I never really get much thought about what I would say if I ever made this, I'm gonna
fire up into all of this footage and make it into a film.
I guess I'll start by telling you who I am, my name is Daniel Reynardos, I'm 21 years
old, I'm from Mexico City and I'm a filmmaker, which begs the question why do I consider
myself a filmmaker, well I believe that a filmmaker is someone who makes films and well
that's what filmmaking is all about right, so this film is about me and about what I've
been doing last month here in New York City, the year is 2015 and this is filmmaker stale.
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you, ever since Taylor Swift released its
song and all the way till I got into that plane, that was my motto and I kept repeating
it to myself all the time, I mean I was excited and I was coming here to New York City and
for months I kept telling my friends that I wouldn't get excited until the airplane
door is closed because I didn't want to jinx it and when I was on that plane those doors
finally closed, I mean I was ecstatic, I couldn't believe it but if I'm hitmates, I mean this
is real, I'm going to New York.
The first thing I hate to you when you get here is the language of course, the security
guy in the airport never talks as clear as people in the movies or in TV, then there's
the weather, it got damn freaking cold and man it's cold, it's really really cold, it
feels like I'm jumping into a big frozen pond, you know whenever I go out, it doesn't
matter how many layers I have on me, it always feels like it's freezing and sometimes it
gets so cold that you cannot think straight anymore, I mean your body is using all of
your energy to hate itself and you barely have any energy left to use your brain, your
ideas sort of get frozen, I'd never seen snow in my life before coming here and I honestly
don't think that I would want to see snow again, I get to my new home, this is where
I'm going to be living for the next four months, right here in the corner of Clark and Andrew
in Brooklyn, the space is enough and my roommate's cool, I buy some basic things, a toothbrush,
towels, bedsheet and then I get my first snowfall and full mic in begins, am I obsessed with time
lapse, maybe, I just love the idea of going out and finding a nice spot, setting up camera
and then having time just for myself, just to think, first day of school and I get to
the wrong building but I still make it on time, I meet my new classmates, they seem
cool but I feel somewhat intimidated because they all seem so confident, first week goes
really fast and before I know it is my first weekend and it's our first shoot, I'm nervous
but excited, the first film I get to shoot is in a nail salon, it's probably not the
most interesting subject but I'm getting some great shots, I'm more confident now that
I get the chance to show my skills with the camera, the camera we're using is a 5D Mark
3, back home I gave a workshop on this camera so I sort of have it mastered by now, but
I don't tell everyone just so I don't come over as too cocky, well maybe I do tell everyone,
now's my turn to direct, top day, we were out there for 3 hours, temperature was about
50% and I'm trying to keep my crew happy and comfortable, second week and second film,
now I'm doing sound, it's hard internet thought, especially when you're more worried about
hitting someone with the goddamn boom pole than actually focusing on the sound, I'm nervous
for my second project, I had to deliver a bird to farm 4 days and I still don't have
a subject, if I don't get this film done it's gonna make me look bad and I really don't
want that, we're heading to Times Square to shoot my band, midnight, Valentine's Day
event, so we're running, running, running, trying not to miss it, it's a midnight thing
and we're not gonna have another chance to do this, we get there right on time and we
get the camera ready and everything's set up and then nothing, Friday, midnight, Valentine's
Day and I don't have a film, it's really hard for me because I'm not good with dealing
with failure, I'm really tired, Nicole is getting me and I start getting homesick, I
miss my house, I miss my friends, I miss my family, I miss my dog, I miss home, I mean
I'm in New York City, I'm studying documentary film, what's not to love, I can't help it
but feel disappointed and I don't even know what is it, I mean I don't know what's keeping
me down, is it the weather, is it the food, is it the people here, because I'm getting
to live all of these great experiences and meet all these amazing people but I just
wasn't feeling enough, I guess I'll tell them as a week please, I guess what I'm trying
to say is that film making isn't really much about making films, for me at least it's more
about trying to find the most interesting parts of life, to try to make them as interesting
to other people as they are to you or maybe I just haven't really gotten what film making
is really about, I mean that's fine, I still have plenty of time to figure that out, I am
here after all in New York City, one of the biggest cities in the world and I have to
focus on learning how to be a better person, how to be a better filmmaker and maybe eventually
I'll fall in love with this place, after all the snow is already starting to melt.
Thank you so much for watching, I'll see you in the next one, bye.
