptee and the director of "Going Home," it's extremely important that this is done right. I've found that it's incredibly hard to separate myself from this "experience" and the "material" which were at first the same thing but have now become separate entities all together. It's good to have the clarity as an editor to properly see the story and content but there is a limit as to how far I can remove myself from the actual events this past summer.


It is now months after we returned from Seoul and it feels like I'm still there whenever I edit and watch the footage. It is constantly on my mind and is quite haunting. 


With all of this said, "Going Home" is proving to be a successful adoption film but also a personal journey that still has not ended...

Monday, October 15, 2007

New Layout!

We have a new layout for our blog! Hope you all like it, we changed it so that it matched our official website.

We are gradually getting closer and closer to finishing a rough cut of the film. And it's so exciting to see everything come together. It's amazing to be able to repeatedly view what we experienced this past year. (Jason and I were literally attached to a video camera, CONSTANTLY for probably around 6 months straight.)

Also if you have facebook, be sure to join our facebook group! Search us as: "ThirdCat Productions is GOING HOME".

Best,
Mikyung