Thesis Defense
The entire concept of the thesis defense has never really seemed scary to me. In fact, I was looking forward to my MFA defense. A chance to talk about a project with people who actually want to hear the background info and the details on how certain decisions were made. I was a little nervous about pitching the movie but managed to get some really good ideas down before.
I had no idea that the whole thing would go so amazingly well.
Both of the professors on my committee loved it. LOVED it. There are a few things they want to see tweaked and the ending needs to be rewritten, but overall, most of the “defense” was spent listening to two people I respect say really nice things about my screenplay. I’m glad I recorded it.
Even better, Chris Keane, whom I took three semesters of screenwriting workshops with while at Emerson, has a friend in L.A. with “connections up the wazoo” that he’s going to send it to. I hope she likes it.