Thanksgiving

This year we went to Lake Powell with some of Jacob's extended family. It turns out his uncle makes luxury houseboats, so this was no camping trip. Mostly a sitting, eating, and watching movies trip. It was super cold this year, so we mostly stayed inside and went for little day trips with the big boat.

On the last day, some of the braver cousins decided to jump in. The movie runs long, I won't blame you if you quit halfway in. So in case you do quit early, I'm going to spoil the end for you- Jacob goes off the water slide.

P.S. The faucet Jake's uncle Dave is holding is hot water. This is a LUXURY house boat, remember? I was also glad to learn that other families do puzzles when they go on trips too. Now I don't feel as weird having a secret obsession with puzzles.

Blogging is harder then expected

Ok so were new to this blogging thing and we got a little behind. But here are some highlights of our filming adventures:

We shot a commercial for the new Carl Bloch exhibit coming to BYU's museum of art. Jacob took the project on with BYU's student advertising lab (AKA the AD LAB). This is how the phone conversation went two days before they planned to shoot:

Jacob: Hey... i love you/you're awesome/hows your monday/etc.....how busy are you?

Kate: um crazy busy: work/school/etc, whats up?

Jacob: I need you to do art, and we need 6 giant christmas trees on the stage with snow on wednesday. Cool?

Kate: um, sure.

I make miracles happen. Here is proof:

The babyis not actually in the commercial. His name Daniel Thorpe, David was lighting and Becky was make-up, so we got to play around when his parents weren't looking.

Then Jacob was director of photography for a senior film about werewolves. I missed the first weekend of shooting because I HAD to go down to Mexico with my family to celebrate my birthday.

This is view looking out of the house we stayed at. mmm.

But then I was there for the second weekend. Here is proof jake shoot it:

I wish I had snapped more pictures of all the werewolves because they were pretty cool. But I got one of our friend Wyatt.

We did some other stuff too, but its not all werewolves and snow machines, so its not THAT interesting to read about.

Pearl Harbor Film

Last weekend we shot a pretty cool film set during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It has been in the works for a long time, but we just haven't had the chance to film it. The whole thing actually started around January when Jacob read a script by our friend, and decided to make one last student film. Things got side tracked, with people, scheduling, and school politics, so we rescheduled for this fall. It was a fun shoot, and this time I opted to do production design and ended up doing costumes as well. Oh, and of course, Jacob directed. Making Provo look like Hawaii in 1941 was not easy, but I think it turned out really great. Check it out:I took these on my iphone, so they aren't the best quality.... But I hoping that machine on the desk looks kind of like a crytograph.
Here Ruth is being interrogated. It's too bad I didn't get a picture of the WWII jeeps and men in uniforms! They all looked so good! I was really happy with how it all looked.

I don't think I could really do costumes again, that was really tough, but I enjoyed production design. I would definitely do it again for another shoot. Once the film gets finished up we are going to send it around to festivals. It's artsy, so I think it has a good chance.

Mystery Box

Not only did we get married this summer, but we also started a company! Our own little LLC. You can check out our website here:

Mystery Box

We had a big debate over the name for months, but then we settled on Mystery Box. It comes from the idea that JJ Abrams developed, in which he claimed that an important aspect to storytelling within film keeping a "mystery box", or a fact that you never let the audience see. People will continue to watch shows for years, hoping that the mystery box will be opened. You can check out JJ's talk about his mystery box here.

Starting a company was a big step! We are still working out how the business side of a start up company works, but Jacob seems to be a natural at Quickbooks, and I'm taking some business classes at school, which are definitely helping. But we are always open for advice and help! Now I can't wait to get my MBA.

June 26, 2010

We finally got married! After much planning and anticipation, we tied the knot. The day was pretty eventful, first we got married in the LDS Denver Temple

Then we went back to my family's home and had a ring ceremony for our families. Sam and Henry are my nephews who decided to make an entrance like us down the aisle. This is my favorite picture from the day.

And then that evening we we had a reception and partied. The night included: toasts, great food, cupcakes, and lots of dancing.

(We have tons of pictures posted on facebook, so I will keep it brief here.) About a week later we had an open house in Oregon at Jacob's home, which was really fun. We are so lucky we found each other.