Editing My Life

Hello strangers reading my not-so-good writing! I'm Ileana and, by now its pretty obvious that what I want to do is become an Editor for Film or TV. First, let me tell you how I came upon that crazy, lunatic idea.

I was around 23 or 24 years old (I'm 26 now) and studying Small Business Administration here in Puerto Rico. I'd already been taking my Human Resources and Management classes, I already was like 12 credits into that concentration. I was miserable. So miserable that I was leaning towards the deep end of frustration and misery with the help of The Cure. Don't get me wrong, I love The Cure, but I was listening to "Love Song" way too much considering I was depressed and miserable about something that had nothing to do with the theme of the song. Anyways, one day I'm in a Corporate Behavior class and my professor at the time (she's fantastic) looks at me and she says to me: "Ileana , you hate this class". I was, of course, apologizing to her if I disrespected her with my "boo-hoo" attitude, and she tells me the best thing I have ever heard anyone say. She said to me, "You hate this class, you hate this area of study, why are you here?". I was, of course, dumbfounded, I had no idea why I was there. So, I proceeded to think up an answer. I had nothing. She told me to walk by her office and there she told me that I should evaluate my life and really think out of the box for something that I never thought in a million years that I could do. Well, I never in a million years thought that I could work in Television, let alone in Film. And those are things that are truly interesting to me. So, I looked up information on what to do for that type of study. Long story short (too late!), I ended up changing from horrible Small Business Administration to Communications - Radio & Television Production. When I was taking her class, I was already 3 or 4 years into my college career. 4 years later I graduated (June 2010). When I was finally taking my Television Production classes I discovered that I have an unpolished and barely there talent for editing. Never in a million years, had I thought that I could do something as creative as editing. So, I have taken that newfound interest and talent to practice and I would love to eventually have my own business as an editor to whoever needs the service.

I believe that you can already see that I'm not as good a writer as many 'bloggers' out there. But had I not written out that entire snore-fest, I wouldn't have been able to tell my story of self-discovery (*rolls eyes*). Anyways, I hope you enjoyed my commentary about my fascinating life. Make sure to check for updates on my journey to becoming an Editor. If you have any comments please feel free to write me up. And if you have any suggestions as to what I can do to improve my skills or the skills of any readers out there, be my guest. Thanks for your attention! Come again!

Ileana M. a.k.a. LillyCB

PS: There's an awesome article in Vanity Fair where "The Social Network's" editors talk about the arrival of digital filming and editing on Final Cut Pro, it is very interesting, if, you know, you're into that sort of thing... The link is down below... Enjoy!

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2011/02/the-social-networks-editors-on-editing-and-underwear-drawers.html